With a focus on “Breakthrough Solutions for the Next Decade,” the 10th Annual Forbes Healthcare Summit taking place virtually on Thursday, December 2, will convene influential leaders from traditional healthcare companies, as well as the minds behind the innovations that are improving medical care treatment and delivery from outside the industry.

• Forbes Healthcare Summit's Top 10 Leaders of the Decade - at this year’s 10th anniversary Summit, Forbes is proud to recognize 10 leaders who have greatly influenced progress in healthcare, medicine and science. Through their inspirational stories they will share what they are most excited about in healthcare for the decade ahead that will change the sector for the better.
• Power Pairings: A signature feature of this year’s Summit highlights the partnerships driving more sustainable healthcare delivery to produce a healthier world for all. Our power pairings include forward-looking alliances: Anthem & IBM; Northwell Health & TIAA; Uber & Centene Corporation; CRISPR Therapeutics & Vertex; Humana & Papa and more.
• Summit Solutions: Once a year for the past decade, Forbes has given voice to innovators' ideas. With a primary focus on putting the patient at the center of care, sector leaders will discuss topics such as: how to reduce barriers to healthcare by addressing social determinants; new funding approaches for startups and innovative healthcare payment models; building the next generation of biopharma; transforming care through AI; entrepreneurial solutions for loneliness and building resiliency; and brain health including how to eradicate any stigma around mental health challenges.

This year’s agenda provides a roadmap across four areas and aims to set out a vision for 2030. The four areas include:

• Value Creation & Next Generation Healthcare Models
• Increasing Access, Affordability and Improving Outcomes
• Whole Person Care: Healing the Brain and Body
• Investing in Technology, Talent, Innovation & Breakthrough Medicine

“The last 10 years have seen unprecedented advances in the healthcare and medical industry,” said Steve Forbes, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes. “As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and look ahead to the decade to come, advancing health security, equity and care through innovative thinking, collaboration and investment has never been more important.”

Forbes has convened a world-class roster of speakers, including:

• Mohamed Abou Shousha, M.D., Ph.D., Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Heru
• Jean Accius, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Global Thought Leadership, AARP
• Eren Bali, Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder, Carbon Health (Forbes 30 Under 30 Alum)
• Megan Blewett, Ph.D., Cofounder, Stealth Newco (Forbes 30 Under 30 Alum)
• Gail K. Boudreaux, President & Chief Executive Officer, Anthem
• Rosalind (Roz) Brewer, Chief Executive Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Jim Breyer, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Breyer Capital
• Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Bruce D. Broussard, President & Chief Executive Officer, Humana
• Lloyd H. Dean, Chief Executive Officer, CommonSpirit Health
• Michael J. Dowling, President & Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Thasunda Brown Duckett, President & Chief Executive Officer, TIAA
• Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard Medical School; Cofounder, Partners In Health (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Judith R. Faulkner, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Epic (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Mike Federle, Chief Executive Officer, Forbes
• Fei-Fei Li, Ph.D., Sequoia Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University; Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
• Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President, Forbes; President & Publisher, ForbesWomen
• Steve Forbes, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes
• Kenneth C. Frazier, Executive Chairman of the Board, Merck & Co., Inc. (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Nicole Gaudelli, Ph.D., Inventor, Beam Therapeutics
• Katherine High, M.D., President, Therapeutics, AskBio
• Deeptee Jain, M.D., Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic and Neurologic Surgery, Washington University
• Bruce Japsen, Senior Healthcare Contributor, Forbes
• Katie Jennings, Staff Writer, Health, Forbes
• Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Vertex
• Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer, Uber
• Stephen K. Klasko, M.D., M.B.A., President, Thomas Jefferson University and Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Health
• Alexander R. Knapp, Senior Editor, Science & Healthcare, Forbes
• April Koh, Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, Spring Health (Forbes 30 Under 30 Alum)
• Arvind Krishna, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, IBM
• Samarth Kulkarni, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, CRISPR Therapeutics
• Karen S. Lynch, President & Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health
• Michelle McMurry-Heath, M.D., Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
• Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Satya Nadella, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft
• Michael Neidorff, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation
• Robert Nelsen, Cofounder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., Cofounder, Sharecare Inc. and Host, “The Dr. Oz Show”
• Andrew Parker, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Papa
• Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Walgreens Boots Alliance (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Fay Rotenberg, President & Chief Executive Officer, Firefly Health
• Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., Founder, Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer, United Therapeutics Corporation (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Avik Roy, Policy Editor, Forbes; President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
• Reshma Shetty, Ph.D., Cofounder, Ginkgo Bioworks
• Francis Suarez, Mayor, City of Miami
• Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner, General Catalyst
• Glen Tullman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Transcarent (Honoree: Top 10 Leaders of the Decade)
• Alexander R. Vaccaro, M.D, Ph.D., M.B.A., Head Spine Consultant, Philadelphia Eagles and President, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
• Sir Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealth Group

Presenting sponsors for the 2021 Healthcare Summit are AARP and Northwell Health.

For more information about the 2021 Forbes Healthcare Summit and the speaker lineup, visit: 2021 Forbes Healthcare Summit: Breakthrough Solutions for the Next Decade

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