Virchow-ESMT Lecture “Health and Sustainability for Thriving Futures” – Friday, Oct 11, 2024
The Virchow Foundation – a long-time strategic partner of the Global Sepsis Alliance and the World Sepsis Day Movement – and the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin) are delighted to host the distinguished Virchow Lectures in honor of Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockström, the Virchow Prize 2024 Laureates. They will explore the critical and timely topic of holistic and systems-based approaches to safeguarding “Health for All” and the interconnectedness of health with the different levels of health systems, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the planetary boundaries of environmental sustainability, highlighting the importance of integrated strategies to address complex global challenges towards our common goal of attaining SDG3 “Good Health and Well-being.”
The event – including the lectures of the Virchow Prize 2024 Laureates and the following panel discussion – will be live-streamed for free, requiring only a short registration here. To participate in person in Berlin, please register via this link.
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Established by the non-profit Virchow Foundation, the Virchow Prize is an international award annually celebrated in Berlin and endowed with €500,000. Rudolf Virchow, the inspiration and namesake of the prize, is a symbol and role model for the required holistic approaches to improve health for all, thereby providing an example of global responsibility for future generations. In this spirit, the Prize, deeply rooted in the highest-quality research and humanistic values, intends to further strengthen our efforts to a better future. Individuals and their work embody the spirit of the United Nations 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, specifically addressing SDG3 “Good Health and Well-being”.
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Founded in 2002 by 25 leading global companies, ESMT Berlin offers master’s, MBA, and PhD programs, as well as executive education across its campus in Berlin, various locations around the world, online, and in an online blended format. Additionally, the international business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. ESMT is a non-profit private institution of higher education, accredited by AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA, and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all its activities and communities.