GHC Summit Program
May 4-6, 2023, at University of Pennsylvania
The GHC Summits are like no other. Everyone can participate and feel they belong, with an exciting program focused on high impact collaborations to advance global health and development. Come Learn, Network and Collaborate.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
Launch and networking for collaborations
4:00 -5:00 PM
Break, diaspora exhibit, collaboration side meetings and interviews
Take a break, relax, view diaspora organization exhibits, or join collaboration side meetings.
5:30 - 9:00 PM
USA-Africa Centers of Excellence Collaboration Dinner
Includes  Signing Ceremony of an MOU;Â
Featuring cultural displays and music, celebrity advocates and government leaders. This is an excellent example or outcome from the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa and extending the Cancer Moonshot globally
Schedule
Day 2: May 5, 2023
8:30 am - 10:45 am
Extending the Cancer Moonshot Globally: Win-Win Collaborations with Asia, East Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, South America,
Session will feature high impact collaboration initiatives involving USA and other World Regions including in Bidirectional Education and Training, Co-Mentored Research/Multi-Center Clinical Trials, and advocacy guided by Cancer Moonshot Principles. Ambassadors of different countries facilitating these collaborations will make remarks
10:45 - 11:00Â Â AM
Coffee Break
Relax, network  and share a cup of coffee or tea or your favorite beverage
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud: Global Multi-Center Clinical Trials
Session will feature ongoing Hypo-Africa Multi-Center Clinical Trials supported by BIO Ventures for Global Health and AfrOx-H2 (Africa Oxford Harvard Hopkins) clinical trial network. It will also feature a new collaborative initiative called "IROC GHC" powered by information and communication technologies and AI
12:00Â PM - 1:00 PM
Global Oncology University
This session will feature New Courses being offered on the Global Oncology University Education Platform and other global oncology education models. Courses include: Global Oncology Implementation Science Course; AAPM-NAMP Medical Physics program and purview of graduate and residency programs co-taught by the best faculty from different world leading institutions
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch break and Poster sessions
Lunch and Poster Session by Young Global Health Catalysts. Winners will be recognized with awards during the awards dinner
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Phytomedicine and Artificial Intelligence
The session will feature educational lectures and ongoing collaboration initiatives on medical cannabis for addressing pain, and cancer or side effects, and leveraging Artificial Intelligence for global health and development. This will involve NFL players, and updates on the International Phytomedicine Institute collaboration initiative
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Break, and collaboration side meetings
Relax, get coffee/tea/your favorite beverage and discuss collaborations with others you meet
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
GHC Summits Awards dinner at the Hall of Flags
This is often one of the best sessions of the summit highlighting why we all must try to collaborate. Features awards and recognition of those at the forefront of global health and efforts to extend the cancer moonshot globally. This year will feature for the first time, awards to Young Global Health Catalysts who represent the future of global health
Schedule
Day 3: May 6, 2023
10:00Â - 10:15Â am
Coffee Break
Stretch and Relax with a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage with someone
Schedule
Day 3: May 6, 2023
2:30 pm
Closing session
Announcement of collaborations involving young catalysts, Closing Remarks and Honors
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