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13
Oct. 2025
WHS: VIP Breakfast "Towards Connected Digital Markets for Global Health: Emerging Approaches in Africa and Europe"
Location: InterContinental @ World Health Summit, Elisabeth Blackwell Salon (Invite Only) - 9:00 -10.30 am (90min)
Speakers: Ilona Kickbusch, Director DTH-Lab
Magdalena Eitenberger, University of Vienna / DTH-Lab
Nicole Spieker, CEO PharmAccess
Riccardo Lampariello, CEO of D Tree
Carolina Batista, MD, Baraka Impact and more.
Magdalena Eitenberger, University of Vienna / DTH-Lab
Nicole Spieker, CEO PharmAccess
Riccardo Lampariello, CEO of D Tree
Carolina Batista, MD, Baraka Impact and more.
Organizers: Charite, GIZ, with co-hosts DTH-Lab & gdhub
13
Oct. 2025
ABCHealth CEO Roundtable Session holding on the margins of the Africa HealthTech Summit
Location: Venue: Room AD 10, Kigali Convention Centre
Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm CAT
Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm CAT
Speaker: Co-Chair - Njide Ndili, Founding Member DTH-Lab
Theme: Aligning Public-Private Innovation and Interoperable Systems: Driving Inclusive, Sustainable HealthTech Solutions for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa
14
Oct. 2025
World Health Summit Side Meeting: Building Healthier Digital Futures with information integrity
Location: Hybrid Conference, InterContinental Berlin Budapester Straße 2 10787 Berlin, Germany.
Co-organizers: Dr Hans Kluge, WHO EURO Regional Director
Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook, Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, DTH-Lab Director
Dr. Scott Ratzan, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
Co-Chair, Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All Ben Johnson, Chief Editor, Nature Health
Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf, Public Health Agency of Sweden
Vismita Gupta-Smith, Health Information Integrity, WHO
Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook, Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, DTH-Lab Director
Dr. Scott Ratzan, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
Co-Chair, Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All Ben Johnson, Chief Editor, Nature Health
Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf, Public Health Agency of Sweden
Vismita Gupta-Smith, Health Information Integrity, WHO
Co-organizers: Digital Transformations for Health Lab (DTH-Lab) hosted by Bertelsmann Stiftung
Past events
3
Oct. 2025
European Health Forum Gastein
Location: Hybrid Conference, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Speakers: Ilona Kickbusch, Director, DTH-Lab
Kadri Soova, Director, Mental Health Europe
Götz Gottschalk, Head of Health, YouTube (Google) Germany
Kadri Soova, Director, Mental Health Europe
Götz Gottschalk, Head of Health, YouTube (Google) Germany
Organizers: Cătălina Popoviciu, PhD candidate and Co-Founder, University of Bucharest and Let's CEE!
Session 25: Share the space – Digital determinants, youth participation, and responsible governance
3
Oct. 2025
European Health Forum Gastein: Data Solidarity Breakfast Side Meeting
Location: Hotel Sendlhofer´s, Pyrkerstraße 34, 5630 Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Organizers: DTH-Lab & Data Solidarity team, University of Vienna
Speakers: Barbara Prainsack & Magdalena Eitenberger
1
Oct. 2025
Responsible AI in Healthcare
Location: Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Organizers: Koita Centre for Digital Health, Ashoka University, and WHO-SEARO
Topic: Equitable Data Procurement & Governance
19
Sept. 2025
Planet Youth National Meeting
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
15-16
Sept. 2025
DTH-Lab Regional Youth Champions Annual Meeting
Location: Ashoka University Campus, New Delhi, India
13-16
August 2025
4th Nigeria Conference on Adolescent and Youth Health
Location: Obi-Wali International Conference Centre - Along Airforce - Eliozu Road, PortHarcourt
Organized by: Society for Adolescent and Young People's Health in Nigeria (SAYPHINN)
Presenter: DTH-Lab Research Fellow Alumni, Racheal Ogundipe
Theme: The Evolving Adolescent and Youth in a Digital Age: Building Resilient Young People in a Changing WorldPresentation Topic: Digital Citizenship for Health: Enhancing Digital, Health, and Civic Literacy for Young People
12
August 2025
Inside the Lab: Celebrating RYCs & Youth Innovation on International Youth Day 2025
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Charlotte Thibault - DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
Salman Khan - DTH-Lab RYC - Central and Southern Asia
Eunice Kilonzo - Manager, Media Relations and Strategic Communications at Gavi (Alumna)
Sohayla Eldeeb - DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
Alfredo Lorenzo Sablay - DTH-Lab RYC - Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Tamoy Campbell - DTH-Lab RYC - Latin America tand the Caribbean
Dr. Brian Li Han Wong - Independent Global Health Consultant - (Alumnus)
Maria Inês Francisco Viva - Science Diplomacy Advisor at PARSUK ( Alumna)
Salman Khan - DTH-Lab RYC - Central and Southern Asia
Eunice Kilonzo - Manager, Media Relations and Strategic Communications at Gavi (Alumna)
Sohayla Eldeeb - DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
Alfredo Lorenzo Sablay - DTH-Lab RYC - Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Tamoy Campbell - DTH-Lab RYC - Latin America tand the Caribbean
Dr. Brian Li Han Wong - Independent Global Health Consultant - (Alumnus)
Maria Inês Francisco Viva - Science Diplomacy Advisor at PARSUK ( Alumna)
Moderators: Imane Lakbachi, Youth Policy Officer and DTH-Lab Focal Point to the WHO Youth Council
Enow Awah Georges Stevens, DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Cameroon
Enow Awah Georges Stevens, DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Cameroon
24-26
July 2025
10th International Digital Public Health Conference
Location: Madeira, Portugal
Speaker: DTH-Lab Research & Policy Coordinator, Louise Holly
DTH-Lab Research Fellow, Preetika Banerjee
DTH-Lab Research Fellow, Preetika Banerjee
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
24
July 2025
Digital Health Technologies Promoting Health and Development
Location: Virtual
Organizers: Accenture, DTH-Lab and the WHO Working For Health GHWN Youth Hub
Speaker: Alfredo Lorenzo Sablay, Regional Youth Champion Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
23
July 2025
The Algorithm Will See You Now? Deliberating the Future of Youth Mental Health and Digital Healthcare
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Maryam Sherif, RYC Northern Africa & Western Asia
Topic: Digital First Health Systems: Key Recommendations from Youth at the Regional and Country Levels
18
July 2025
2nd Global Convening of the Global Initiative on Digital Health
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Tobias Silberzahn, DTH-Lab, Germany
Lucía Pérez Gómez, IFMSA, Spain
Yifan Zhou, IPSF & DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Canada/Netherlands
Katherine Feng, YOUNGO, Australia
Nojus Saad, DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Iraq
Lucía Pérez Gómez, IFMSA, Spain
Yifan Zhou, IPSF & DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Canada/Netherlands
Katherine Feng, YOUNGO, Australia
Nojus Saad, DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Iraq
Moderator: Enow Awah Georges Stevens, DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Cameroon
Topic: Digital First Health Systems: Key Recommendations from Youth at the Regional and Country Levels
26-27
June 2025
5th Africa Digital Health Summit
Location: Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Presenters: DTH-Lab Research Fellows, Helen Adesoba & Esther Opone
Theme: Strengthening Health Systems through Digital Innovation, Data and AI
26-27
June 2025
DTH-Lab Panel Session at 5th Africa Digital Health Summit
Location: Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Moderator: Tomiwa Akinsanya, Project & Events Coordinator, DTH-Lab
Speaker: Dr Rapheal Akangbe, Assistant Director, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Data Protection OfficerEsther Opone, Research Fellow, DTH-LabHelen Adesoba, Research Fellow, DTH-LabLana Promise, First Lagos State Youth Ambassador (2024 DTH-Lab DFHS Workshop Participant)Hilda Okafor, Product Designer & UX Strategist, Healthscape UX.
Topic: Improving Health Outcomes for African Youth: The impact of the digital transformations for health & vital role of private sector and governance considerations.
