The Global Health & Innovation Conference embraces and nurtures diverse talents, creativity, curiosity, and collaboration. We dive deep into the complexities, impact, challenges, joys, and lessons learned in global health, innovation, education, and social impact. Join this unique forum where everyone is inspired to dive deep, to have meaningful conversations, and to embrace our collective extraordinary potential for growth and impact.

This year’s event includes hour-long keynote conversations, as well as plenary panel conversations with 4-6 thought leaders in each, and small group interactive workshops. Each session is an in-depth conversation, with no lectures, memorized talks, or PowerPoints. The sessions are not siloed based on discrete topics, but instead the conference is designed as a unique forum and exchange of ideas across disciplines.

Below is the working schedule for April 2025, which is subject to adjustments.

SATURDAY, April 26, 2025

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am

Keynote Conversation

• Ned Breslin, Author and WASH Specialist at Global Support & Development, In Conversation with Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

10:00-10:55am

Overcoming Global Health Challenges

• Kala Mehta, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Derek Yach, Global Health Consultant

• Moderated by Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

11:00-11:55am

Where We Are Now in Global Health

• James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• Laura Herman, Partner, Dalberg

• Linda Reinstein, President/CEO and Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

• Moderated by Ned Breslin, Author and WASH Specialist at Global Support & Development 

12:00-12:55pm: Lunch and Networking

12:00-12:30pm: Poster Presentations

1:00-1:55pm

Advancing Healthcare Access in Low-Resource Settings

• Jane Aronson, Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Founder and Former CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC; Director, Global Behavioral Health Network for Children and Young People

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Medical Officer and Director, Global Learning Collaborative, Partners in Health

• Sarah-Anne Barriault Poulin, Directrice Nationale, PIVOT Works, Inc.

• Seth Wanye, Founder and Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana

• Moderated by Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

2:00-2:55pm

From Imagination to Impact: Unleashing Creative Solutions

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

• Max Pratt, Researcher and Designer, Rhode Island School of Design

• Emily Young, Co-Founder, CEO, Moving Health

• Moderated by Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

3:00-3:55pm

Measuring True Success: Authentic Metrics in Global Health

• K. Davina Frick, Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School 

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Medical Officer and Director, Global Learning Collaborative, Partners in Health

• Kala Mehta, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• Moderated by Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

4:00-4:55pm

Leadership With Purpose

• Bobby Jefferson, President, Data Elevates

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Medical Officer and Director, Global Learning Collaborative, Partners in Health

• Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Chief Innovator, Slate School

• Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India

• Moderated by Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-10:55am: Workshops By Plenary Speakers

• “Problem Solving When Everything Around You Looks Like a Hot Mess,” Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

• “Global Health is Under Attack: Here’s How to Make a Difference,” Sam Daley-Harris, Founder, RESULTS & Civic Courage

• “Breaking Barriers and Building Capacity: Advancing Health Equity in an Uncertain World,” Jenny Shapiro, Senior Manager, Health Equity, Clinton Global Initiative

• “Opportunities to Advance Global Health Leadership: An Interactive Workshop for Aspiring Students,” Derek Yach, Global Health Consultant

11:00am-11:55am: Lunch

12:00pm-12:55pm

Stronger Together: Harnessing the Power of Collaboration

• Cleveland Justis, CEO and Principal, Potero Group

• Gary Oppenheimer, Founder and Executive Director, AmpleHarvest.org

• Sam Daley-Harris, Founder, RESULTS & Civic Courage

• Moderated by Jenny Shapiro, Senior Manager, Health Equity, Clinton Global Initiative

1:00-1:55pm

Global Health and Spirituality

• Akash Goel, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Yusuf Ransome, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health

• Moderated by Derek Yach, Global Health Consultant

2:00-2:55pm

The UnConference: Community-Based Problem Solving Session

• Join other attendees and Cleveland Justis (CEO and Principal, Potero Group) for an UnConference session. Gather together for the first few minutes to discuss your own interests and needs, and then guided by a facilitator, the group will decide on topics for discussion. All participants will share their experiences and knowledge during this community-based problem solving session.