poster for the World Health Summit 2025 side meeting. The panel titled 'Lessons from countries that have taken steps to regulate digital platforms' under the theme 'Building Healthier Digital Futures with Information Integrity.' It takes place on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, in Berlin, from 09:00 to 10:30 CET, in Side Meeting Room I. The moderator is Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, Director of Digital Transformations for Health Lab. Panelists include Dr. Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization, and Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist and Senior Analyst at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The bottom of the poster displays logos for Digital Transformations for Health Lab and Bertelsmann Stiftung.

📣 Panel Spotlight @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social side event room I - 14 Oct 2025.
Panel 1: Lessons from countries that have taken steps to regulate digital platforms. 🎤 #IlonaKickbusch | #HelenaFrielingsdorf | #HansKluge (also delivering the keynote)
#WHS2025
👉 Details: dthlab.org/world-health...

40 years of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion—Reaffirming Health for All On the 21st November 1986, the first International Conference on Health Promotion in Ottawa, Canada presented a Charter that would change the way we think

🌍 Next year marks 40 years of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.

In a new editorial,
@docsamantha.bsky.social
#IlonaKickbusch, #MihályKökény & #OrkanOkan reflect on this legacy and reaffirm the vision of #HealthforAll.

Read: doi.org/10.1093/heap...

abstract design with logos of European Health Forum Gastein for event on 3 october 10 am CET. Titled: Share the space digital determinants, youth participation, and responsible governance.

📢 On 3 Oct at #EHFG2025, our Director #IlonaKickbusch will discuss the policy brief on Addressing the digital determinants of youth mental health and well-being. Co-developed with WHO Europe & Ministry of Health Poland. Register: https://bit.ly/4m6kzZq I
Read brief: https://loom.ly/-_x1r3A

What are the #DigitalDeterminantsOfHealth – and why do they matter now? #Editorial by @louiseholly.bsky.social, #SoeYuNaing, #HannahPitt, @docsamantha.bsky.social & #IlonaKickbusch explores how #DigitalTech, #AI & #DataSystems are reshaping health.

Read: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Call for Submissions: The Role of Public Health in Preventing Digital Harms
Share your #research on how #publichealth can address risks of #digitaltransformation.
Deadline 16 Jan 2026. Details: dthlab.org/research-top...
Editors: #IlonaKickbusch #AnuragAgrawal @louiseholly.bsky.social #SalmanKhan

Last week, I participated as panelist in a Decoding #Data and #DigitalHealth webinar by @who.int #Europe with #IlonaKickbusch, #MarelizeGorgens, @davidnovillo.bsky.social and @ryandossantos.bsky.social. We discussed wide-ranging impacts of the #digitaldeterminantsofhealth. Some key takeaways: