Dignitaries and Speakers
Holy Father, Pope Francis
Private Virtual Audience for Participants with
Holy Father
Pope Francis
H.Em. Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Remarks by
H.Em. Cardinal Pietro Parolin,
Vatican Secretary of State
Grand Hospitaller, H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel
Remarks by Grand Hospitaller,
H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel,
Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience,
The Sovereign Order of Malta
Hosts
H.Em. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
President, Pontifical Council for Culture
Robin L. Smith, MD
Founder, President and Chairman, Cura Foundation and Stem for Life,
and Vice President and Director,
Science and Faith (STOQ) Foundation
Monsignor Tomasz Trafny
Head of Science and Faith Department, Pontifical Council for Culture and
General Secretary, Science and Faith (STOQ) Foundation
Renato Poletti
President, Science and Faith (STOQ) Foundation and President, Foundation for Heritage and Cultural and Artistic Activities of the Church
Speakers
The 2021 event will bring together the world’s leading physicians, scientists, leaders of faith, ethicists, patient advocates, policymakers, philanthropists, and influencers to engage in powerful conversations on the latest breakthroughs in medicine, health care delivery, and prevention as well as the anthropological outcomes and the cultural impact of technological advances. Together, they will focus on advances in medical innovation and seek to catalyze the creation of new, interdisciplinary approaches and partnerships for curing disease and improving health, wellbeing and understanding human uniqueness. Participants will explore the role of religion, faith and spirituality, and the interplay of mind, body and soul and look for areas of convergence between the humanities and the natural sciences.
Senior Rabbi, Jewish Council of the Emirates and Association of Gulf Jewish Communities
Former Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Executive Vice President, Sanford Health
Program Director, Type 1 Diabetes Program,
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
President and General Manager North America,
DarioHealth
Chief Executive Officer,
Moderna
President, Blueprint 1543; Honorary Professor of Theology and the Sciences, St. Andrews University, School of Divinity
The Rennert Chair of Aging Research, Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Director, Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chair and CEO,
Salesforce
Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology,
Yale University
Founder and CEO, Murmuration
Chairman and CEO, Pfizer
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University
Founder,
Blue Zones
Executive Chairman,
Firefly Health
Founder, The Chopra Foundation and
Founder, Chopra Global
Founding Core Faculty and Lead, Wyss Institute, Harvard University; Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard and MIT
Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Health Policy, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
Vice Chair,
Clinton Foundation
Co-Founder and Chair of the Board,
The diaTribe Foundation
Director,
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Model and Entrepreneur
Chairman of the Board and CEO,
Amicus Therapeutics
Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates;
Author, New York Times Best-Selling Book, “Principles: Life & Work”
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distinguished University Professor and Past President,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
President, Hospital and Health Systems, Teladoc Health
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
The Cynosure Group
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Theology,
University of Notre Dame
Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials; Director, Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence; Vice-Chair, Research and Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder and Chief Strategist, Partners In Health
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health
Founder and CEO,
Epic
Vice President, Head of Google Health,
Google
John A. Creighton University Professor and
Chair, Department of Medical Humanities,
Creighton University
Soprano; Arts and Health Advocate;
Artistic Advisor, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Chair in Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy and Director of International Center for Philosophy and Center for Science and Thought, University of Bonn, Germany
Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
CEO, LSU Health Care Services; Former Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health
Division Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Senior Director of Clinical Research for Strategy and Growth for the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and 23rd Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Physician-in-Chief of Oncology Services, Hackensack Meridian Health; Chair, John Theurer Cancer Center, and Founding Chair of Oncology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Todd and Linda Broin Chair for Diabetes Research; Director of Clinical Trials, The Sanford Project, Sanford Research; and Associate Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota
Founder, Chairman and CEO,
Celularity
President, Therapeutics,
AskBio
Founder and Co-Host,
"LIFE ITSELF"
Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Founder and CEO,
100Plus
Head of Strategy and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chief Executive Officer,
AARP
Chairman, President and CEO,
Sorrento Therapeutics
President,
Compassion Institute
Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy and Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine; Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania
Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School;
Founder, Foghorn Therapeutics
President, DEKA R&D;
Chairman, ARMI and
Founder, FIRST®
Executive Vice President, Healthcare Management and Transformation, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
President,
Thomas Jefferson University and Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Health
President and CEO,
JDRF International
Director of the Preventive Cardiology Program and Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Chief Executive Officer,
CRISPR Therapeutics
President,
West Health Policy Center
President, Medical Director and CEO, The Angiogenesis Foundation
Cardiovascular Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
President and CEO, Gary and Mary West Foundation
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NFL Athlete; Co-Founder, Project 375 and Founder, House of Athlete
Director, Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy and Robert J. Margolis, MD, Professor of Business, Medicine, and Policy, Duke University
Founder and CEO, Shatterproof
Founder and Chair, OneShared.World
Professor and Director, Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham
President and CEO,
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Immediate Past President, Union for International Cancer Control; Patron of International Society for Pediatric Oncology; Honorary President of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; Special Envoy for NCD’s for Vital Strategies; Member of WHO Expert Group for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer
Associate Dean for Neurosciences Initiatives and Interim Director of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego
Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy,
Tufts University
President, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Associate Professor,
Rutgers University
Founding Dean Emeritus and The Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Jefferson College of Population Health
Mahlon Powell Professor of Philosophy,
Indiana University
President and CEO, Samaritan Feet International
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, The Medical College of Wisconsin; Chairperson and Director, the Initiative on Islam and Medicine
President of Innovation, Research, and World Clinic, Sanford Health
Chief Executive Officer, Outcomes Matter Innovations and
Director, Celularity
Lead Guitarist, GRAMMY®-Winning Songwriter and Co-Founder of the American Rock and Roll Band, Aerosmith
Professor, MIT Media Lab; Chief Scientist and Chairman, Empatica
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University; Attending Physician, Montefiore Medical Center
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chief Medical Officer and VP of Healthcare, Worldwide Commercial Business, Microsoft
Full Professor in Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; President, Mission Board for Cancer of the European Commission; and President, World Federation of Public Health Associations
Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing
Director of Metabolism and Lipids, Mount Sinai Health System and Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
President and Co-CEO,
Amwell
Managing Partner,
Sculley Advisors
Managing Director, Akkad Holdings;
Executive Servant Leader, J&B Medical
Chairman, President and CEO,
Cryoport
Chief Medical and Corporate Affairs Officer,
Humana
Executive Director,
Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Professor, Department of Genetics and Co-Director, Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging Research, Harvard Medical School
Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
Managing Director, Senior Biotechnology Research Analyst, Piper Sandler and Companies
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Villanova University;
Editor-in-chief, Social Epistemology
Associate Professor, Oncology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health
Founder and Chairman, Health eVillages; Founder and Chairman, Tramuto Foundation; Author and Health Care Activist
Professor, Chair and Chief of Medicine, Cooper University Health Care, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of the Human Flourishing Program, and Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Religion and Spirituality, Harvard University
Vice-Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
President, Samaritan Health Initiatives and
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and
12th Director of the National Cancer Institute
Associate Vice President and Assistant Provost; Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy and Department of Information Technology, Analytics & Operations, University of Notre Dame
Senior Director of Therapeutic Development, Sanford Research
Professor and Chief of Molecular Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Director, Institute for Infection & Immunity, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA; and Chair, Medical Sciences, Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation
Chair, British Board of Scholars and Imams and Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists