FRIDAY, MARCH 13
12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
How Is Big Pharma Interacting with Tech Startups?
Health IT startups have the potential to solve many of these hurdles, yet on the whole,
big pharma has been slow to adopt new innovative technology. This session will look
at pharma activity in the the health IT space to date, where it's headed, and what
health IT entrepreneurs can do to better appeal to large pharma and biotech.
Jennifer Lannon, Phyllis Whiteley, Shweta Singh
Panel // Advanced // #startup
3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
Fighting Ebola With Technology, Data and Innovation
Hear how the US Agency for International Development's US Global Development
Lab and Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact are harnessing technology,
data and crowdsourcing to develop better personal protective equipment for health
workers fighting Ebola in West Africa and to save lives at birth in developing countries.
Ann Mei Chang, Wendy Taylor, Steven VanRoekel
Panel // Intermediate // #USAID
3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
F1 Data Analysis Shifts Gears to Healthcare
F1 race cars require innovative safety features. Over 500 sensors monitor the car and
the driver. This data is being applied to healthcare in order to fight obesity, strokes,
and arthritis, as well as creating products such as high-performance bicycles that
have intelligence built into the materials. The innovation in Motorsport Valley is accel-
erating at Formula 1 speeds; don't get left behind.
Dan Rutstein, Geoff McGrath, Julian Jenkins
Panel // Intermediate // #F1Health
5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
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To Be Announced
Solo // Beginner // #schedule
5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
Radical Healthcare: What Do Consumers Want?
In our panel we discuss how diverse sectors like gaming, ecommerce, and academia
can inform better design for healthcare solutions. However, we will also focus on the
tension that can exist when creating the "best" and most engaging product doesn't
always lead to positive / measurable patient outcomes and vice versa.
Alejandro Foung, Jason Oberfest, Jennifer Chung, Vinnie Ramesh
Panel // Intermediate // #radhealth
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
Hacking the Brain: What's Next for Neuro-Health
Geoffrey Ling (Director, DARPA's Biological Technologies Office) and Murali Do-
raiswamy (Duke Institute of Brain Sciences) will discuss recent breakthroughs in
neuromedicine and neurotechnology, and the promise they hold for maximizing our
cognitive performance, detecting and treating brain disorders, and enhancing brain
longevity.
Geoffrey Ling, Murali Doraiswamy
Dual // Intermediate // #brainhack
9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
Patient Power: A Data and Mobile Health Revolution
This panel will discuss the present and future of the big data revolution in health and
personal wellness, the challenges to building a data-driven health system, how mo-
bile devices have the potential to manage their personal health data, and how big-da-
ta analytics can promote health and wellness. Panelists are representatives from the
healthcare, computing, mobile, and data analytics sectors.
Edmund Jackson, Jay Boisseau, Maninder Kahlon, Matthew Cowperthwaite
Panel // Intermediate // #PatientPWR
11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
iDiet, iDid-it! Losing Weight With Wearables
The intersection of health and technology has received much attention due to the pop-
ularity of wearables like Fitbit and dieting websites / apps such as MyFitnessPal. But
how do these high-tech tools work for the everyday person trying to lose weight and
stay healthy? Based on my own personal journey, I describe how these technologies
helped and sometimes hindered my 75 pound weight loss.
Joy Banner
Solo // Intermediate // #iwearables
11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
Digital Health and Consumerization of Healthcare
Recent years have seen numerous innovations in digital health and a move towards
consumerized care, giving patients more control over their care and the knowledge
to make informed decisions. Nathan Olivarez-Giles will lead a discussion on digital
health with KPCB Partner Beth Seidenberg, MyFitnessPal founder and CEO Mike Lee,
and Spruce Health Founder and CEO Ray Bradford.
Beth Seidenberg, Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Mike Lee, Ray Bradford
Panel // Intermediate // #DigiHealth
12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
Stopping Outbreaks with Genomics
Bacteria and viruses are passed between people with every touch. Transmissible
pathogens cause devastating disease and the healthcare industry is making great
strides to prevent those illnesses. By applying genome sequencing technology to
bacteria and viruses, we can detect each jump that they make between humans with
incredible accuracy and precision, radically transforming public health for good.
Samuel Minot
Solo // Beginner // #pathtrack
12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
Quantifying Well-Being: Big Brother, Big Mother
Well-being isn't only about health or even the absence of sickness. Today, it's about
purpose, social support, community, financial security and physical health. This panel
brings together leaders in personal data and health to explore the convergence of
high tech personal health tracking devices with fundamental lifestyle changes to em-
power people to achieve their optimal well-being.
Chris Dancy
Solo // Beginner // #Data2Bwell
3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
Tech & Purpose…With a Dung Beetle, Prof, & Rabbi
Rabbi Laura Baum, Dr Vic Strecher and a dung beetle walk into a bar…and talk about
how their life paths – inspired by public health, theology, philosophy, medicine,
epidemiology, fMRIs and smart phones – led to new thinking about how apps and
other technology can help us find and monitor our purpose in life and live longer
by doing so.
Laura Baum, Vic Strecher
Dual // Advanced // #PurposeApp
3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 203-204
Promise and Pitfalls of Too Much Health Data
Digital health funding is at an all-time high. Health data is being generated at a furious
rate. Doctors are digitizing their practices and increasingly connecting with patients
digitally. WebMD's Dr Michael Smith and panelists explore both belief and behavior;
the current state of consumer – physician readiness and what's being done to make
health data actionable enough to change human behavior.
Michael Smith, To Be Announced
Panel // Intermediate // #digihealth
5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 201-202
Story-Driven Health: Alaska's Race to Wellness
Why would an organization want every employee to learn how to share and receive
story? Southcentral Foundation's Nuka System of Care is a health care system creat-
ed, managed, and owned by Alaska Native people to achieve physical, mental, emo-
tional and spiritual wellness. It's mission: to support wellness, resulting in increased
health outcomes and decreased cost.
Douglas Eby, Katherine Gottlieb
Dual // Advanced // #ServeAK
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