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

LEVEL the PLAYING FIELD

Beyond imagination, misconception, and divergent understanding 

across the ecosystem, and within organizations

PRESENTED and DEBATED with PATHS FORWARD

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…

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    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

    • Designed to enable open, collegiate, and informal interaction between attendees & speakers addressing emerging and controversial topics to build solutions for market efficiencies, and better patient outcomes!
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    • Organized by Trusted Market Resources
        
    • Building Trust Through Truth

     

    SCHEDULE

    8:00AM-8:45AM

    BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION

    8:45AM-9:00AM

    WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

    Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health

    EMERGING NATION HEALTH INNOVATION                       

    Teuta Sahatqija, Ambassador & Head of Mission Consulate General, Republic of Kosovo

     

    9:00AM-9:30AM

    KEYNOTE: THE ERA OF EXPONENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

    Stephanie Carlton, Expert Associate Partner, US Health System Reform and Medicare, McKinsey & Company

    9:30AM-10:00AM

    KEYNOTE: CONQUERING DIGITAL HEALTH BARRIERS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

    Amar Gupta, PhD, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; 

    Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT

    10:00AM-10:30AM

    PRAGMATIC BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED NOTIFICATION SERVICES: DIRECTTRUST NETWORK USE-CASE

    Scott Stuewe, President, DirectTrust

    Moderator: Vince Albanese, CEO, Haven Health

    SCALING UP SOUTH CAROLINA’S TELEHEALTH DEPLOYMENT NATIONWIDE

    Kathryn 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

    10:30AM-11:00AM

    NATIONAL-SCALE DECENTRALIZED CONTRACTING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND PROVIDERS: DISINTERMEDIATION USE CASE

    Jerry 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 HEALTH

    Paul 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

    11:00AM-11:30AM

    GENOMICS, DATA, AND HEALTH CONSUMER PARTICIPATION: THE BLOCKCHAIN PLAY

    Renold CapocasaleCWO, FlowMetric

    Dennis Grishin, CEO, Nebula

    Moderator: Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ

    CAPTURING THE CONSUMER HEALTH ZEITGEIST WITH REMOTE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

    Khan 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

    11:30AM-12:00PM

    NATION-SCALED BLOCKCHAIN: ESTONIA CASE STUDY

    Ain 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

    12:00PM-12:30PM

    REAL-WORLD VALUE OF BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCARE: 2019 CHECKPOINT

    John 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 STUDY

    Joe 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



    12:30PM-1:00PM

    LUNCH

     

     

    VALIDATED USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCARE

    Wendy Charles, PhD, Regulatory Scientist, Denver Health

    Kenneth Colon, Director of Marketing & BD, Orderly Health

    Moderator: Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ

     

    1:00PM-1:30PM

    LUNCH KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

    Carl Camden, Founder and President, IPSE-U.S.

    Hollie Heikkinen, CEO and Founder, iWorker Innovations

    Vince Albanese, CEO and Founder, Haven Health Solutions

    1:30PM-2:00PM

    DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK: SECURITY, SCALABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN

    Francisco 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 ENTERPRISE

    Lauren PetersJD, Undersecretary, EOHHS

    Jeremy D. Sherer, Associate, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC

    2:00PM-2:30PM

    BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTION IN HEALTHCARE: BEST PRACTICES FOR GOVERNMENTS & ENTERPRISE

    Dr. 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 COMPETITION

    Finalists:
    AdmitScan, by Med-Rok  |  Asclepius, by Docfully  |  PatientSphere, by Open Health Network  |  Transpedite, by Med-Rok   |  Vera, by Reflexion Health  |  ClinicStop, by VideoCall

    Judges:
    Bill Geary, Co-founder and Partner, Flare Capital  |  Jamie Goldstein, Founding Partner, Pillar VC  | John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School  |  Peter Kim, CEO and Co-founder, Curisium  |  Tim K. Mackey, MAS, PhD, Associate Professor, UC San Diego, School of Medicine  |  Anh L. Ngo, MD, MBA, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, BIDMC

    2:30PM-3:00PM

    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 COMMUNITY

    Jamie 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

    3:00PM-3:45PM

    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 FRONTIER

    Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, CEO, Hexoskin 

    Jin Wei-Kocsis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computer & Information Technology, Purdue University

    Moderator: Ray Dogum, Founder, Health Unchained

    3:45PM-4:30PM

    BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED CROSS BORDER SUPPLY CHAIN:  FIRESIDE CHAT

    Susan Ramonat, Founder and CEO, Spiritus

    Moderator: Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara company

    CANDIDLY SPEAKING: IN DEPTH CHAT WITH TELEHEALTH TITANS

    Mike 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

    4:30PM-5:00PM

    CLOSING CEREMONY KEYNOTE: THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH AROUND THE WORLD

    BHTY & TMT EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD

    John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School

     

    PHOTO GALLERY

     
     
     
     

    VIEW OUR MESSAGE FROM SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN HERE!

     

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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

      Private sector and non-profit executives, government officials, investors, entrepreneurs, and leading researchers

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