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Tuesday, November 1 Wednesday, November 2 Thursday, November 3


1:00 pm REGISTRATION OPENS
3:30 pm GLOBAL HEALTH UPDATES
Experts will conduct high-level backgrounders that will provide the latest knowledge on critical global health issues. Participants choose one from among the following:

A. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS CHANGING THE FUTURE Which developments in the pipeline have the greatest promise in the fight against diseases' biggest killers? Leaders in their fields will share their latest thinking timeline and expectations.

Discussion leaders:
Dr. Peter B. Corr, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology, Pfizer Inc.
Dr. Paul Herrling, Head of Corporate Research, Novartis AG
Dr. Adel Mahmoud, Chief Medical Advisor, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc.

Moderator:
Jeffrey Kluger, Senior Writer, TIME Magazine


B. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIV/AIDS NOW An update on the battle against HIV/AIDS.

Discussion leaders:
Dr. David Ho, Director and CEO, The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Irene Diamond Professor, The Rockefeller University
Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy to AIDS in Africa, United Nations

Moderator:
Dr. Seth Berkley, President, CEO and Founder, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

C. ROCK AND ROLL PHILANTHROPY Live8, StormAID, Comic Relief, and of course Live Aid: How do the big events make a difference? Activist celebrities pour enormous energy and hundreds of hours into high-profile events to raise awareness for the causes they espouse. What happens to the money and the motivation once the curtain goes down? How have Bono and others changed awareness? ? What's next?

Discussion leader:
Jamie Drummond, Executive Director, DATA

Moderator:
Josh Tyrangiel, Staff Writer and Music Critic, TIME

D. WHAT DOES FAITH HAVE TO DO WITH IT? Christians, Jews and Muslims are coming together to forge progress in global health initiatives throughout the developing world. What are the prospects for success? How are faith-based initiatives changing the global health agenda in Washington?

Discussion leaders:
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Founder and CEO, ASMA Society (American Sufi Muslim Association)
Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches
Julia Greenberg, Director International Programs, American Jewish World Service
Pastor Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Church, and Author "The Purpose Driven Life"

Moderator:
Dr. Tim Johnson, Medical Editor, ABC News

5:00 pm WELCOME
TIME Magazine Managing Editor Jim Kelly and President Eileen Naughton set the stage and offer TIME's vision for the event and its potential to serve as a tipping point that will make a difference-not only in terms of awareness, but in terms of positive actions to be taken by governments, citizens, civic leaders, religious leaders, corporations and universities. PBS will introduce its groundbreaking series Rx For Survival™

Speakers:
James Kelly, Managing Editor, TIME
Eileen Naughton, President, TIME

Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, NOVA, WGBH
5:30 pm THE CASE FOR OPTIMISM
Special guests will lay out the case for optimism.

Guest:
Anna Deavere Smith, Playwright and Actress, Institute of the Acts and Civic Dialogue, New York University
Dr. Paul Farmer, Member, Board of Directors, Partners In Health/Program In Infectious Disease and Social Change
Pastor Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Church, and Author "The Purpose Driven Life"

6:10 pm RECEPTION
7:00 pm DINNER AND GUEST SPEAKERS
Welcome:
David Westin, President, ABC News

Guests will have the spotlight for 3 minutes to share their stories of engagement in global health. Guests to include world music star Baaba Maal, legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, and others.

Guest speaker:
The. Hon. Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, USA

Interviewed by:
Robert Krulwich, Host, NOVA scienceNOW, and Correspondent, ABC News

9:00 pm PREMIERE - RX FOR SURVIVAL
Guests are invited to watch the first hour of Rx For SurvivalTM


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