What to know about WATCH: Axios' Future of Health Summit 2026
Axios Live is hosting its second annual Future of Health Summit on May 13. The event will feature a diverse group of speakers from the healthcare, government, and pharmaceutical sectors to discuss the evolving landscape of health care.
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What happened
On Wednesday, May 13 at 2:10pm ET, Axios Live will host our second annual Future of Health Summit convening conversations unpacking how our changing landscape is redefining the high-stakes world of health care.
Why it matters
Featured speakers include Cynthia Bailey, model and Bravo personality; Caryn Seidman Becker, chairman and CEO of CLEAR; Chris Boerner, board chair and CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb and board chair-elect of PhRMA; Emily Capodilupo, senior vice president of data…
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Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Stephen J.
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Axios Live is hosting its second annual Future of Health Summit on May 13. The event will feature a diverse group of speakers from the healthcare, government, and pharmaceutical sectors to discuss the evolving landscape of health care.
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Claim 1: “Featured speakers include Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)”
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Claim 2: “Featured speakers include David Goldhill, co-founder and CEO of Sesame”
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The Axios event listing mentions David Goldhill of Sesame, but the provided web search results for 'David' are generic (King David, bioinformatics tool) and do not corroborate his specific role or presence at the summit.
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— Dec 31, 2025 · DAVID provides a comprehensive set of functional annotation tools to help understand the biological meaning behind large gene lists. Powered by the DAVID Knowledgebase, it integrates mu…
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Claim 3: “Featured speakers include Olivia Walton, founder of the Maternal and Child Health Center for Policy and Practice at Heartland Forward and founder and CEO of Ingeborg”
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Claim 4: “Featured speakers include Stephen J. Ubl, president and CEO of PhRMA”
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Claim 5: “Featured speakers include Jon Mahrt, CEO of Optum Rx and chief growth officer of Optum”
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Claim 6: “Featured speakers include Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services”
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Claim 7: “Featured speakers include Johanna Hellrigl, chef and owner of Ama and board member of the Environmental Working Group”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the claim regarding Johanna Hellrigl.
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Claim 8: “Featured speakers include Cynthia Bailey, model and Bravo personality”
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The Axios web search result for the summit explicitly lists Cynthia Bailey, model and Bravo personality, as a featured speaker. Wikipedia confirms she is part of The Real Housewives franchise (Bravo).
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— The Real Housewives is an American reality television franchise that began on March 21, 2006, with The Real Housewives of Orange County. Each installment of the franchise documents the personal and pr…
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— In American television in 2025, notable events included television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affil…
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— St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, No…
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Claim 9: “On Wednesday, May 13 at 2:10pm ET, Axios Live will host our second annual Future of Health Summit”
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Multiple web search results from Axios and Facebook confirm the second annual Future of Health Summit is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 at 2:10pm ET (though one source mentions 2:30pm, the core event and date are consistent).
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— The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
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— The Gaza peace summit, also known as the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, was a diplomatic meeting held on 13 October 2025 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, following an agreement to implement the first phase o…
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— The Milken Institute is an American independent, nonpartisan economic think tank based in Santa Monica, California, with offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Miami, London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore.…
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Claim 10: “Featured speakers include Caryn Seidman Becker, chairman and CEO of CLEAR”
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The Axios event listing identifies Caryn Seidman Becker as a speaker. Independent sources (Milken Institute, LinkedIn) confirm her role as Chairman and CEO of CLEAR.
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— Caryn Seidman Becker, CEO of Clear, shares her remarkable journey from Wall Street investor to building the identity platform we know today.
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— Caryn Seidman Becker is the Chair, CEO and Co-founder of CLEAR, the secure identity platform transforming the way people live, work, and travel. After acquiring.
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Claim 11: “Featured speakers include Scott Liles, president of medical and veterinary at Covista”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the claim regarding Scott Liles.
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Claim 12: “Featured speakers include Chris Boerner, board chair and CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb and board chair-elect of PhRMA”
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The Axios event listing identifies Chris Boerner as a speaker. Independent sources (PhRMA, Bristol Myers Squibb) confirm he is the CEO of BMS and Board Chair-elect of PhRMA.
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— Featured speakers include model and Bravo personality Cynthia Bailey, CLEAR chairman and CEO Caryn Seidman Becker, Bristol Myers Squibb board chair and CEO and PhRMA board chair-elect Chris Boerner, W…
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— Christopher Boerner is board chair and chief executive officer at Bristol Myers Squibb.Prior to that role, Chris was head of international markets at Bristol Myers Squibb, accountable for internationa…
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Claim 13: “Featured speakers include Emily Capodilupo, senior vice president of data science and research at WHOOP”
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While not explicitly listed in the brief Axios snippet provided, multiple independent sources (WHOOP, AI in Action podcast) confirm Emily Capodilupo's role as SVP/VP of Data Science and Research at WHOOP.
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— Welcome to episode 217 of the AI in Action podcast, the show where we break down the hype and explore the impact that Data Science, Machine Learning and Arti...
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— Emily Capodilupo. Senior Vice President of Research, Algorithms, and Data. WHOOP.Emily’s work sits at the intersection of wearable technology, digital biomarkers, and predictive health, helping shift …
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— Emily Breslow - Sleep Expert WHOOP. So, for those of you who weren’t there, this is a summary of some of the research and anecdotes I shared, mixed with some supplementary musings.Emily Capodilupo is …
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Claim 14: “Featured speakers include Felicia DellaFortuna, chief financial officer of Weight Watchers”
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The Axios event listing explicitly identifies Felicia DellaFortuna, CFO of Weight Watchers, as a featured speaker.
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Claim 15: “Featured speakers include Elaine Welteroth, journalist, New York Times bestselling author, TV host and founder of birthFUND”
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Claim 16: “Featured speakers include Tom Engels, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration”
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Wikipedia and LinkedIn confirm Thomas J. Engels is the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
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— Thomas J. Engels is an American politician who serves as the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services during the S…
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— -- · Experience: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) · Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison · Location: Washington · 485 connections on LinkedIn. View Tom Engels’ profile on Linke…
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Claim 17: “Featured speakers include Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)”
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Claim 18: “Featured speakers include David Marin, president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association”
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