--- description: Former President Bill Clinton, Alex Azar, Selma Blair and more will take part in the first-ever TIME 100 Health Summit. title: Watch the TIME 100 Health Summit Live image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bc28e8b9ab4444b/698a0329096a9469a66a7006/health-summit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Updated: Jan 21, 2026Published: Oct 17, 2019 # Watch the TIME 100 Health Summit Live by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/) ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.  Some of the biggest names in health, science, politics and entertainment are convening in New York City on Thursday for the inaugural [TIME 100 Health Summit](https://time.com/health-summit/ "undefined"), with the goal of defining—and shaping—the future of health care. The Summit, is an offshoot of the magazine’s annual [TIME 100 list](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/ "undefined") of influential people, will address the largest questions, challenges and breakthroughs in health care today, from climate change and global health to paying for the cutting-edge cures emerging from scientific research. The event, which began with opening remarks at 9:45 a.m., will include a range of interviews, panels and performances, and is co-hosted by TIME’s senior health correspondent **Alice Park** and physician, cancer researcher and author **Dr. David Agus**. To start the day, former TIME Editor-in-Chief **Nancy Gibbs** will interview former Vice President **Al Gore** on the future of global health, before TIME Editor-in-Chief **Edward Felsenthal** searches for solutions to the biggest problems facing American health care with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary **Alex Azar.** Next, journalist **Robin Roberts** will interview NBA Commissioner **Adam Silver** on the league’s commitment to mental health care. Agus will also [interview former **President Bill Clinton**](https://time.com/5700724/time-100-health-summit-bill-clinton/ "undefined") about his presidential perspective on health care to kick off the afternoon sessions. For the panel sessions, Agus will lead actor and advocate **Selma Blair** and surgeon and author **Dr. Mehmet Oz** in conversation about the search for life-altering treatments. Later, Thrive Global CEO **Arianna Huffington** will moderate a panel discussion on women’s health care with physician and public health expert **Dr. Leana Wen,** model and founder of Every Mother Counts **Christy Turlington Burns** and Rockefeller Foundation Senior Vice President of Health **Dr. Naveen Rao.** The day’s other speakers and panelists include Kaiser Permanente CEO **Bernard Tyson**; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator **Seema Verma**; 23andMe founder **Anne** **Wojcicki**; National Institutes of Health Director **Dr. Francis Collins**; philanthropist and entrepreneur **Sean Parker**; and many others. The cast of **_Dear Evan Hansen_**, comedian **Tig Notaro** and artist **Prune Nourry** will also make appearances. See the day’s full agenda [here](https://time.com/health-summit/ "undefined"), and watch a livestream of the event above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-health-summit-2019/5700156/time-100-health-summit-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-health-summit-2019/5700156/time-100-health-summit-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch the TIME 100 Health Summit Live","datePublished":"2019-10-17T10:27:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-01-21T15:23:01.000Z","description":"Watch the TIME 100 Health Summit, featuring Al Gore, Alex Azar, Selma Blair, Christy Turlington Burns and more, at this livestream.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-health-summit-2019/5700156/time-100-health-summit-livestream/","keywords":["livestream","HealthSummit19"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bc28e8b9ab4444b/698a0329096a9469a66a7006/health-summit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"creator":"Jamie Ducharme","articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bc28e8b9ab4444b/698a0329096a9469a66a7006/health-summit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-health-summit-2019/5700156/time-100-health-summit-livestream/","name":"Watch the TIME 100 Health Summit Live"}}]}] ```