Today's Highlights

Breakfast with a Legend:
Carl Taylor
8:30-10 am
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Forum:
HIV/AIDS
9:30-11:30 am
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Forum:
Panel Sessions:
H Series
9:30-11:30 am
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Dialogue:
Panel Sessions:
Global Health Training
Materials – What’s Needed
9:30-11:30 am
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Closing Session
11:45 am-1 pm
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Future Conference Dates

2009
May 25-29

2010
June 14-18

2008 Award Winners

Gates Award for Global Health
Dr. P. Namperumalsamy
Aravind Eye Care System



Jonathan Mann Award for Health
and Human Rights

Dr. Ilina Sen on behalf of
Dr. Binayak Sen



Award for Best Practices in
Global Health

Dr. Bette Gebrian
Haitian Health Foundation



Excellence in Media Award
Category | Newspaper, Magazine
& Major Print Publication
Peter Stein
The Wall Street Journal

Category | Community
Kerry Cullinan | speech
Health-e News Service

Category | Broadcast, TV and
New Media
Richard Wilson
Rockhopper TV



Photography Award
Sarah Day

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Breakfast with a Legend:
Chat with Carl Taylor


8:30–10 am
Palladian Ballroom

Join Professor Carl Taylor, recipient of the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, for breakfast and a lively, informal discussion regarding the changes he’s seen in his lifetime in the landscape of global health, and the future of the field.



Closing Session:
Reflections on Conference and a Look to the Future


11:45 am–1 pm
Palladian Ballroom

Join us as we adjourn the 2008 Annual Conference with reflection on the past week and exploration of the 2009 Annual Conference theme. Dr. Nils Daulaire, president of the Global Health Council, will address aspects of the emerging food crisis, how it may impact health in the short term in populations at risk of food shortages, and what can be done to ensure linkages between health security and food security.

Global Health TV Returns

Now in its third year, Global Health TV continues to be dedicated to documenting the complex issues surrounding global health.

Tune in to channel 16 in your Omni Hotel room, or to www.globalhealthtv.com to catch all of this year’s conference highlights. And tune in throughout the year for continuously updated video programming.



Webcast Sessions

Access webcasts, transcripts and related resources of select sessions from this conference at kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Visit here to view the sessions that have been taped.



2008 Sponsors

The Global Health Council wishes to thank the following organizations (Major Conference Underwriter, Sapphire, Platinum and Gold levels) for their provision of core funding support for this conference.




For more information on
sponsorship, please visit here.