Sept. 21-24, 2026
New York / On-Demand
This September, Devex Impact House returns to UNGA and NY Climate Week — our hub for the people, ideas, and initiatives reshaping global development today. Across four days of live journalism, high-level convenings, and candid conversations, we'll explore what's working, who's driving change, and the shifts transforming development right now — from who funds development and who sets the agenda to the next chapter of multilateralism, how AI and digital technologies are reshaping opportunity, power, and access, the growing role of private capital, and what it takes to build resilience in a more volatile world.
Through news-making interviews on the Impact Stage, interactive sessions in the Innovation Lounge, closed-door roundtables, and networking throughout the Global Commons, Devex Impact House is designed to spark ideas, forge connections, and move conversations forward. On September 22, we'll host the UHC Pavilion, bringing together health leaders to help shape the agenda for the 2027 U.N. High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage.
Stay tuned as we unveil more speakers, sessions, and opportunities to participate.
Sept. 21–24, 2026 · This agenda is still evolving. Check back for updates on speakers and sessions
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Director, U.N. Global Disability Fund

Deputy executive director, UNAIDS
Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering and co-founder and chair of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Co-founder and co-CEO, Noora Health
President and CEO, GiveDirectly
Secretary-general, Digital Cooperation Organization

chair of executive board, Unitaid

Senior vice president, government and global public affairs, Salesforce

Founder and chair, Network of Engaged International Donors
Minister of health, Ministry of Health of Guyana
Senior officer for global advocacy campaigns, Caritas Internationalis
CEO, Welcome.US
Director of BD Social Investing and president of BD Foundation, BD
Associate director for health/HIV, UNICEF

Director and national coordinator, National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Program, Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Nigeria
Senior vice president of medical innovation and external engagement for cardiometabolic health, Lilly
Senior vice president of Social Impact at PepsiCo, and president at PepsiCo Foundation
CEO, Evidence Action
Former executive director, World Food Programme

CEO, Integrate Health
Global technical lead, Jhpiego
Distinguished fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Managing director of operations, World Bank
CEO, Meridian International Center
Chief development officer, WHO Foundation
CEO, 100x Impact
Partner and co-founder, Public Digital
Co-founder and former managing partner, The Bridgespan Group
Prime Minister, Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Country director, Ghana, LifeNet International
Chairman and CEO, Howard G. Buffett Foundation
CEO, Zipline Africa and head, International Expansion
President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Executive director, Fuse
Senior adviser, Brown University Pandemic Center, and former chief adviser, health security, World Bank
Former president of Costa Rica and president of Club de Madrid
Founder and CEO, Humane Intelligence PBC
Executive director, Center for Effective Global Action
Vice president, global public health & forest health, Valent Health

Senior Advisor, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)

Commissioner for health, Ogun State, Nigeria
Head of Positive Action, ViiV Healthcare
Director of International Area, "la Caixa" Foundation
CEO, GSG Impact

Secretary-general, International Chamber of Commerce
Associate vice president, medical oversight and safety, Operation Smile
Head of applications of science, Google.org
Director of global programs, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Vice president for North American advocacy, Eleanor Crook Foundation
Director of RMNCAH, Partners In Health
Chief corporate affairs officer, Kenvue

Chancellor emeritus, Duke University

President, global development department, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Co-founder and CEO, BillionScale Health
Project manager, Bakhita: St Louis Empowerment Network
Regional coordinator, Caritas Africa
CEO, Beginnings Fund
Cofounder and executive director, Fast Forward

Vice president, European Investment Bank

Vice president of health production and innovation, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)

Undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Founder, Minderoo Foundation
Global government and infrastructure managing partner, EY

Director-general, Government of Ireland
Co-founder and CEO, Rippleworks

Head of government relations and corporate affairs, EIDU
Former president, United Nations General Assembly
Assistant high commissioner for operations, UNHCR
Vice president of innovative finance, The Rockefeller Foundation

Co-founder and FO, Bracing Neighbors
Director of Strategy, Unitaid
Global program director, primary healthcare, PATH
Chief of the health, nutrition, and population division, Inter-American Development Bank
Executive director, The New Foreign Assistance
Chief executive, Sightsavers
CEO, GiveWell
CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
CEO and general secretary, Rotary International
CEO, Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE)
Nonresident Fellow, Center for Global Development
Executive vice president, social impact and global advocacy, Beyond Type 1
Group mananging director and CEO, Society for Family Health
CEO/ED, Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR)
Vice president of programs and government relations, Samaritan's Purse

Founder, Generative Connections
Director of family health, Ministry of Health of Kenya
Founder and CEO, Dimagi

WHO regional director for Africa, World Health Organization
CEO, Hand in Hand International
Partner and head of global impact, Public Digital
Assistant executive director for partnerships and innovation, World Food Programme

Managing partner, 500 Global
Professor at Northwestern University and founder and former president of Innovations for Poverty Action
Director-general, Africa CDC

