Open Digital Health Summit '24

Open Digital Health Summit '24

Open Digital Health Summit '24

Join us in Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 1-3, for the inaugural Open Digital Health Summit, "Accelerating Full-STAC on FHIR" to explore how the convergence of Open Standards, Technologies, Architectures and Content (the “full-STAC” approach) is FHIR'ing up the global digital health landscape.

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What to Expect

Join Global Digital Health developers, technical architects, experts and thought leaders 

from across the world for the first
Open Digital Health Summit, "Accelerating Full-STAC on FHIR"


Over 3 days, this conference will provide a platform for developers, architects, innovators, and thought leaders to engage, collaborate and participate in hands-on learning sessions to accelerate standards based and AI enabled digital transformation for health

What to Expect

Join Global Digital Health developers, technical architects, experts and thought leaders 

from across the world for the first
Open Digital Health Summit, "Accelerating Full-STAC on FHIR"


Over 3 days, this conference will provide a platform for developers, architects, innovators, and thought leaders to engage, collaborate and participate in hands-on learning sessions to accelerate standards based and AI enabled digital transformation for health

What to Expect

Join Global Digital Health developers, technical architects, experts and thought leaders 

from across the world for the first
Open Digital Health Summit, "Accelerating Full-STAC on FHIR"


Over 3 days, this conference will provide a platform for developers, architects, innovators, and thought leaders to engage, collaborate and participate in hands-on learning sessions to accelerate standards based and AI enabled digital transformation for health

3 days of high impact sessions over 2 tracks

3 days of high impact sessions over 2 tracks

Dive into a 3-day experience designed to inspire, educate, and empower digital health professionals with "Building with FHIR" track and "DPIs for Health " tracks

Boost your knowledge and skills

3 days of high impact sessions over 2 tracks

Build skills through hands-on workshops with global experts from Google Health, HL7 FHIR, WHO, ITU and leading global digital health organizations

Dive into a 3-day experience designed to inspire, educate, and empower digital health professionals with "Building with FHIR" track and "DPIs for Health" tracks

Boost your knowledge and skills

Build skills through hands-on workshops with global experts from Google Health, HL7 FHIR, WHO, ITU and leading global digital health organizations

Connect with the ecosystem

Network with peers and thought leaders from across the globe during the day and into the evening

Connect with the ecosystem

Network with peers and thought leaders from across the globe during the day and into the evening

Session Tracks

Building with FHIR

For digital health developers, and product teams interested in learning how to build with FHIR


  • FHIR Fundamentals from HL7 experts incl. Grahame Grieve, the 'father of FHIR'

  • Get hands-on building with Open Health Stack (from the Google team, Ona, IntelliSOFT and other experts)

  • Hybrid approaches and leverging FHIR in existing digital health solutions (from Medic, OpenMRS, Medtronic Labs and others)

  • How to leverage GenAI for accelerating development and driving innovation


And more

DPIs for Health

For Government Digital Architects who are designing national architectures that leverage standards and digital public infrastructure (DPI) for digital health transformation.


  • Introduction to DPI for Health from experts across WHO, ITU and others

  • How to leverage interoperability standards to upgrade national approaches

  • Architecting national systems using cross-sectoral and health-specific DPIs and health information exchange to achieve specific goals, e.g. personal health record for all citizens, quality and continuity of care and optimizing supply chain


And more

Building with FHIR

For digital health developers, innovators and product teams interested in learning how to build with FHIR


  • FHIR Fundamentals from HL7 experts incl. Grahame Grieve, the 'father of FHIR'

  • Get hands-on building with Open Health Stack (from the Google team, Ona, IntelliSOFT and other experts)

  • Hybrid approaches and leverging FHIR in existing digital health solutions (from Medic, OpenMRS, Medtronic Labs and others)

  • How to leverage GenAI for accelerating development and driving innovation

And more

For digital health developers, and product teams interested in learning how to build with FHIR


  • FHIR Fundamentals from HL7 experts incl. Grahame Grieve, the 'father of FHIR'

  • Get hands-on building with Open Health Stack (from the Google team, Ona, IntelliSOFT and others)

  • How to leverage GenAI for accelerating development and driving innovation

And more

DPIs for Health

For Government Digital Architects who are designing national architectures that leverage standards and digital public infrastructure (DPI) for digital health transformation.


  • Introduction to DPI for Health from experts across WHO, ITU and others

  • How to leverage interoperability standards to upgrade national approaches

  • Architecting national systems using cross-sectoral and health-specific DPIs and health information exchange to achieve specific goals, e.g. personal health record for all citizens, quality and continuity of care and optimizing supply chain.

And more

For Government Digital Architects who are designing national architectures that leverage standards and digital public infrastructure (DPI) for digital health transformation.


