mHealth Summit
San Diego, California, USA 28 June 2010 



The World Economic Forum's mHealth Summit was aimed at strengthening the use of mobile communications to deliver health services and empower people to take control of their own health. Hosted by the Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications, the Summit drew together around 80 business and civil society leaders as well as experts to share perspectives and build consensus on key principles for achieving global scale of mHealth products and services. Questions addressed included:

What are the key relationships between the economics, technologies, policies and individuals? 
What are the incentives for greater system-wide integration and interoperability of health information systems?
What are the opportunities and obstacles which can strengthen the scaling of mHealth solutions in future?

With nearly 5 billion mobile phones in use around the world today, there is an unprecedented opportunity to transform industries and improve lives. Mobility solutions (mHealth) empower users to take control of their health, improve and extend the reach of existing health services and more effectively share a growing base evidence to demonstrate efficacy.

About the Council
The Forum's Global Agenda Council on Mobile Communications is a multistakeholder group of 15-20 leaders focused on capturing the best knowledge on key topics around mobile communications, particularly where the mobile platform can accelerate positive social and economic value creation. It serves as an advisory board to the Fprum's industry focused work.

The Council calls for strengthened global coordination amongst stakeholders to provide investment, interoperability, innovation, and social inclusion; a plan to incentivize government funding to mitigate long term risks; connections between critical auxiliary infrastructure, supply chains, community information systems and existing health facilities; and support of an open ecosystem.

"The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications brings together a variety of leaders from industry, academia and civil society. The collective aim is to examine the key enablers for mobile communications platform to accelerate positive social and economic value creation. With nearly 5 billion mobile phones in use, there is an unprecedented opportunity to leverage humanity’s most pervasive global platform to transform the health care sector and empower people to take charge of their own health. By helping to shape future policy and encourage innovation in this critical area, we can make a real contribution to human health, all over the world,” said Paul Jacobs, CEO and Chairman of Qualcomm, and Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

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Opening Remarks
Opening remarks at the mHealth meeting of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications held in La Jolla, California on 28 June 2010. Speakers Kevin Steinberg, Chief Operating Officer, Head of Centre for Global Industries, World Economic Forum USA, and Paul E. Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm, USA

Paul Jacobs 
Interview with Paul Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

Kevin Steinberg 
Interview with Kevin Steinberg, Chief Operating Officer, Head of Centre for Global Industries, World Economic Forum USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.






Harry Greenspun 
Interview with Harry Greenspun, Chief Medical Officer, Dell Services, Dell, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.






Michael Hedges 
Interview with Michael Hedges Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Medtronic, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

Paul Meyer 
Interview with Paul Meyer, Co-Founder, Chairman and President, Voxiva, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

George Poste 
Interview with George Poste, Chief Scientist and Regents' Professor and Del E. Webb Chair in Health Innovation, Arizona State University, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

Bright Simons 
Interview with Bright Simons, President, MPedigree, Ghana at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.






Jan Malek 
Interview with Jan Malek, Director and Global Co-Leader, Cisco, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.







Thierry Zylberberg 
Interview with Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice-President, Health Line of Business, Orange, France at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.

Raja Rajamannar
Interview with Raja Rajamannar, Chief Executive, International, Humana, USA, at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications.








Making healthcare personal through mobile
Paul Jacobs
Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications
CEO and Chairman of Qualcomm

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