Women's HealthX Releases Full Agenda; Executives from the World Economic Forum, Takeda, and Gilead Confirmed to Speak in Boston, December 3–4
750+ leaders from pharma & biotech, hospitals & health systems, payers and policy makers converge to close the sex-difference data gap in healthcare
Over 75 trailblazers are already confirmed to speak at Women's HealthX, taking place December 3 and 4, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts, and the organizations signed up to attend say it all.
This December, the most influential names in women's health are coming to Boston. The latest confirmed speakers include Melissa Patel, Lead, Women's Health Responsible Investing at the World Economic Forum; Nicola Greenway, Chief Human Resources Officer at Takeda; and Jyoti Mehra, Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Gilead.
They join a room already packed with senior leaders from across pharma, hospitals, health systems, insurance and policy makers, including:
Pharma & Biotech: Novartis, Merck, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Bayer, Biogen, Johnson & Johnson, Gilead Sciences, Takeda, UCB, Astellas, EMD Serono, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim and Chiesi.
Hospitals, Health Systems & Academic Medical Centers: Mayo Clinic, Mass General Brigham, Northwell Health, UPMC, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center, Yale School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, NYU Langone Health
Payers, Insurance & Health Plans: CVS Health, Humana, Cigna Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Elevance Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Evernorth, Fidelis Care, Health Plans Inc, UPMC Health Plan
Government, Policy, Public Health & Regulatory: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, ARPA-H, FDA, HHS, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Metro Public Health Department, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, NHS, Northern Mariana Islands Board of Nursing, Planned Parenthood of Florida
A sample attendee list is available here.
Latest Confirmed Panel Sessions
Melissa Patel will join Sheri Schully, Deputy Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at the All of Us Research Program, and Lindsey Miltenberger, Chief Advocacy Officer at the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR), for the panel “Driving Inclusive Health Research on a Global Scale: Using Data to Understand National Priorities and Address Critical Gaps in Women’s Health.” Together, they will explore the health priorities countries are focusing on today and discuss how data can be used to identify critical gaps in women’s health that continue to be overlooked and require urgent attention.
Nicola Greenway and Jyoti Mehra will be part of the panel "Empowering Workforces Through Women's Health" where corporate health leaders will speak on Women's Health priorities. They will discuss the perspectives of both employees and employers to better understand the women's health benefits organizations should be prioritizing.
750+ leaders. One room. One mission: closing the sex-difference data gap in healthcare.
Registration is open. Spots are going fast. Be in the room for the most powerful conversation in women’s healthcare.
Women’s HealthX is the leading forum for senior decision-makers across the full women’s health ecosystem. Bringing together pharma & biotech, hospital & health systems, payers, enterprises, investors and policymakers, the event drives the cross-sector collaboration needed to close the sex-difference data gap and accelerate meaningful progress in women’s health.