21
June 2025
Advancing Public Health in Africa: Strategies for Impact
Location: Virtual
Organizer: International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA)
Speaker: DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Enow Awah Georges Stevens
Theme: Building a New Era Shaping Public Health in Africa
10
June 2025
UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education Global Community Health Annual Workshop
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
3
June 2025
ABCHealth Digital Health & AI Conference
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
27-28
May 2025
Digital Citizenship Education Forum
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
21
May 2025
2nd Edition: Geneva Digital Health Day
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
22
May 2025
WHA Side Event: Mental Health of Children and Youth in Digital World
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
8
May 2025
Launch of WHO guideline on preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
25-27
Apr. 2025
World Health Summit - Regional Meeting
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
15-17
Apr. 2025
ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
7-8
Apr. 2025
Polish Presidency Council of the European Union: Promotion of the mental health of children and adolescents in the context of digitalisation – exchange of views
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
2
April 2025
Action on digital health for accelerating progress toward universal health coverage
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
21-22
Mar. 2025
Risks and Opportunities of AI for Children: A Common Commitment for Safeguarding Children
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
17-19
Mar. 2025
Planet Youth Annual Conference: Cultural transferability of the Icelandic Prevention Model
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
25 - 5
Feb. - March 2025
Exploring the digital transformations for health: Research findings from DTH-Lab Fellows
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
17-21
Feb. 2025
Council of Europe Study Session “Digital health citizenship: Enfranchising young people to co-create tools and innovate solutions” (Closed Event)
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
28-2
Jan. - Feb. 2025
PMAC 2025: Prince Mahidol Award Conference
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
29
Jan. 2025
Decoding Data and Digital Health Webinar Series
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
16
Jan. 2025
Polish Presidency Council of the European Union: Together for Europe's Health - Strategic Orientations and Actions for Public Health
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
5
Dec. 2024
Conference on Health literacy and Human rights – "Connecting policy with practice to promote inclusion and combat discrimination”. Session: Health Literacy and AI-Enabled Healthcare
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
5
Dec. 2024
Global Digital Health Forum
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
26
Nov. 2024
Innovating Healthcare in Nigeria: Connecting Research and Policy for Universal Health Coverage
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
21
Nov. 2024
14th Global Forum on Health Promotion
"Digitalisation as a Growing Determinant of Health and Well-being: Getting It Right"
"Digitalisation as a Growing Determinant of Health and Well-being: Getting It Right"
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
14
Nov. 2024
UN World Data Forum
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
7
Nov. 2024
Data Solidarity: Key Concepts and Future Directions
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual
Keynote Speaker: DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch
Speaker: Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray
Session Chair: DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
27-28
Oct. 2024
Africa Youth in Digital Health Network (YiDHN) Co-creation workshop on the margins of the 2024 Africa Health Tech Summit
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
DTH-Lab Facilitators: Enow George Stevens, Ananya Choyal & Lydia Jummai Gara
The Workshop is an invitation only and in-person event
16
Oct. 2024
WHS Side Event "Digital Health Unbound - Global Collaborations for Better Care"
Location: Berlin, Germany
Speaker: Ilona Kickbusch & Caroline Knop
13-15
Oct. 2024
2024 World Health Summit
Location: Berlin, Germany & Digital
Speaker: Whitney Gray
10-12
Oct. 2024
International youth conference ‘Young leaders for healthy societies: Building well-being, resilience, and trust
Location: Berlin, Germany
Speaker: Members of the WHO Youth Council and DTH-Lab RYC
18-20
Sept. 2024
2nd Global
Health Literacy Summit
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Speaker: Ilona Kickbusch, Whitney Gray, Yifan Zhou
27
June 2024
DTH-Lab at the Africa Digital Health Summit - ADHS 2024
Speaker: Njide Ndili, Nnenna Nwakama, Dr Anthony Adoghe, Tomiwa Akinsanya & Jean Philbert Nsengimana
29
May 2024
Achieving Universal Health Coverage through an inclusive and rights-based digital transformation
Speaker: Ilona Kickbusch, Allan Maleche, Caroline Knop, Martin Ame Nuquaye, Dr Meike Schleiff, Sara Meg Davies, Sarah Simms & Peggy Hicks
9
April 2024
Digital Health Citizenship: Advancing digital health and civic literacy through intergenerational dialogues
Speaker: Kristine Sorensen, Imane Lakbachi, Andrew Jack, Sarah Cortesi & Petrider Paul
27
March 2024
Governance of digital transformations of health: Accelerating efforts towards building an inclusive global ecosystem that addresses country needs
Speaker: Ilona Kickbusch, Aferdita Bytyqi, Njide Ndili, Dr. Derrick Muneene, Arwa Hany Sharaby, Ines Viva, Sebastian Schmidt-Kaehler & Rohinton Medhora
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