What will it take to achieve health for all in a world of rising inequality, escalating costs, and rolling geopolitical and humanitarian crises? The Nobel Week Dialogue is an annual scientific conference held primarily at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg on December 9th, the day before the Nobel Prize award ceremony. One of its purposes is to foster dialogue and inspire new thinking on complex scientific and societal themes, such as health, cities, or migration to explore challenges and opportunities for the future.
The theme for 2025, ‘Health for All’, brings together Nobel Prize laureates, leading scientists, policymakers, and other thought leaders to explore one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to deliver equitable, effective, and sustainable healthcare in the 21st century.
The free event, organised by Nobel Prize Outreach in collaboration with local and international partners, features thought-provoking sessions and discussions and is available to a worldwide audience, both in person in Sweden and online via live streams. The purpose is to stimulate high-level discussions on important scientific issues and build bridges between science and society.
With a focus on the economics and politics of health, this year’s dialogue will tackle issues including how mental health, diseases of ageing, and the prevention of chronic disease must rise to political agendas. We will also explore how discoveries and technologies, from AI to personalised medicine, can be harnessed for the common good. Discussions will include the future of drug discovery, the rise of antimicrobial resistance, the economics of sustainable and affordable health provision, and healthy diets.
This year’s event will feature three Nobel Prize laureates in the two fields of Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine: Frances Arnold, who received the Chemistry Prize in 2018; Emmanuelle Charpentier, recipient of the Chemistry Prize in 2020; and Paul Nurse, who received the Physiology or Medicine Prize in 2001.
The Nobel Week Dialogue is held in Stockholm and Gothenburg every other year. Organiser of the scientific event is Nobel Prize Outreach, this year in cooperation with partners including the City of Gothenburg, Ericsson, Region Västra Götaland County, the Volvo Group, and Carl Bennett AB.
