Agenda

ConV2X Decentralized Health 2026

AI  ·  Blockchain  ·  Platform Architecture  ·  Ethics  ·  Regulation  ·  Clinical Innovation
September 24 & 25, 2026  ·  The Foundry, Cambridge, MA
Draft Agenda · Subject to Change

Day 1 · Thursday, September 24

Foundations, Architecture & Security
Time
Format
Session / Speakers
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast Bites
 
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Welcome & Keynote

Welcome to ConV2X Decentralized Health 2026

Tory Cenaj · Founder, CEO & Publisher, Partners in Digital Health, ConV2X
9:15 – 9:45 AM
Panel

Governing at the Speed of Deployment: AI, Standards & the Global Health Data Stack

A candid look at what it actually takes to govern systems that are already live: where policy is ahead of deployment, where it's dangerously behind, and who gets to decide.

Ethics & Regulation · AI & Architecture
Kelly H. Zou, PhD · CEO, AI4Purpose; Expert in Residence, ARPA-H
Moderator/Panelist: Tomer Jordi Chaffer · Standards Council of Canada, SCC
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Case Study

The Digital Foundation for Borderless Health

Care without borders starts with trusted digital identity. Standards-based, permissionable digital credentials create a common foundation for healthcare providers, regulators, hospitals, and payors to securely verify qualifications across regions and borders.

Ethics & Regulation
Michael “Dersh” Dershem · CEO, Apierion
10:15 – 10:55 AM
Panel

Multi-Agentic AI & Decentralized Architectures Across Pharma and Health Ecosystems

How autonomous agent networks, federated AI, and blockchain-anchored data layers are being deployed at scale across pharma, hospitals, and public health.

AI & Architecture · Blockchain & Data
Himanshu Jain · Technology, AI Strategy & Innovation Leader
Francisco Curbera · SVP, Research & Development, Accrete
Praveen Gajjala · CEO, ComputeID, Switzerland
Moderator: Ajaz Hussain · Former FDA
10:55 – 11:25 AM
Coffee & Networking
30 min
11:25 AM – 12:05 PM
Deep Dive

Platform Architecture for Decentralized Health

Practical walkthrough of scalable, interoperable platform stacks and enterprise deployment lessons.

AI & Architecture · Operations & Security
Moderator: Martin Curley, PhD · Professor of Innovation, Maynooth University
Additional speakers TBA
12:05 – 12:45 PM
Panel

Quantum & Cyber Readiness in Health Systems

Post-quantum cryptography, enterprise quantum readiness, and the converging cyber threat landscape for health data infrastructure.

Operations & Security · AI & Architecture
Moderator/Panelist: Daniel Conway, PhD · Associate Director, Blockchain Center of Excellence; Clinical Professor of Information Systems, University of Arkansas
Jose Bolans · CEO, Nimbus
Shawnna Hoffman · CEO, Armored Quantum
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
45 min
1:30 – 2:10 PM
How-To Session

Privacy-by-Design in Practice: Cybersecurity Frameworks for Health Systems

Zero-trust models, privacy-first architecture, and threat mitigation built into health platforms from day one.

Operations & Security
Moderator/Panelist: Vikas Malhotra · CEO, WOPLLI; IEEE Chair, Digital Trust
Sathya Krishnasamy · Founder, Chainaim
Don Cox · Enterprise CIO | CISO | GRC Executive
2:10 – 2:50 PM
Deep Dive

Digital Assets in Health: Tokenization, Wallets & Data Monetization

Tokenization of health assets and RWAs, self-sovereign patient identity, and ethical frameworks for health data monetization.

Digital Assets · Ethics & Regulation
Moderator/Panelist: Nitin Gaur · Head of Financial Institutions, Nethermind
Jimmy Nguyen · CEO, New Win Ventures
Pramod Attarde · CEO, Apex DiFi Labs
Nikhil Varma, PhD · Associate Professor, Ramapo College of New Jersey
2:50 – 3:20 PM
Coffee & Networking
30 min
3:20 – 4:00 PM
Case Study

AI & Blockchain-Secured Clinical Trials

Live deployments securing trial data integrity, patient consent, and provenance across clinical research.

AI & Architecture · Clinical
Rama Rao · CEO, BloqCube
4:00 – 4:40 PM
Panel

Open Science & Decentralized Research: DeSci, AI, and Public Health Reporting

Open-science infrastructure and private AI for clinical research and public health reporting.

Blockchain & Data · Clinical & Life Sciences
Jim Nasr · CEO, Acoer
Tricia Wang · CEO, The Advanced AI Society
Susan Oh · CEO, Muckr AI
Moderator/Panelist: Tomer Jordi Chaffer · Standards Council of Canada, SCC
4:40 – 5:20 PM
Rapid Fire Round Table

Enterprise Value: What Will Scale, and What Will Not?

A rapid-fire closing discussion examining which AI, blockchain, and decentralized health initiatives have a viable enterprise business case. Speakers address measurable value, implementation costs, organizational readiness, adoption barriers, and the decisions required to move from pilots to scalable platforms.

