Sept. 22-24, 2025
New York
Five years from 2030, the world needs new ideas, honest debate, and unlikely allies. Join Devex as we bring together global development leaders and beyond to confront the hard questions — and build what’s next.
From Sept. 22 to 24, as world leaders gather in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly and Climate Week, Devex will open its doors as a hub for bold, news-driven conversations on the future of global development. Across three days, you’ll find live interviews led by Devex journalists, curated roundtables, interactive workshops, and high-level partner events — plus plenty of time to connect with other leaders on our rooftop terrace over food, drinks, and unfiltered conversations.
We’ll kick off on Sept. 22 with the NCD Pavilion, a full day of programming focused on solutions to the global challenge of noncommunicable diseases.
Expect sharp journalism, bold ideas, and real talk with the people shaping what’s next in global development — all in a vibrant, welcoming space near the heart of the action in Bryant Park.
Space will be limited. Request your invite to join our events in person, or sign up to receive all of our on-demand content from the week!
This program is still evolving, with new speakers, sessions, and events added regularly. Devex Impact House will feature multiple convenings across several spaces. Your access pass includes entry to our Impact Stage for high-level conversations, Innovation Terrace for interactive sessions, and the Collaboration Lounge, where you can connect with fellow leaders, grab a refreshment, or catch live interviews from our content studio.
In partnership with Devex, Boehringer Ingelheim, Access Accelerated, and AstraZeneca
This workshop will explore how stakeholders can move from commitments to action by rethinking NCD and mental health financing strategies for resilience, equity, and impact. It will emphasize practical financing strategies to implement the HLM4 Political Declaration across diverse country contexts — notably, the importance of integrated care models and sustainable financing mechanisms.
Registration for this event is now closed. Please note that it wil take place at a separate venue.
Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Dr. Elias Zerhouni
Former director, National Institutes of Health; Author, Disease Knows No Politics
Interviewed by: Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Emmanuel Akpakwu
Founder and CEO, Axmed
Dr. Anjoli Anand
Noncommunicable diseases adviser, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
Gina Lagomarsino
President and CEO, Results for Development
Interviewed by: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Step onto the Innovation Terrace for a series of quick, engaging conversations on the future of noncommunicable disease prevention and care.
Charlotte Watts
Executive director of solutions, Wellcome Trust
Bilal Mateen
Chief AI officer, PATH
Interviewed by: Anna Gawel
Managing Editor, Devex
Produced in partnership with Haleon.
This event will highlight why oral health is an essential part of systemic health, and explore how a broader understanding can drive concrete policy and programmatic action across sectors and settings, translating global commitments into national momentum.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Sponsored by Haleon
Join us for a special live recording of This Week in Global Development, Devex’s weekly news podcast.
Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Colum Lynch
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
Vanessa Kerry
Chief executive officer, Seed Global Health
In partnership with Beyond Type1
Ankur Mukherjee
Type 1 diabetes advocate, Beyond Type 1
In collaboration with the Healthy Livers Healthy Lives coalition and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
This event will explore how policy frameworks that support integrated care models can offer a critical solution to addressing the complex and interconnected nature of NCDs — ensuring no disease, and no patient, are left behind.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Step onto the Innovation Terrace for a series of conversations and an interactive workshop on how artificial intelligence can accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Alexis Bonnell
AI partnerships manager, OpenAI
Interviewed by: Anna Gawel
Managing Editor, Devex
Pamela Collins
Chair, department of mental health, Johns Hopkins University
Kana Enomoto
Director of brain health, McKinsey Health Institute
Annika Sten Pärson
Co-founder and partner, The Inner Foundation
George Vradenburg
Founding chairman, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative
In partnership with the International Federation of Psoriatic Disease Associations (IFPA)
Frida Dunger
Executive director, IFPA
Kate Reynolds
Person living with psoriatic disease and IFPA ambassador
Angeli Achrekar
Deputy executive director for the programme branch, UNAIDS
John Hewko
General secretary and chief executive officer, Rotary International
Themba Kalua
Director, Pact for the Future Implementation, Executive Office of the Secretary General
Dr. Nanthalile Mugala
Chief of Africa Region, PATH
Interviewed by: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
In partnership with Cochrane and Rabin Martin
Produced in partnership with EY.
This event will consider what new models, mechanisms, and partnerships will help us move beyond fragmented, siloed reform efforts and instead embrace bold, systemic redesign. We’ll focus on how we can build a multilateral system that is nimble and impactful: leveraging technology, cross-sector partnerships, and more adaptive institutional models.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Produced in partnership with the International Society of Nephrology.
This event will explore how political will, strategic investment, and multisectoral collaboration can drive progress and ensure no one is left behind in global kidney care.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Produced in partnership with Takeda.
This event will examine the cross-sector collaboration needed among the public and private to advance solutions at the intersection of health and climate. Through data-driven discussion and real-world examples, the session will explore how corporate philanthropy can help foster sustainable, equitable health systems capable of withstanding climate threats for generations to come.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Produced in partnership with Vodafone Foundation.
