Healthcare & Medical

2026 Forbes Healthcare Summit

The 15th annual Forbes Healthcare Summit brings together influential leaders from care systems, pharma, tech, policy, and venture capital to explore the future of healthcare. The event will focus on advances in medicine, including gene therapies, AI, and precision medicine, and how these innovations can extend healthy human lifespans and improve health outco…

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75Speakers
2Sponsors
47On the bill · sessions
44Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 2026, in alphabetical order.
Alec C. Kimmelman
Dean and CEO · NYU Langone Health
Alec C. Kimmelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, NYU Grossman School of Medicine & Chief Executive Officer · NYU Langone Health
Alex Knapp
Senior Editor · Forbes
Alison Brodginski
Associate Chief Medical Officer and Associate Chief Quality Officer · Geisinger
Alison Brodginski, M.D.
Associate Chief Medical Officer & Associate Chief Quality Officer · Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Allen K. Sills, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer · National Football League
Allen Sills
Chief Medical Officer · National Football League
Amy Feldman
Senior Editor · Forbes
Brian Hilberdink
President, U.S. Human Pharma · Boehringer Ingelheim
Bruce Japsen
Senior Healthcare Contributor · Forbes
Cara Kamenev
President & CEO · Stripes Beauty
Christie Teigland
VP, Research Science & Advanced Analytics · Inovalon
Derek Lo
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Medallion
Francisco LePort, Ph.D.
Cofounder & CEO · Gordian Biotechnology
Ilene Corina
Board Certified Patient Advocate and Founder & President · Pulse Center for Patient Safety, Education & Advocacy
Jabari Young
journalist · Forbes
James Rechtin
President and CEO · Humana
Jamie Justice
Executive Vice President Health XPRIZE Foundation · XPRIZE Foundation
Jamie Justice, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President of the Health Domain, XPRIZE Foundation; Executive Director, XPRIZE Healthspan; Adjunct Professor · Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Jeff Balser
President & CEO · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jim Rechtin
President & Chief Executive Officer · Humana
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
NYU Langone HealthTitle Sponsor
Unicycive TherapeuticsPartner
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Agenda

Selected from 47 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:05 AM - 10:10 AM EST

    The Inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals List Live Launch

  • 10:10 AM - 10:20 AM EST

    Inside The Making Of Forbes Top Hospitals List

  • 10:21 AM - 10:30 AM EST

    What's Ahead For Healthcare

  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM EST

    Healing Healthcare: Finding Solutions For Today’s Fractured System

    Optum CEO Dr. Patrick Conway will discuss the challenges - and opportunities - of delivering affordable healthcare and improving the system at scale. Harnessing his experience as a…

  • 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM EST

    Biopharma Breakthroughs Towards Curing And Preventing Disease

    Advances in AI and biotechnology are enabling new paradigms for medicines, enabling faster innovation, new cures and better ways to prevent disease in the first place, all while ma…

  • 11:05 AM - 11:15 AM EST

    Spotlight: Using Tech To Make Football Safer

  • 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM EST

    Bringing Cutting-Edge Technology To Patient Care

    Over the past decade, tech companies have been using their expertise to collaborate with healthcare systems to improve operations. This panel explores how advances in big data, art…

  • 11:35 AM - 11:45 AM EST

    Spotlight: The Future of Medicaid: Modernizing Care For Vulnerable Populations With Technology

  • 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM EST

    The Secrets To Longevity: Giving Patients Longer, Healthier Lives

    The number of Americans aged 65 and older is growing faster than any other segment of the population. People are living longer, but those years often require more care. This panel …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 44 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

44 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
42Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

NYU Langone Health·Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.

Speakers by seniority

80% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite4155%
  • Founder / Owner811%
  • VP-level79%
  • Director / Head of45%
  • Engineer · IC11%
  • Other roles1419%

Of 75 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Forbes12V
  2. 02NYU Langone HealthSp·T6V
  3. 03Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.Sp·P2V
  4. 04Abridge2V
  5. 05Andreessen Horowitz2V
  6. 06eGenesis2V
  7. 07Flagship Pioneering2V
  8. 08Humana2V
  9. 09LyGenesis, Inc.2V
  10. 10National Football League2V
  11. 11Paragonix Technologies, Inc.2V
  12. 12Stripes Beauty2V
  13. 13Vanderbilt University Medical Center2V
  14. 14Vir Biotechnology2V
Sponsors by tier
partner1
50% of 2
title sponsor1
50% of 2