6th UNGA Digital Health Symposium

Get ready to dive into the future of health at the 6th UNGA Digital Health Symposium! This in-person event is the perfect spot to connect, learn, and explore the latest in digital health innovations. This is the annual meeting of global leaders in health, tech, pharma and policy to meet to drive a metamorphosis of health systems through a proactive digital approach called Stay Left, Shift Left-10X. Modelled on the original Solvay conference of 1911 it brings togethers some of the brightest minds to work on solving the biggest problems in our health systems.

Dates: September 22–23, 2026
Location: Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA
Chairs: Prof Martin Curley (Maynooth University), Prof Kristi Stinson (Seton Hall University) Another (Tbc)

The 6th UNGA Digital Health Symposium will convene 60–70 global leaders from healthcare, technology, pharmaceuticals, academia, nursing leadership, and public policy to accelerate the transformation of health systems.

The symposium focuses on Mission10X and Vision10X—two complementary pathways designed to:

· Deliver 10x improvement within current health systems

· Create a 10x better future health and wellness system

Led by Maynooth University and Seton Hall University, supported by Zebra Technologies, the symposium contributes to the Digital Health Manhattan Manifesto.

SL2‑10X is a transformation paradigm aimed at delivering exponential (10x) improvement in outcomes, experience, and system efficiency:

· Stay Left: Prevention, early risk detection, and health promotion

· Shift Left: Earlier, proactive care delivered closer to home and digitally enabled

· 10X: System redesign for order-of-magnitude improvement, not incremental change

· Scale breakthrough innovation into existing systems

· Enable prevention and proactive care

· Improve productivity and outcomes at system level

· Build a next-generation, patient-centred health & wellness system

· Shift from paternalism to partnership

· Empower citizens through health literacy, capability, and digital toolsInnovation Framework: Open Innovation 2.0

The symposium applies Open Innovation 2.0, leveraging:

· Guided collaborative ecosystems

· The quadruple helix:

o Government

o Industry

o Academia

o Citizens

To co-create scalable platforms and transformation pathways.

Participants will work across five strategic streams:

2. Prevention-first care models

3. Integrated pathways and community care

4. Patient self-management

· Incentives for prevention and outcomes

· Sustainable funding models

· Scaling innovation economically

· Digital platforms and interoperability

· Data, AI, and infrastructure

· Foundations for a new health system architecture

· Central role of nursing in delivering Stay Left / Shift Left care

· Workforce redesign for community and digital-first care

· Leadership in patient engagement and continuous care

· Empowering multidisciplinary teams

· Creation of an International Digital Health Academy

· Training clinicians, nurses, and leaders in SL2‑10X principles

· Building global capability in:

o Digital health

o Patient empowerment

o AI-enabled care

· Developing a scalable education and accreditation model

· Patient empowerment and health literacy

· Mobile-first engagement and self-management

· Prevention and proactive care models

· Digital infrastructure and interoperable systems

· AI and augmented intelligence for clinicians and patients

· Workforce transformation and capability building

· Defined Mission10X and Vision10X pathways

· Creation of new global collaboration platforms

· A strengthened Digital Health Manhattan Manifesto

· Clear recommendations to accelerate system-wide transformationAmbition

To catalyse the transition to patient-centred, prevention-first, digitally enabled health systems, supported by empowered clinicians, nurses, and citizens, delivering 10x better outcomes, experience, and sustainability.