Welcome to Country and Opening Ceremony
Join us for this auspicious occasion as we gather for the first time in the Asia Pacific to mark the formal opening the 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting.
Monday 22 April, 9am - 10:30am AEST
Main Stage
SESSION DETAILS
Jill Hennessy
Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow, Monash University, Australia
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Mandy Nicholson
Founder, Djirri Djirri; singer and songwriter
Djirri Djirri
Wurundjeri women's dance group
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Sharon Pickering
Vice-Chancellor and President, Monash University
Penny Wong (video address)
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government
Ged Kearney
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Australian Government
Mary-Anne Thomas
Minister for Health, Victorian Government, Australia
Axel R. Pries
President, World Health Summit, Germany
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (video address)
Director-General, World Health Organization
Sandro Demaio
Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth, Australia
Christina Mitchell
Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia; 2024 International Co-President, World Health Summit
INVITED SPEAKERS