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For well over a decade, INVEST has united active
investors with promising startups. The conference
content has highlighted the opportunities and challenges
as the industry tries to navigate the winds of change.
Join us to hear from innovative investors, prominent
industry players, contrarians and entrepreneurs offering
novel approaches to try and solve some of healthcare’s
greatest challenges.
Why INVEST is special
Networking at INVEST
What is INVEST?
Meet and connect with active investors and
healthcare’s most promising entrepreneurs.
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David Kereiakes
Managing Partner
Windham Capital Partners
Bio
AJ Loiacono
Chief Executive Officer
Capital Rx
Bio
Dr. Christina Jenkins
Co-Founder & General
Partner
Convergent Ventures
Bio
Stephen Smith
Cofounder and Chief
Executive Officer
NOCD
Bio
Jasmi Shah
Managing Director
Cigna Ventures
Bio
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld
Immediate Past President
American Medical
Association
Bio
Helen Ciesielski
Principal
HC9 Ventures
Bio
Jenni Le
Investor/Principal
Venture Investors Health
Fund
Bio
Charity Tarn
Investor
Arboretum Ventures
Bio
Ed Weklar
VP of Corp Dvlp & Strategic
Portfolio Mgmt
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of North Carolina
Bio
Raffi Boyajian
Investor/Principal
Cigna Ventures
Bio
Jane Suh
Principal
AlleyCorp
Bio
Arundhati Parmar
Editor-in-Chief
MedCity News
Bio
Amit Aysola
Managing Partner
Creative Health Ventures
Bio
Vice President
GE Healthcare
Bio
Chelsea Vane
Derek Mazur
Director, Investments
Cedar Pine
Bio
Disha Narang
Endocrinologist and Director
Endeavor Health
Bio
Harrison Newman
Vice President, Benefits
Consultant
Corporate Synergies
Bio
Ryan Kole
Partner
VCapital
Bio
Shawn
Gremminger
President, CEO
National Alliance
Healthcare Purchaser
Coalitions
Bio
Samson Magid
CEO, Co-Founder
HealthSnap
Bio
Angela Orsky
SVP, VBC & Clinical Integration
Prisma Health
Bio
Aman Shah
Vice President of New Ventures
VNS Health
Bio
Matt Martin
Partner
Pathway Bioventures
Bio
Michelle Hoffman,
PhD.
Executive Director
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Bio
Meet the Speakers
Ready to Share Your Healthcare Insights? If you have expertise in investment trends, AI in healthcare, life sciences innovation, GLP-1 drug management, or health system strategies, we'd love to hear from you. Complete the speaker form.
Agenda
9:10AM
Opening Remarks
Arundhati Parmar
Editor-in-Chief
MedCity News
Speaker
NOCD has been invited to provide a 10 minute presentation explaining how the company found its healthcare champion
within a payer organization. This will be followed by a Q&A with NOCD’s CEO and the corporate champion who helped
open doors for the startup.
Moderator
Co-Founder & CEO
NOCD
Speaker
VP of Strategic Partnerships &
Product Innovation for NovaWell
affiliate of Horizon Healthcare
Services
Marissa Plescia
Reporter
MedCity News
Speaker
Here’s How We Found Our Healthcare Champion
10:00AM
Title
Company
VP of Product Mgmt-Digital Products
GE HealthCare
How is AI Reshaping the Life Sciences?
AI is not just about boosting hospital operational efficiency or radiological capability. It is reshaping other parts of the healthcare
industry be it in pharma or medical devices. Hear from healthcare leaders about how AI can have an impact on everything from
clinical trials, disease management to drug development.
Executive Director
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Moderator
Liz Beatty
Co-founder & CSO
Inato
Speaker
Announcing soon
Speaker
Speaker
2:00PM
How are Payers and Employers Covering the Cost of GLP-1s?
GLP-1s have proved to be highly effective weight loss drugs and have benefits tied to hypertension as well. But these
drugs are expensive. Learn from a panel of experts the various strategies that these stakeholders are employing to offer
the benefit without breaking the bank.
Vice President
Corporate Synergies
Moderator
CEO
Capital Rx
Speaker
President, CEO
National Alliance of Healthcare
Purchaser Coalitions
Speaker
Endocrinologist, Director of Obesity
Medicine
Endeavor Health
Speaker
2:45PM
Pitch Awards and Closing Remarks
1:05PM
11:30AM
Networking Break
12:30PM
Lunch Break
8:30AM
Breakfast and Ask the Investor
Ask the Investor is an intimate setting for Startups to candidly chat directly with an Investor. Investors will share their
investment thesis during breakfast on Wednesday, May 21. These meetings are a great opportunity to hear their
expectations, suggestions and answer your questions.
Testimonial:
"I found this session to be incredibly useful. The majority of the credit goes to the investor who was open and honest about
how things work in his world and the world that he has seen. His level of candor was unusual. Further, the size and nature
of the group were great. I found benefit from the presence and experience of others but also appreciated that the group
was small enough to allow engaged conversation. Small collaborative discussions are a real benefit to talking about
tactical issues, and not just the banner headlines. The environment fostered a “non-sales” real discussion."
Vickram Pradhan
Vice President
Sopris Capital
Investors
Announcing soon
Title
Company
Investor
Announcing soon
Title
Company
Investor
Announcing soon
Title
Company
Investor
9:15AM
Investor Perspective: What’s Hot What’s Not
Hear from a panel of investment leaders from different healthcare industry sectors about the current investment climate.
Learn about their strategic priorities and get advice on how startup founders can best succeed in fundraising in this tough
environment.
Managing Partner
Windham Capital Partners
Moderator
Co-Founder & General Partner
Convergent Ventures
Speaker
Vice President of New Ventures
VNS Health
Speaker
Managing Director
Cigna Ventures
Speaker
10:30AM
Networking Break
Day 2
PITCH TRACK: HealthTech Consumer/Employer: Care Navigation & Coordination
Principal
HC9 Ventures
Judge
Managing Partner
Create Health Ventures
Judge
Director
Cedar Pine
Judge
Presenters:
3:50PM
3:30PM
Networking Break
12:00PM
Fireside Chat
Details Coming Soon
Announcing soon
Title
Company
Investor
SVP, VBC & Clinical Integration
Prisma Health
CEO
HealthSnap
What are Health Systems' Strategic Priorities in the Post-Pandemic Era?
Things are returning back to normal – whatever normal is in the post-pandemic world. Now that the immediacy of the
emergency has receded, how are providers and healthtech vendors looking at achieving the Quadruple aim in healthcare?
Managing Partner
HIP
Moderator
Immediate Past President
American Medical Association
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
9:35AM
Sponsored by:
PITCH TRACK: Devices/Diagnostics: Chronic Diseases and Their Management
Investor
Arboretum Ventures
Judge
Principal
Venture Investors Health Fund
Judge
11:55AM
Presenters:
Jenni Le
Principal
Venture Investors Health
Fund
Judge
Cigna Ventures
PITCH TRACK: HealthTech Payer/Provider: Artificial Intelligence
Principal
Judge
Principal
Alley Corp
Judge
VP of Corporate Development
Blue Cross North Carolina
Judge
10:20AM
Presenters:
Partner
Pathway Bioventures
Judge
Michael Schultz
Portal Innovations
Judge
Senior Director, Venture
PITCH TRACK: Biopharma: Infectious Diseases
Presenters:
10:50AM
Partner
VCapital
Judge
Day 1
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