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Meet and connect with active investors and healthcare’s most promising entrepreneurs.

The event is presented by MedCity News, the authoritative and leading source for what’s next in the business of healthcare, and MHIN (Mid-America Healthcare Investors Network), a nonprofit organization composed of more than 50 venture capital firms. For well over a decade, INVEST has united active investors with promising start-ups — be they in biopharma, diagnostics, medical devices or health tech. The conference content has highlighted the opportunities and challenges as the industry tries to navigate the winds of change – a greater need for consumer convenience, the shift to value-based care, the desire for seamless care coordination and last, but not least, a more equitable and affordable healthcare for all. 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.

Agenda

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 hospitals looking at achieving the Quadruple aim in healthcare? Learn from leaders of our nation’s health systems.

How Employers and Payers are 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 expensive drugs are proving to be a headache for self-insured employers and payers. Learn from a panel of experts the various strategies that these stakeholders are employing to offer the benefit without breaking the bank.

How is AI Reshaping the Lifesciences?

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 leaders in the medtech and pharma world how AI can have an impact on everything from disease management to drug development and AI.

Here’s How We Found Our Healthcare Champion

A startup founder/CEO will do a 10-minute presentation that explains how the startup was able to find a champion within a healthcare organization that led to a successful deployment. This will be followed by a Q&A with the startup presenter and the Champion – either a doctor, provider lead, life sciences lead, payer lead or employer lead.

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.

Featured Speakers

Raffi Boyajian

Principal

Cigna Ventures

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AJ Loiacono

Chief Executive Officer

Capital Rx

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Alyssa Jaffee

Partner

7wire Ventures

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Jenni Le

Principal

Venture Investors Health Fund

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Jane Suh

Principal

AlleyCorp

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Dr. Christina Jenkins

Co-Founder and General Partner

Convergent Ventures

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Charity Tarn

Investor

Arboretum Ventures

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Arundhati Parmar

Editor-in-Chief

MedCity News

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Meredith Wilkerson

Investment Principal

Plains VC

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