The goal of the Pacific Health Summit is to transform global healthcare through the prevention, early detection, and early treatment of disease through the use of emerging science and technology.

This goal could not be realized without collaboration from experts and an open and spirited dialogue on the issues. The organizers of the Summit are pleased to welcome the best minds in science, policy, medical practice, research and public health from around the Pacific Rim. The featured participants at Summit 2005 have started down a path towards realistic policy solutions that will impact how disease is detected and treated worldwide.

The 2006 Pacific Health Summit was pleased to welcome:

Keynote Speakers

Christine GREGOIRE
Governor, State of Washington


Lee HOOD
President, Institute for Systems Biology


Zuojun JIANG, M.D.
Vice Minister, Ministry of Health, China


Tadataka (Tachi) YAMADA, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation



Confirmed Participants

William BRODY, Ph.D.
President, The Johns Hopkins University

Maria CATTAUI
Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce

Hongxin CAO, M.D.
President, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Ding-Shinn CHEN, M.D.
Chairman, Taiwan Hepatitis Control Committee and Dean, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Yung-Chi CHENG, Ph.D.
Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University

William CLARKE, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology & Medical Officer, GE Healthcare

Lawrence COREY, M.D.
Joint head, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Clinical Research Division's Program in Infectious Diseases and Virology Division of the University of Washington's Department of Laboratory Medicine

Sir Nigel CRISP
Former Chief Executive Officer, UK Department of Health and National Health Service

Sally DAVIES, M.D.
Director of Research and Development, UK Department of Health

Esther DYSON
Editor, Release 1.0

Victor DZAU, M.D.
Chancellor, Duke University Medical Center & Health System

Christopher J. ELIAS, M.D., M.P.H.
President, PATH

Hengshan FAN, Ph.D.
Director General, Department of Economic System Reform, China's National Development and Reform Committee

William H. GATES, Sr.
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Vartan GREGORIAN, Ph.D.
President, Carnegie Corporation

Jessie GRUMAN, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Health

Lee HARTWELL, Ph.D.
President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

J. Edward HILL, M.D.
President, American Medical Association

John IGLEHART
Founding Editor, Health Affairs

Naoki IKEGAMI, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Health Policy, Keio University

Caroline KOVAC
General Manager, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences

Kiyoshi KUROKAWA, M.D.
President, Science Council of Japan

David LAWRENCE, M.D.
Former Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Permanente

Kyeong-Ho LEE, Ph.D.
President, Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)

Shouxin LI
Director General, Department of Social Development, China's National Development and Reform Commission

Depei LIU, Ph.D.
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering and President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Edison LIU, M.D.
Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)

Peter LOESCHER
President and CEO of GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences

Craig MUNDIE
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Microsoft

David NABARRO, Ph.D.
Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza

Moises NAIM, Ph.D.
Editor and Publisher, Foreign Policy Magazine

Peter NEUPERT
Corporate Vice President for Health Strategy, Microsoft

Dennis O'LEARY, M.D.
President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

Koji OMI
Former Science and Technology Minister and Member of House of Representatives, Japan

Steven PHILLIPS, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Exxon Mobil COrporation

Regina RABINOVICH, M.D.
Director, Infectious Diseases, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Uwe REINHARDT, Ph.D.
James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University

Satku K SATKUNANANTHAM, M.D.
Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Haruo SHIMADA, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University

Ian SHUGART
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada

Greg SIMON, J.D.
President, FasterCures

Peter A. SINGER, M.D.
Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Alfred SOMMER, M.D.
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Andre WAN, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research

Min WANG, Ph.D.
Deputy Director General, Office of Policy Research, China's State Council

Yu WANG, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Mary WOOLLEY
President, Research!America

Cheng-Wen WU
President, International Federation of Cell Biology and President, National Health Research Institutes

Mingjiang WU
Executive Vice President and Secretary-General, Chinese Medical Association