This invitation only meeting, scheduled for July 21st at 9 AM, will be hosted by the World Economic Forum via Zoom.
The World Economic Forum, with the mission to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation, is pleased to bring its program, Healthy Cities and Communities, to Austin, a part of central Texas. The mission of the Healthy Cities and Communities initiative is to advance public-private collaborations to design and support socially vibrant health and well-being centric communities in cities.
The Forum’s vision is that by 2030, cities in both developed and developing markets can create and improve physical, social, and community environments to enable people to lead healthier lives and develop to their maximum potential in a truly inclusive way. Via launch of this initiative across multiple global cities, the Forum will serve as a catalyst to activate and accelerate public-private collaborations at a city level to support healthier communities.
The Healthy Cities and Communities initiative is part of the Future of Consumption Platform at the Forum, which seeks to advance responsible models of consumption for the benefit of business and society. Improving consumer well-being is one of the key transformational goals of the platform via flagship initiatives.
AUSTIN LAUNCH: VIRTUAL MEETING OBJECTIVES
Generate awareness on the priority issues (those which will have an outsize impact) for the city and the role the World Economic Forum can play as a platform for activating partnerships. Areas of intervention to cover physical as well as mental well-being, via nutrition, sanitation, physical activity, rest and relaxation, environmental factors, tech, and media as enablers.
Determine targeted approach to solve for these priority issues via existing programs that can be replicated and scaled, and/or new interventions that can be kicked-off through new partnerships.
Ensure there is a core group of champions who will lead in the design as well as delivery of the city-specific pilot interventions/ programs over the next 1-2 years to deliver impact.
LEAD EXECUTION PARTNER FOR AUSTIN: AUSTIN HEALTHCARE COUNCIL
The Austin Healthcare Council (AHC) is a non-profit organization created by healthcare industry leaders working together to improve the health of the local community through collaboration, leadership, and innovation. In keeping with this goal, the AHC joins the City of Austin and IBM to bring innovative initiatives to Austin through its relationships with the World Economic Forum.
EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS AT LAUNCH MEETING
Senior leaders from the private and public sectors will begin an ongoing process to evaluate local and global ideas that drive core healthy community objectives and will help construct partnerships for collaborative action.