The program consists of six tracks and fifty-one sessions. Please note that all sessions are subject to change. What follows are the session titles and descriptions. Click links for panelists.

Wednesday, October 3

Thursday, October 4

Friday, October 5

Saturday, October 6

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Sessions are listed below with the panelists included, catergorized under their track headings.

State of the Art Medical Science: The critical research you may not have heard of but need to know.

• Beyond the X-Ray: 21st Century Imaging.
  Panelists:
  • Robert Honigberg, MD; Chief Medical Officer, GE Healthcare
  • Richard Robb, PhD; Director of the Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  • Brian Thiele, MD; Professor of Surgery, University of Queensland Australia
  • Moderator: Franklyn Prendergast, MD, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Former Director, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
  • Introducer: Elizabeth Baker Keffer; Publisher, The Atlantic
    
    
• The Ticking Cellular Clock.
  Panelists:
  • Bruce Stillman, PhD; President and CEO, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Greg Verdine, PhD; Harvard College Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
  • Jonathan Weissman, PhD; Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
  • Moderator: Franklyn Prendergast, MD, PhD; Professor of Pharmacology and Former Director, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
    
    
• The Last Frontier: The Mind.
  Panelists:
  • Regis Kelly, PhD; Executive Director, California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3)
  • Cynthia Kenyon, PhD; Professor of Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco
  • Daniel Weinberger, MD; Senior Investigator, The National Institute of Mental Health
  • Moderator: Eve Nichols; Vice President for Science, Fidelity Foundation
    
    
• Genomes.
  Panelists:
  • Bruce Stillman, PhD; President and CEO, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Nathan Wolfe, PhD; Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
  • Moderator: Sharon Begley; Science Columnist, Newsweek
    
    
• Tailor-Made Medicine: How genomic science will lead to personalizing treatment and cures.
  Panelists:
  • Steven Gutman, MD, MBA; Director, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Patient Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • James Madara, MD; Chief Executive Officer, University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Gilbert Omenn, MD, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Genetics, Public Health and Computational Biology, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Wayne Rosenkrans, Jr., PhD; Scientific and Medical Strategy Director, External Medical Relations, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
  • Moderator: Greg Simon, JD; President, FasterCures
    
    
• The Promise of Stem Cells: Will the Body Become a Renewable Resource?
  Panelists:
  • Anthony Atala, MD; Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • Tannishtha Reya, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine
  • David Scadden, MD; Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Irv Weissman, MD; Director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
  • Moderator: Clifton Leaf, MFA; Journalist and Former Executive Editor, Fortune
    
    
• Cracking the Code: Life and Wellness in the Genomic Age.
  Panelists:
  • J. Michael Bishop, MD; Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Stanley Cohen, MD; Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Medicine, Stanford University
  • Kathy Hudson, PhD; Founder and Director, The Genetics and Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University
  • Robert Tjian, PhD; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Irv Weissman, MD; Director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
  • Moderator: Susan Dentzer; Health Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
  • Introducer: Michelle McMurry, MD, PhD; Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute
    
    
• Putting Your Genes to the Test.
  Panelists:
  • David Agus, MD; Research Director, Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Stuart Hogarth; Research Associate, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge University
  • Kathy Hudson, PhD; Founder and Director, The Genetics and Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University
  • Greg Simon, JD; President, FasterCures
  • Moderator: Sharon Begley; Science Columnist, Newsweek
    
    

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Frontiers in Medicine: What's on the horizon?

• The Mysterious Human Heart (daytime panel).
  Panelists:
  • Betsy Nabel, MD; Director, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
  • Eric Rose, MD; Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Douglas P. Zipes, MD; Emeritus Director, Cardiology Division, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Moderator: David Grubin; President, David Grubin Productions
  • Introducer: Elizabeth Baker Keffer; Publisher, The Atlantic
    
    
• The Electronic Prescription: How Information Technology Will Change the Face of Medicine.
  Panelists:
  • Zoë Baird, JD; President, The Markle Foundation
  • Bill Frist, MD; Former Senate Majority Leader
  • Franklin Raines, JD; Vice Chairman, Revolution Health Group Board of Directors
  • Nathan Wolfe, PhD; Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
  • Moderator: R. Bartley Moore; Executive Director of Research, Atlantic Media
  • Introducer: Deborah Cunningham; Executive Director, Marketing, The Atlantic
    