This high-level workshop will explore how climate change is disrupting critical development sectors like health, education, and disaster response, how digital innovation can be part of the solution, and the challenges both practical and systemic that hinder the effective deployment of digital solutions.
This event requires separate registration. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Produced in partnership with Philips, Roche Diagnostics, and the WHO Foundation
This informal reception will bring together leaders across development, health, education, and policy for a morning of candid conversation, connection, and idea sharing. Against the backdrop of rising deaths from noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs, and widening gaps in access to diagnostics, the gathering will spotlight why earlier action matters — and how diagnostics can unlock better outcomes for patients, health systems, and societies.
This event requires separate registration, and will take place in the Collaboration Lounge. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Mark Green
Fellow, Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
Interviewed by: Michael Igoe
Senior Reporter, Devex
In partnership with Operation Smile
Dr. Ruben Ayala
Chief policy and advocacy officer, Operation Smile
Dr. Françoise Mukagaju
Consultant plastic surgeon, King Faisal Hospital
Dr. Opoku Ampomah
Director, National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre
Interviewed by: Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Governor David Beasley
Former executive director, World Food Programme
Interviewed by: Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Natalie Samarasinghe
Executive director, Public Engagement Platform
Eugene Chen
Senior fellow, NYU Center on International Cooperation
Interviewed by: Colum Lynch
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
In partnership with Food for the Hungry
Maria Fernanda Espinosa
CEO, GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion ** Candidate for UN Secretary-General 2026
Bill Lenihan
Founder and CEO, ZOLA Electric
Nancy Pfund
Founder, DBL Partners
Interviewed by: Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Climate Reporter, Devex
David Goldfarb
Clinical chief, nephrology division, NYU Langone Health
Dr. Salvatore Viscomi
CEO and CMO, Carna Health
Dr. Comfort Ero
President & CEO, International Crisis Group
Jorge Moreira da Silva
Executive director, UNOPS
Interviewed by: Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
In partnership with Valent Biosciences
Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Co-Chair, WHO's The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness
Alan Donnelly
Convenor of the G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership
Interviewed by: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Co-Chair, WHO's The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness
Alan Donnelly
Convenor of the G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership
Interviewed by: Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
From rethinking funding flows to elevating community voices in global debates, this conversation will spotlight how shifting power can unlock more sustainable and equitable impact.
Kennedy Odede
CEO, Shining Hope for Communities
Interviewed by: Anna Gawel
Managing Editor, Devex
In this conversation we'll explore how humanitarian response can adapt — from elevating local leadership to linking urgent relief with long-term resilience.
Michelle Nunn
President and CEO, CARE USA
Interviewed by: Anna Gawel
Managing Editor, Devex
In partnership with The Pfizer Foundation
Darren Back
Executive director of global health investments, The Pfizer Foundation
Nadine Karema
Executive director, Partners In Health- Rwanda
Debora Bossemeyer
Senior vice president of global programs and technical excellence, Jhpiego
Interviewed by: Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Navid Hanif
Assistant secretary-general, United Nations
Susana Malcorra
President and co-founder of GWL Voices; former minister of foreign affairs and worship of Argentina; and chief of staff of the secretary-general of the United Nations
Interviewed by: Colum Lynch
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
Tom Hart
President and CEO, InterAction
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna
CEO, MercyCorps
Michelle Nunn
President and CEO, CARE
Kennedy Odede
Co-founder and CEO, SHOFCO
Interviewed by: Michael Igoe
Senior Reporter, Devex
In partnership with Agence Française de Développement, Finance in Common, and the International Development Finance Club
This event will highlight Public Development Banks, or PDBs’ unique placement as an operational bridge across the agendas that are too often siloed: climate and development, public and private finance, global goals and local priorities. Looking to continue the momentum of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville — where, for the first time, PDBs were explicitly recognized in the Outcome Document as essential actors — through to COP30 in Belém later this year, this session will explore how PDBs can turn high-level commitments into concrete, country-driven solutions.
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Co-hosted by Devex and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Produced in partnership with ServiceNow.
In a year when global leaders are grappling with the twin challenges of technological transformation and social inequality, this conversation will ask: What happens when the most powerful tools of our time are placed in the hands of those working every day to make the world more just, inclusive, and resilient?
