VATICAN CITY and NEW YORK, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture and The Cura Foundation's Fifth International Vatican Conference will be held on May 6-8, 2021. The conference will unite the foremost leading physicians, scientists, leaders of faith, ethicists, patient advocates, policymakers, philanthropists and influencers to engage in powerful conversations on the latest breakthroughs in medicine, health care delivery and prevention, as well as the anthropological scientific and cultural impact of technological advances.
The new virtual format three-day conference, originally scheduled to take place at the Aula Nuova Del Sinodo in the Vatican City, will be presented in dynamic, short-segment programs. This event is the fifth in a series over the past decade aimed at exploring and enhancing cross-disciplinary collaborations to advance human health. The series has reached a wide global audience and included then Vice President Joe Biden addressing the 2016 conference in person. In 2018, Biden also addressed the #UniteToCure conference by video. This year's conference will gather together a formidable group of speakers across all disciplines in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to share their insights about health, humanity and the future of medicine.
Moderated by the following acclaimed journalists:
- Katie Couric, award-winning journalist, founder, Katie Couric Media and co-founder, Stand Up To Cancer.
- Moira Forbes, executive vice president, Forbes.
- Max Gomez, Ph.D., senior medical correspondent, CBS2 New York.
- Sanjay Gupta, M.D., award-winning chief medical correspondent, CNN and neurosurgeon.
- Richard Lui, anchor and journalist, MSNBC/NBC News.
- Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., Emmy® Award-winning host, "The Dr. Oz Show," cardiothoracic surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
- Amy J. Robach, co-anchor, "GMA3: What You Need to Know," and "20/20" reporter, "Good Morning America" and ABC News Platforms.
- Robin Roberts, co-anchor, "Good Morning America," ABC and president, Rock'n Robin Productions.
- Meredith Vieira, Emmy® Award-winning host, executive producer and anchor; founder and CEO, Meredith Vieira Productions.
- Ron Winslow, freelance medical and science writer and former Wall Street Journal medical correspondent.
