Forbes China, In Partnership With Memorial Sloan Kettering, Asia Society And Cure4Cancer, To Convene International Experts To Advance The Global Fight Against Cancer

NEW YORK – Sept. 19, 2023 – Forbes China today announced its fourth Forbes China Healthcare Summit will take place virtually on Sept. 22, 2023 in the U.S. (Sept. 23, 2023 in China). The theme of this year’s summit will be “Advancing Global Health Equity To Cure Cancer.”

As the Covid-19 pandemic eases, cancer stands out again as it kills a larger number of people globally – 10 million every year and three million in China alone.

This hybrid, free event, organized by Forbes China in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Asia Society and Cure4Cancer in New York, will feature a range of participants who are experts in this space to discuss opportunities and challenges for collaboration in the global fight against cancer such as patient care, research, regulatory policy and philanthropy, and explain how global health equity benefit us all.

Participants include:

 Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media

 Jing Qian, Co-Founder, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute

 Dr. Satish Gopal, Director, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute

 Dr. Wu Yi-Long, President, Chinese Thoracic Oncology Group

 Greg Simon, Inaugural Executive Director, White House Cancer Moonshot

 Prof. Olusegun Isaac Alatise, Co-Founder, African Research Group for Oncology

 Dr. Bob T. Li, Physician Ambassador to China and Asia-Pacific, MSK

 Sir Murray Brennan, Senior Vice President, International Programs, MSK

 Dr. Peter Kingham, Director, Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives, MSK

 Prof. Nick Pavlakis, Chair, Thoracic Oncology Group Australasia

 Hope Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO, MORE Health

 Zhao Changqing, DU Head Oncology, China Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Novartis

 Annelotte Walsh, Director of Research, Center for Asian Philanthropy and Society

 Victoria Wolodzko Smart, Senior Vice President, Mission, Susan G. Komen

 Russell Flannery, Editor-at-Large, Forbes

Novartis and MORE Health are sponsoring partners for this summit.

The virtual event will begin at 8 PM EST on Friday, Sept. 22 in the U.S. and at 8 AM CST on Saturday, Sept. 23 in China.

For registration, please contact Kelly Ang ([email protected] or 86-138 1789 2407).

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