World Health Summit

The World Health Summit is a health care conference on global health policy development. Held annually in Berlin, Germany during October, it gathers leaders from academia, science, politics and industry as well as stakeholders from the private sector and civil society.

The summit began in 2009 on the occasion of the 300th year anniversary of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The founders recognized that whilst similar gatherings of leaders were well established in fields such as economic development and technology, a global forum did not exist for medical practice, research and health care systems.

The summit was established under the patronage of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy's successor, President Francois Hollande, continued the patronage, joined in 2013 by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Jean-Claude Juncker continued this patronage. Four ministries of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany directly support the summit (Health, Foreign Office, Education and Research, Economic Cooperation and Development).

Traditionally, the German Federal Minister of Health attends the World Health Summit and holds a keynote in its opening ceremony. As Governing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, was a regular attendee at the World Health Summit and prominent participant in its opening ceremonies as well.

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