Program highlights

09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and introduction BMJ leadership: Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief, The BMJ The welcome sets the theme and articulates shared objectives for the day, establishing a common agenda for translating health research into tangible outcomes.

09:10 – 09:50 | Keynote address From health data to One Health: foundations for resilience The keynote traces how India’s national digital health and evidence-access initiatives—such as ABDM and ONOS—create the foundations for a One Health approach.

09:50 – 11:00 | Flagship panel discussion Institutional pathways to policy uptake This session examines how India’s leading academic and clinical institutions translate research into practice—from data-driven innovation to system-level change.

12:30 – 13:30 | Sequential sessions: Enablers of impact

⦁ Track A: Patient voices in research design—starting with relevance and lived experience
⦁ Track B: Financing health research sustainably—enabling scale through public–private partnerships
⦁ Track C: AI in health research—accelerating translation while managing risk

15:30 – 16:30 | Strengthening Indian journals for global reach This session explores how publishing standards, digital integration, and equitable access to research support India’s transition to system-level outcomes.