Global leaders, policymakers, scientists and health experts will come together on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly for Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action – the inaugural High-Level Side Event on indoor air quality. 

Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025
Time: 3.30pm – 5.30pm
Venue: UN Headquarters, New York

Co-sponsored by: France and Montenegro
Convened by: Australian Academy of Science, Burnet Institute, Brown University School of Public Health and The OSLUV Project.

This event will:

• Highlight the critical importance of Healthy Indoor Air
• Showcase best practices and scientific innovation
• Inspire global collaboration and foster new networks
• Include the launch of the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air

Distinguished speakers include: 

• H.E. Mr Ervin Ibrahimović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro
• H.E. Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović PhD, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro
• Mr Antoine Saint-Denis, Director for European and International Affairs, French Ministry of Labor, Health, Solidarities and Families 
• Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General, UN and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 
• Caroline Fredrickson, Director, Research and Publications, International Labour Organization (ILO)
• José Luis Castro, Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Violet Affleck, Youth Advocate 
• Professor Joseph G. Allen, Director, Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science
• Professor Bettina Borisch, CEO, World Federation of Public Health Associations
• Alison Cox, Policy and Advocacy Director, NCD Alliance
• Omnia El Omrani, Vice-Chair, Global Climate and Health Alliance 
• Traci Hanegan, Former Healthcare Lead, ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force
• Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO, International WELL Building Institute 
• Professor Kerry A. Kinney, President, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
• Professor Lidia Morawska, Director, Thrive, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Jagat Narula, President, World Heart Federation
• Dr Maria Neira, Commissioner, Our Common Air 
• Sotirios Papathanasiou, Lead Author, Global Open Air Quality Standards (GO AQS)
• Plum Stone, Founder and CEO, The Safer Air Project
• Peter Templeton, President and CEO, US Green Building Council 
• Katherine H. Walsh, Assistant Director of Planning, Engineering, Sustainability and Environment, Boston Public Schools
• and others to be confirmed. 

Event facilitators:

• Professor Bronwyn King, Special Advisor - Clean Air, Burnet Institute 
• Dr Georgia Lagoudas, Senior Fellow, Brown University School of Public Health 
  
  

The registrations for this event have now closed. As the registration list has been submitted to the UN security team, no late registrations are possible.

If you wish to watch the event livestream please do so via UN Web TV. 

If you wish to view the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air that will be launched at the event, please visit this webpage.

If you wish to be added to the mailing list for event follow-up or interest in future collaborations, please complete this online form. 

If you wish to join us at the Networking Reception immediately after the UN event, please register here. 
Date: Tuesday 23 September
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Bella Union, 411 3rd Avenue, New York 

If you wish to join us at the Healthy Indoor Air Showcase Event the following day, please register here. 

Date: Wednesday 24 September
Time: 9.45am - 12.00pm 
Venue: Hunter College, Hunter West lecture Hall, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York 

For all enquiries, please email events@science.org.au.