The Headliners event begins with a light lunch in the Holeman Lounge at 12:30 p.m. Remarks begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. National Press Club members may purchase tickets here for $20. Non-member tickets cost $30.
To submit a question in advance for the speaker, put FDA in the subject line and email it to [email protected]. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 10 a.m. on the day of the address.
Califf, who assumed office on Feb. 17, 2022, is serving for the second time as FDA commissioner. He served previously from February 2016 to January 2017. Before rejoining the FDA, Califf was a senior advisor at Alphabet, Inc. where he served as head of medical strategy. He joined Alphabet in 2019, after serving as a professor of medicine and vice chancellor for clinical and translational research at Duke University.