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Cancer 2035: A Roadmap for the Future

23–24 February 2026 | Washington, DC

Co-hosted by the Milken Institute and the Richard Nixon Foundation, Cancer 2035: A Roadmap for the Future brings together leading oncologists, researchers, policymakers, and influential industry experts to examine how today’s scientific and technological capabilities can drive the next era of biomedical progress.

The event coincides with a pivotal milestone: the 55th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, landmark legislation that transformed the nation’s approach to cancer and set in motion decades of scientific and clinical progress.

Join health leaders as they discuss what it would take—in research, technology, policy, financing, and care delivery—to dramatically reduce cancer mortality by 2035.

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Program

February 23–24, 2026

The program will include fireside chats and panel discussions on:

The Next Decade of Defeating Cancer: Visions for What’s Possible

Prevention as the Next Frontier

Designing the Clinical Trial Infrastructure of the Future

Mobilizing the Full Ecosystem: The Next Generation of Public–Private Partnerships

Technology as a Force Multiplier: Delivering Innovation at Scale 

Speakers

Jim Allison
Nobel Laureate, Regental Chair and Professor of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Noubar Afeyan 
CEO, Flagship Pioneering

Monica Bertagnolli
17th Director, National Institutes of Health

Francis Collins
16th Director, National Institutes of Health

William Doyle
Executive Chairman, Novocure

Mark Goldsmith
CEO, Revolution Medicines

Marjorie Green
SVP, Head of Oncology, Merck

Leroy Hood
Co-founder, Institute for Systems Biology

Cliff Hudis
CEO, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Carl June
Professor of Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Karen Knudsen
CEO, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

William Li
CEO, Angiogenesis Foundation

Prineha Narang
Professor in Physical Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA

Anaeze Offodile
Chief Strategy Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Padmanee Sharma
Professor of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Professor of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Patrick Soon-Shiong
Founder, ImmunityBio

Elias Zerhouni
15th Director, National Institutes of Health

Event Partner

Sponsors

We thank the following organizations for their support, allowing us to achieve our mission of accelerating progress on the path to a meaningful life.