Innovation + Startups and Investments Forum

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 

Healthcare is rapidly transforming. Are you staying ahead of the innovation adoption curve? Join this elite event with C-suite executives and leaders from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. as they discuss their best (and worst) investments, innovation and startup partnerships with the best results.

FORUM AGENDA

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
11:00 AM
Registration Opens in the Exhibit Hall
11:00 AM
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM
I. How to Stay Ahead of the Innovation Adoption Curve
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
I. Digital Health Investments: Exploring ROI, Opportunities and Challenges
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM
I. Health Tech Innovation: How Leaders Partner with Startups
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A. Keynote Interview - Lisa Leslie, WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Opening Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

SPEAKERS


Anjali Bhagra
MD, MBA
Medical Director, Automation
Mayo Clinic

Ryan Blackwell
Vice President, Chief Digital Modernization and Cloud Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
Tufts Medicine

Brian Deffaa
Chief Marketing Officer
LifeBridge Health

Desmond D'Souza
MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery Division and Associate Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Surgery Department
James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Steve Eckert
FACHE, CHCIO, MBA
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Cook Children’s Health Care System

Brian Herrick
MD
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor, Tufts Medical School; Former Chief Medical Information Officer and Chief Information Officer
Cambridge Health Alliance

Karen E. Hunter
DNP, RN, NI-BC, CENP
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
Aventist Health Roseville

Rajiv Lajmi
Director, Applied Health Informatics
Stony Brook University

Kesha Love
MSN, RN
Director, Health Information Technology and Interoperability Services
Cook County Health

Katie Moore
MBA
Director, Innovation Program
Lee Health

Avishkar Sharma
MD, CIIP
Director, AI and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Jefferson Einstein Hospitals

Reed Smith
MBA
Chief Consumer Officer
Ardent Health

Mark Townsend
MD, MHCM
Chief Clinical Innovation Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health