GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 21-22 MAY 2022
The Summit convenes world leaders in cardiovascular health in the heart of global health diplomacy, just ahead of the 75th World Health Assembly.
Summit venue: Biotech Campus, Geneva
Saturday, 21 May
Sunday, 22 May
Speakers:
Fausto Pinto
President
World Heart Federation
Jean-Luc Eiselé
Chief Executive Officer
World Heart Federation
With special interventions by:
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General
World Health Organization
Ignazio Cassis
President
Swiss Confederation
Speakers:
Mariachiara Di Cesare
Director
Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex
Speakers:
Fausto Pinto
President
World Heart Federation
Nancy Brown
Chief Executive Officer
American Heart Association
Prabhakaran Dorairaj
Executive Director
Center for Chronic Disease Control, India
Moderated by:
Jacqui Thornton
Journalist
Speakers:
Christopher Tufton
Minister of Health and Wellness
Jamaica
Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Saidi
Health Minister
Sultanate of Oman
Zsuzsanna Jakab
Deputy Director-General
World Health Organization
Elijah Ogola
President
Pan African Society of Cardiology
Renu Garg
Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health
Resolve to Save Lives
Moderated by:
Shiulie Ghosh
Journalist
Panel 1: Understanding the role of social-economic determinants of health in CVD
Katie Dain
Chief Executive Officer
NCD Alliance
Inese Maurina
Chairwoman
ParSirdi.lv
Fiona Bull
Head of Physical Activity Unit
World Health Organization
Douglas Bettcher
Senior Advisor, Director-General's Office
World Health Organization
Panel 2: What can cardiology do better in a post-COVID world
Robert Heine
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Eli Lilly
Marie France Tschudin
President, Innovative Medicines International & Chief Commercial Officer
Novartis
Thomas Gaziano
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Thomas Cueni
Director General
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
Moderated by:
Shiulie Ghosh
Journalist
Speakers:
Rifat Atun
Professor of Global Health Systems
Harvard University
Téa Collins
Global NCD Platform Lead
World Health Organization
Eliana Barrenho
Health Economist/Policy Analyst
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Moderated by:
Jean-Luc Eiselé
Chief Executive Officer
World Heart Federation
Speakers:
Anu Gomanju
The Voices of NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellow
The NCDI Poverty Network
Sophie Manoy
Medical Doctor and Patient Advocate
NCD Child
Moderated by:
Liesl Zühlke
Vice President – ERIP
South African Medical Research Council
Speakers:
Maria Van Kerkhove
COVID-19 Technical Lead
World Health Organization
Petra Khoury
Director Health and Care Department
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Stephen Ogweno
Founder and CEO
Stowelink Inc
Andrea Baer
Executive Director
Mended Hearts
Esti Nurjadin
Chairwoman
Indonesia Heart Foundation
Moderated by:
Borjana Pervan
Director of Communications and Strategy
World Heart Federation
Speakers:
Ruchira Glaser
Senior Vice President, Therapy Area Head for Rare, Autoimmune and Cardiovascular Disease
Moderna
Slim Slama
Unit Head NCD Management,
World Health Organization
Magdalena Daccord
Chief Executive
FH Europe
Garry Jennings
Chief Executive Officer
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Charles Kamotho
Founder and CEO
Daktari Africa
Thomas Hach
Executive Director, Patient Engagement for Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism
Novartis
Moderated by:
Christoph Huber
Head of the Division of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Geneva University Hospitals
Speakers:
Githinji Gitahi
Group CEO
Amref Health Africa
Peng Yin
Professor
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Gene Bukhman
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Al Voss
Treasurer
Mended Hearts
Andrea Feigl
Founder and CEO
Health Finance Institute
Moderated by:
Christoph Huber
Head of the Division of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Geneva University Hospitals
Speakers:
Francois Mach
Chief of Cardiology
Geneva University Hospitals
Speakers:
Richard Fuller
Co-Chair
Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
Rachael Kupka
Executive Director
Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
Moderated by:
Prabhakaran Dorairaj
Executive Director
Center for Chronic Disease Control, India
Speakers:
Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes
Minister of Health
Brazil
Budi Sadikin
Minister of Health
Indonesia
Tom Frieden
President and CEO
Resolve to Save Lives
Adriana Blanco Marquizo
Head of the Convention Secretariat
WHO FCTC
Daniel Pineiro
President Elect
World Heart Federation
Stephan Achenbach
President
European Society of Cardiology
Moderated by:
Shiulie Ghosh
Journalist
Speakers:
Bente Mikkelsen
Director
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization
Dipti Itchhaporia
President
American College of Cardiology
Lilian Mbau
Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Cardiac Society
Akhtar Hussain
President Elect
International Diabetes Federation
Jillianne Code
Co-Founder & President
Heart Life Foundation Canada
Moderated by:
Stuart Spencer
Senior Executive Editor
The Lancet
Speakers:
Fausto Pinto
President
World Heart Federation
THE WORLD HEART SUMMIT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS
With the support of
