Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

Cure Building – 2nd Floor, Education Center (345 Park Ave South, New York – more information here)


Introduced by Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome to the ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Science Summit at the UNGA 
Brian O’Connor - Chairman, ECHAlliance

DATA & DIGITAL

9:05 - 9:20 What is the benefit of digital health? A perspective on digital health value pools 
Tobias Silberzahn  - Partner, McKinsey & Company

9:20 – 9:45 The Evolution of Public Health and the Role of the Nurse
Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix  - Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service 

9:45 – 10:05 New Horizons for Cardio Vascular Health - the Role of Digitalisation and Health Data
Dr Marius Geantă - Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation

10:05 - 10:20 RNA Screening for CVD & Universal Genomic Screening 
Dr Santiago Miriuka  - Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI

10:20 – 10:35 Coffee & Networking

10:35 – 11:00 The Importance of Evidence in Digital Health
Professor Joseph Kvedar - Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medicine

11:00 – 11.30 Digital Health Innovation in Africa
Dr. Amit Thakker – Executive Chairman at Africa Health Business (Virtual)
Dr. Nicaise Ndembi – Senior Advisor to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Director General and Research Professor at Kanazawa University School (Virtual)
Jean Philbert Nsengimana – Chief Digital Advisor to Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Virtual)

11:30 – 11:50 Harnessing Digital Innovations : Accelerating the HPV Elimination Journey
Ya-Ting Chen - Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

11:50 – 12:05 Review of Data & Digital Services Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Ya-Ting Chen - Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
Dr Marius Geantă – Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation
Dr Santiago Miriuka – Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI
Professor Joseph Kvedar – Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medicine
Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

12:05 - 12:20 How will digital health help to rebuild Ukraine’s health service?
Oleksii Iaremenko – Health Recovery Office, Ministry of Health for Ukraine (Virtual)

12:20 - 12:25 The Cure's Xchange Challenge, Focusing On Health AI For Good
Seema Kumar – Chief Executive Officer, The Cure

12:30 – 13:50 Lunch & Networking

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions


Introduced by Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome to the ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Science Summit at the UNGA 
Brian O’Connor - Chairman, ECHAlliance

DATA & DIGITAL

9:05 - 9:20 What is the benefit of digital health? A perspective on digital health value pools
Tobias Silberzahn – Partner, McKinsey & Company

9:20 – 9:45 The Evolution of Public Health and the Role of the Nurse
Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix  - Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service 

9:45 – 10:05 New Horizons for Cardio Vascular Health - the Role of Digitalisation and Health Data
Dr Marius Geantă - Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation

10:05 - 10:20 RNA Screening for CVD & Universal Genomic Screening 
Dr Santiago Miriuka  - Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI

10:20 – 10:35 Coffee & Networking

10:35 – 11:00 The Importance of Evidence in Digital Health
Professor Joseph Kvedar - Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medici

11:00 – 11.30 Digital Health Innovation in Africa
Dr. Amit Thakker – Executive Chairman at Africa Health Business (Virtual)
Dr. Nicaise Ndembi – Senior Advisor to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Director General and Research Professor at Kanazawa University School (Virtual)
Jean Philbert Nsengimana – Chief Digital Advisor to Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Virtual)

11:30 – 11:50 Harnessing Digital Innovations : Accelerating the HPV Elimination Journey
Ya-Ting Chen - Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

11:50 – 12:05 Review of Data & Digital Services Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Ya-Ting Chen - Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
Dr Marius Geantă – Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation
Dr Santiago Miriuka – Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI
Professor Joseph Kvedar – Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medicine
Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

12:05 - 12:20 How will digital health help to rebuild Ukraine’s health service?
Oleksii Iaremenko – Health Recovery Office, Ministry of Health for Ukraine (Virtual)

12:20 - 12:25 The Cure's Xchange Challenge, Focusing On Health AI For Good
Seema Kumar – Chief Executive Officer, The Cure

