Speaking privileges are by invitation only. Interested candidates may complete the Speaker Application here. PREVIOUS AND RETURNING SPEAKERS INCLUDE Sean O'Sullivan Founder and Managing Partner SOSV Greg Shell Managing Director Bain Capital (Double Impact) Governor Terry McAuliffe 72nd Governor State of Virginia (US) J. Craig Venter, PhD Founder, Chairman, and CEO The J. Craig Venter Institute Lindy Fishburne Senior Vice President, Investments, Thiel Foundation Managing Partner, Breakout Labs Larry Smarr, PhD Founding Director California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Joanne Smith, MD President and CEO Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (Chicago) Johannes Fruehauf Co-Founder and President LabCentral Melissa Stevens Executive Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy Milken Institute Governor Doug Ducey 23rd Governor State of Arizona (US) Montel Williams American Television Personality Barbara Newhouse President and CEO The ALS Association Gregory C. Simon President, Biden Cancer Initiative The Biden Foundation Fabian Bolin Actor, Screenwriter, and CEO WarOnCancer.com Linda Bernardi Chief Innovation Officer, Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) IBM Alexandra Reeve Givens Trustee The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Malin Burnham Chairman The Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute Deborah W. Brooks Co-Founder and Executive Vice President The Michael J. Fox Foundation Robin L. Smith, MD Chairman and President Stem For Life Foundation Steve Westly Founder and Managing Partner, The Westly Group, and former California State Controller and CFO Jamie-Lynn Sigler American Actress Scott Parazynski, MD Physician, Author, and former NASA Astronaut Deepak Chopra, MD American Author and Advocate Founder, The Chopra Foundation, and Co-Founder, The Chopra Center for Wellbeing Dr. Krishna Jafa Deputy Director, Integrated Delivery The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Marshall L. Summar, MD Director, Rare Disease Institute Children's National Medical Center Barry Didato Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President The Innovation Institute David Brancaccio Host and Senior Editor, Marketplace Morning Report American Public Media Eric M. Reiman, MD Executive Director, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, and CEO, Banner Research Kate Bingham Managing Partner SV Health Investors T. Denny Sanford Chairman and CEO United National Corporation B. Frank Gupton, PhD Chair, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, and Director, Institute for Engineering in Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Jenny Santi Author, Advisor, and Director and Head of Philanthropy Services (Southeast Asia), UBS Armando Christian Perez ("Pitbull") American Musician and Record Producer, and founder, SLAM (Sports Leadership and Management Academy) Charlotte Hovet, MD Global Medical Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Dell, Inc. Paul Dolan Co-Owner and CEO Cleveland Indians (MLB) Jeffrey Gallagher CEO Virginia Biotechnology Association (VirginiaBio) Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD President and CEO Cleveland Clinic Ronald L. Ferarri Principal Bessemer Trust Angela Kaya Mwanza Senior Vice President, Wealth Management UBS Mehmood Khan, MD Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Global Research and Development PepsiCo Rain Henderson CEO, Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) Clinton Foundation Marty Tenenbaum, PhD Founder and Chairman Cancer Commons Anthony Zolezzi Operating Partner Pegasus Capital Advisors LP Sherry Cagan President and Founder Stand4Lyme Foundation Ronald Harrington Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals (Cleveland) Caren Yanis Principal, Croland Consulting, former President, Crown Family Philanthropies, and former Executive Director, Oprah Winfrey Foundation David Panzirer Trustee Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Thomas Graham, MD Chief Innovation Officer Cleveland Clinic John Oates American Musician Stanton J. Rowe Chief Scientific Officer and Corporate Vice President Edwards Lifesciences Laird Cagan Managing Director and Co-Founder Cagan McAfee Capital Partners Marshall Field V President The Field Corporation Deborah Fletcher Senior Vice President, Client Partner Sudler & Hennessey Irwin Jacobs Co-Founder and former Chairman Qualcomm James R. Doty, MD Director and Founder, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Stanford University Marc O'Griofa, MD Physician, Scientist, and Engineer Tiffany Pham Founder and CEO Mogul James Rosebush CEO, GrowthStrategy, Bestselling Author, and Reagan White House Official Jack Young Managing Director Qualcomm Ventures and Qualcomm Life Peter Samuelson Co-Founder and President First Star Eric Lefkofsky CEO, Tempus, and co-founder and Chairman, Groupon Gabriel Brodbar Executive Director NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship Laura S. Thrall President and CEO CureSearch Rob Knight, PhD Principal Investigator, Knight Lab (UCSD), and co-founder, American Gut Project Peter Wilderotter President and CEO Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Jacki Zehner President The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation D.A. Wallach American recording artist, songwriter, essayist, and investor in health and biotechnology Terry Fulmer, PhD President The John A. Hartford Foundation David Weild IV CEO, Weild & Co., and former Vice Chairman, NASDAQ James C. Greenwood President and CEO Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Eva Moskowitz CEO Success Academy Charter Schools Jack Jewett President and CEO Flinn Foundation Rachel Ramoni, DMD, ScD Chief Research and Development Officer US Department of Veterans Affairs Jamie Metzl American writer, Partner at Cranemere, and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Isaac Blech Investor 21st Century Investors Group Rubén Flores, PhD Director of Commercialization UCSD David Coleman President and CEO The College Board Michael Fitzpatrick World-renown musician, Prince Charles Award for Outstanding Musicianship recipient, and founder and Chairman, Earth's Call Soledad O'Brien American Broadcast Journalist and Executive Producer Susie Harborth Managing Director and Co-Founder, BioLabs San Diego General Partner and CFO, BioInnovation Capital Please note that titles and affiliations are representative of the timing of the speaking engagement. 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