Confirmed Keynote and High Profile Speaker

Following in the footsteps of recent World Health Summits, we are again bringing acclaimed and interesting participants to the table for 2012. The list of high-profile participants, speakers and guests continues to grow as our program, with the motto “Research for Health and Sustainable Development”, continues to evolve.

We are pleased to announce the following Keynote and High Profile Speakers:

Josef Ackermann (Oct. 23rd)
Chairman Zurich Insurance
(further information / CV)

Peter Agre (Oct. 21st)
Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2003
(further information / CV)

Daniel Bahr (Oct. 21st)
Minister of Health, Germany
(further information / CV)

Gerd Binnig (Oct. 24th)
Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 1986
(further information / CV)

Eric Cornut (Oct. 22nd)
Head of Europe, Novartis
(further information / CV)

Gan Kim Yong (Oct. 23rd)
Minister of Health, Singapore
(further information / CV)

Laurie Garrett (Oct. 22nd)
Senior Fellow,  Council on Foreign Relations, USA
(further information / CV)

Jean-François Girard (Oct. 22nd)
Dean, Paris Sorbonne Cité
(further information / CV)

Richard Horton (Oct. 22nd)
Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
(further information / CV)

Zsuzsanna Jakab (Oct. 23rd)
Regional Director, WHO Regional Office Europe
(further information / CV)

Ilona Kickbusch (Oct. 23rd)
Director, Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, and Chair, Global Health Europe, Switzerland
(further information / CV)

Michael Klag (Oct. 21st)
Co-President of the World Health Summit, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
(further information / CV)

Judith Mackay (Oct. 22nd)
Senior Advisor, World Lung Foundation, Hong Kong
(further information / CV)

Sir Michael Marmot (Oct. 21st)
University College of London
(further information / CV)

Philip D. Murphy (Oct. 21st)
US Ambassador to Germany
(further information / CV)

Peter Piot (Oct. 22nd)
Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
(further information / CV)

Sima Samar (Oct. 21st)
Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
(further information / CV)

Severin Schwan (Oct. 22nd)
CEO, Roche Group, Switzerland
(further information / CV)

John G. N. Seakgosing (Oct. 23rd)
Minister of Health, Botswana

John E Ware (Oct. 24th)
Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
(further information / CV)

Volker G. Wetekam (Oct. 24th)
President and CEO, GE Healthcare Germany
(further information / CV)

Further details regarding the constantly developing program can be found at “The Summit – Program 2012”.