Proving Market Value with Pragmatic Innovation in Healthcare
An intensive, highly differentiated one-day program presenting
Real-World Market Impact of Blockchain, Telehealth, and Converging Innovation in healthcare
GROUNDED in REALITY and PRAGMATISM
Understand and learn from use-cases in progress across multiple market segments around the world
Beyond imagination, misconception, and divergent understanding
across the ecosystem, and within organizations
By market makers and early adopters having real-world experience doing it
JOIN. ENGAGE. INFLUENCE.
HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM CROSS-SECTION
International experts and hands-on practitioners from the
U.S., Canada, UK, Israel, India, Dubai, and Estonia including
McKinsey & Company, Frost & Sullivan, IBM, Boehringer Ingelheim,
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, United Healthcare, Flare Capital, IEEE,
MIT, Harvard, UMich, UC San Diego and…
EXCLUSIVE ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX
TRADER NEWS NETWORK Distribution
PROGRAM
Packed with back-to-back, 30-minute sessions curated to maximize attendee value
Provocative Debates, Fireside Chats, Keynotes, Panels & Workshops
Annual Innovation Ignition Pitch Competition
Editor’s Choice Award for Best Article
BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONTory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health |
EMERGING NATION HEALTH INNOVATIONTeuta Sahatqija, Ambassador & Head of Mission Consulate General, Republic of Kosovo |
KEYNOTE: THE ERA OF EXPONENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCAREStephanie Carlton, Expert Associate Partner, US Health System Reform and Medicare, McKinsey & Company |
KEYNOTE: CONQUERING DIGITAL HEALTH BARRIERS AND MISCONCEPTIONSAmar Gupta, PhD, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT |
PRAGMATIC BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED NOTIFICATION SERVICES: DIRECTTRUST NETWORK USE-CASEScott Stuewe, President, DirectTrust Moderator: Vince Albanese, CEO, Haven Health |
SCALING UP SOUTH CAROLINA’S TELEHEALTH DEPLOYMENT NATIONWIDEKathryn King Cristaldi M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of Excellence Ryan Kruis, COE and SCTA Manager, MUSC Moderator: Shawn Valenta, Director of Telehealth, Medical University of South Carolina |
WORKSHOP: IEEE-SA IC19-004 TECH & DATA HARMONIZATION FOR ENABLING REMOTE CLINICAL TRIALS [PART 1]Jeanne Barnette, Cystic Fibrosis Patient Advocate Ben Chevallereau, Senior Architect, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Basker Gummadi, Clinical Digital Innovation, Celgene Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Mathew Rose, MD, Founder, Saavha Chris Watson, PhD, Director of Product Strategy, ERT Moderator: Maria Palombini, Director, Communities & Initiatives Development, Life Sciences, IEEE-SA |
NATIONAL-SCALE DECENTRALIZED CONTRACTING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND PROVIDERS: DISINTERMEDIATION USE CASEJerry Beinhauer, MD, CEO, Apaly Health Vincent Esposito, Chief Strategy Officer at S&S Healthcare Strategies Moderator: Adam Russo, Co-founder and CEO, Phia Group |
PATIENT IMPACT AND THE BOTTOM LINE WITH DIGITAL HEALTHPaul Sterling, VP Emerging Products, United Healthcare Craig Lipset, Former Head Clinical Innovation, Pfizer Moderator: Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA, Director, SCP Consulting Services |
WORKSHOP: IEEE-SA IC19-004 TECH & DATA HARMONIZATION FOR ENABLING REMOTE CLINICAL TRIALS [PART 2]Jeanne Barnette, Cystic Fibrosis Patient Advocate Ben Chevallereau, Senior Architect, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Basker Gummadi, Clinical Digital Innovation, Celgene Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Mathew Rose, MD, Founder, Saavha Chris Watson, PhD, Director of Product Strategy, ERT Moderator: Maria Palombini, Director, Communities & Initiatives Development, Life Sciences, IEEE-SA |
GENOMICS, DATA, AND HEALTH CONSUMER PARTICIPATION: THE BLOCKCHAIN PLAYRenold Capocasale, CWO, FlowMetric Dennis Grishin, CEO, Nebula Moderator: Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ |
CAPTURING THE CONSUMER HEALTH ZEITGEIST WITH REMOTE HEALTH TECHNOLOGYKhan Siddiqui, MD, Founder and CMO, higi Sumit Nagpal, SVP and GM, Health Innovation, Comcast NBC Universalf Moderator: Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA, Director, SCP Consulting Services |
NATION-SCALED BLOCKCHAIN: ESTONIA CASE STUDYAin Aaviksoo, Chief Medical Officer, Guardtime Health & General Manager, Guardtime Estonia |
DEBATE: DOES A NEW HEALTH PARADIGM IMPACT RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA?Melissa Bianchi, Partner, Health Privacy, Hogan Lovells George T. Mathew MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Americas, DXC Robert Miller, Senior Consultant, Consensys Amanda Stanhaus, Identity at Consensys, Former J.P. Morgan Blockchain Strategist for Quorum Moderator: Mike Wasserman, Executive Director, Boston Debate League |
REAL-WORLD VALUE OF BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCARE: 2019 CHECKPOINTJohn Bass, CEO, Hashed Health Lucas Hendren, Co-founder, SimplyVital Chrissa McFarlane, CEO, Patientory Mazin Gadir, PhD, Strategic Advisor, Dubai Health Authority, UAE Moderator: Ron Ribitzky, M.D., CEO, R&D Ribitzky |
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO INNOVATION ADOPTION WORLDWIDE: FIRST RESPONDERS CASE STUDYJoe Kristol, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Friends of United Hatzalah George T. Mathew MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Americas, DXC Moderator: Amar Gupta, PhD, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT |
LUNCH |
VALIDATED USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCAREWendy Charles, PhD, Regulatory Scientist, Denver Health Kenneth Colon, Director of Marketing & BD, Orderly Health
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LUNCH KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONSCarl Camden, Founder and President, IPSE-U.S. Hollie Heikkinen, CEO and Founder, iWorker Innovations Vince Albanese, CEO and Founder, Haven Health Solutions |
DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK: SECURITY, SCALABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGNFrancisco Curbera, PhD, Director, Innovation & Solution Incubation Development, Blockchain & Consumer Health Development, IBM Watson Health Nitin Gaur, Director, IBM WW Digital Asset Lab |
SWEEPING TELEHEALTH ACROSS THE NATION: REGULATORY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND ENTERPRISELauren Peters, JD, Undersecretary, EOHHS Jeremy D. Sherer, Associate, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC |
BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTION IN HEALTHCARE: BEST PRACTICES FOR GOVERNMENTS & ENTERPRISEDr. Cathy Barrera, Founding Economist, Prysm Group Mazin Gadir, PhD, Strategic Advisor, Dubai Health Authority, UAE Moderator: Amanda Stanhaus, Former J.P. Morgan Blockchain Strategist for Quorum |
3RD ANNUAL INNOVATION IGNITION PITCH COMPETITIONFinalists: Judges: |
DEBATE: WHERE DOES HEALTHCARE NEED BLOCKCHAIN?John Bass, CEO, Hashed Health Uli Broedl, Country Medical Director, VP Medical & Regulatory Affairs, and Co-Chair BI Incubator at Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd Wendy Charles, PhD, CIP, CCRP, CBP, Research Compliance Manager, Denver Health Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ Moderator: John Katsulas, Executive Director, Boston College Debate |
HEALTH INNOVATION AND THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITYJamie Goldstein, Founding Partner, Pillar VC John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School Peter Kim, CEO and Co-founder, Curisium Moderator: Bill Geary, Co-founder and Partner, Flare Capital |
HEALTHCARE ALLIANCES: A NEW BOTTOM LINE WITH BLOCKCHAIN?Mary Butler-Everson, SVP Healthcare Product Innovations, PNC Healthcare Carl Camden, Founder and President, IPSE-U.S. David Weeks, Senior VP, CTO, NASCO – BCBS Alliance Meyrick Vaz, Vice President, Strategic Market Partnerships, UnitedHealthcare, Office of the CIO Moderator: John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
MEDICAL MOON SHOTS AND SPACE…THE FINAL FRONTIERPierre-Alexandre Fournier, CEO, Hexoskin Jin Wei-Kocsis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computer & Information Technology, Purdue University Moderator: Ray Dogum, Founder, Health Unchained |
BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED CROSS BORDER SUPPLY CHAIN: FIRESIDE CHATSusan Ramonat, Founder and CEO, Spiritus Moderator: Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara company |
CANDIDLY SPEAKING: IN DEPTH CHAT WITH TELEHEALTH TITANSMike Baird, President, Customer Solutions, American Well Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, Chief Medical Officer & EVP Product Strategy, MDLIVE, Inc. John Korangy, CEO, Careclix Roy Schoenberg, President & CEO, American Well Moderator: John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
CLOSING CEREMONY KEYNOTE: THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH AROUND THE WORLDBHTY & TMT EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDJohn Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
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HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM CROSS-SECTION
Leadership at multinational corporations; emerging growth global companies and startups; national and state governments; payers and providers; consortia; standards; universities; and media
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