Robert Ford
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- Milken Institute1h 3m
In Service of a Healthier Tomorrow | Global Conference 2025
Esther Krofah, Gregory Case, Judy Faulkner, Robert Ford, Pablo Legorreta, Ellen Sigal, Greg Case
Leading industry figures including Epic's Judy Faulkner and Aon's Greg Case outline a strategic roadmap for the US healthcare ecosystem to reach 2035, aiming to resolve systemic tensions between biomedical innovation and workforce deficits through widespread AI automation and GLP-1 cost management. The panel identifies critical risks such as proposed 40% cuts to NIH funding, FDA staffing reductions, and regulatory bottlenecks that threaten to undermine US leadership in global life sciences despite breakthroughs like xenotransplantation. Concluding that hope is not a strategy, the consensus calls for immediate cross-sector collaboration to align incentives, secure foundational research funding, and modernize infrastructure to prevent China from seizing global health dominance.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Progress vs. Pessimism in the Middle East
Doyle McManus, Robin Wright, Tony Blair, Robert Ford, Ted Deutch
Host Doyle McManus convened a panel of global experts including Robin Wright, Tony Blair, and Ted Deutch to analyze the strategic perils of Middle Eastern fragmentation and the ideological clash between Islamism and pluralism. The discussion highlighted critical security threats from ungoverned spaces in Syria and Iraq while debating the viability of a nuclear deal with Iran and the governance crises in Egypt. Participants concluded that U.S. policy must prioritize national security and democratic values over regime affinity, advocating for engagement with secular civil society to foster long-term stability.