Connect
Satellite-powered communications for communities beyond reliable terrestrial networks.
Second edition · Live virtual forum
Space Innovation
for Health Equity
Two days to move from promising technology to connected care—bringing space-tested tools, trusted policy, and human-centred mobile clinics to communities beyond the reach of conventional healthcare.
Date14–15 September 2026
FormatLive & fully virtual
Programme timeGMT+1
01 Connectivity
02 Diagnostics
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Built on real momentum. Our inaugural forum connected a truly global community.
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About the forum · One shared mission
Healthcare everywhere
on Earth.
The AstroAid Virtual Forum is a cross-sector gathering dedicated to turning advanced technology into life-saving realities on the ground.
We unite leaders and innovators from the space sector, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, humanitarian organizations, academia, policy, and AI-driven health technologies. In 2026, the emphasis moves from theoretical possibilities to practical deployment.
Clinicians, policymakers, and technologists will work together to adapt satellite connectivity and remote diagnostic tools into deployable, trusted, and human-centred mobile clinics.
Distance should never decide who receives care.
Diagnose
Portable, AI-assisted and remote diagnostic tools designed around clinical reality.
Build trust
Policy, privacy, community ownership and regulatory readiness built into every solution.
Deploy equitably
Blueprints that work across bandwidth, power, geography, culture, and cost constraints.
Signature experience · The Connected Clinic Challenge
Don’t just discuss
the future. Build it.
Across both days, multidisciplinary teams will turn a real community healthcare scenario into a deployable connected-clinic blueprint—and pitch it to expert judges.
Included with forum registration
Day 1
Form the team
Select a track, assign roles, and map the community’s barriers to care.
Day 2
Architect the clinic
Design power, connectivity, diagnostic, policy, privacy, and trust layers.
Finale
Pitch the blueprint
Present three slides in three minutes, followed by expert Q&A.
YOUR TEAM DELIVERS
3minute
pitch
pitch
Programme · Under active development
Two days.
One deployment path.
Programme in development. Session formats, leaders, and timing may be refined as speakers are confirmed. Times below are currently listed in GMT+1.
DAY 01
Focus: Establish the vision, witness real-world deployments, and form cross-disciplinary teams.
DAY 02
Focus: Deepen knowledge, complete the connected-clinic blueprint, and pitch to expert judges.
2025 LIVE DEMONSTRATION
Live field demonstration · Day 1
See deployment,
not just slides.
The 2026 programme is being designed around operating reality. A live field segment will examine how a mobile clinic, satellite connectivity, and telemedicine workflows come together beyond conventional infrastructure.
Collaboration in action · AstroAid partners
Progress happens
in partnership.
Space-enabled healthcare is a team effort. AstroAid brings together field practitioners, space organizations, and academic institutions to connect technical capability with the realities of care delivery.
The Health Wagon
Austrian Space Forum
Middle East Technical University
Interested in bringing your expertise to AstroAid Virtual Forum 2026? Partner participation and programme roles will be updated as they are confirmed.
Start a partnership conversationThe forum experience · Built across borders
Human connection.
Practical collaboration.
In 2025, participants moved between expert panels, field demonstrations, workshops, and breakout teams. That collaborative DNA returns in 2026—with a sharper path from insight to deployable blueprint.
Visit the full 2025 archive“Innovation born from the extreme isolation of space is the vital bridge to delivering sustainable, high-quality crisis care and disaster management to remote and vulnerable populations globally.”
“When space innovation meets humanitarian action, distance stops being a barrier and saving lives becomes a matter of coordination, not coincidence.”
Who should attend?
Healthcare professionals, space-sector experts, humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, researchers, students, technologists, pharmaceutical leaders, and anyone working to improve access to care in underserved communities.
Where will the forum take place?
The forum is fully virtual. Registered participants will receive access instructions and joining details by email before the event.
Do I need a technical background to join the challenge?
No. The Connected Clinic Challenge is intentionally cross-disciplinary. Clinical, policy, humanitarian, operational, community-engagement, design, and technology perspectives are all needed.
Which time zone does the programme use?
The working programme is listed in GMT+1. Use the time-zone selector above to display each session in your local time or a selected city.
Is the programme final?
Not yet. The overall two-day structure is in place, while speakers, session titles, and selected timings remain under development. Confirmed information will be published here as it becomes available.
How can my organization partner with the forum?
We welcome mission-aligned institutional, technical, programme, media, and sponsoring partners. Email info@astroaid.org to begin a conversation.
14–15 September 2026 · Live online
Help build a future
where care has
no distance.
REGISTRATION OPEN
Reserve your place for two days of expert exchange, a live field demonstration, cross-sector teamwork, and deployable ideas.
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