Agenda (Digital Health) - MedCity INVEST

Agenda

Wednesday, September 18

8:45 am

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9:20 am

Presentation

Registration and Networking

9:25 am

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9:30 am

Presentation

Opening Remarks

SPEAKERS

Katie Adams

Senior Reporter

MedCity News

Full Bio

9:30 am

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10:10 am

Presentation

From pilot to deployment: Avoiding the pitfalls

In healthcare, tech tools can only be as good as the people that use them. If healthcare organizations don’t master the change management process when deploying new tools, they could be putting the success of their pilots in serious jeopardy. Hear leaders share strategies that health systems can use to gain buy-in from their clinician stakeholders, seamlessly integrate new tools into clinical workflows, and track staff interaction with newly introduced products.

MODERATORS

Cyril Philip

Vice President of Digital Ventures

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Dr. Lyndsey Harper

Board Certified Ob/Gyn, Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn

Texas A&M COM

Full Bio

Chris Carruthers

Chief Innovation Officer

DexCare

Full Bio

Hubert Zajicek

CEO & Co-founder

Health Wildcatters

Full Bio

Ashish Atreja

CIO and CDHO

UCDH

Full Bio

10:10 am

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10:50 am

Presentation

Should startups be selling to employers?

Over the past few years, it’s become evident that employers are battling point solution fatigue. But does that mean new startups shouldn’t try to sell to them anymore? During this session, industry leaders will explore whether or not startups should stop going after the employer market.

MODERATORS

Brenda Schmidt

Head of Strategic Growth and Innovation

Redesign Health

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Josh Sturm

Chief Revenue Officer

Color Health

Full Bio

Liana Douillet Guzmán

CEO

FOLX Health

Full Bio

Jim Winkler

Chief Strategy Officer

Business Group on Health

Full Bio

10:15:00

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11:15:00

Presentation

Networking Break

11:15 am

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11:55 am

Presentation

How is pharma leveraging AI?

Pharma, like most industries, is harnessing the power of generative AI. The technology holds promise to do things like predict drug-target interactions, optimize lead compounds and generate novel molecular structures. During this session, experts will discuss how the pharma industry is deploying generative AI to drive better research and accelerate drug discovery.

MODERATORS

Naomi Fried

CEO

PharmStars

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Dr. Brigham Hyde

CEO and Co-founder

Atropos Health

Full Bio

David Latshaw

CEO and Co-Founder

BioPhy

Full Bio

11:55 am

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12:25 pm

Presentation

Fireside Chat

MODERATORS

Katie Adams

Senior Reporter

MedCity News

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Eve Cunningham

Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health

Providence

Full Bio

12:25 pm

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12:35 pm

Presentation

Pegasus Park — Bridge Labs Presentation

SPEAKERS

Lili Clark

Senior Associate

Lyda Hill

Full Bio

12:35 pm

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2:00 pm

Presentation

Lunch & Optional Tour of Bridge Labs

Bridge Labs at Pegasus Park features 135,000 square feet of purpose-built research and development space. The facility is the first institutional quality, non-incubator space in the North Texas region. Designed to accommodate both established companies and young companies growing out of incubator spaces, the site design enables teams to grow their businesses and increase their footprint — all within the Pegasus Park campus. Bridge Labs is part of Pegasus Park’s biotech and life sciences hub, which convenes North Texas’ rapidly expanding ecosystem of companies, accelerators, investors, universities, and talent.

2:00 pm

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2:40 pm

Presentation

How is healthcare dealing with its Achilles heel, cybersecurity?

Cybercriminals’ attacks on the healthcare industry are becoming more sophisticated by the day. These cyberattacks pose major threats to patient safety, data integrity and stakeholder trust — and are also often a nightmare in terms of regulatory and legal cleanup. Hear how leaders from various corners of the sector are working together to help bolster their defenses against global hackers.

MODERATORS

Theresa Lanowitz

Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist

LevelBlue

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

John Mowery

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Houston Methodist

Full Bio

Ben Schwering

Chief Information Security Officer

Premier, Inc

Full Bio

2:40 pm

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3:20 pm

Presentation

There will be blood: The rise of consumer-focused diagnostic testing startups

Explore the landscape of consumer-focused diagnostic testing startups, which allow people to test themselves for diseases from the comfort of their own home. This panel of industry experts will discuss how these startups are democratizing access to diagnostic testing — and how this empowers consumers to take control of their health and wellbeing.

MODERATORS

Shubhra Jain

Principal

Tarsadia Investments

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Pranitha Patil

Co-founder and COO

Function Health

Full Bio

Robert Weigle

CEO

NOWDiagnostics

Full Bio

David Stein

CEO

Ash Wellness

Full Bio

Salvatore Viscomi

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Carna Health

Full Bio

3:20 pm

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3:45 pm

Presentation

Networking Break

3:45 pm

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4:25 pm

Presentation

What digital health investors are — and aren’t — looking for

The digital health funding landscape has gone through some major changes in the past four years. Raises are now taking longer as investors are looking for clear evidence of future profitability. Hear from leading investors about where new opportunities lie and which types of startups can make a difference — as well as what turns them off from making an investment.

MODERATORS

Arundhati Parmar

Editor-in-Chief

MedCity News

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Dr. Tom Hawes

Partner

Sandbox Clinical Ventures and Blue Venture Funds

Full Bio

Janet Xu

Senior Principal

Distributed Ventures

Full Bio

Emily Durfee

Director of Corporate Venture Capital

Healthworx

Full Bio

4:25 pm

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5:35 pm

Presentation

Pitch Perfect Contest

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MODERATORS

Marissa Plescia

Reporter

MedCity News

Full Bio

SPEAKERS

Sean Day

Principal Investor

Rock Health Capital

Full Bio

Stephen Hays

Founder

What If Ventures

Full Bio

Erica Murdock

Managing Director

Unseen

Full Bio

Dan Easton

Principal

Unorthodox Ventures

Full Bio

5:35 pm

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7:00 pm

Presentation

Networking Reception

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