May 21, 2025
Geneva / Online
About the event
By 2030, low- and middle-income countries will face significant challenges due to rapidly aging populations, and at the same time a critical shortage of health care workers. This gap poses a significant threat to achieving universal health coverage and responding effectively to public health emergencies.
Hosted by Devex in partnership with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, SCFHS, this event will explore how cross-border credentialing and targeted capacity-building efforts can address the urgent global health workforce shortage while enhancing the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of care.
Bringing together global health leaders, government officials, professional bodies, educators, and frontline professionals, the event will foster dialogue and collaboration. It aims to produce actionable insights and policy-relevant recommendations that will shape future strategies for credentialing, training, and sustaining a skilled, mobile, and resilient health workforce worldwide.
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Agenda
This agenda is evolving and subject to change. Check back for more updates!
Networking
In person only
Opening remarks
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Dina Alismail
Executive director of health diplomacy, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Fireside chat: Unlocking potential: Developing & credentialing tomorrow’s global health workforce
Dina Alismail
Executive director of health diplomacy, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Interviewer: Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Panel discussion: Sustainability of care: Solutions for global health workforce development & mobility
Jim Campbell
Director of health workforce, World Health Organization
Dr. Otmar Kloiber
Secretary general, World Medical Association
Leslie Mancuso
President and CEO, Jhpiego
Dr. Joia S. Mukherjee, MD
Chief medical officer, Partners In Health; director of the masters program in Global Health Delivery, Harvard Medical School
Interviewer: Andrew Green
Contributing Reporter, Devex
Audience Q&A
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Closing remarks
Dina Alismail
Executive director of health diplomacy, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
Networking lunch
Speakers
Check back for more speaker confirmations coming soon!
Dina Alismail
Executive director of health diplomacy, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Jim Campbell
Director of health workforce, World Health Organization
Dr. Otmar Kloiber
Secretary general, World Medical Association
Leslie Mancuso
President and CEO, Jhpiego
Joia Mukherjee
Chief medical officer, Partners In Health; director of the masters program in Global Health Delivery, Harvard Medical School
Interviewer
Andrew Green
Contributing Reporter, Devex
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex