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Upcoming events

21

June 2025

Advancing Public Health in Africa: Strategies for Impact

Location:

Virtual

Organizer:

International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA)

Speakers:

DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Enow Awah Georges Stevens

Theme: Building a New Era Shaping Public Health in Africa

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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

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Theme: Strengthening Health Systems through Digital Innovation, Data and AI

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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 Officer

Speaker:

Esther Opone, Research Fellow, DTH-Lab

Speaker:

Helen Adesoba, Research Fellow, DTH-Lab

Speaker:

Lana Promise, First Lagos State Youth Ambassador (2024 DTH-Lab DFHS Workshop Participant)

Speaker:

Hilda Okafor, Product Designer & UX Strategist, Healthscape UX.

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Topic: Improving Health Outcomes for African Youth: The impact of the digital transformations for health & vital role of private sector and governance considerations.

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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

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Panel discussion on “Tackling the PEARLS of Digital Public Health
Presentation: Digital Technologies and Youth Health – Insights from a Comprehensive Scoping Review

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Past events

10

June 2025

UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education Global Community Health Annual Workshop

Location:

Virtual

Keynote Address:

DTH-Lab Director, Prof. Ilona Kickbusch

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Theme: ‘Building healthy, fair and climate-smart communities: addressing commercial determinants of health’.

3

June 2025

ABCHealth Digital Health & AI Conference

Location:

WHX Lagos, Main room (Show Floor) - Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Session Chair:

DTH-Lab Founding Member, Njide Ndili

Panel Discussion: Strategic Regulatory Pathways for Digital Health Innovation: Data Governance, AI Integration, and Compliance in African Healthcare Markets

27-28

May 2025

Digital Citizenship Education Forum

Location:

Strasbourg, France

Speaker:

Youth Engagement Coordinator, Whitney Gray

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Forum Session I: Promoting active participation: youth-led initiatives in practicing digital citizenship & Launch of youth-authored statement, Digital citizenship for health: Perspectives from young people.

22

May 2025

2nd Edition: Geneva Digital Health Day

Location:

Geneva, Switzerland - Virtual

Keynote Speaker:

DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch

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Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing

21

May 2025

WHA Side Event: Mental Health of Children and Youth in Digital World

Organizers:

Polish Presidency in the Council of the European Union, co-hosted by Ireland in partnership with the World Health Organisation – Invite only

Ilona Kickbusch and Aferdita Bytyqi will join this closed event bringing together policymakers, experts, NGOs representatives and mental health professionals to explore the opportunities and emerging threats associated with the use of digital tools, technologies and data in everyday life. This is part of an ongoing collaboration between DTH-Lab, WHO Europe and the Ministry of Health Poland.

8

May 2025

Launch of WHO guideline on preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries

Location:

Virtual

Moderator:

DTH-Lab Focal Point to WHO Youth Council, Imane Lakbachi

25-27

Apr. 2025

World Health Summit - Regional Meeting

Location:

New Delhi, India
Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Delhi 110001

15-17

Apr. 2025

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025

Location:

United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Speaker:

Leornardo Bolstad, DTH-Lab Regional Youth Champion

Speakers:

DTH-Lab, Council of Europe and Youth Health Organization

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Asia Pacific Session of the Youth Forum

Session Plenary: Navigating Health: Adolescents and Youth in a Digital World
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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:

Kraków, Poland

Moderator:

DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch

Speakers:

DTH-Lab, Council of Europe and Youth Health Organization

2

April 2025

Action on digital health for accelerating progress toward universal health coverage

Location:

Virtual

Organizers:

UHC2030, CSEM OECD, DTH-Lab & Transform Health

21-22

Mar. 2025

Risks and Opportunities of AI for Children: A Common Commitment for Safeguarding Children

Location:

Vatican City — Virtual

Speakers:

Imane Lakbachi - DTH-Lab Focal Point to WHO Youth Council
Preetika Banerjee - DTH-Lab Research Fellow

17-19

Mar. 2025

Planet Youth Annual Conference: Cultural transferability of the Icelandic Prevention Model

Location:

Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, Iceland

Speakers:

DTH-Lab Director, Ilona Kickbusch

25 - 5

Feb. - March 2025

Exploring the digital transformations for health: Research findings from DTH-Lab Fellows

Location:

Virtual

Speakers:

DTH-Lab Research Fellows

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:

The European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary

Organizers:

DTH-Lab, Council of Europe and Youth Health Organization

28-2

Jan. - Feb. 2025

PMAC 2025: Prince Mahidol Award Conference

Location:

Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World in Bangkok, Thailand.

Speakers:

DTH-Lab & Data Solidarity Project Team University of Vienna

29

Jan. 2025

Decoding Data and Digital Health Webinar Series

Location:

Virtual

Speakers:

DTH-Lab Director, Prof Ilona Kickbusch

16

Jan. 2025

Polish Presidency Council of the European Union: Together for Europe's Health - Strategic Orientations and Actions for Public Health

Location:

Warsaw, Poland

Speakers:

DTH-Lab Director, Prof Ilona Kickbusch

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:

Rome, Italy & Virtual

Speakers:

Yifan Zhou (DTH-Lab RYC Alumni)

5

Dec. 2024

Global Digital Health Forum

Location:

Nairobi, Kenya

Speakers:

Research Fellow, Racheal Ogundipe

26

Nov. 2024

Innovating Healthcare in Nigeria: Connecting Research and Policy for Universal Health Coverage

Location:

The Wells Carlton Hotel – Abuja, Nigeria

Speakers:

Aferdita Bytyqi

21

Nov. 2024

14th Global Forum on Health Promotion
"Digitalisation as a Growing Determinant of Health and Well-being: Getting It Right"

Location:

Geneva, Switzerland & Virtual

Speakers:

Ilona Kickbusch

14

Nov. 2024

UN World Data Forum

Location:

Medellin, Colombia

Speakers:

Connor Hogan & Seliem El-Sayed

7

Nov. 2024

Data Solidarity: Key Concepts and Future Directions

Location:

Virtual

Speakers:

Professor Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna), Connor Hogan (University of Vienna), Eric Sutherland (OECD)

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

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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

Speakers:

Ilona Kickbusch & Caroline Knop

13-15

Oct. 2024

2024 World Health Summit

Location:

Berlin, Germany & Digital

Speakers:

Whitney Gray

10-12

Oct. 2024

International youth conference ‘Young leaders for healthy societies: Building well-being, resilience, and trust

Location:

Berlin, Germany

Speakers:

Members of the WHO Youth Council and DTH-Lab RYC

18-20

Sept. 2024

2nd Global
Health Literacy Summit

Location:

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Speakers:

Ilona Kickbusch, Whitney Gray, Yifan Zhou

27

June 2024

DTH-Lab at the Africa Digital Health Summit - ADHS 2024

Speakers:

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

Speakers:

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

Speakers:

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

Speakers:

Ilona Kickbusch, Aferdita Bytyqi, Njide Ndili, Dr. Derrick Muneene, Arwa Hany Sharaby, Ines Viva, Sebastian Schmidt-Kaehler & Rohinton Medhora

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