Head of beneficial deployments, Anthropic

Chief executive officer, FinDev Canada
CEO of Seed Global Health, director of global and climate health policy in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and WHO special envoy for climate change and health
Secretary of health of Mexico
Managing Partner, Board Member, Imaginable Futures

Interim president, global policy and advocacy, Gates Foundation
Head of Skylight, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
President, Refugees International
President and CEO, Ipas
President of emerging markets, Pfizer
Co-founder and CEO, CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)
Consultant radiologist & assistant professor, head of ultrasound, Aga Khan Hospital
CEO, HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health

CEO, Global Schools Forum
CEO, Global Fishing Watch
Chief external affairs officer, Direct Relief
President, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Business manager of Africa, Europe and Middle East, Valent Health
Head of AI for civil society and philanthropy, OpenAI Foundation

President, GWL Voices
Adviser to the president of Ukraine on reconstruction and investment and chair of the Ukraine House Board, Ukraine House DC Foundation

Candidate for the U.N. secretary-general, Costa Rica

Deputy head, International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat
Chief global affairs officer, RestoringVision
CEO, Mercy Corps
Divisional vice president of global citizenship and sustainability at Abbott and vice president of Abbott Fund
Minister of economy and finance, in charge of cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin
CEO, Wikimedia Foundation
President of global growth and opportunity, Gates Foundation
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
National ambassador coordinator, India, Beyond Type 1
U.N. special envoy on financing sustainable development, United Nations
CEO, All Hands & Hearts
Vice president, corporate responsibility and global philanthropy at Baxter International and executive director of the Baxter Foundation, Baxter International Inc.

Executive director, Mizizi Elimu Afrika
Managing director, head of ICONIQ Impact

Executive Director, CITAMplus
Campaign lead, Africa REACH
Founder and CEO, Food4Education
Founder and CEO, Acumen
Founder and president, Kakenya's Dream
President and CEO, CARE USA
Professor of epidemiology and director of the Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health
President and CEO, UNICEF USA
Community health worker and mentor mother, Mathare North hospital

Deputy director of education, Ministry of Education-Kenya State Department for Basic Education

Senior fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Trustee, World Obesity Federation; CEO, Stowelink Foundation
Global health strategist

Principal secretary at the State Department for medical services, Kenyan Ministry of Health
Director-general, Global Self-Care Federation
Co-founder and CEO, Starling Institute

Chief advancement officer, SHOFCO
Managing Director, Toniic

Founder, Chibas, Haitian Center for Innovation in Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
Co-founder, Livelihood Impact Fund
National executive officer, ACRATH — Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking In Humans

Director-general, Food and Agriculture Organization
CEO, World Obesity Federation
Co-Founder and president, School of Leadership, Afghanistan
National director of outreach, US Global Leadership Coalition
Ultrasound business ventures lead, Philips
President and co-founder, The Institute for Global Health and Development

CEO, Wellcome

CEO, Superhumans Center
Professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Rwanda
CEO, The AECF
Minister of health, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia
Founder and CEO, Edesia Nutrition
Director, Cepei

Director, Global Office of Innovation, UNICEF
Chair, Silvania
CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Chief strategy officer and president, Impact Fund for Children, UNICEF USA

Rt Hon The Lord Sharma KCMG PC, House of Lords, U.K. Parliament
CEO, IDinsight
Director, Pan American Health Organization

CEO, Grand Challenges Canada
COO, Imaginable Futures
President and CEO, Save the Children US

President, Microsoft Elevate
President and CEO, Nutrition International
Chief of staff, Action Against Hunger

CEO, Malaria No More
Executive director, Livelihood Impact Fund
Founder of African Leadership Group and CEO of Sand Technologies
Global Vice Chair, Alliances and Ecosystems, EY

Director and producer, Big Picture Ranch
President, International Society of Nephrology
Chief medical officer, global health, Qure.ai
President and CEO, Food For the Hungry

Director of health, World Bank Group; director, Global Financing Facility
Executive vice president, Wadhwani Family Office
Co-founder and CEO, Qure.ai
President and CEO, TechnoServe
CEO, Ubongo
Director, sustainable markets, Impact Nexus Africa
Vice president for policy and government relations, National Endowment for Democracy
Global director of education, UNICEF
Founding partner and CEO, Horizon Capital
Principal secretary, State Department for Diaspora Affairs
Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Branch, UNFPA
Founder and CEO, Mary Dinah Foundation
Executive director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Principal deputy assistant secretary for global affairs, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Senior partner, Flagship Pioneering; associate physician, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School; author of “Safer: A Playbook — Turning Fear into Action and Crisis into Community”
Research scholar and senior fellow, Duke Global Health Institute
Editor, Devex
Executive director, Clara Lionel Foundation
Senior policy advisor, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations
Vice president of partnerships, Devex
Senior Editor, Devex
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Senior Reporter, Devex
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
Global Development Reporter, Devex
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Devex
Senior Reporter, Devex
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