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Videos from the annual Grand Challenges meeting that brings together funding and research partners throughout the Grand Challenges network and beyond. The views expressed in these videos are those of the speakers, and publication here does not imply endorsement by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, which hosts this website.Meeting locations:2023 - Dakar, Senegal2022 - Brussels, Belgium2021 - Boston, United States (Virtual)2020 - New Delhi, India (Virtual)2019 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2018 - Berlin, Germany2017- Washington DC, United States2016 - London, United Kingdom2015 - Beijing, China2014 - Seattle,&nbsp;United States2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2012- Ottawa, Canada2011 - New Delhi, India2010 - Seattle,&nbsp;United States2009 - Arusha, Tanzania2008 - Bangkok, Thailand2007 - Cape Town, South Africa2006 - Washington DC, United States2005 - Seattle,&nbsp;United States

Grand Challenges Annual Meeting Videos

To open the 2012 Grand Challenges meeting, Peter Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada, emphasized the importance of "integrated innovation," the combination of science, technology, social and business innovation.

Peter Singer

At the 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Welcome Session, Joseph Rotman, Chairman of the Board of Grand Challenges Canada, highlighted Grand Challenges Canada's work to improve the lives of people in low- and middle- income countries around the world by stimulating innovation.

Joseph L. Rotman

At the 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Welcome Session, Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Program at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed how the Grand Challenges model can stimulate global health engagement, innovation, and impact.

Trevor Mundel

At the 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Welcome Session, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation of Canada, stressed the importance of the Grand Challenges approach in seeking out solutions to some of the greatest humanitarian challenges in the world. Learn more about Canada's contribution to global health and Minister Fantino’s vision for the future.

Honourable Julian Fantino

At the 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Welcome Session, Chris Wilson of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation set the stage for the subsequent scientific sessions by introducing the track leads of the five scientific tracks.

Panel of Scientific Track Leads

The 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Opening Plenary Session featured Peter Singer, Mario Merialdi, Renuka Gadde, Wendy Taylor, Carol Dahl, Phil Weilerstein, Omer Imtiazuddin, and Rebekah Young discussing how to move from a pipeline of innovation to impact at scale.

Impact Investing for Global Health

This 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Scientific Keynote Session featured three of the most persistent global health challenges–HIV, malaria, and TB. Learn more about Dr. Wendy Stevens' work in HIV/TB point-of-care technologies, Dr. Clifton Barry’s investigation into fixing the TB drug pipeline, and Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia's research on manipulating liver cells for malaria drug discovery.

Scientific Keynote Session – HIV, Malaria, and TB

This 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Scientific Keynote Session featured David Kaslow of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) discussing work on malaria vaccines and Tom Evans of Aeras discussing work on TB vaccines.

Scientific Keynote Session – Malaria and TB Vaccines

This 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Plenary Session featured representatives from key partners, including Brazil, India, Israel, South Africa, Thailand and the United States. Learn more about how they're applying the Grand Challenges model to key domestic and international priorities.

Celebrating Grand Challenges Partnerships

The 2012 Grand Challenges meeting Closing Plenary Session featured Abdallah Daar, Gus Nossal, Mwele Malecela and Christine Debouck discussing the Grand Challenges movement – how it has evolved, how it can be more effective, and where it is going in the future.

Grand Challenges Moving Forward

To open the Grand Challenges meeting/ Keystone Symposium joint session, Chris Wilson of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation discussed applying immunological lessons-learned to vaccine development.

Translating Immunology into Vaccinology

In the Grand Challenges meeting/ Keystone Symposium joint session, Bruce Beutler discussed his research on genetics and innate immunity.

Bruce Beutler

The 2013 Grand Challenges meeting Welcome Session featured remarks by Carlos Gadelha (Ministry of Health, Brazil), Trevor Mundel (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation), and Hans Dohmann (Department of Health, Rio de Janeiro), and a welcome address by Brazil’s Minister of Health Alexandre Padilha.

Grand Challenges Welcome Session

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Mauricio Lima Barreto discussed innovating in social and health interventions as a roadmap for a healthier future.

Innovating in Social and Health Interventions

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Jorge Kalil discussed how to develop a human vaccine directed against an antigen implicated in triggering an autoimmune disease: the case of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Vaccine Design and Autoimmunity

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Hilldebrando Pereira da Silva discussed malaria control and the question of tackling the problem with or without vaccines.