    
• The Damaged Brain: The Fight Against Neurodegeneration. 
  Panelists:
  • Scott Johnson, MBA; President and Founder, Myelin Repair Foundation
  • Trent Nichols, MD; Founder, Center for Nutrition and Digestive Disorders
  • Edwin Stone, MD, PhD; Director, Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration, University of Iowa
  • Moderator: Ron Winslow; Deputy Editor, Health and Science, The Wall Street Journal
    
    
• The Immune System: Nature's Defense.
  Panelists:
  • Andrea Califano, PhD; Professor and Associate Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Gary Nabel, MD, PhD; Director, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health
  • Steven Rosenberg, MD, PhD; Chief, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute
  • Moderator: Irv Weissman, MD; Director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
    
    
• HIV and the World.
  Panelists:
  • Anthony Fauci, MD; Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • Mary Robinson, LLB, LLM; President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, The Aspen Institute
  • Moderator: Clive Crook; Senior Editor, The Atlantic
  • Introducer: Deborah Cunningham; Executive Director, Marketing, The Atlantic
    
    
• The Female Body.
  Panelists:
  • Alan Altman, MD; Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reprodcutive Biology, Harvard Medical School
  • Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH; Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
  • Silvia Formenti, MD; Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, NYU School of Medicine
  • Kathy Hudson, PhD; Founder and Director, The Genetics and Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University
  • Moderator: Glenda Greenwald; Founder and Chair Emeritus, Aspen Center for Integral Health
    
    
• Stopping the Super Bugs.
  Panelists:
  • Ronald Atlas, PhD; Co-Director, Center for Health Hazards Preparedness, University of Louisville
  • Stanley Cohen, MD; Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Medicine, Stanford University
  • Rita Colwell, PhD; Senior Advisor and Honorary Chairperson, Canon U.S. Life Sciences  
  • Anthony Fauci, MD; Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • Gary Nabel, MD, PhD; Director, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health
  • Nathan Wolfe, PhD; Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
  • Moderator: Margaret Hamburg, MD; Senior Scientist, Nuclear Threat Initiative
    
    
• Pandemic Influenza.
  Panelists:
  • Ronald Atlas, PhD; Co-Director, Center for Health Hazards Preparedness, University of Louisville
  • John Barry; Author of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
  • Margaret Hamburg, MD; Senior Scientist, Nuclear Threat Initiative
  • David Nabarro, MD, MSc; Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, United Nations
  • Moderator: Stewart Simonson, JD; Vice President for Global Public Health Preparedness, Constella Group, LLC
    
    
• Cancer and the Sexes
     Panelists:
  • David Agus, MD; Research Director, Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Silvia Formenti, MD; Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, NYU School of Medicine
  • Larry Norton, MD; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Gilbert Omenn, MD, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Genetics, Public Health and Computational Biology, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Moderator: Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD; Director, Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health 
    
    
• Battling Cancer.
  Panelists:
  • J. Michael Bishop, MD; Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Hala Moddelmog; President and Chief Executive Officer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  • Max Coppes, PhD, MBA; Executive Director, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Medical Center
  • Henry Friedman, MD; Deputy Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Medical Center
  • Michael Milken, MBA; Founder and Chairman, FasterCures
  • John Niederhuber, MD; Director, National Cancer Institute
  • Steven Rosenberg, MD, PhD; Chief, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute
  • Moderator: Clifton Leaf, MFA; Journalist and Former Executive Editor, Fortune
    
    
• Science Versus the Biological Clock.
  Panelists:
  • William Colby, JD; Senior Fellow, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  • Cynthia Kenyon, PhD; Professor of Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco
  • Stephanie Lederman, EdM; Executive Director, American Federation for Aging Research
  • Moderator: Nigel Cameron, PhD; President, Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future
    
    
• Organ Transplantation: Advances, Barriers and Ethics.
  Panelists:
  • Roy Calne, MD; Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Cambridge University
  • Peter McMurry; Cystic Fibrosis patient, and long time organ transplant recipient survivor
  • Mark Siegler, MD; Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
  • Moderator: Ron Winslow; Deputy Editor, Health and Science, The Wall Street Journal
    

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From the Lab to You: How hard science becomes health care.

