Welcome to PHAM 2025
Join us from Tuesday, October 7, to Friday, October 10, 2025, for a comprehensive program of events. Pre-event activities will take place on Monday, October 6, setting the stage for an engaging and enriching experience at PHAM 2025.
Building upon the groundbreaking achievements of Planetary Health Annual Meeting (PHAM) 2024 in Malaysia, we are delighted to announce the upcoming PHAM in Rotterdam, themed “Planetary Health for All and In All: Boosting Urgency and Agency for Systems Change." This prestigious event will bring together esteemed speakers from across the globe, offering a rich tapestry of opportunities for attendees. Participants can look forward to cutting-edge scientific presentations, integration of arts, extensive networking opportunities, and engaging social events. As we continue the vital work initiated at PHAM 2024, this year's meeting promises to be a pivotal gathering for the global planetary health community. We eagerly anticipate your participation in this transformative event, where we will collectively address the pressing challenges facing our planet and chart a course for a healthier future.
What is Planetary Health?
Planetary Health is a solutions-oriented, transdisciplinary field and social movement focused on analyzing and addressing the impacts of destabilized natural systems on human health and all life on Earth.
PHAM Carbon Offset Initiative
We are excited to introduce a new carbon offset initiative as part of PHAM 2025. This initiative aims to contribute to environmental sustainability while supporting a socially deprived district in our city.
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What is the Planetary Health Annual Meeting?
And what is the theme of PHAM 2025?
The Planetary Health Annual Meeting
Held every 18 months, the Planetary Health Annual Meeting aims to connect the global Planetary Health community, seek solutions for the grand challenges facing humanity, and provide tools and drivers to support systemic change. Its past six events have brought together thousands of leaders from over 130 countries in gatherings held in the United States, Scotland, Brazil, and Malaysia. Recognizing the key role that Europe plays in Planetary Health challenges and solutions, PHAM 2025 will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands! The Netherlands is proud to be the host of PHAM 2025 with the theme of Planetary Health for All and In All: Boosting urgency and agency for systems change, led by Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management of the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
The theme of PHAM 2025
The theme of PHAM 2025 is Planetary Health for All and In All: Boosting urgency and agency for systems change. The vision is to move beyond current achievements as a planetary health community. The aim is to bridge the gap on relevant themes discussed in previous meetings such as the regenerative approach, green transition, trans-disciplinarity, and diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to offer concrete solutions and practical insights while fostering networking for meaningful knowledge-sharing across different sectors. This will enable dialogue, debates and discussions on innovative areas and topics, leading to real-world transdisciplinary actions including integration among different sectors, views, and interests.
Meet the hosts
In Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM)
ESHPM, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam, engages in education and research with a multidisciplinary focus on policy and management topics in healthcare. By combining education, scientific excellence, policy and practical relevance, ESHPM provides insight into how healthcare and healthcare systems work and how they can be improved.
Top notch educational programmes
ESHPM offers challenging and inspiring programmes such as an initial bachelor programme, four master programmes and post academic (executive) education and in addition post academic education for board members, executives and medical specialists. The esteemed international Eu-HEM master programme, the master Health Care Management and the master Health Economics, Policy & Law equip students to take on global health challenges based on international research taught by professors in academics and practice.
Scientific excellence with a strong societal orientation and impact
ESHPM’s research has a strong societal orientation and is deeply embedded in international research networks. Knowledge and experiences of various scientific disciplines such as economics, law, socialmedical sciences, organisational science and public administration are brought together and applied to the healthcare sector. Our renowned scientists publish new research on a daily basis. Their results touch and inspire people. Their research provides new insights that change the face of healthcare in the Netherlands and beyond.
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
Erasmus University Rotterdam is an internationally respected, innovative and vibrant university that is driven to make an active contribution to society. We integrate high-quality academic research into our challenging and inspiring Bachelor, Master, PhD and executive programmes. Helping students develop into critical-minded world citizens is central to our educational vision. Our research-based education stimulates students to think further than their assumptions: to explore other perspectives, search for new solutions and discover different insights.
The scientific research at Erasmus University has a strong social orientation and is deeply embedded in international research networks across many fields. Our underlying areas of research expertise can be grouped into four domains: Wealth, Health, Governance and Culture. At Erasmus University Rotterdam, we have several research initiatives that streamline our university's academic efforts to increase the social and economic impact of our work. From research on platform labour to the societal impact of AI, and from Learning for Equality to Smarter Choices for Better Health.
Planetary Health Alliance (PHA)
The Planetary Health Alliance is a growing consortium of over 480 universities, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and government entities from approximately 80 countries around the world committed to understanding and addressing the impacts of global environmental change on human health and wellbeing. Join the Alliance.
Rotterdam 2025