81st UN General Assembly · The G4 AllianceA practical, member-focused guide to health, brain/TBI, preparedness, climate, development and partnership events taking place around the 81st United Nations General Assembly. 19—28 September 2026, New York City.
Every civil-society event around UNGA81, in chronological order. Pick a date, filter by your G4 track and save what you want to attend.
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A broad science and policy programme with individually scheduled sessions during the UNGA period.
Why it matters for G4
Look for sessions on surgical and trauma systems, digital health and AI, health financing, climate and health, and turning research into policy.
An umbrella week containing many separately organized SDG events. Each host sets its own registration and access requirements.
Why it matters for G4
Strong for SDG 3 health sessions, equity and disability inclusion, road safety, and civil-society advocacy — check each host's own registration page.
A citywide umbrella programme with public, invitation-only and separately registered events.
Why it matters for G4
Filter the calendar for climate and health, resilient hospital infrastructure, road safety and sustainable healthcare sessions.
A major cross-sector summit convening government, private-sector, philanthropic and civil-society leaders during UNGA week.
Why it matters for G4
Best used for scheduled bilateral meetings with governments, funders and industry rather than for programme content.
A multi-day UNGA platform for development leaders. The UHC Pavilion on 22 September is especially relevant to the road toward the 2027 UHC High-Level Meeting.
Why it matters for G4
The clearest opportunity of the week to place surgical, anaesthesia, obstetric and trauma care inside the universal health coverage agenda.
A preparedness-focused event examining laboratories and frontline readiness in the context of Ebola and wider health-system resilience.
Why it matters for G4
Covers diagnostics, infection prevention, oxygen and blood supply, and hospital readiness for outbreaks.
A UNGA digital-policy anchor event at UN Headquarters. Registration details are still to be announced by the organizers.
Why it matters for G4
Relevant for digital health infrastructure, patient registries, AI governance and telehealth partnerships.
A private-sector and sustainability summit with nonprofit and day-pass registration options.
Why it matters for G4
Best for corporate and medtech partnerships, sustainable finance and supply-chain resilience.
A high-level partnership and commitments platform during UNGA week.
Why it matters for G4
Suited to organisations arriving with a concrete funding commitment or partnership to announce.
A high-level UNGA week convening focused on the brain economy, brain health, innovation, policy and cross-sector partnerships.
Why it matters for G4
High priority for the Global Coalition for TBI, global neurosurgery and G4 partners working on brain health, prevention and health-system transformation.
A health-policy forum covering global health financing, resilience, innovation and priority health-system challenges.
Why it matters for G4
High value for policy and health-system leads working on financing, preparedness and system resilience.
Two days of brain-health programming and networking during UNGA81.
Why it matters for G4
Essential for traumatic brain injury and neurosurgery delegates: policy momentum, surveillance data, rehabilitation and new partnerships.
A public climate-and-health convening during Climate Week NYC with limited in-person capacity.
Why it matters for G4
Focused on climate-resilient health facilities, greener operating rooms and keeping emergency care running through climate shocks.
A global development forum during UNGA81 focused on financing, aid transitions, country ownership and development policy.
Why it matters for G4
Useful for development financing, domestic resource mobilisation and getting surgical care into development policy.
The Surgical Data Science Collective convenes computer scientists, surgeons and researchers to share their work and catalyze a conversation about evaluation and measurement in healthcare AI models.
Why it matters for G4
Directly relevant to surgical quality, data and digital health: how AI models in surgical care are evaluated and measured shapes safe, equitable adoption in low-resource settings.