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Bay Area Global Health Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting
June 5 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Alliance Members are invited join us on Thursday, June 5, 2025 for the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting. Register here.
Please note: Attendance is exclusive to members* of the Alliance.
This Alliance members-only gathering comes at a pivotal moment for global health. Together, we’ll reflect on both the challenges and emerging points of light—and how we, as a community, can meet this moment with creativity, purpose, and collaboration. We’ll spotlight how AI, digital health, and new financing strategies are reshaping what’s possible—and have plenty of time for networking.
Event Details:
- Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025
- Time: In-person: 8:30am-12:30pm PT | Virtual: 8:50am-11:30am PT
- Location: Hybrid | In-person in San Francisco & Virtual on Zoom
Program and Speaker Details:
Scene Setting, Quickfire Perspectives | Global Health at a Crossroads: What We’re Hearing, What Comes Next
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- Moderator and Host: Natasha Sunderji, Accenture Development Partners and Alliance Board Member, with a perspective from the World Health Assembly
- Chris Collins, President & CEO, Friends of the Global Fight (virtual), perspective from Washington
- Shola Dele-Olowu, Director of Regional Initiatives, Amp Health (virtual), LMIC perspective
Fireside Chat: Possibility in a Precarious Time: What this Moment Means for Innovation and Health
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- Featuring Arati Prabhakar, former White House OSTP Director and President Biden’s science and technology advisor and a member of his Cabinet, previously, DARPA Director
- Moderator: Sara Anderson, Alliance Executive Director
Catalytic Conversation | New Models, New Strategies: Financing in a New Era of Global Health
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- Moderator: Colin Boyle, Chair of the Board, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
- Malcolm Quigley, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Population Services International
- Carolina Batista, Head, Global Health Affairs, Baraka Impact Finance (virtual)
- Darshan Trivedi, Co-president, Kainomyx
- Natnael “Nat” Shimelash, Lecturer and Head of East Africa Biodesign Fellowship, University of Global Health Equity
Catalytic Conversation | Mind the Gap: AI’s Role in a New Era of Global Health
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- Moderator: Abbey Kocan, Alliance Deputy Director
- Kang-Xing (KX) Jin, Advancing Health Online Advisor, former Meta
- Nichole Young-Lin, Women’s Health Clinical Lead, Google Health
- Mike Reid, Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Diplomacy, Delivery & Economics at UCSF & Chief Science Officer, PEPFAR (virtual)
- Kisimbi Thomas, PPL, Boston Consulting Group (virtual)
Idea Sparks (Lightning Talks)
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- Michelle Kreger, CEO, IDEO.org – on how to leverage the values and mindsets of human-centered design (creativity, nimbleness, optimism and joy) to meet this moment
- Yusuf Babatunde, Growth & Partnerships Coordinator, YLabs (virtual) – on CyberRwanda, using digital education to improve the health and livelihoods of adolescents