Health & Wellness
Future of Healthcare Policy
Future of Healthcare Policy:
The 20th Surgeon General of the United States & Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives at Purdue
After growing up poor and Black in a Southern rural community, Jerome Adams went on to lead the 6,000 person U.S. Public Health Service as “America’s Doctor” during a worldwide pandemic.
Health Care Economist, Henry & Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Director of Health Policy Research, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Amitabh Chandra is a health care economist, Henry & Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
24th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Alex Azar has extensive healthcare experience in the senior-most levels of the U.S. government and the private sector that gives him a unique perspective and background.
Award Winning Executive Physician, Former Chief Health Equity Officer & Vice President at the American Medical Association, Health Strategist
Dr. Aletha Maybank is a nationally recognized physician executive, public health leader, and renowned health strategist whose work sits at the powerful intersection of health, arts & culture and systems change.
18th U.S. Surgeon General, Prevention and Public Health & Healthcare Disparity Expert
A leader in fighting health disparities and developing innovative community-based health strategies and systems for low-income communities, Regina Benjamin is best known for her service as U.S. Surgeon General from 2009-2013.
178th President of the AMA & Chief Medical Officer of Aidoc
Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld was the 178th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). Upon his inauguration in 2023, he made AMA history as the first openly gay president of the organization.
Emmy-Winning CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent
Whether he’s covering AI, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, the latest consumer tech, a post-robot world, or preparing for climate change, David Pogue is a master communicator who brings even the most non-technical audiences up to speed.
17th Surgeon General & CEO, Canyon Ranch Health
Having gone from high school dropout to serving as our nation’s top doctor, Carmona instills in audiences that anything is possible through commitment and determination.
Global Leader in Public Health, Research, Policy, and Practice; Co-founder, BioRadar and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Dr. Ashish K. Jha is a global leader whose career spans government, academia, global health institutions and medical practice.
Leading Health Policy Journalist
Susan Dentzer is the editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, the nation's leading peer-reviewed journal focused on the intersection of health, healthcare, and health policy in the United States and internationally.
17th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Admiral Rachel Levine, M.D. served as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and led the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Co-Founder & CEO of Magpi
A practicing physician, TED speaker, futurist and emergency responder, Dr. Selanikio bridges the worlds of healthcare, global health and technology to illustrate opportunities in the application of AI, big data, and more to social challenges.
Nationally Known Digital Health, Innovation & Person-Focused Healthcare Expert
Laura Adams, Senior Advisor at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), provides strategic leadership for the Science and Technology portfolio of the Leadership Consortium.
Physician & Healthcare Executive
Dr. Leana Wen is a practicing physician, healthcare executive, and one of America’s leading public health experts. She is a columnist for The Washington Post, where she writes a twice-weekly column on medicine and public health.
New York Times Bestselling Author, Regents Professor & Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota
Hailed by CNN as “the infectious disease expert who has been warning us for a decade and a half that the world will face a pandemic,” Dr. Michael Osterholm quickly became the go-to expert on the public health impact of COVID-19.
Chief Technology Officer of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2015-2017)
Susannah Fox is a health and technology strategist whose life’s work has been to explore and map the terrain created by patients, survivors, and caregivers.
Author, Futurist & Leader
Tom Koulopoulos is Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a Boston-based think tank providing advice on leading edge technologies and futures to Global 2000 organizations and government agencies for 25 years.
Healthcare Futurist, AI & Innovation Strategist, Leadership Expert
Nicholas Webb is one of the world’s leading keynote speakers on healthcare transformation, innovation, and leadership in the age of artificial intelligence.
World-Renowned Theoretical Physicist
Dr. Michio Kaku is an authority in Einstein's unified theory field, innovation, and "the future of the future.” He explores the science of tomorrow from computing power and AI to communication and genetics.
Award-Winning Reporter, Former Physician & Author
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is the editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News and the author of An American Sickness , a shocking investigation into America's healthcare system.
CEO & Co-founder at ArO & Investor
Robin Farmanfarmaian is an entrepreneur and angel investor, focusing on cutting-edge medical and biotech companies poised to impact 100M patients. Currently she is the CEO of ArO, an early stage software and device company in VR and AR.
Technology & Innovation Expert, Futurist
Called “Silicon Valley’s most provocative voice” for his ideas on technology trends and the future, Vivek Wadhwa’s work puts him at the heart of where innovations—technological and otherwise—are being developed.
Global Futurist & Innovation Expert
Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading futurist, trends and innovation experts. Over the last 30 years, Carroll has shared his insight with more than 2 million people in attendance at his events.
FOX News Commentator
Widely regarded as one of America’s top speakers, New York Times Best-selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst and Award-winning Columnist Juan Williams has a talent for motivating and inspiring audiences.
Nationally Recognized Health Leader, Executive & Presidential Appointee
Kody H. Kinsley is a nationally recognized health leader, executive, and presidential appointee. Serving as North Carolina’s 18th Secretary of Health and Human Services under Governor Roy Cooper, he was unanimously confirmed by the North Carolina Senate.
Inventor, Aspiring Scientist, Author & Active Promoter of STEM
Gitanjali Rao is an inventor, an aspiring scientist, author, speaker and an active promoter of STEM around the world.
Chief Medical Officer, Technologist & WSJ Best Selling Author
Dr. Geeta Nayyar is a physician-executive and a nationally-recognized leader in health technology that bridges the divides between clinical medicine, the business sector and digital health.
Award-Winning Medical Journalist & CNN Analyst
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning medical journalist, public health physician, CNN analyst and author. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting in 2017 for her reporting on a mass shooting.
Co-Founder and President of Every Cure
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is Co-Founder and President of Every Cure and a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania where he is one of the youngest faculty members to receive tenure at Penn Medicine.
Technology, Futurist & Geopolitics Expert
Jamie Metzl is a leading futurist who specializes in making revolutionary science understandable to the general public. He speaks regularly at some of the world’s most prestigious venues including SXSW, Google Zeitgeist, and Singularity University.
Healthcare Futurist
With 30 years’ experience observing the economic, demographic and technological forces changing health in the United States and worldwide, Joe Flower envisions a cheaper and widespread future of healthcare.
President of Health Futures, Inc.
President of Health Futures, Inc., Dr. Jeff Goldsmith is an expert in the business of healthcare working in the creation and execution of health policy. He teaches medical education at the University of Virginia.
Former President of Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Klasko is a transformative leader for a revolution in our systems of healthcare and higher education. The former CEO of Jefferson Health, he is now pursuing his vision of creative reconstruction of healthcare and addressing health inequities.
Medical Economist & Author
J.D. Kleinke is a medical economist, healthcare information technology pioneer, and leading advocate for a smarter, data-driven healthcare system. He helped create four healthcare information organizations.
Professor of Health Policy
David Nash, a Board Certified Internist, is the newly appointed Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Former Health Policy Advisor to President Obama
Speaker Steven Eastaugh is a nationally acclaimed speaker, consultant, and agent of change who helps organizations navigate ObamaCare and changes to healthcare.
Opinion Columnist for The Washington Post
Catherine Rampell writes a twice-weekly, nationally syndicated opinion column for The Washington Post. She covers economics, public policy, politics, and culture, with a special emphasis on data-driven journalism.
Health Futurist & Medical Economist
Dr. Jeffrey Bauer is an internationally recognized health futurist & medical economist. He is widely known for his proposals to create an efficient and effective healthcare delivery system.
Founding Member for TIME’S UP Healthcare
A physician and popular health and science communicator, Esther Choo is known as a bold and innovative voice on gender and racial equity in healthcare and an advocate for new frameworks for building positive and productive workplaces.
Senior Vice President, Global Health & Founding Dean of the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College
Attorney Daniel E. Dawes J.D. is a nationally recognized leader in advancing health and wellness. Daniel is passionate in harnessing the power of collaboration to actualize and operationalize health opportunities for all communities.
Biotech Entrepreneur & Subject of Extraordinary Measures
When his children were diagnosed with a rare and fatal disorder, John Crowley embarked on a journey to find a cure. His story was told in the film Extraordinary Measures.
Business Futurist & Author
Jack Uldrich is founder of The School of Unlearning, an international consultancy that helps businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations prepare for and profit from periods of profound transformation.
Founder of Travelocity.com
As founder of Travelocity.com, chairman of Kayak.com, and Chief Information Officer at American Airlines/Sabre, Terry Jones is on the cutting edge of innovation and change in the new information age.
Author, Entrepreneur & Award Winning Keynote Speaker
When leaders want to break team silos, drive exponential growth and innovate through teamwork, they call Erica Dhawan. Erica Dhawan is the world’s leading authority on 21st century Collaboration and Connectional Intelligence.
Harvard Professor of Applied Economics & Author
An academic and a public servant, speaker David Cutler is an acclaimed voice in health economics and public economics.
Past Commissioner, US Food & Drug Administration
Former Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, David A. Kessler has had an accomplished career in medicine and government. He now serves as the Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of CA.
Healthcare Futurist & Correspondent
Speaker Peter Salgo, a medical correspondent and physician, is one of today's most respected healthcare futurists. He examines developments in heart attack prevention.
Dir. Center for Health Policy Research & Ethic
Len Nichols is the director of the Center for Health Policy Research & Ethics, a professor of health policy at George Mason University, and the founder and director of Health CEOs for Health Reform.
Physician & Longevity Expert
Shaping the future of healthcare in her pioneering Silicon Valley medical practice, Dr. Molly Maloof is on the cutting edge of using personalized medicine, health optimization and scientific wellness to radically extend human healthspan.
Former Mayor of New York City
Managing a crisis is never easy. But trying to handle one of the worst to hit a major city in a century is almost unimaginable—unless you’re former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Former Governor of Utah & Secretary of Health and Human Services
Mike Leavitt is the founder of Leavitt Partners where he helps clients navigate the future as they transition to new and better models of care. In previous roles, Mike served as three-time elected governor of Utah.
The 15th Surgeon General of the United States
A pediatric endocrinologist and 15th Surgeon General of the US, Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders has a deep concern for young people and teaches that education, prevention, and responsibility are the keys to a healthy life.
World-Renowned ER Physician, CNN Hero & Iraq War Veteran
Dr. Bose is a world-leading emergency medicine physician, combat veteran, professor, and entrepreneur. From his experiences in the ER and on the battlefield, he is skilled in staying grounded in the face of overwhelm and tackling any challenge.
Founding Principal, Michael P. Murphy Studio, Founding Principal & Trustee Emeritus, MASS Design Group
Michael Murphy is an architect, educator and writer, and founder of Michael P. Murphy Studio. His work focuses on how the built environment shapes our lives, our health, and our communities.
President & CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dr. Richard Besser is ABC News' chief health and medical editor, providing analysis and commentary for all ABC News broadcasts, including World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America, and Nightline.
First Female Prime Minister of Norway
Former prime minister of Norway and director-general of the World Health Organization, speaker Gro Brundtland has dedicated herself to making the world a better place.
Radio Host, Television Presenter, Political Commentator, Author, Lawyer & Host of CNN’s Smerconish
Using the perfect blend of analysis and humor, Michael Smerconish delivers an engaging, thought-provoking, and balanced dialogue on today's political arena and the long-term implications of the polarization in politics.