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  • SLMs Course | Small is Beautiful: Find Out What SLMs Can Do For You

    Small language models (SLMs), built in purposeful and controlled ways and managed with thoughtful design, are a viable alternative to large, resource-intensive, general-purpose AI models that are causing harm to the environment, the climate, and communities. Taking place virtually in September 2026, the MERL Tech Initiative is once again offering a course on Small Language Models (SLMs). The course is for professionals across the social impact sector who want to explore using SLMs in their work. If you are interested in reducing the environmental footprint of your AI use, want to use and work with language models when not connected to the internet, and care about privacy, this course may be for you. 

  • 14th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research

    On September 15-17, 2026, join cancer researchers from around the world for ASGCR 2026. This free, open to all, virtual symposium started at CUGH’s annual conference 14 years ago as a pre-conference workshop. It has grown to become the National Cancer Institute’s premier, international, global cancer research meeting. Join to learn, and collaborate with colleagues from around the world on how we can save lives and reduce the burden of cancer. 

  • Book Launch: “Aid and ID: Making People Matter”

    On September 16, the MERL Tech Initiative's Humanitarian AI+MERL Learning Group will host Margie Cheesman alongside book contributors for the official launch of “Aid and ID: Making People Matter.” At the book launch, attendees will hear more from Margie about why and how ID brings the humanitarian sector’s wider dilemmas into focus, taking stock of challenges and possibilities ahead. Attendees will also get a preview of some of the chapters with lightning talks from practitioners who contributed to the book, before a moderated discussion and audience Q+A. 

  • Safe Labor & Delivery – Postpartum Hemorrhage 2026

    Every six minutes, a woman dies from postpartum hemorrhage — a condition that is largely preventable with the right knowledge and tools. SONA Global Academy, in partnership with the Rwanda Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RSOG) and the Botswana Harvard Health Partnership, is proud to present Safe Labor & Delivery 2026: a free, four-day virtual education conference focused on postpartum hemorrhage.

  • AI Playbooks Are Dead; Long Live AI Playbooks

    When it comes to getting guidance on ‘responsible’ AI, where do you turn? And is what’s available actually working for you? The MERL Tech Initiative team, with support from the Gates Foundation, has been delving into how development and humanitarian professionals actually engage, learn, and carry principles into practice - interrogating the formats, content, and behavioural factors that make or break AI capacity-building initiatives.

  • Perinatal Mental Health Workshop Series: From Policy to Practice

    Across low-and-middle income countries, the case for perinatal mental health is increasingly well made. What comes next is harder: how do you actually build integrated perinatal mental healthcare inside maternal and child health services that are already stretched? From Policy to Practice is a five-part online workshop series for the people responsible for making integration happen: ministry officials, maternal and newborn programme managers, mental health programme managers and district health managers, NGOs supporting MCH and reproductive health services, development partners and researchers across the region.

  • A Conversation with Dr. Raj Panjabi on ‘Safer’

    Join Friends of the Global Fight for a conversation with Dr. Raj Panjabi, Friends board member and former head of the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, to celebrate the launch of his upcoming book, 'Safer: A Playbook for Turning Fear Into Action and Crisis Into Community.' Drawing on his experience responding to crises in the White House Situation Room, hospital emergency rooms and in his own life, Panjabi offers a practical framework for navigating uncertainty and protecting what matters most. The discussion will explore how to keep local communities involved in global health responses, the current state of malaria and implications for U.S. policy. 

  • CUGH Virtual Global Health Week 2026

    Join colleagues from around the world for CUGH's annual Virtual Global Health Week. All sessions are free and open to all. Each of the 1.5-2 hour sessions will address a number of global health challenges with ample opportunities to share information, learn, and build new partnerships with global health professionals worldwide.