Malaria Control

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Celso Moretti discussed Brazilian agriculture’s achievements in the last 40 years and expectations for the next 20 years.

Brazilian Agriculture

At a 2013 Grand Challenges meeting Panel Session, affordable technologies for health impact were discussed by Carlos Gadelha, Akira Homma, Ana Goretti Kalume Maranhão, Gerald Voss, Michel DeWilde, and Trevor Mundel.

Affordable Technologies for Health Impact

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Stephen Kennedy discussed the Intergrowth-21st project – translating research into practice.

Intergrowth-21stProject

intergrowth-21stproject

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Susan Walker discussed putting child development at the heart of the health agenda.

Child Development and the Health Agenda

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Anthony Costello discussed evidence-based behavior change through women’s groups.

Behavior Change Through Women's Groups

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Scott O'Neill discussed using Wolbachia infections of mosquitoes to control dengue transmission.

Wolbachia to Control Dengue Transmission

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe discussed investment for optimal agricultural labor productivity – a paradigm shift.

Investment for Optimal Agricultural Labor Productivity

At the 2013 Grand Challenges meeting, Keith Klugman discussed maternal immunization and neonatal mortality reduction.

Maternal Immunization

The 2013 Grand Challenges meeting closing Panel Session featured remarks on the Grand Challenges approach, lessons learned, and thoughts on the next ten years from Ted Bianco, Antonio Carvalho, Dave Ferguson, Elizabeth Gore, William Owen, Peter Singer, and Chris Wilson.

Grand Challenges – Lessons Learned and the Next 10 Years

2014 Grand Challenges meeting video – a retrospective beginning with the launch of the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative and continuing through to the current network of Grand Challenges partnerships and initiatives

Grand Challenges - The First Ten Years

2014 Grand Challenges meeting keynote speaker - Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda (Young Women’s Christian Association), with closing comments by Trevor Mundel (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Keynote speaker: Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda

2014 Grand Challenges meeting panel - Moderator: Trevor Mundel (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation): Panelists: Julie Gerberding (Merck &amp; Co.), Yiming Shao (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention), Peter Singer (Grand Challenges Canada), Wendy Taylor (U.S. Agency for International Development, Harold Varmus (National Cancer Institute), Chris Wilson (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation).

The Paradox of Innovation

2014 Grand Challenges meeting session – Hosts: Bill and Melinda Gates (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Speakers: Alain Beaudet (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Rajiv Shah (U.S. Agency for International Development), Carlos Gadelha (Ministry of Health, Brazil), M.K. Bhan (Department of Biotechnology, India), Glenda Gray (Medical Research Council, South Africa)

The Next Phase of Grand Challenges

2014 Grand Challenges meeting panel - Moderator: Chris Elias (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Ted Bianco (Wellcome Trust), Francis Collins (National Institutes of Health), Neil Ferguson (Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling), Chris Karp (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation), Vasee Moorthy (World Health Organization), David Vaughn (GlaxoSmithKline)

Accelerating Interventions Needed to Fight the Ebola Epidemic

2014 Grand Challenges meeting and Keystone Symposia joint scientific session - Moderator: Sue Desmond-Hellmann (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Francis Collins (National Institutes of Health), Bill Gates (Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation), Arunachalam Muruganantham (Jayaashree Industries, Amy Smith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Creating Cultures of Innovation

A compilation of the sessions at the 10th anniversary Grand Challenges meeting

2014 Grand Challenges Meeting Overview

2015 Grand Challenges meeting video – a retrospective beginning with the launch of the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative and continuing through to the current network of Grand Challenges partnerships and initiatives – with an introduction by Yinuo Li (Director, China Country Office, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Grand Challenges – The First Ten Years (with introduction)

2015 Grand Challenges opening plenary (Translating Innovation to Impact: the Grand Challenges Model) and panel discussion (Translating Innovation: Marketplaces for Innovation). Plenary: Sue Desmond-Hellmann (CEO, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation), Keynote speaker Laiwu Zhang (Vice Minister, Ministry of Science &amp; Technology), Yigong Shi (Dean of Life Sciences &amp; Vice President, Tsinghua University). Panel: Moderator - Trevor Mundel (President, Global Health Division, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists - Alix Zwane (CEO, Global Innovation Fund), Ann Mei Chang (Executive Director, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID), Peter Singer (CEO, Grand Challenges Canada), Thomas Kariuki (Director, Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa)

Translating Innovation to Impact: the Grand Challenges Model

2015 Grand Challenges plenary (Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation: Focus on China) and panel discussion (China: Innovation for the World). Plenary: Yanying Xu (Deputy Director, Department of Health, National Natural Science Foundation of China). Panel: Moderator - Yinuo Li (Director, China Country Office, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Bai Lu (Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University), Jian Wang (President, BGI), Steve Yang (Executive Vice-President and COO, WuXi AppTec), Xiaoming Yang (Chairman of the Board of Directors, China National Biotec Group)

Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation: Focus on China

2015 Grand Challenges plenary (Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation: Focus on Africa), panel discussion (Innovation across Africa: Past, Present and Future), and closing keynotes. Plenary: H.E. Mrs Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (President of the Republic of Mauritius). Panel: Moderator - Ayo Ajayi (Director, Africa Team, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Aggrey Ambali (Head, Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, New Partnership for Africa’s Development), Mwele Malecela (Director General, National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania), Simon Kay (Head of International Operations, the Wellcome Trust), Thomas Kariuki (Director, Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa), William Kamkwamba (Inventor and Author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind); Keynote speaker Sue Desmond-Hellmann (CEO, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation: Focus on Africa

2016 Grand Challenges: Opening Remarks by Master of Ceremonies, &nbsp;Kedest Tesfagiorgis, Program Officer, Discovery &amp; Translational Sciences, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.

Opening Remarks: Kedest Tesfagiorgis, Program Officer, Discovery & Translational Sciences, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2016 Grand Challenges Plenary (Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals — North-South Collaborations). Keynote speaker: Lady Manningham-Buller, Chair, Wellcome Trust.

Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals— North-South Collaborations

2016 Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk: Megan White Mukuria (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ZanaAfrica Group) - “Novel Materials for Low-Cost Sanitary Pad Production”.

"Novel Materials for Low-Cost Sanitary Pad Production", Megan White Mukuria, Kenya

2016 Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk: M. Balakrishnan (Professor, Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology) - “SmartCane”.

"SmartCane", M. Balakrishnan, India

2016 Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk: Dixon Chibanda (Principal Investigator, The Friendship Bench) – “The Friendship Bench”.

"The Friendship Bench", Dixon Chibanda, Zimbabwe

2016 Grand Challenges Panel Discussion (Strengthening Partnerships for Development Innovation). Moderator - Peter Singer (Chief Executive Officer, Grand Challenges Canada); Panelists: Priya Agrawal (Head of Vaccines and Women’s Health, MSD UK); Thomas Kariuki (Director, Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa); Soumya Swaminathan (Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research and Secretary, Department of Health Research, India); Charlotte Watts (Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for International Development, United Kingdom).

Strengthening Partnerships for Development Innovation

2016 Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk: Data Santorino (Pediatrician, Lecturer and Researcher, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)

"Augmented Infant Resuscitator", Data Santorino, Uganda

2016 Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk: Abdoulaye Diabaté (Head of the Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé/Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso)

"New Tools for Mosquito Population  Engineering and Control",  Abdoulaye Diabaté, Burkina Faso

“Case Study Discussion: Eliminate Dengue”. Moderator: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Chief Executive Officer, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. Panelists: Scott O’Neill, Director, Institute of Vector-Borne Disease, Monash University, Jorge Osorio, Co-Principal Investigator, Eliminate Dengue Colombia.

Case Study Discussion: Eliminate Dengue

2016 Grand Challenges Panel Discussion (Innovation to Meet the Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge). Moderator: Keith Klugman (Director, Pneumonia, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Manica Balasegaram (Director, Dynamic Portfolio, GARD Partnership Operations, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative); Professor Dame Sally Davies (Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, United Kingdom); Ruxandra Draghia-Akli (Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Research and Innovation, European Commission); H.E. Juan José Gómez-Camacho (Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations; Precious Matsoso (Director General, National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa).

Innovation to Meet the Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge

2016 Grand Challenges: Welcome Address: Jeremy Farrar (Director, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom)

Welcome Address: Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom

2016 Grand Challenges: Spotlight Talk: Clare Elwell (Professor of Medical Physics, University College London, United Kingdom)

"Biomarkers of Nutrition-Related Cognitive Development", Clare Elwell, United Kingdom

2016 Grand Challenges: Youth Speaker: Floriane Fidegnon-Edoh (Student, Ursuline Academy, United Kingdom

GC 2016 Youth Speaker:  Floriane Fidegnon-Edoh

Keynote Address: Bill Gates, Co-Chair & Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panel Discussion: (Leadership in Science &amp; Innovation - Good for Britain, Good for the World). Moderator: Natasha Kaplinsky; Panelists: Sir Richard Branson (Founder, Virgin Group); Bill Gates (Co-Chair &amp; Trustee, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Rt Hon Priti Patel MP (Secretary of State for International Development, Department for International Development, United Kingdom).

Keynote Conversation: Leadership in Science & Innovation - Good for Britain, Good for the World

2016 Grand Challenges: Closing Remarks: Trevor Mundel (President, Global Health, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Gayle E. Smith (Administrator, US Agency for International Development)

Closing Remarks: Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Welcoming Remarks and Opening Address: Kedest Tesfagiorgis (Program Officer, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Kedest Tesfagiorgis

Opening Keynote Address - The Challenge of Pandemic Preparedness:&nbsp;The Role of Biomedical Research&nbsp;by Anthony Fauci (Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The Challenge of Pandemic Preparedness: The Role of Biomedical Research, Anthony Fauci

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk I: Raffi Aroian (Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk I: Raffi Aroian

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk II: Sangeeta Bhatia (Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk II: Sangeeta Bhatia

Keynote Address: Cori Bargmann (President of Science, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative)

Keynote Address: Cori Bargmann

Keynote Conversation: A Leadership Conversation for Sustaining Public Support for Research and Development, Jeremy Farrar (Director, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom)

A Leadership Conversation for Sustaining Public Support for Research and Development, Jeremy Farrar

Virtual Reality for Vaccines and Global Health: Barney S. Graham (Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health); Meghan McCarthy (Program Lead for 3D Printing and Biovisualization, Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases); Phil Cruz (Computational Structural Biologist, Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Virtual Reality for Vaccines and Global Health

Panel Discussion: (Pandemic Preparedness - Are We Making Progress?). Moderator: Trevor Mundel, (President, Global Health Division, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Richard Hatchett (Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations); Penny Heaton (Chief Executive Officer, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute); John Nkengasong (Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control &amp; Prevention); Camilla Stoltenberg (Director General, Norwegian Institute of Public Health).

Pandemic Preparedness - Are We Making Progress?

Panel Discussion II:(Coalition for African Research and Innovation: A Conversation with Thought Leaders). Moderator: Trevor Mundel, (President, Global Health Division, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: H.E. Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (President, Republic of Mauritius); Francis S. Collins (Director, National Institutes of Health); Jeremy Farrar (Director, Wellcome Trust); Thomas Kariuki (Director, Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa).

Coalition for African Research and Innovation: A Conversation with Thought Leaders

Keynote Address: Mark Green (Director, USAID) introduced by Harry Bader (Acting Executive Director, U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID)

Keynote Address: Mark Green

Keynote Address: Diana W. Bianchi (Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Keynote Address: Diana W. Bianchi

Introduction of Keynote Speaker Bill Gates (Trustee and Co-Chair, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation) by MC Kedest Tesfagiorgis (Program Officer, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Bill Gates by MC Kedest Tesfagiorgis

Keynote Address: Bill Gates (Co-Chair &amp; Trustee, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

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Keynote Address: Bill Gates

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk III: Rebecca Richards-Kortum (Director, Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk III: Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk IV: Youseph Yazdi (Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation &amp; Design, United States)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk IV: Youseph Yazdi

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk V: Clair Reid (Chief Impact Officer and Founder, Reel Gardening)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk V: Claire Reid

2017 Grand Challenges: Keynote Address: Rex W. Tillerson (United States Secretary of State)

Keynote Address: Rex W. Tillerson, United States Secretary of State

Closing Discussion: Trevor Mundel (President, Global Health Division, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Georg Schütte, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Closing Discussion: Trevor Mundel

Grand Challenges 2018

Welcoming Remarks and Opening Address: Kedest Tesfagiorgis (Senior Program Officer, Discovery &amp; Translational Sciences, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Opening Remarks: Trevor Mundel (President, Global Health, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Opening Remarks: Trevor Mundel

Opening Remarks: Anja Karliczek (Federal Minister, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Opening Remarks: Anja Karliczek

Opening Remarks (English Version): Anja Karliczek (Federal Minister, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Opening Remarks (English Version): Anja Karliczek

Panel Discussion: (Germany: A Health &amp; Development Hub). Moderator: Ilona Kickbusch, (Director, Global Health Centre and Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Geneva ); Panelists: Chris Elias (President, Global Development, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Jeremy Farrar (Director, Wellcome); Anna Holzscheiter (Assistant Professor, Freie Universität Berlin); Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti (WHO Regional Director, Africa).

Germany: A Health & Development Hub

Plenary: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Keynote Address: Bill Gates (Co-Chair, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Plenary Keynote Address: Bill Gates

Plenary: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Keynote Address: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director General, World Health Organization)

Plenary Keynote Address: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Plenary: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Keynote Address: Erna Solberg (Prime Minister, Norway)

Plenary Keynote Address: Erna Solberg

Plenary: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Keynote Address: Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)

Plenary Keynote Address: Angela Merkel

Plenary: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Keynote Address: Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany) - (English Version)

Plenary Keynote Address (English Version): Angela Merkel

Grand Challenges Meeting 2018: Spotlight Talk I: Ugur Sahin (Chief Executive Officer, BioNTech)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk I: Ugur Sahin

Panel Discussion: (Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). Moderator: Emily Wilson (Editor, New Scientist); Bill Gates (Co-chair, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Fréderique Vidal (Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France); Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director-General, World Health Organization);

Innovation to Address Global Health and Development: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Closing Keynote: Detlev Ganten (President, World Health Summit)

Closing Keynote: Detlev Ganten

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk II: Pierre Van Damme (Professor, University of Antwerp)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk II: Pierre Van Damme

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk III: Angela Eni (Professor, Covenant University)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk III: Angela Eni

Panel Discussion: (A Virtuous Cycle: Data Science to Fight Malaria). Moderator: Trevor Mundel (President, Global Health, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Deirdre Hollingsworth (Senior Group Leader, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford); Chris Murray (Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation); Nicola Mulder (Professor, Head of Computational Biology Group, University of Cape Town); Fredros Okumu (Director of Science, Ifakara Health Institute).

A Virtuous Cycle: Data Science to Fight Malaria

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk IV: Kelly Chibale (Founder &amp; Director, Drug Discovery &amp; Development Center, University of Cape Town)

Grand Challenges Spotlight Talk IV: Kelly Chibale

Keynote Address: Ken Duncan (Deputy Director, Discovery &amp; Translational Sciences, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Keynote Address: Ken Duncan

Panel Discussion: (Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance Through Drug Discovery and Innovation). Moderator: Sally Davies (Professor and Chief Medical Officer for England); Stephen Baker (Professor of Microbiology, University of Oxford); Renu Swarup (Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, India); Elmar Nimmesgern (Secretariat Lead, Global AMR R&amp;D Hub).

Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance Through Drug Discovery and Innovation

Closing Reflection: Lynda Stuart (Deputy Director, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Closing Reflection: Lynda Stuart

Closing Keynote: Veronika von Messling (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Closing Keynote: Veronika von Messling

Welcoming Remarks and Opening Address: Kedest Tesfagiorgis (Deputy Director, Global Partnerships&nbsp;&amp; Grand Challenges, Discovery&nbsp;&amp; Translational Sciences, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation)

Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2019: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome remarks: Amir Aman, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Welcome Remarks, Amir Aman

Tribute to Steve Buchsbaum

Tribute to Steve Buchsbaum, outgoing Deputy Director, Global Partnerships &amp; Grand Challenges, Discovery &amp; Translational Sciences, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.

Grand Challenges Annual Meeting: Tribute to Steve Buchsbaum

Opening Remarks, Trevor Mundel

Plenary Keynote Address: Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health

Plenary Keynote Address, Francis Collins

Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti (Regional Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa)