The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.

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Keynote Addresses

• Seth Godin, Blogger, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com
• Gary Hirshberg, Co-Founder and CEO, Stonyfield Farms
• Michael Moss, Investigative Reporter, New York Times
• Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Themes

• Design Thinking 
• Education Initiatives in Global Health 
• Environment, Energy, and Agriculture 
• Film, Photography, Art & Global Health 
• Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement
• Health Policy & Advocacy
• Maternal and Child Health 
• Mental Health 
• Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation 
• Philanthropy and Investment 
• Social Media & Marketing 
• Technology in Global Health 

Interactive Workshops

• Michael Conard, RA, NCARB, Senior Principal, Design + Urbanism Architectural, LLC; Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
• Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
• Jose Gomez-Marquez, Little Devices @MIT and co-founder LDTC+Labs LLC
• "From Pitfalls to Perfection: How to Write about Global Health," Eve Heyn, Manager of Communications & External Affairs, GBCHealth
• Alain Labrique, Assistant Professor, Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health and Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Director, JHU Global mHealth Initiative
• "What Would YOU Do? A Workshop on Hard Choices for Social Enterprise Start-Ups," Rodney North, The Answer Man - Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange Coop
• "My Billion Dollar Voice: How Advocacy Is Transforming Global Health," Ken Patterson, Global Grassroots Manager, Results
• Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.