Panel Discussion: (The Case for Investing in Innovation and Collaboration). Moderator: Iruka Okeke (Professor, University of Ibadan; Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow; Nigeria). Panelists: Alexander De Croo (Prime Minister, Belgium); Bill Gates (Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States); Bettina Stark-Watzinger (Federal Minister for Education and Research, Germany); Ursula von der Leyen (President, European Commission, Belgium).
World leaders discuss the urgent need for sustainable and equitable global health innovation, reflecting on how global access to lifesaving innovations continues to be slow and inequitable. As part of this, they also consider the need for strengthened R&D ecosystems to meet the needs of an increasingly complex, interconnected world.
From the 2022 meeting in Brussels, Belgium
Oct 24, 2022