• Which Came First  — the Target or the Drug?
  Panelists:
  • Peter Agre, MD; Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology, Duke University Medical Center
  • Mark McClellan, MD, PhD; Visiting Senior Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies 
  • Michael Milken, MBA; Founder and Chairman, FasterCures
  • Robert Tjian, PhD; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Moderator: Mary Woolley; President and CEO, Research!America
    
    
• The New Scientific Power: The Role of Philanthropy, Patient Advocates, and Other Novel Partners in Changing our Medical Future.
  Panelists:
  • Hala Moddelmog; President and Chief Executive Officer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  • Scott Johnson, MBA; President and Founder, Myelin Repair Foundation
  • Richard Klausner, MD; Managing Partner, The Column Group; Former Global Health Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Robert Klein, JD; Chairman, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Amy McGuire Porter; Executive Director, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
  • Moderator: Susan Dentzer; Health Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
    
    
• Getting What We Pay For: The Impact of Declining Public Investment in Medical Science Research
  Panelists:
  • Rita Colwell, PhD; Senior Advisor and Honorary Chairperson, Canon U.S. Life Sciences
  • Dan Crippen, PhD; Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
  • Joan Goldberg; Executive Director, American Society for Cell Biology
  • Peter Orszag, PhD, MSc; Director, Congressional Budget Office
  • John Porter, JD; Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
  • Moderator: Stuart Smith, JD, MBA; Managing Director and Head of Health Care, Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse
    

• What’s Hot: Emerging Trends in Biotech, Pharma and Health IT. 
  Panelists:
  • James Greenwood; President and Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Caroline Kovac, PhD; Managing Director, Burrill & Company
  • Andrew Schiff, MD; Managing Director, Aisling Capital
  • Moderator: Franklin Raines, JD; Vice Chairman, Revolution Health Group Board of Directors
    
    
• Innovation and Incentives: Can Breakthrough Science Survive Market Forces? 
  Panelists:
  • Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD; President, The Institute of Medicine
  • Craig Fuller; Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide
  • James Greenwood; President and Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Jennifer Jarrett, MBA; Director, Health Care Group, Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse
  • Richard Klausner, MD; Managing Partner, The Column Group; Former Global Health Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Moderator: Robert Klein, JD; Chairman, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
    
    
• The Changing Face of Investments in Health: A Conversation about Maximizing your Investment Dollar.
  Panelists:
  • Robert W. Armstrong, PhD; Vice President of Global External Research and Development, Eli Lilly Company
  • Jessica Owens, MBA; Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Andrew Schiff, MD; Managing Director, Aisling Capital
  • Moderator: Rob Mashal, MD; CEO, Alinea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    
    

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Science and Prevention: What you can (and should) be doing to enhance your health.

• Fitness and Nutrition: The Science of Metabolism.
  Panelists: 
  • C. Ronald Kahn, MD; Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center
  • Paul Zimmet, AO, MD, PhD; Director, International Diabetes Institute
  • Moderator: Susan Brink; Health Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
    
    
• The Future of Nutrition: What your Body Needs You to Know Now.
  Panelists:
  • Dean Ornish, MD; Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
  • Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD; Kenan Distinguished University Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health
  • Moderator: Catherine Arnold, MBA, MHA; Director and Senior Analyst, U.S. Major Pharmaceuticals, Credit Suisse
    
    
• Diabetes and The Sugar Syndrome: Is Sugar the New Cholesterol? 
  Panelists:
  • Tom Hughes, PhD; Head of Diabetes and Metabolism Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.
  • C. Ronald Kahn, MD; Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center
  • Jay Skyler, MD; Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  • Paul Zimmet, AO, MD, PhD; Director, International Diabetes Institute
  • Moderator: Rob Mashal, MD; CEO, Alinea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    
    
• Food Fights: How Politics are Changing our Diet. 
  Panelists:
  • Glenda Greenwald; Founder and Chair Emeritus, Aspen Center for Integral Health
  • Eric Schlosser; Author of Fast Food Nation
  • Jay Skyler, MD; Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  • Moderator: Susan Brink; Health Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
  • Introducer: Deborah Cunningham; Executive Director, Marketing, The Atlantic 
    
