*Pre-launch event* PAHO for Science & Health: Clinical trial accelerator milestones
Day: Friday 6 November
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM CET | 10:00-11:00 AM EST
Organizer: Pan American Health Organization
Short description: This virtual seminar will highlight PAHO’s work over the past three years to improve the efficiency and impact of clinical trials. It will also feature the launch of PAHO’s Regulation for Research in the Americas (REGIA) platform. English - Spanish translation will be available.
Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.
The events below, listed in chronological order, will take place on Tuesday, 10 November, as part of the global launch of Together for Science & Health. All times are in CET (Geneva time), with corresponding times in other time zones provided where relevant. Most events will be livestreamed unless otherwise indicated.
Join us by registering for an event or watching the available livestreams!
Consortium of Universities for Global Health webinar on the launch of Together for Science and Health – Asia focus
Time: 2:30–3:30 AM CET
Corresponding times: New Delhi 7:00 AM | Bangkok & Jakarta 8:30 AM | Singapore, Manila & Beijing 9:30 AM | Tokyo & Seoul 10:30 AM | Sydney 12:30 PM | Auckland 2:30 PM
Organizer: Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Short description: CUGH is hosting a one-hour regional webinar to bring together science and health leaders from Asia on the occasion of the launch of Together for Science and Health. The webinar will reinforce the central importance of communication in building trust in science, and showcase promising efforts that ensure scientific progress is understood, reaches the right people, and inspires change.
South-East Asia regional science dialogue webinar: Together for Science and Health
Time: 9:00-10:20 AM CET | 1:30-2:50 PM IST
Organizer: WHO South-East Asia Regional Office
Short description: Through compelling examples of scientific discoveries that have transformed public health, the dialogue will demonstrate the value of evidence and research, showcase how evidence informs WHO recommendations and national policies, and explore emerging opportunities to strengthen evidence generation and its translation into health impact.
Flyer: Coming soon
Youth Futures Lab: Imagine 2035, together
Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM CET
Location: Learning Planet Institute, Paris, and online
Organizers: WHO, Learning Planet, the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, the WHO Youth Council and the WHO Fides network
Short description: The Youth Futures Lab brings together 40 young people aged 18 to 30, from health and non-health backgrounds, for a two-and-a-half-hour foresight workshop. Working in groups coached by experts and members of WHO’s Fides network, participants will imagine a world in 2035 in which trust in health information and in science has been restored. Each group will design the cover of a magazine published that year, then defend it in a one-minute pitch before a jury.
Please note that applications to participate in this event have closed.
Please note that the livestream will be available only from 11:00 AM CET onwards.
Launch of the OECD-WHO Tool for the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies in Health
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM CET
Location: OECD Headquarters, Paris and online
Organizers: OECD, WHO
Short description: The WHO and the OECD have partnered to develop TArGET Health, a tool designed to strengthen stakeholders’ capacity to respond to emerging assessment needs, evaluate technologies as potential solutions to health challenges, support strategic decision-making, and inform policy and technology governance processes.
Lanzamiento “Juntos por la Ciencia y la Salud”
Time: 12:45 PM CET
Location: Salón de Honor, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
Organizers: Chilean PAHO Representative and Chilean Collaborating centres
Short description: The objective is to highlight the role of science in serving people and strengthening trust in scientific knowledge. The discussion will draw on experiences across health, public policy, refractory epilepsy, the workplace, and other areas of society.
Please note that this event may not be livestreamed.
Strengthening evidence-informed and participatory policy-making for better health
Time: 1:30-5:30 PM CET
Location: Campus Biotech & online (only the high-level segment from 1:30-2:30 PM and the plenary reporting back and closing from 4:45-5:15 PM will be available for online participation and livestream)
Organizers: Geneva Health Forum, Geneva Digital Health Hub, WHO
Short description: Organized as part of the Geneva Health Forum, this event will bring together policy-makers, scientists, health professionals, civil society and international organizations to explore how scientific evidence and citizen participation can strengthen health policy and decision-making. Through a high-level panel, interactive workshops and an immersive anticipatory lab, participants will exchange experiences and identify practical approaches to bridging science, policy and society, fostering more inclusive, evidence-informed policies for better health outcomes.
Registration: Geneva Launch (in-person registration) / Geneva Launch (online registration)
Child Health in the Age of Digital Information
Time: 2:15-3:15 PM CET
Location: Paris Peace Forum, Paris
Organizers: Paris Peace Forum, WHO
Short description: Held as part of the Child Summit at the Paris Peace Forum, this high-level session examines how digital environments shape the way children, adolescents and their parents access, understand and use health information. Ministers, scientists, media and digital actors will address three priorities: ensuring that children and their families have access to reliable health information, mobilizing research and evidence to inform public policy, and strengthening the accountability of platforms and digital actors.
South-East Asia regional science dialogue webinar: Together for Science and Health
Time: 9:00-10:20 AM CET | 1:30-2:50 PM IST
Organizer: WHO South-East Asia Regional Office
Short description: Through compelling examples of scientific discoveries that have transformed public health, the dialogue will demonstrate the value of evidence
Flyer: Coming soon
Africa regional webinar
Time: 3:30-5:00 PM CET
Organizer: WHO Africa Regional Office
Further details to be added soon
Consortium of Universities for Global Health webinar on the launch of Together for Science and Health – Africa & Middle East focus
Time: 4:00–5:00 PM CET
Corresponding times: Accra & Dakar 3:00 PM | Lagos 4:00 PM | Johannesburg & Cairo 5:00 PM | Nairobi | Riyadh & Doha 6:00 PM | Dubai 7:00 PM
Organizer: Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Short description: CUGH is hosting a one-hour regional webinar to bring together science and health leaders from Africa and the Middle East on the occasion of the launch of Together for Science and Health. The webinar will reinforce the central importance of communication in building trust in science, and showcase promising efforts that ensure scientific progress is understood, reaches the right people, and inspires change.
Strengthening Trust in Public Health Worldwide
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM CET | 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Location: Winslow Auditorium, Yale University
Organizers: Yale School of Public Health, Jackson School of Global Affairs
Short description: A panel bringing together Yale faculty and students to discuss Together for Science & Health, the broader landscape of trust in public health, and ongoing work to better understand its drivers, consequences, and potential responses.
Quality Communication for Science and Health: Building Trust in the Digital Era
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM CET | 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Event type: Webinar
Organizers: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, its Health Communication for Social Change program, and the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
Short description: An online session exploring how to communicate quality health information effectively, including what people around the world want to know, whom they trust, and the opportunities and challenges of communicating science in the digital era.
Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.