Submission Portal 2026
November 16 (site visits); November 17-19 Summit sessions
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ~ Venue TBD
2026 THEME:
Health Supply Chains for the Next Era:
Rethinking Policy, Markets, Capital, and Access
There is emerging consensus that health supply chains must evolve to meet the demands of a
rapidly changing global health architecture. The last two years have reemphasized the
importance of governance, financing, market incentives, investment models/capital, and access
strategies that are needed to build more resilient, equitable, and responsive systems for
medicines, diagnostics, vaccines, and other essential health products.
GHSCS 2026 will explore these issues through a combination of keynotes, panel discussions,
and contributed talks. Like in the past, the conference will assemble a collection of experts that
include government representatives, academics, NGOs, civil society, industry, donor, and
multilateral representatives to explore these topics. The committee is particularly interested in
capturing the voices from the field to learn and share experiences related to the conference
theme and mechanisms to achieve these goals.
Call for Proposals
The GHSCS Program Committee is currently seeking proposals for focused presentations (talks /
posters) that are consistent with the broader theme of Health Supply Chains for the Next Era. The
committee encourages submissions in all areas of the global health supply chain – for medicines,
vaccines, and diagnostics – including procurement models, supply chain (re-)design, innovative
business models and partnerships, creating approaches for financing procurement and supply
chains, appropriate use of technology including artificial intelligence, data and decision making,
and workforce development.