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Call for abstracts now open
for the 48th World Hospital
Congress – Geneva 2025
(GENEVA)
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The 2025 edition
of the IHF World Hospital
Congress will be held at the
International Conference
Centre Geneva (CICG) from 10
to 13 November. The Congress
brings together hospital and
healthcare system executives
to exchange best practices
in leadership and management
of healthcare delivery. The
Geneva edition is expected
to attract over 1500
participants from more than
80 countries.
The
call for abstracts is open
to hospital and healthcare
executives, managers,
professionals, and
providers, as well as
government, academic and
research institutions, and
NGOs. The Congress will
provide a platform to
present projects and
programs that showcase
innovations, models, and
examples of leadership to
international peers.
A scientific program
to shape the future of
healthcare leadership
Under the theme “global
learning, local action for
every patient”, abstracts
for the scientific program
can be submitted for any of
the five thematic tracks
before the deadline of 28
February 2025.
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Track 1: Leadership
imperatives
• Track 2:
Clinical models enhancing
quality and safety
•
Track 3: Environmentally
sustainable, resilient, and
low-carbon healthcare
•
Track 4: Digital
transformation and AI in
care and hospital operations
• Track 5: The
human-centred experience –
core to all we do
The
full submission guidelines
and more information about
each of the thematic tracks
is available here:
https://worldhospitalcongress.org/abstracts/.
Marking the launch of
the call for abstracts,
Dr Muna Tahlak, President of
the IHF, shared:
“The issues faced by
hospitals and their
communities, the healthcare
workforce, and patients are
a shared challenge in
countries across the globe.
At this unique forum, we
will shape the future of
healthcare delivery in our
local settings by learning
from fellow leaders from
around the world –
collaborating for greater
quality, safety, equity, and
resilience.”
Robert Mardini, Director
General of the HUG, added:
“Our institution stands
shoulder to shoulder with
the global IHF membership,
bound by a shared commitment
to excellence in leadership,
knowledge exchange,
innovation, and
sustainability. Through the
strategic choices we make
and the policies that we
implement, healthcare
leaders shape the lives of
countless individuals at the
heart of healthcare – be
they patients, staff or the
larger communities that we
serve. Mindful of the
substantial responsibility
we carry, we are shaping the
WHC 2025 program to reflect
these values. I warmly
invite fellow healthcare
leaders around the world to
join us, in International
Geneva, as we confront the
most urgent challenges
facing our sector, both
today and in the years to
come.“
Engaging with Geneva’s
healthcare ecosystem
The 2025 edition will be
the first World Hospital
Congress to be held in
Geneva. It is also a
significant occasion for the
IHF as the city is home to
its headquarters.
Switzerland has hosted two
previous editions of the
congress; in Lucerne in
1955, and Lausanne in 1983.
Working with the HUG,
the Canton of Geneva, and
the Geneva Convention
Bureau, the event’s program
will include opportunities
for delegates from their
international network to
engage with Geneva-based
partners, stakeholders, and
actors in global health. The
HUG is an active member of
the national hospital
federation H+ Swiss
Hospitals, which will also
play an active role in
ensuring the agenda of the
Congress week advances
healthcare leadership
worldwide. H+
Director Anne-Geneviève
Bütikofer emphasizes:
‘We are delighted to have
the IHF Congress in Geneva
and to contribute to the
program, fostering exchanges
among healthcare experts
from around the world.”
Acting for
people and the planet with
the IHF’s Geneva
Sustainability Centre
The
IHF Statement for
Sustainability, approved
by IHF members at the 45th
IHF World Hospital Congress
in 2022, makes it clear that
sustainability is a natural
fit with the core purpose of
healthcare delivery.
Prioritizing low carbon and
resilient care delivery is
an integral part of planning
and delivering the Congress,
with the support of the
IHF’s Geneva Sustainability
Centre, which supports
hospital and healthcare
executives leading this
transformation. As well as
embedding sustainability
actions across the
scientific program, the
organizing committee will
prioritize delivering an
environmentally sustainable
Congress to provide a
positive experience to
visitors and preserve the
local environment.
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