Global Digital Health Summit 2025 to focus on AI and healthcare transformation in Mumbai

The Global Digital Health Summit 2025 (GDHS) will be held from 19–21 September 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai. The summit will run under the theme “RESET” and has been endorsed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. It has also been designated as the “Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026.”

The summit will be chaired by Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Dr Tobias Silberzahn, Dr Joseph C. Kvedar, and Bakul Patel. It is supported by the Ministry of AYUSH, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Government of Telangana. According to organisers, it will be the largest healthcare summit in the world.

The three-day agenda will cover:

• Day 1: Re-imagining healthcare from the grounds up, with discussions on patient engagement, care delivery, and system design.

• Day 2: Technology-driven transformation across the ecosystem, including AI applications and digital health tools.

• Day 3: Scaling innovations, with case studies and frameworks for global growth.

GDHS 2025 will address several first-time themes, including the impact of AI-driven layoffs in healthcare. The summit will also release the “AI Pyramid,” a framework outlining the strategic use of artificial intelligence in the industry. For the first time, healthcare management and technology will be integrated into the summit’s programming.

Key speakers include:

• Dr Vinton G. Cerf, Internet Pioneer and Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist at Google

• Dr Joseph C. Kvedar, Professor at Harvard Medical School

• Bakul Patel, Chair Emeritus and Senior Director of Global Digital Health Strategy & Regulatory at Google

• Dr Ram Charan, Global Business Consultant and Author

• Youngsuk “YS” Chi, Global Chairman of Elsevier

• Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano, President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)

• Dr Steve MacFeely, Chief Statistician & Director of Statistics and Data, OECD

• Ajinkya Rahane, former Captain of the Indian Cricket Team

The speaker line-up also includes government officials such as Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha (Secretary, AYUSH, Government of India), Abhishek Singh (Additional Secretary, MeitY and CEO, Indian AI), and Dr Rajeev Raghuvanshi (Drugs Controller General of India), along with representatives from Mayo Clinic, the National University of Singapore, and health-tech firms.

Sessions on Day 1 will include “FOMO of AI in Healthcare – Hype vs Reality” and “Will AI Lead to Layoffs – Future of Healthcare Workforce”, with Dr Vinton G. Cerf delivering keynote insights. Day 2 will include Dr Ram Charan’s “CEOs in the Digital Age” and sessions such as “How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry” and “Agentic AI in Healthcare Delivery.” Day 3 will include an AI Certification Workshop, a consultation on ABDM 2.0, and a Chief Ministers’ Roundtable.

GDHS 2025 will feature a “Summits of Summit” format with focussed tracks, including the National Medical Education Summit, Global Nursing Perspectives, Global Healthcare CIOs Forum by HIMSS, Dr Ram Charan’s Leadership Session, a Digital Health Scientific Symposium, and certificate masterclasses.

The summit will also include an Expo showcasing digital health solutions, a Digital Health World Café for networking, and the Innovation Awards. Attendees will receive a Level 1 AI Certification, 24 CPD credit hours accredited by the CPD Standards Office (UK), and 15 CNE hours from the Indian Nursing Council.

“In healthcare, more than 99 per cent of people are used by AI, while only 1 per cent actually use AI. We want to change that—so that every person who attends the summit becomes a creator of AI tools, not just a user & this will become the first summit in the world to train all delegates on Level-1 Certification for Artificial Intelligence,” said Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Summit Chair and former advisor to the Union Health Minister.