    

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International Science

• Health Diplomacy: The United States and Iran.
  Panelists:
  • Arash Alaei, MD, MPH; Director, International Education and Research Cooperation, Iranian National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • Kamiar Alaei, MD, MPH, MS; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University School of Public Health
  • Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD; Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Yale University School of Public Health
  • Navid Madani, PhD; Instructor and Staff Scientist, Harvard Medical School Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Stewart Simonson, JD; Vice President for Global Public Health Preparedness, Constella Group, LLC
  • Moderator: Toni Verstandig; Director, Middle East Strategy Group, The Aspen Institute
    
    
• International Scientific Cooperation.
  Panelists:
  • Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD; President, The Institute of Medicine
  • Jennifer Jarrett, MBA; Director, Health Care Group, Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse  
  • Alan Leshner, PhD; CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • R. Sanders Williams, MD; Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Duke University School of Medicine
  • Moderator: Ellis Rubinstein; President, New York Academy of Sciences
    
    
• Patients Without Borders: Medical Tourism and Health Services Delivery in India.
  Panelists: 
  • Pervez Ahmed, MBBS; Executive Director of Medical Operations, Max Healthcare Ltd.
  • James D'Orta, MD; Founder, Chairman and CEO, Consumer Health Services, Inc.
  • William A. Haseltine, PhD; President, The Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts
  • Krishna Reddy; CEO, Care Hospital
  • Sri SivaKumar; Chief Executive, ITC Limited
  • Priyadarshi Tiwari, MD; Chief of Community Health & Wellness Services, Care Hospitals
  • Moderator: William A. Haseltine, PhD; President, The Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts
    
    
• New International Approaches to Drug Discovery and Healthcare Delivery
  Panelists:
  • Robert W. Armstrong, PhD; Vice President of Global External Research and Development, Eli Lilly Company
  • Marie Charles, MD; Chair and CEO, International Centre for Equal Healthcare Access
  • James D'Orta, MD; Founder, Chairman and CEO, Consumer Health Services, Inc.
  • William A. Haseltine, PhD; President, The Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts
  • Moderator: William A. Haseltine, PhD; President, The Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts 

• Global Scientific Investment.
  Panelists:
  • Alice Dautry, PhD; President, Institut Pasteur
  • Ellis Rubinstein; President, New York Academy of Sciences
  • Moderator: Norman Neureiter, PhD; Director, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Introducer: Jennifer Jarrett, MBA; Director, Health Care Group, Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse
    
    
• Dangerous Liaisons: The Intersection of Environmental, Animal and Human Health.
  Panelists:
  • Bill Frist, MD; Former Senate Majority Leader
  • Introducer: Stewart Simonson, JD; Vice President for Global Public Health Preparedness, Constella Group, LLC
    
    

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The Art and Humanity of Medicine

• Health, Humanity and Politics: Prospects for Reform.
  Panelists: 
  • Bill Frist, MD; Former Senate Majority Leader
  • Mark Ganz; President and CEO, The Regence Group
  • Elizabeth Teisberg, PhD; Co-Author, Redefining Health Care
  • Tommy Thompson, JD; Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Moderator: Ken Weakley, MBA; Managing Director and Senior Healthcare Services Analyst, Credit Suisse
  • Introducer: Michelle McMurry, MD, PhD; Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute
    
    
• Easing the Burden: Does Health Care Cost Too Much and How Do We Pay for It?
  Panelists:
  • Dan Crippen, PhD; Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
  • Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD; Director, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health
  • Bill Frist, MD; Former Senate Majority Leader
  • Peter Orszag, PhD, MSc; Director, Congressional Budget Office
  • Moderator: Ron Winslow; Deputy Editor, Health and Science, The Wall Street Journal
    
    
• The Human Element: A Candid Conversation about Pioneers of Modern Medicine.
  Panelists:
  • Peter Agre, MD; Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology, Duke University Medical Center
  • J. Michael Bishop, MD; Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Neen Hunt, EdD; President, The Lasker Foundation
  • Moderator: Elliot Gerson; Executive Vice President, Seminars and Public Programs, The Aspen Institute
    
    
• Winning the Game of Life. 
  Panelists:
  • Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD; Director, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health
  • Betsy Nabel, MD; Director, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
  • John Parr, JD; Co-Founder, Civic Results
  • Terrie Fox Wetle, PhD; President, American Federation for Aging Research  
  • Moderator: Michelle McMurry, MD, PhD; Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute
    
    
• Science Education: How do you Train a Doctor for the 21st Century?
  Panelists:
  • Darrell Kirch, MD; President and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Alan Leshner, PhD; CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • James Madara, MD; CEO, University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Moderator: Susan Brink; Health Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
    
• Biomedical Ethics.
  Panelists:
  • Nigel Cameron, PhD; President, Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future
  • Einer Elhauge, JD; Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard University
  • Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH; Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
  • Frances Kamm, PhD; Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Mark Siegler, MD; Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
  • Moderator: Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD; Director, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health
    
    
• The Hospital of the Future.
  Panelists:
  • David Eddy, MD, PhD; Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Archimedes, Inc.
  • Joe Hogan, MBA; President and CEO, GE Healthcare
  • John Maeda, PhD, MBA; Associate Director of Research, MIT Media Lab
  • Ken Weakley, MBA; Managing Director and Senior Healthcare Services Analyst, Credit Suisse 
  • Moderator: Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD; President, The Institute of Medicine
    
    
• From the Front Lines: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Legacy of Iraq.
  Panelists:
  • Charles Figley, PhD; Director, Florida State Traumatology Institute
  • George-Andreas Pogany; Founder, Just One Wounded Warrior
  • Steven Southwick, MD; Professor of Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Vasterling, PhD; Chief of Psychology and Clinical Investigator, National Center for PTSD
  • Moderator: Barbara Romberg, PhD; Executive Director, Give an Hour
    
    
• Today's Scientific Renaissance.
  Panelists
  • Adam Bly; Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief, Seed Media Group
  • John Maeda, PhD, MBA; Associate Director of Research, MIT Media Lab
  • Moderator: R. Bartley Moore; Executive Director of Research, Atlantic Media
  
  
• The Emerging Science of Mood: Understanding Depression and Mania.
  Panelists:
  • Alan Leshner, PhD; CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Nora Volkow, MD; Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Moderator: Not Yet Assigned
  • Introducer: Wayne Rosenkrans, Jr., PhD; Scientific and Medical Strategy Director, External Medical Relations, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
    
    
• Great Expectations: American Attitudes toward Personal Responsibility and Medicine.
  Panelists:
  • Craig Fuller; Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide
  • Mary Woolley; President and CEO, Research!America
  • Moderator: John Zogby; President and CEO, Zogby International
    
    
• Medical Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds Around the World.
  Panelists: 
  • Tommy Thompson, JD; Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
    
    

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Evening Special Events

• Fast Food Nation: A Film Screening Hosted by Eric Schlosser.
  Panelists:
  • Eric Schlosser; Author and Journalist
    

• The Mysterious Human Heart. 
  Panelists:
  • David Grubin; President, David Grubin Productions
  • Douglas P. Zipes, MD; Emeritus Director of the Cardiology Division, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Introducer: Elizabeth Baker Keffer; Publisher, The Atlantic
    
    
    
• Healthcare Re-imagined: Learning from Olympic Athletes.
  Panelists:
  • Joe Hogan, MBA; President & CEO, GE Healthcare
  • Jack Taunton, MD;  Chief Medical Officer, Vancouver Organizing Committee, 2010 Olympic Games
  • Malissa Wood, MD; Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Margaret Hunt, MS, ATC; U.S. Olympic Committee Games Medical Services Director
  • Picabo Street; U.S. Olympic gold medalist skier
  • Aaron Peirsol; U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer
  • Moderator: Jimmy Roberts, NBC sportscaster
    
• Applying New Science to Global Health.
  Panelists:
  • Leonard Rubenstein, JD; President, Physicians for Human Rights
  • Richard Klausner, MD; Managing Partner, The Column Group; Former Global Health Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 
  • Moderator: Clive Crook; Senior Editor, The Atlantic

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