Hosted this June 22-25 on the Aspen Institute’s Colorado Campus, attendees will hear from top minds influencing health policy and innovation. Media invited to apply for free credentials.
Contact: Eric Baker
Media Relations Manager
Aspen Institute
eric.baker@aspeninstitute.org
Aspen, CO, May 28, 2025 – The Aspen Institute’s annual health symposium is back! Aspen Ideas: Health, taking place June 22–25, 2025, brings together leading voices in health— including providers, researchers, policymakers, business leaders, and advocates—for dynamic exchanges on cutting-edge innovations and strategies to improve health outcomes in the U.S. and around the world. This year, we’re excited to welcome former governors Christopher Sununu (NH-R) and Roy Cooper of (NC-D) for a bipartisan conversation about how states are navigating today’s most pressing health policy decisions. Other sessions will cover the latest on global health infrastructure, bird flu, nutrition science, GLP-1s, artificial intelligence, and so much more!
Aspen Ideas: Health 2025 speakers include:
- Christopher Sununu, Former Governor, State of New Hampshire (R)
- Roy Cooper, Former Governor, State of North Carolina (D)
- Deborah Birx, Senior Fellow, George W. Bush Presidential Center
- Atul Gawande, Distinguished Professor in Residence, Ariadne Labs; Former Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Mae Jemison, Physician; Engineer; Former Astronaut, NASA
- Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google
- Demetre Daskalakis, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Bonnie Tsui, Author, “On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters”
- Kelly Whitaker, Impact Chef and Founder, Id-Est
- Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University
- Bill Frist, Former United States Senate Majority Leader; Founding Partner, Frist Cressey Ventures
- Ali Rezai, Executive Chair, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University
- Bertha Coombs, Senior Health Care Reporter, CNBC
Click here to see the full list of 130+ speakers already announced. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from previously announced speakers including: Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya, Vice President of Health at Apple Sumbul Desai, 24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and President of Pivotal Ventures Brooke Anderson.
Additional speakers and agenda information will be released in the coming weeks and months.
This year, Aspen Ideas: Health’s programmatic tracks are: Decoding the Brain, Audacious Science, Payoff: Investing in Health, Food for Thought, Uncommon Allies, and Pop Health. Learn more here.
Aspen Ideas: Health is the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute’s annual nonpartisan flagship event which gathers leaders and thinkers from around the globe to discuss the ideas that will shape tomorrow and help us understand today.Premier underwriters for Aspen Ideas: Health are Arnold Ventures, Eli Lilly and Company, and Takeda. Presenting underwriters are AstraZeneca, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., Mount Sinai Health System, Novartis, and Novo Nordisk. Supporting underwriters are AARP, Alignment Health, The Commonwealth Fund, and Guardant Health. Contributing underwriters are Catalyst by Wellstar and Yale University. The continuing education partner is Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower.
FOR MEDIA: Journalists interested in attending Aspen Ideas: Health are invited to apply for press credentials here.
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