12:30 – 13:50 Lunch & Networking

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

Cure Building – 2nd Floor, Education Center (345 Park Ave South, New York – more information here)

HEALTHY AGEING 


13:50 – 14:05 Healthy Aging - A Challenge that Needs Worldwide Attention and Collaboration
Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

14:05 – 14:25 The Art and the Science of Longevity
Bradley Schurman - Founder and CEO at The Super Age

14:25 – 14:40 The Older Adults Demographic Shift (India’s Special Challenge)
Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework

14:40 – 15:00 The Power of Age - Defining What Healthy Ageing and a Successful ‘Healthspan’ Means
Charlotte Yeh - Chief Medical Officer at AARP
Michael Philips - Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP

15:00 – 15:20 Best Practices in Healthy Ageing Innovation, Technology and Beyond
Lisa Edgar - Chief Executive Officer at The Big Window

15:20 – 15:35 The 50+ population - Redesign to Thrive
Scott Collins - Chairman and CEO at Link-Age

15:35 – 15:55 Review of Health Ageing, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Bradley Schurman - Founder and CEO at The Super Age
Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework
Charlotte Yeh - Chief Medical Officer at AARP
Michael Philips - Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP
Gillian Monaghan - CEO at SAGA
Scott Collins - Chairman and CEO at Link-Age

15:55 – 16:05 Coffee & Networking

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions


HEALTHY AGEING 


13:50 – 14:05 Healthy Aging - A Challenge that Needs Worldwide Attention and Collaboration
Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

14:05 – 14:25 The Art and the Science of Longevity
Bradley Schurman - Founder and CEO at The Super Age

14:25 – 14:40 The Older Adults Demographic Shift (India’s Special Challenge)
Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework

14:40 – 15:00 The Power of Age - Defining What Healthy Ageing and a Successful ‘Healthspan’ Means
Charlotte Yeh - Chief Medical Officer at AARP
Michael Philips - Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP

15:00 – 15:20 Best Practices in Healthy Ageing Innovation, Technology and Beyond
Lisa Edgar - Chief Executive Officer at The Big Window

15:20 – 15:35 The 50+ population - Redesign to Thrive
Scott Collins - Chairman and CEO at Link-Age

15:35 – 15:55 Review of Health Ageing, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Bradley Schurman - Founder and CEO at The Super Age
Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework
Charlotte Yeh - Chief Medical Officer at AARP
Michael Philips - Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP
Gillian Monaghan - CEO at SAGA
Scott Collins - Chairman and CEO at Link-Age

15:55 – 16:05 Coffee & Networking

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

Cure Building – 2nd Floor, Education Center (345 Park Ave South, New York – more information here)

GREEN HEALTH
 

16:05 – 16:20 Introduction to Green Health
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance

16:20 – 16:40 Radical Stewardship: Sustaining the Earth Sustains Us
David Ewing Duncan - Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor

16:40 – 17:50 Practical Use Cases from Around the World
Cassandra Thiel - Assistant Professor at NYU Langone Health, Sustainability Consultant
Shane Dunne, Associate Director, Sustainability at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Toseef Din - CEO at M.P. Shah Hospital, Top 40 under 40 Africa award winner of health and wellness, 2022 (Virtual)
Chethan Sarabu - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford Medicine, Director of Clinical Informatics at Sharecare
Philip Webb - Chief Executive Officer at Respiratory Innovation Wales
Dr. Prasun Mishra - Founding President of the American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), Chairman of WISE Capitals


17:50 – 18:00 Review of Green Health, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
David Ewing Duncan - Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

GREEN HEALTH
 

16:05 – 16:20 Introduction to Green Health
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance

16:20 – 16:40 Radical Stewardship: Sustaining the Earth Sustains Us
David Ewing Duncan - Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor

16:40 – 17:50 Practical Use Cases from Around the World
Cassandra Thiel - Assistant Professor at NYU Langone Health, Sustainability Consultant
Shane Dunne, Associate Director, Sustainability at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Toseef Din - CEO at M.P. Shah Hospital, Top 40 under 40 Africa award winner of health and wellness, 2022 (Virtual)
Chethan Sarabu - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford Medicine, Director of Clinical Informatics at Sharecare
Philip Webb - Chief Executive Officer at Respiratory Innovation Wales
Dr. Prasun Mishra - Founding President of the American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), Chairman of WISE Capitals

17:50 – 18:00 Review of Green Health, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
David Ewing Duncan - Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

Cure Building – 2nd Floor, Education Center (345 Park Ave South, New York – more information here)

WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL

13:10 – 13:30 What Is Global Future of Telehealth and What Should the Summit of the Future in 2024 Discuss for Telehealth?
Brian O’Connor (Moderator) - Chairman, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Michele Y. Griffith - President, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
​Ann Mond-Johnson - Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

13:30 – 13:45 Women in Health - Initiatives from the HLTH Foundation
Janna Guinen - Executive Director, HLTH Foundation

13:45 – 14:35 Women’s Health - Data & Digital
Nicole Althaus (Moderator) - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Mevish Vaishnav - Chief Operating Officer at Health Parliament (Virtual)
Irene Aninye - Chief Science Officer at Society for Women's Health Research
Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix  - Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service 
Ann Mond-Johnson - Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
Esther Ruiter - Project Manager at Coalition for Women's Health Africa (COWHA) (Virtual)
Janna Guinen - Executive Director, HLTH Foundation

14:45 – 15:15 AI Health Application Use Cases: How to Navigate to Safe and Scalable Solutions Today
Professor Rachel Dunscombe – Imperial College, UK Government AI Council Member & Co-Chair OpenEHR (Virtual)

15:15 - 15:30 Coffee & Networking

15:30 – 15:45 Compact Lessons for Health Data Sharing for Secondary Use & Sign Posting for UN Global Digital Compact
Professor Dipak Kalra - Doctor & President at European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (Virtual)

15:45 – 16:30 Review of Day 1 & 2 Recommendations and Actions for the Summit of the Future
Nicole Althaus – US Ambassador, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Jon Warner – US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

Connecting the Dots for a Sustainable, Healthy & Wellbeing Future: Global Perspective and Practical Solutions

WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL

13:10 – 13:30 What Is Global Future of Telehealth and What Should the Summit of the Future in 2024 Discuss for Telehealth?
Brian O’Connor (Moderator) - Chairman, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Michele Y. Griffith - President, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
​Ann Mond-Johnson - Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

13:30 – 13:45 Women in Health - Initiatives from the HLTH Foundation
Janna Guinen - Executive Director, HLTH Foundation

13:45 – 14:45 Women’s Health - Data & Digital
Nicole Althaus (Moderator) - US Ambassador, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Mevish Vaishnav - Chief Operating Officer at Health Parliament (Virtual)
Irene Aninye - Chief Science Officer at Society for Women's Health Research
Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix  - Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service 
Ann Mond-Johnson - Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
Esther Ruiter - Project Manager at Coalition for Women's Health Africa (COWHA) (Virtual)
Janna Guinen - Executive Director, HLTH Foundation

14:45 – 15:15 AI Health Application Use Cases: How to Navigate to Safe and Scalable Solutions Today
Professor Rachel Dunscombe – Imperial College, UK Government AI Council Member & Co-Chair OpenEHR (Virtual)

15:15 - 15:30 - Coffee & Networking

15:30 – 15:45 Compact Lessons for Health Data Sharing for Secondary Use & Sign Posting for UN Global Digital Compact
Professor Dipak Kalra - Doctor & President at European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (Virtual)

15:45 – 16:30 Review of Day 1 & 2 Recommendations and Actions for the Summit of the Future
Nicole Althaus – US Ambassador, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Jon Warner – US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance