Side Meeting Opportunity for CSO and Youth Groups

Selected host organizations are responsible for:

• Developing a feasible session concept

  • Defining a topic and target audience

  • Demonstrating (1) a connection to one or more WHS 2026 central topics, or (2) a valuable thematic contribution addressing a relevant niche topic beyond them:

    • Global Health Architecture

    • Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

    • Advancing Health Equity for Women, Children, and Youth

    • Future-Ready Health Systems

    • Conflict and Health

    • Environmental Drivers of Health

• Speaker and participant management

  • Timely outreach to speakers and chair/moderator

  • Determining participant access: Open to all, Upon registration, By invitation only

  • Ensuring all invited participants are registered for the World Health Summit 2026 conference in Berlin; participation in a side meeting is not possible without prior registration

• Providing a two-page report on the content, key learnings, and impact of the event to the WHS Foundation GmbH until the end of 2026

• Supporting the communication activities of the World Health Summit through both WHS channels and their own channels. This may include written coverage, video content, or social media posts related to the hosted side meeting and participation in WHS 2026. The World Health Summit Communications team will coordinate and support these activities in close collaboration with the selected host organizations.

• Applications will be evaluated for completeness and quality of content. If more fitting applications are submitted than side meeting slots can be awarded, the World Health Summit will employ a lottery to determine the recipient organizations.

• The World Health Summit does not provide travel and accommodation to side meeting hosts nor to the speakers or participants selected for the side meetings.

• Side meeting hosts are responsible to ensure timely speaker invitation and their registration to the World Health Summit to ensure sufficient time for a possible visa process.

• The World Health Summit is not able to support in visa applications. Upon registration for the World Health Summit 2026, an automated registration confirmation will be provided which may be used to apply for a visa.

• As part of our commitment to advancing inclusivity and diversity across all levels of the World Health Summit, we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups and initiatives. Our goal is to foster meaningful and equitable participation throughout the WHS community.

• Selected host organizations will receive detailed guidelines for the organizing of a side meeting and shall adhere to these guidelines.

• In case of any last-minute cancellation/forfeiture of the side meeting after August 31, 2026, the World Health Summit reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee of 200€.