Social Functions 2010

Opening Ceremony

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

The Opening Ceremony marks the official beginning of the World Health Summit 2010. After the ceremony, the Welcome Reception provides ample opportunity to meet with top opinion leaders, CEO’s as well as board-level executives from science, politics and the health care sector.

Gala Dinner

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
German Historical Museum

This highlight of the World Health Summit’s social events will take place on the evening of Tuesday, October 12th. Indulge yourself in excellent food, be inspired by outstanding musical performances, and enjoy dinner speeches by some of the most high-profile guests. The architecturally inspiring German Historical Museum, combining I.M. Pei’s futuristic annex with the 17th century Zeughaus (Arsenal) built by master court builder Andreas Schlüter, provides the perfect setting for this unique event.

Social Functions 2009

Opening Ceremony

Thursday, October 15th, 2009, 17.30
Main Lecture Hall, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus

Welcome Messages

Karl Max Einhäupl | CEO | Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Klaus Wowereit | Governing Mayor of Berlin
Axel Kahn | President | World Health Summit
Due to other liabilities Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany could not attend the ceremony.

Space Talk With Astronauts: Medical Research In Space, Live Inflight Call To The International Space Station ISS

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | Federal Minister | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Jean-Jacques Dordain | Director General | European Space Agency
Thomas Reiter | Astronaut | Member Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center
Simonetta di Pippo | Director of HSF | European Space Research & Technology Centre
Peter Hintze | Parliamentary State Secretary | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany

Speeches

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia | Board Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Marc Danzon | Regional Director | WHO Regional Office for Europe
Christopher A. Viehbacher | CEO | sanofi-aventis
How Evolutionary Medicine Can Guide The Evolution Of Medicine
Randolph Nesse | Director, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program | The University of Michigan
Detlev Ganten | President | World Health Summit

Musical Entertainment

Anna Schoeck
The Singing Shrinks
Flintstones Big Band

Gala Dinner

Saturday, October 17th, 2009, 20.30
German Historical Museum

Max Raabe
Speeches