IGHNx: Global Health Reimagined

IGHNx: Global Health Reimagined

Inspiring Creativity, Enhancing Innovation, Promoting Activism 

Date:  Thursday 13th February 2025

Location: The Printworks, Dublin Castle

REGISTER SPEAKER NOMINATIONS 

Registration now open! Use the code EARLYBIRD25 to get 15% off tickets before 31st October 2024

Welcome to the second installment of IGHNx the event that turns global health topics on their head, and challenges the way we think about common themes.

We first held this event in 2023 and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, so we are back to do it all again! IGHNx: Global Health Reimagined is co-hosted with the HSE Global Health Programme and will be held at Dublin Castle on Thursday 13th February 2025.

We look forward to welcoming you to this engaging event, filled with creativity, inspiration, and innovation.

Keep an eye out here for more information coming soon!

In the meantime, why not check out all the highlights from IGHNx 2023

Background

As an Irish community committed and passionate about equity, humanity, and inclusivity, we bring to you our very own version of a TEDx event; IGHNx. A break from our usual style of conference, this event steps away from the mainstream and delves into a world of diverse thinking, passion, and creativity. We want to flip the narrative and illuminate the much-discussed topics of global health in a whole new light. This event gave us an opportunity to come together as a community and discuss these topics to broaden our knowledge and understanding of them, and most importantly, to ensure that the communities we are fighting for, the farthest left behind, are brought to the forefront of these talks. 

The event consists of a variety of short talks on a range of topics related to global health. The talks will be interspersed with creative performances including music, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. Not forgetting our Global Health Village; set up like a village, with individual stalls representing NGO’s, higher education institutions, and various other organisations, it is a vibrant place for knowledge sharing and exchange of ideas. Additionally, the event provides wonderful opportunities for networking. 

The Talks 

The talks follow a TED talk format, where the topics discussed challenge your thinking and deliver thought-provoking questions on topics surrounding the broad theme of Global Health. Fundamental to each of these talks is their ability to inspire creativity, enhance innovation, and promote activism on each of the topic areas.  Although these talks are short, at just 13 minutes long, the knowledge possessed by the speakers on their topics and the passion they have for them will leave you with a whole new way of thinking about and approaching these topics. 

To nominate yourself or someone else to give a talk, click below.

The Arts

We believe that the arts hold transformative power in shaping the conversation around global health, and in engaging new and broader audiences into the conversation. By combining creative performances—music, poetry, comedy, and storytelling—with expert talks, we aim to bridge the gap between science and emotion, data, and empathy. These artistic expressions serve as a powerful tool to humanise complex global health issues, making them more accessible, relatable, and impactful. Through this fusion of arts and global health, we hope to inspire fresh perspectives, provoke deeper reflection, and encourage innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Stay tuned for more information coming soon!