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
Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering and co-founder and chair of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
CEO, Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE)
Co-founder and co-CEO, Noora Health
President and CEO, GiveDirectly
Secretary-general, Digital Cooperation Organization
Minister of health, Ministry of Health of Guyana
Senior officer for global advocacy campaigns, Caritas Internationalis
Vice president, corporate responsibility and global philanthropy at Baxter International and executive director of the Baxter Foundation, Baxter International Inc.
CEO, Welcome.US
Director of BD Social Investing and president of BD Foundation, BD
Associate director for health/HIV, UNICEF
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America
Director, Pan American Health Organization
Co-Founder and president, School of Leadership, Afghanistan
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
Global technical lead, Jhpiego
Distinguished fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Managing director of operations, World Bank
CEO, GSG Impact
CEO, Meridian International Center
Chief development officer, WHO Foundation
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
Head of Positive Action, ViiV Healthcare
Director of International Area, "la Caixa" Foundation
Assistant executive director for partnerships and innovation, World Food Programme
Associate vice president, medical oversight and safety, Operation Smile
Head of applications of science, Google.org
Vice president for North American advocacy, Eleanor Crook Foundation
Director of RMNCAH, Partners In Health
Chief corporate affairs officer, Kenvue
Project manager, Bakhita: St Louis Empowerment Network
Regional coordinator, Caritas Africa
Former president, United Nations General Assembly
Cofounder and executive director, Fast Forward
Global government and infrastructure managing partner, EY
Co-founder and CEO, Rippleworks
Vice president of innovative finance, The Rockefeller Foundation
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
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
Director of family health, Ministry of Health of Kenya
Founder and CEO, Dimagi
CEO, Hand in Hand International
Partner and head of global impact, Public Digital
CEO, Beginnings Fund
Professor at Northwestern University and founder and former president of Innovations for Poverty Action
Director-general, Africa CDC
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
Head of Skylight, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
President, Refugees International
President and CEO, Ipas
Consultant radiologist & assistant professor, head of ultrasound, Aga Khan Hospital
President of emerging markets, Pfizer
Assistant high commissioner for operations, UNHCR
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
Adviser to the president of Ukraine on reconstruction and investment and chair of the Ukraine House Board, Ukraine House DC Foundation
Chief global affairs officer, RestoringVision
CEO, Mercy Corps
Divisional vice president of global citizenship and sustainability at Abbott and vice president of the Abbott Fund, Abbott
Minister of economy and finance, in charge of cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin
CEO, Wikimedia Foundation
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Co-founder, Livelihood Impact Fund
National ambassador coordinator, India, Beyond Type 1
CEO, All Hands & Hearts
U.N. special envoy on financing sustainable development, United Nations
Managing director, head of ICONIQ Impact
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
Global health strategist
Director-general, Global Self-Care Federation
Co-founder and CEO, Starling Institute
National executive officer, ACRATH — Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking In Humans
CEO, World Obesity Federation
National director of outreach, US Global Leadership Coalition
Ultrasound business ventures lead, Philips
President and co-founder, The Institute for Global Health and Development
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 of global programs, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Director, Cepei
CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Chief strategy officer and president, Impact Fund for Children, UNICEF USA
CEO, IDinsight
Chair, Silvania
COO, Imaginable Futures
President and CEO, Save the Children US
President and CEO, Nutrition International
Chief of staff, Action Against Hunger
Executive director, Livelihood Impact Fund
Global Vice Chair, Alliances and Ecosystems, EY
President, International Society of Nephrology
President and CEO, Food For the Hungry
Executive vice president, Wadhwani Family Office
Co-founder and CEO, Qure.ai
CEO, Ubongo
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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