TIME MAGAZINE TO CONVENE LEADERS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

Location, Programming and Summit Speakers: The TIME Global Health Summit is an invitation-only event at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City, (in the Time Warner Center) and is programmed with the assistance of The Van Heyst Group.

Among the speakers, moderators and participants in the TIME Global Health Summit:

-- Zackie Achmat, chairperson, Treatment Action Campaign

--Carol Bellamy, president, World Learning, SIT

-- Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, executive secretary, Rwanda's National Commission to Fight AIDS

-- Bono, co-founder, DATA (via satellite)

-- Sir Richard Branson, chairman, Virgin Group of Companies

-- Philip Elmer-DeWitt, sciences editor, TIME magazine (moderator)

--Paul Farmer, member, board of directors, Partners In Health/Program In Infectious Disease and Social Change

-- Dr. Harvey Fineberg, president, Institute of Medicine

-- Bill Gates, co-founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

-- Dr. Julie Gerberding, director, Centers for Disease Control

-- Dr. David Ho, director and ceo, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

-- Dr. Lee Jong-wook, director-general, World Health Organization

-- Stephen Lewis, UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

--Cynthia McFadden, co-anchor, ABC News Primetime , ABC News senior legal correspondent (moderator)

-- Bernard Pecoul, executive director, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

-- Deborah Roberts, correspondent, ABC News 20/20 (moderator)

-- George Stephanopoulos, anchor, ABC News This Week (moderator)

-- R.E. “Ted” Turner, chairman, United Nations Foundation

-- Ann Veneman, executive director, UNICEF

-- Rick Warren, author, A Purpose Driven Life

-- Timothy E. Wirth, president, United Nations Foundation and Better World Foundation

Coverage by ABC News and TIME: ABC News, media partner for the TIME Summit, is planning related special reports on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, ABC News Now, ABCNEWS.com, and ABC News Radio.

"We live in a global village where the health of one person can affect the health of all people," said ABC News President David Westin. "This summit is an important step toward putting global health on the world agenda."

Daily reports will be filed from the summit on TIME.com, which will webcast many of the sessions. The webcast will be provided by http://www.kaisernetwork.org/, a free health policy news and information service provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation. TIME For Kids magazine, which reaches 4.5 million students in grades K-6, will devote the week to covering global health.

Alicia Keys to Star in Benefit Concert: On Thursday, Nov. 3, the final night of the summit, Alicia Keys will star in "The Black Ball,” a concert to benefit Keep a Child Alive (KCA). Presented by TIME magazine, the concert will raise funds to provide lifesaving anti-retroviral medicine for children and families living with AIDS in Africa. “I love the work that we are doing at Keep A Child Alive. I see the significant change we are making in the AIDS struggle," said Alicia Keys, KCA Global Ambassador. "We desperately need more people on treatment throughout the Continent. I feel strongly about this issue, feel it in my heart, my soul and my music."

Performers at The Black Ball include Common, John Mayer, Angelique Kidjo, Ron Isley and the Agape Children’s Choir from Durban, South Africa. There will be some surprise guests. To purchase tickets for this event at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Time Warner Center (Broadway at 60th Street, New York City), contact Kimberly Knox at 718-965-1111 or kimberly@keepachildalive.org. For more information, go to www.keepachildalive.org.

Additional Support for the TIME Summit: The TIME Summit is made possible through major support by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Additional support has been provided by The Coca-Cola Company, the United Nations Foundation, ExxonMobil, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and the American Red Cross.

“Water scarcity directly affects global health,” said Jeff Seabright, vice president, Environment & Water Resources at The Coca-Cola Company. “People who don’t have access to safe drinking water are vulnerable to disease and food scarcity. We hope this TIME Summit will focus attention on the global need to help communities secure clean drinking water.” Seabright will be a featured speaker at the TIME Summit, discussing The Coca-Cola Company’s efforts to increase water efficiency and partner with others on community water projects around the world.

“By bringing together world leaders and chief health experts, we hope to sound a red-alert on the escalating global health crisis,” said United Nations Foundation Chairman Ted Turner. “Millions of men, women and children die each year from preventable diseases – diseases eradicated long ago in the United States. We hope this forum will serve as a wakeup call to all nations and their leaders that we must take immediate action to stem the tide of this needless misery and death. We applaud TIME for educating its readers and shining a spotlight on this vital global issue.”

"We are pleased to join other sponsors in this TIME Summit who are committed to work to reduce the impact of diseases that devastate the developing world. Africa, for instance, is a significant and growing contributor to the world's energy economy, but diseases like malaria continue to ravage the continent. With more effort focused on vaccine research, as well as treatment and prevention, we can hope to turn the tide on diseases like malaria, which is preventable, treatable and curable," said Rex Tillerson, president, Exxon Mobil Corporation.

“The public and private sectors must work together to address critical global healthcare issues,” said Edward J. Ludwig, Chairman, president and chief executive officer of BD. “We’re honored to join the American Red Cross and other sponsors of the TIME Summit as we continue our efforts to impact diseases, such as measles, that are preventable with vaccinations.”

"By putting global health issues in the forefront, TIME is making a commitment to people around the world who need compassion. The American Red Cross and its Measles Initiative partners are reaching every child at-risk for measles in Africa, especially those in the most remote locations. BD has been a tremendous supporter of the Measles Initiative, ensuring that children are vaccinated safely in an effective manner. The Initiative has led the way in reducing measles deaths by half over the past five years, and with the Global Health Summit, we hope to continue our mission with others who help the world's most vulnerable," said Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO, American Red Cross.