Program

Satellite Sessions Overview

Official sponsored satellite sessions offered organizations the opportunity to develop and host an in-depth session on focused issues. Satellite sessions aligned with the goals and vision of IMNHC 2026, addressed one or more conference tracks, and centered and amplified the experiences and voices of individuals living and working in low- and middle-income countries.  

With a 3.5-hour timeslot (AM and PM), satellite sessions offered organizations the platform to create a generative space that fostered collective thinking on focused topics to solve challenges in new and different ways. 

IMNHC provided the meeting room space, standard audiovisual and room set-up, and included the event in the official conference program.  Each session must be open to all registered attendees (not invite-only), and the selection of official satellite sessions was based on both the strength of the application and the payment of a fee to sponsor. Entities/organizations may also have organized and funded unofficial satellites or side events that were not considered part of the official IMNHC program, outside of IMNHC program hours. These unofficial satellite/side events did not require a formal application.  

Format and Experience 

Satellite sessions took place in either approximately 100-person rooms set in theater style or approximately 250 person rooms that can be set in theater style or round tables. Held on Tuesday March 24, the first full day of conference programming, satellite sessions were an official part of IMNHC programming. 

Fees

Satellite Packages	LMIC* ~250-person rooms (very limited quantity)	LMIC* Under 120-person rooms, theater-style	HIC* ~250-person rooms (very limited quantity)	HIC* Under 120-person rooms, theater style
Half-Day Sessions (3.5 hours)	USD $10,500	USD $7,500	USD $15,500	USD $10,000

 

*Based on the country of residence of the submitting individual or the head office location of the submitting organization according to the World Bank Classification. 

The Satellite Session package included: 

• In-person room for anticipated audience size 

• Standard audiovisual equipment and standard conference set up (podium, chairs) 

• Technical support before and during your satellite session 

• Language interpretation services  

• Satellite listed in the official conference program and promoted via conference communications 

• Networking break with tea and coffee  

• Up to three speaker tickets if selected (must be purchased separately), granting access to all IMNHC 2026 sessions and events.  

*Room capacities may still be subject to adjustments with final conference requirements
 

Session type examples: 

Illustrative examples of satellite sessions include, but are not limited to the following:   

• Technical consultations and exchanges (e.g., operationalizing and contextualizing new global guidelines, responding to evolving funding environments) 

• Launches of new reports, partnerships, initiatives, etc. 

• Programmatic or technical capacity-building opportunities (e.g., manuscript writing, MNH technical advocacy, data visualizations, data for storytelling or decision-making, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient safety tools and strategies, human-centered design approaches, clinical skills building via simulation)   

• Successful approaches (e.g., innovation in service delivery, financing, pre-service/in-service education)