Rapid-fire questions:

  • What is delivering measurable enterprise value today?
  • What should organizations stop funding?
  • What is the smartest investment to make over the next 12 months?
  • How should leaders determine whether a technology investment has enterprise value?
  • What organizational capabilities must exist before implementation begins?
Moderator/Panelist: Ravi Sarathy · Professor of International Business and Strategy, Northeastern University; Author, Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain
Additional speakers TBA

Day 2 · Friday, September 25

Clinical Innovation, Ethics & Impact
Time
Format
Session / Speakers
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast Bites
15 min
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Opening Keynote / Fireside

From Policy to Practice: Implementing AI at Scale in a Health System

AI & Architecture · Ethics & Regulation
Speaker TBA
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Panel

Regulatory Divergence & Market Landscape: US, EU & Asia in Safe AI, Decentralized Data & Health Innovation

EU AI Act, HIPAA, GDPR, and emerging FDA and APAC guidance compared across regions, plus where capital is flowing: funding trends and market opportunity across the three regions.

Ethics & Regulation · Digital Assets
Moderator: Ajaz (AJ) S. Hussain · Regulatory Science Advisor; Former Deputy Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, U.S. FDA
Justin Goldstein · Professor, Georgetown University
Kieren Dwyer · Shareholder, GT Law
Stan Byers · VP, VIA
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Coffee & Networking
30 min
10:45 – 11:25 AM
Deep Dive

Predictive AI in Clinical Research: Models, Endpoints & Real-World Evidence

Deployed predictive models for trial failure detection, patient stratification, adverse event prediction, and adaptive trial design.

Clinical & Life Sciences · AI & Architecture
Deepak Mittal · CEO, NextGen Invent Corporation
Moderator/Panelist: Ajaz Hussain · Former FDA
Additional speaker TBA
11:25 AM – 12:05 PM
How-To Session

Decentralized Technology for Life Sciences: Smart Contracts, Pharma Traceability & Clinical Data Integrity

Drug provenance, clinical data immutability, and regulatory audit trails.

Clinical & Life Sciences
Dimy Junnot · Founder, Adino
Rama Rao · CEO, BloqCube
Moderator/Panelist: Ajaz Hussain · Former FDA
12:05 – 12:50 PM
Lunch
45 min
12:50 – 1:30 PM
Fireside Chat

Improving Patient Outcomes: AI & Decentralized Technology Across Care Settings

A conversation, not a panel: Anjum Khurshid leads a candid walk through what's actually changing patient outcomes on the ground, chronic disease management, oncology data sharing, surgical outcome prediction, and decentralized public health surveillance, with Leo Celi bringing the bioethics lens on where AI-driven care decisions need guardrails.

Clinical & Life Sciences · AI & Architecture · Decentralized Technology & Data
Anjum Khurshid · Chief Data Scientist, Sentinel Operations Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Leo Anthony Celi · Associate Professor, Bioethics, Harvard Medical School
1:30 – 2:10 PM
Regulation & Policy

Ethical AI Use in Health Data: Governance, Bias, Accountability & Audit

Governance structures for responsible AI deployment, algorithmic bias, explainability, and audit mechanisms.

Ethics & Regulation · AI & Architecture
Moderator: Martin Curley, PhD · Professor of Innovation, Maynooth University; Director, Digital Health Ecosystem, Innovation Value Institute; Visiting Professor, University of Bath
Scott Cohen · CEO, Jaxon.AI
Leo Anthony Celi · Associate Professor, Bioethics, Harvard Medical School
Mary Beth Marchione, CPA, CISA, CISSP · Partner, Wipfli
2:10 – 2:50 PM
Coffee & Networking
40 min
2:50 – 3:30 PM
Deep Dive

Enhancing Security & Reducing Fraud: Zero-Knowledge Proofs & On-Chain Audit

ZKPs, on-chain audit logs, anomaly detection, and identity verification for health data security and insurance fraud reduction.

Operations & Security
Noah Ringler · Government Head, Outtake
Charles Iheagwara · Global Head, AI Cybersecurity Delivery, AstraZeneca
Sathya Krishnasamy · Founder, Chainaim
Moderator: Don Cox · Enterprise CIO | CISO | GRC Executive
3:30 – 3:50 PM
Closing Keynote

From AI Projects to Intelligent Health Platforms: Building the Infrastructure for the Next Era of Healthcare Today

Healthcare is moving beyond isolated AI experiments toward intelligent, connected, and adaptive health systems. The next five years will be defined by organizations that successfully build the underlying infrastructure needed to scale AI responsibly: trusted data ecosystems, interoperable platforms, autonomous workflows, governance frameworks, and human-centered design. This closing keynote will explore the strategic shifts required to move from individual AI projects to enterprise AI platforms that transform care delivery, research, operations, and patient outcomes.

Speaker TBA
3:50 – 4:05 PM
Synthesis

Value Propositions at Lower Cost, Higher Return: Synthesis

Open floor: which deployments are generating measurable ROI today, and separating durable value from hype.

Speaker TBA
4:05 – 4:15 PM
Conference Close

Closing Takeaways & Thank You

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