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Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Shawn Baker
Chief program officer, Helen Keller International
Sasha Gallant
Founding member, Project Resource Optimization; former Chief, DIV at USAID
Kara Weiss
Executive director, CRI Foundation
In partnership with Rippleworks
Doug Galen
Co-founder and CEO, Rippleworks
Interviewed by: Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Nancy Lindborg
President and CEO, Packard Foundation
Interviewed by: Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-chief, Devex
Vilas Dhar
President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
HE Deemah Al Yahya
Secretary-General, Digital Cooperation Organization
Interviewed by: Elissa Miolene
Global Development Reporter, Devex
Atul Satija
Founder & CEO, The/Nudge Institute
Rikin Gandhi
CEO, Digital Green
Prof. Maha Hosain Aziz
Professor, author, and cartoonist in the MA international relations program, NYU
Interviewed by: Elissa Miolene
Global Development Reporter, Devex
Alice Albright
Former CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Jake Cusack
Managing partner, CrossBoundary Group
Alaa Murabit
Managing partner of sustainable growth, 500 Global
Arsalan Mahtafar
Head of Development Impact Advisory, J.P. Morgan
Interviewed by: Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Global Development Reporter, Climate, Devex
In partnership with Open Philanthropy
More details coming soon
In partnership with MSD for Mothers.
This high level session will spotlight the role of sustainable, collaborative financing in driving improvements in maternal health outcomes and examine how to turn commitments into action.
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In partnership with Salesforce.
This workshop will bring together experts, policymakers, and regional stakeholders to confront the central challenge: How do we rapidly upskill and reskill the global workforce to harness agentic AI’s potential in accelerating the SDGs?
This event requires separate registration and will take place at a separate venue. To request an invite, select this event on the registration form.
Stay tuned for more speaker announcements coming soon!
Member of the board, BMW
Secretary-general, Digital Cooperation Organization
Former CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Director, National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre
Noncommunicable diseases adviser, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
Policy and advocacy manager, NCD Alliance
Chief policy and advocacy officer, Operation Smile
Executive director of global health investments, The Pfizer Foundation
President, World Obesity Federation
Former executive director, World Food Programme
Ai Adoption & Deployment, OpenAI
Senior vice president of global programs and technical excellence, Jhpiego
President, Imperial College London
Founder, True My Voice
President and senior consultant, Medical Oncology, Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Alliance
Adviser to the president, Republic of Benin,
Senior fellow, NYU Center on International Cooperation
Global managing director, health division, Valent BioSciences LLC
Deputy high commissioner, UNHCR
Managing partner, CrossBoundary Group
CEO, NCD Alliance
Chief executive officer, Mercy Corps
President, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Executive director, IFPA
Former executive director, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Director of brain health, McKinsey Health Institute
President & CEO, International Crisis Group
Co-founder/co-lead, Giga, UNICEF
Director of partnership for a lead-free future, UNICEF
Director, Vodafone Foundation
Chief executive officer, International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR)
President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives
Co-founder and CEO, Rippleworks
Founding member, Project Resource Optimization; former Chief, DIV at USAID
CEO, Digital Green
Chief, risk factors and nutrition unit, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Clinical chief, nephrology division, NYU Langone Health
President, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Fellow, Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
Assistant secretary-general, United Nations
President & CEO, InterAction
General secretary and chief executive officer, Rotary International
Head of grantmaking, LEAF, Open Philanthropy
Professor, author, and cartoonist in the MA international relations program, NYU
CEO and WHO special envoy for climate change and health, Seed Global Health
Executive director, Partners In Health- Rwanda
President and CEO, Results for Development
Director, Global Think-tank on Steatotic Liver Disease; Full professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy; Head, Public Health Liver Group, ISGlobal
Founder and CEO, ZOLA Electric
President and CEO, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Managing partner, NOW Partners
Head of Development Impact Advisory, J.P. Morgan
Business manager of Africa, Europe and Middle East, Valent BioSciences LLC
President and co-founder of GWL Voices; former minister of foreign affairs and worship of Argentina; and chief of staff of the secretary-general of the United Nations
Country director, Ethiopia, Last Mile Health
Plastic Surgeon, King Faisal Hospital
Type 1 diabetes advocate, Beyond Type 1
Managing partner of sustainable growth, 500 Global
President & CEO, CARE
Co-founder and CEO, SHOFCO
Chief global corporate affairs and sustainability officer, Takeda
Regional director for the Americas, IFRC
Vice-president of ALEH; Assistant professor at Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine
Founder and managing partner, DBL Partners
Chief external and corporate affairs officer, Vodafone
Person living with psoriatic disease and IFPA ambassador
Executive director, Public Engagement Platform
Founder and CEO, The/Nudge Institute
Assistant director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Vice-president and global head of government and public affairs, Philips
President, International Diabetes Federation
Professor of hepatology and chronic liver failure, Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies at King’s College London, and secretary general, European Association for the Study of the Liver
Vice-president, health policy, Roche Diagnostics
Professor emeritus, University of Toronto
Chief executive officer, WHO Foundation
President, International Society of Nephrology
CEO, Vantive
Team lead on oral health, WHO
CEO and CMO, Carna Health
President and CEO, Food For the Hungry
Founding chairman, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative
Executive director, CRI Foundation
Senior Editor, Devex
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Global Development Reporter, Climate, Devex
Managing Editor, Devex
Senior Reporter, Devex
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
Global Development Reporter, Devex
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