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Clear all filters- Milken Institute23 min
Tuesday Lunch With Alex Azar, Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Azar outlined a unified healthcare strategy centered on three core promises of affordability, choice, and quality, executing this vision through value-based payment models and targeted initiatives for high-impact areas like the opioid crisis and chronic kidney disease. Specific progress includes a 5% drop in overdose deaths and a shift to risk-sharing primary care models that empower providers to address social determinants of health, alongside efforts to expand home dialysis and stabilize ACA premiums through state reinsurance pools. The administration's "protect what works, fix what is broken" approach seeks to safeguard coverage for 331 million Americans while redesigning payment structures to prioritize preventive care and long-term fiscal sustainability.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
The Business Case for Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Joanne Kenen, Georges Benjamin, Thomas Moriarty, Ashley Perry, Lauren Shweder Biel, Emily Yu, Joanne Cannon, Lauren Schwader-Beal, Katherine Connelly, Michael Golinkoff
Moderated by Joanne Cannon, a panel of public health leaders and corporate strategists redefined the conversation around Social Determinants of Health by prioritizing the business case for intervention over traditional philanthropy. Speakers detailed scalable models such as DC Greens' produce prescription program and CVS's integrated health hubs, which leverage data-driven insights to prove cost savings through medication compliance and reduced emergency room visits. The group concluded that sustainable growth depends on transitioning funding from grants to payer reimbursement within value-based care systems, leveraging political and corporate influence to address root causes like housing instability.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Opioid Addiction: A Crisis Fueled by Stigma
Robert Redfield, Sarah Carlin-Smith, Dr. Kelly Clark, Gary Mendel, Dr. Andrei Ostrovsky, Jerome Adams, Ronnie Solomon, Michael Golinkoff
A collaborative panel led by Surgeon General officials and researchers from Shatterproof and McKinsey identifies stigma as the primary barrier in the opioid crisis, highlighting how it drives public misunderstanding, provider bias, and critical gaps in Medicaid and federal funding. The group outlines a strategic shift toward humanizing recovery narratives, integrating addiction care into chronic disease management frameworks, and utilizing settlement funds for evidence-based programs to reduce overdose mortality by 50%. By advocating for the removal of restrictive privacy laws like 42 CFR Part 2 and the elimination of the X-waiver, the initiative seeks to dismantle systemic prejudices that currently prevent 60% of treatment facilities from offering FDA-approved medications.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
The Future of Brain Health
Maxine Waters, Michael Clowden, Meg Terrell, Dr. Ruth Benka, Dr. Marie Bernard, Dr. Rod Hockman, Nora Super, Dr. Rudy Tanzi
Congresswoman Maxine Waters secured bipartisan backing from 130 legislators for a proposed $2.65 billion Alzheimer's research budget, aiming to meet the 2025 national goal of a cure while addressing the projected bankruptcy of the U.S. healthcare system. Parallel scientific advances, including Biogen's Aducanumab and new insights into viral links and sleep-based protein clearance, are being matched by systemic reforms to shift 50% of care to home settings and address the disproportionate burden on female caregivers. Despite these strides, experts emphasize that reducing reliance on acute hospitalization and mitigating risks through lifestyle interventions like blood pressure control and social engagement remain critical to curbing the disease's demographic and economic impact.
- The Economist12 min
Doping in sport: why it can't be stopped
Grigory Rodchenkov, Richard McLaren, Alexander Zhukov, Pavel Kolobkov, Vitaly Mutko, Callum Skinner, Antoine Duval, Rob Keeler
Following the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics scandal, where whistleblower Grigory Rechenkov and the Richard McLaren report exposed a state-sponsored Russian doping conspiracy, systemic flaws in global sports governance have hindered effective enforcement. Critics argue that structural conflicts of interest between the IOC, WADA, and government bodies, combined with financial dependencies on broadcasting revenue, have allowed over 1,000 athletes to evade consequences despite overwhelming evidence of cheating. This disconnect has eroded athlete confidence, leading to concerns that anti-doping agencies prioritize institutional stability over fair competition.
- Jane Street47 min
Unboxed Types for OCaml
The presentation "Making a Camel Less Like Lisp and More Like C++" addresses OCaml's performance limitations by introducing explicit "layout kinds" that allow the compiler to statically determine memory representations for unboxed types like 64-bit integers and records. This system distinguishes between tagged pointers managed by the garbage collector and raw bit representations passed directly in registers, enabling efficient libraries to remain opaque while avoiding the overhead of standard boxing. By replacing fragile dynamic heuristics with explicit type annotations, the proposal facilitates predictable high-performance computing without sacrificing the language's safety guarantees or requiring complex template expansion.
- Milken Institute58 min
Reshaping Food Systems for Sustainability
Ryan Shadrick Wilson, Heston Blumenthal OBE, Timothy Childs, Matilda Ho, Simon Lowden
Leading executives from PepsiCo, Treasure8, and Bits and Bytes converge with chef Heston Blumenthal to address the triad of global food crises: undernutrition, diet-related diseases, and agricultural emissions. The dialogue outlines concrete sustainability strategies, including PepsiCo's packaging reductions, Treasure8's biochar-based circular economy, and cellular agriculture investments, while emphasizing the critical need to align profit motives with regenerative practices. Ultimately, the panel forecasts a market evolution where personalized nutrition, regulatory shifts on sugar, and behavioral storytelling replace restrictive sustainability narratives to secure food systems for a projected 9 billion population.
- a16z25 min
How to Build an Open Source Business
This analysis details the modern renaissance of open source investment, highlighting how exit valuations have surged from MySQL's 2008 billion-dollar acquisition to recent IPOs of firms like GitHub and MongoDB. It outlines a three-stage success framework where project community fit evolves into product and value market fit, supported by diverse monetization models such as open core and SaaS that allow founders to compete effectively against public cloud providers. The discussion further identifies critical scaling strategies, emphasizing the need to balance commercial growth with community health to avoid failure modes like perceived closed-source behavior while navigating the emerging trends of AI and blockchain in the sector.
- Y Combinator2 min
How Much Should You Spend After Fundraising? - Gustaf Alströmer
Founders are urged to treat fundraising as a survival mechanism rather than a guaranteed outcome by adopting a capital-efficient mindset that assumes subsequent rounds will not materialize. To mitigate financing risk, the strategy mandates setting metric-driven milestones for a 24-month cycle and triggering fundraising efforts only when roughly eight months of runway remain. Behavioral governance techniques, such as capping marketing spend against revenue and segregating half the capital into an inaccessible account, are recommended to enforce frugality and simulate a scenario where those funds do not exist.
- The Economist8 min
How Brexit is changing the EU
Following the 2016 Brexit referendum, which initially predicted the European Union's dissolution, public attachment to the bloc has strengthened and populist exit movements have largely subsided as leaders like Marine Le Pen shifted toward reforming the EU from within. This resilience was demonstrated through the bloc's successful navigation of the 2008 financial crisis and 2015 migrant surge, fostering a paradoxical sentiment where the departure of the UK is viewed as a stabilizing force rather than a catalyst for fragmentation. Consequently, while exit sentiment remains significant in specific nations like Italy, the overall trend reveals a political will among diverse member states to preserve the union against threats, exemplified by the rise of pan-European movements such as Volt Europa.
- Milken Institute49 min
Dialogue with Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim, Haslinda Amin, Michael Milken, Curtis Chin, Anwar Ibrahim, Michael Swaito, Joe Brock
Anwar Ibrahim and Mahathir Mohamad lead a transition government in Malaysia that prioritizes dismantling race-based economic policies, combating systemic corruption, and replacing the New Economic Policy with a need-based framework. The administration plans to recover billions from the 1MDB scandal to fund education and social services while managing a predetermined handover of the premiership from Mohamad to Ibrahim in May 2020. This strategic governance aims to redefine the nation's "Asian Dream" by fostering multiracial democracy, addressing severe poverty statistics, and positioning Malaysia as a stable economic force amid regional geopolitical tensions.
- Milken Institute54 min
MENA: Building the Next FinTech Hub
George Hay, Marcelo Giugale, Ben Lawsky, Khalid Saad, Richard Teng
Experts from the World Bank, US regulators, and the MENA region convened to define the structural prerequisites for establishing a regional fintech hub, emphasizing the critical roles of unified regulatory frameworks, legal certainty, and indigenous talent development. The panel contrasted the fragmented US sandbox environment with Singapore's integrated model while highlighting specific MENA strategies to bypass low financial inclusion rates through government-led digital payment initiatives. Key figures from Bahrain FinTech Bay and ADGM advocated for regional cooperation and high-standard asset regulations to foster institutional trust and transform the area into a sustainable global financial technology center.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Institutional Investors: Stewarding Long-Term Assets
Steffen Meister, Alain Carrier, Sophia Cheng, Neil Cunningham, Blake Hutcheson
Representatives from the CPP Investment Board, OMERS, PSP, and Cathay Financial Holdings outlined aggressive strategies to expand private market allocations while targeting assets in Asia and emerging markets to capitalize on long-term growth. These institutional investors emphasized active governance and in-house talent acquisition to distinguish high-quality investments amidst valuation compression and geopolitical noise. The panelists concluded that despite fierce competition and macroeconomic headwinds, the shift of capital toward private assets remains essential for delivering sustainable returns as the public market landscape shrinks.
- Y Combinator5 min
Consume Information That Encourages You To Do More - Dalton Caldwell
Founders are urged to curate their information diet by discarding content that glorifies fundraising or demands investor approval, as such media often delays product development and creates unnecessary psychological barriers. The speaker emphasizes that early-stage success relies on action-oriented thinking rather than personal branding, noting that most Y Combinator-backed companies achieved traction without a public presence in their first six years. By prioritizing sources that inspire building and serving others over those focused on valuation or thought leadership, entrepreneurs can foster a mindset conducive to genuine growth and bottom-line results.
- Milken Institute57 min
Perfecting Precision Health: Personalizing Medicine for All
Joseph Mocanu, Shiho Azuma, David Berry, Kuldeep Singh Rajput, Helmut M. Schuehsler, Edwin Morris, Helmut Schüssler
A panel of healthcare leaders from Matic Medical Imaging, Integral Health, Ping An Good Doctor, Bioformis, and TVM Capital discussed the transition from reactive treatment to proactive, personalized medicine driven by AI and digital therapeutics. These innovators are leveraging regulatory shifts in the FDA and China to reduce drug development timelines, cut costs by up to 40%, and integrate remote primary care into national insurance frameworks. Despite challenges regarding data privacy and the economic viability of preventive care models, the collective strategy aims to replace traditional provider structures with consumer-owned health ecosystems that prevent chronic disease onset.