Hans Rosling to Share Unique Insights into Global Change at GIM Summit

The Conference Committee is excited to announce that Hans Rosling will be appearing at the GIM International Summit as a keynote speaker. The professor of international health in Stockholm, Sweden, is a high-profile public speaker on global change, and Time Magazine listed him among the 100 most influential people in the world. Thanks to his inimitable style of presenting data and information, delegates at the GIM International Summit in February 2016 are in for a real treat!

Global health

Hans Rosling studied statistics and medicine in Sweden and then worked as a medical doctor in Mozambique, where he identified a new epidemic paralytic disease that was named Konzo. His research across rural Africa linked it to hunger and organic dietary toxins. He initiated Médecins sans Frontières in Sweden, is a member of Scientific Academies and an author of a textbook on global health.

Gapminder

With his son and daughter-in-law he co-founded Gapminder and developed animation software that has since been acquired by Google. By using it to animate statistics, Hans Rosling raises understanding of global economic, social and environmental trends. His award-winning lectures are described as ‘humorous, yet deadly serious’. His key message is that the old division between developed and developing countries has been replaced by countries on a continuum of social and economic development.

Learn more on Hans Rosling here.

Everything you need to know on the GIM International Summit here.