The Global Learning Laboratory (GLL) for Quality Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was announced at the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, held on 14 November 2016. This session at the HSR Global Symposium sought to familiarize health systems colleagues from across the world with the objectives and components of the GLL and engage them in discussing critical topics to be further explored within the GLL. The session was an opportunity to identify promising strategies, research and implementation experiences that could inform others, suggest resources and tools that would help implementers address quality in their UHC strategies, and identify potential interest to participate in the GLL.