  • Introduction to DPI for Health from experts across WHO, ITU and others

  • How to leverage interoperability standards to upgrade national approaches

  • Architecting national systems using cross-sectoral and health-specific DPIs and health information exchange to achieve specific goals


And more

Organizing Partners

Organizing Partners

Organizing Partners

What is the “full-STAC remedy” for global digital health

What is the “full-STAC remedy” for global digital health

What is the “full-STAC remedy” for global digital health

Today, an unprecedented convergence of four factors, Open Standards, Open Technologies, Open Architectures and Open Content are poised to help accelerate standards based digital transformation for health.

Today, an unprecedented convergence of four factors, Open Standards, Open Technologies, Open Architectures and Open Content are poised to help accelerate standards based digital transformation for health.

Today, an unprecedented convergence of four factors, Open Standards, Open Technologies, Open Architectures and Open Content are poised to help accelerate standards based digital transformation for health.

Open Standards

Open Standards

Open Standards

Semantic and Syntactic models for data representation, exchange , and processing that ensure the precise meaning of exchanged information is unambiguously interpretable by any other system, service or user. Open standards are developed and maintained through collaborative, consensus-driven processes, and are freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g Shared FHIR Profiles with standard ontologies

Semantic and Syntactic models for data representation, exchange , and processing that ensure the precise meaning of exchanged information is unambiguously interpretable by any other system, service or user. Open standards are developed and maintained through collaborative, consensus-driven processes, and are freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g Shared FHIR Profiles with standard ontologies

Open Technologies

Modular standards-based, and accessible software tools that help developers and users to collect, store, and transmit or analyze data represented in open standards. Open technologies are developed and maintained through transparent , community based processes and are licensed under an open source software license e.g Open Health Stack Android FHIR SDK to build FHIR Native Mobile Apps

Open Technologies

Modular standards-based, and accessible software tools that help developers and users to collect, store, and transmit or analyze data represented in open standards. Open technologies are developed and maintained through transparent , community based processes and are licensed under an open source software license e.g Open Health Stack Android FHIR SDK to build FHIR Native Mobile Apps

Open Content

Open Content

Open Content

Representations of public health, health system, or clinical knowledge, which are developed to meet the business needs described by an open architecture and which describe, using open standards, assets such as minimum datasets, decision-support logic, care protocols, performance metrics, workflows, and reporting templates. Open content is developed, validated, and maintained through expert communities, and is freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g WHO SMART Guidelines FHIR Implementation Guide.

Representations of public health, health system, or clinical knowledge, which are developed to meet the business needs described by an open architecture and which describe, using open standards, assets such as minimum datasets, decision-support logic, care protocols, performance metrics, workflows, and reporting templates. Open content is developed, validated, and maintained through expert communities, and is freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g WHO SMART Guidelines FHIR Implementation Guide.

Open Technologies

Modular standards-based, and accessible software tools that help developers and users to collect, store, and transmit or analyze data represented in open standards. Open technologies are developed and maintained through transparent , community based processes and are licensed under an open source software license e.g Open Health Stack Android FHIR SDK to build FHIR Native Mobile Apps

Open Technologies

Modular standards-based, and accessible software tools that help developers and users to collect, store, and transmit or analyze data represented in open standards. Open technologies are developed and maintained through transparent , community based processes and are licensed under an open source software license e.g Open Health Stack Android FHIR SDK to build FHIR Native Mobile Apps

Open Architecture

Open Architecture

Open Architecture

Documentation using open standards, of reusable enterprise architecture patterns for health systems, describing the diverse digital interconnections of systems and capabilities (including trust networks, services, registries, access controls). Open architecture are designed to be instantiable via open technologies; provide a core infrastructure that fosters an ecosystem of digital health tools; are developed and maintained through collaborative consensus-driven processes; and are freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g OpenHIE Architecture

Documentation using open standards, of reusable enterprise architecture patterns for health systems, describing the diverse digital interconnections of systems and capabilities (including trust networks, services, registries, access controls). Open architecture are designed to be instantiable via open technologies; provide a core infrastructure that fosters an ecosystem of digital health tools; are developed and maintained through collaborative consensus-driven processes; and are freely available for use and adaptation without license restrictions e.g OpenHIE Architecture

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the intended audience for the event?

Who is the intended audience for the event?

Who is the intended audience for the event?

Is there a detailed program?

Is there a detailed program?

Is there a detailed program?

I'm from outside of Nairobi and will need support to travel to attend the conference

I'm from outside of Nairobi and will need support to travel to attend the conference

I'm from outside of Nairobi and will need support to travel to attend the conference

When will I find out about my application?

When will I find out about my application?

When will I find out about my application?

What are the visa and health requirements for traveling to Kenya?

What are the visa and health requirements for traveling to Kenya?

What are the visa and health requirements for traveling to Kenya?

Dates and Location

Dates and Location

Dates and Location

The Open Digital Health Summit will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from Dec 1-3 '24 at the Argyle Grand Hotel, Mombasa Road

Get In Touch

Get In Touch

Get In Touch

If you have any questions, reach out to the organizing team