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Grand Challenges Annual Meeting

We support a worldwide community of innovators to set an inclusive global health agenda and advance breakthrough science.

Collaboration on a Global Scale

The Grand Challenges Annual Meeting brings together major influencers in global health innovation. Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, funders, and advocates meet in a different city every year, where they set agendas, forge collaborations, and advance science. Everyone at the GC Annual Meeting shares a single goal: discovering and delivering innovations that transform millions of people's lives.

Read: Grand Challenges 2023: Celebrating 20 Years of Science and Community.

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GCAM 2023 - Dakar, Senegal - Panel Discussion on AI

GC Annual Meeting 2023 - Dakar, Senegal: Panel Discussion on AI (AI for the World: Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Use of Artificial Intelligence).

GCAM 2023 - Dakar, Senegal

Participants at the GC Annual Meeting 2023 Meeting in Dakar, Senegal sharing ideas.

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The 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting was held in Dakar, Senegal. Videos of this meeting can be viewed here.

All Past Annual Meetings

  • 2023 - Dakar, Senegal
  • 2022 - Brussels, Belgium
  • 2021 - Boston, United States (Virtual)
  • 2020 - New Delhi, India (Virtual)
  • 2019 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 2018 - Berlin, Germany
  • 2017 - Washington D.C., United States
  • 2016 - London, United Kingdom
  • 2015 - Beijing, China
  • 2014 - Seattle, United States
  • 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2012 - Ottawa, Canada
  • 2011 - New Delhi, India
  • 2010 - Seattle, United States
  • 2009 - Arusha, Tanzania
  • 2008 - Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2007 - Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2006 - Washington D.C., United States
  • 2005 - Seattle, United States

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Bill Gates - GCAM 2023

Bill Gates Keynotes

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Grand Challenges partners routinely take advantage of the GC Annual Meeting to issue requests for proposals for new innovation projects. Using this map, you can learn more about thousands of projects the Grand Challenges network has supported over time.