On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosted a virtual event focused on investment strategies to address the social determinants of health to improve health and economic outcomes for communities.
Topics included strategies for developing infrastructure that advances health, mobility, and sustainability. Speakers discussed municipal financing, performance tracking, and examples of communities leveraging their assets.
The event was the third in a series centered on ideas from around the world for place-based investments addressing the social determinants of health. The event was of interest to leaders in the financial, government, nonprofit, and health sectors.
See the agenda for timing of specific conference segments.
February 5, 2025
10:00am-11:30am
This was a virtual-only event.
This event was open to the public.
This virtual event was open to the media. All remarks were on the record, with the recording to be made available afterwards. For media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon at Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org.
Agenda
| 10:00am-10:05am | Introduction and Opening Remarks (00:00:08 in video)
Tony Davis, Director of Community Outreach and Health, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 10:05am-10:25am | Keynote (00:05:31 in video)
Dr. Gerry Eijkemans, Department Director, Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity, Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization |
| 10:25am-10:45am | Panel Presentations (00:27:38 in video)
Moderator: Julian Macrone, Community Development Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Davide Ranghetti, Principal Economist, Ricardo plc Zakaria Oulad, Councilor, City of Agadir, Morocco Sonja Kahlmeier, Director and Founder, City Health, and Consultant to WHO Regional Office for Europe |
| 10:45am-11:25am | Moderated Discussion and Audience Q & A (01:12:49 in video) |
| 11:25am-11:30am | Closing Remarks (01:31:46 in video) Julian Macrone, Community Development Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
