December 1-3, 2026 • NYC

Symposia Agenda

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Symposium 1A: Day 1

Investor Day: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Capital & Investment

Symposium 1B – Day 1

Data in Healthcare: Real-World Data, Advanced Analytics & Data-Driven Healthcare Transformation

Symposium 2A – Day 2

Women’s Health Day & Challenge

Symposium 2B – Day 2

The Future of Heart Health: Innovation, Technology & Digital Cardiology

Symposium 3A – Day 3

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Day: Clinical AI, Generative Models, Predictive Analytics & Intelligent Health Systems

Symposium 3B – Day 3

Virtual Care: Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring & Hybrid Models of Care

1A

Investor Day: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Capital & Investment

9:30 AM

Where Is the Smart Money Going? The Next Wave of Digital Health Investment

Dr. Wilson Wang, CEO & founder, WD Home

10:00 AM

Getting the First Check: What Early-Stage Healthcare Investors Actually Want

Patricia Silverstein, Co-founder & President, Silverstein Dream Foundation

10:30 AM

From Startup to Scale-Up: Building a HealthTech Company That Can Grow

Peter Micca, Managing Partner, Caduceus Capital Partners

11:00 AM

The Invisible Game: What Investors Really Evaluate Before Writing a Check

Dr. Leon Eisen, Venture Partner, Network VC

11:30 AM

Break

12:00 PM

Escaping Pilot Purgatory: Turning Health System Pilots Into Enterprise Contracts

Anish Aitharaju, Principal , 7Wire Ventures

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

Build It, Sell It, Scale It: Creating a Healthcare Go-to-Market Strategy That Works

Sally Frank, Global Lead – Health & Life Sciences | Microsoft for Startups, Microsoft

2:00 PM

Who Pays? Building Reimbursement Into Your Strategy From Day One

Suzie Yoon, Takeda Venture Capital

2:30 PM

Winning the Buyer: What Health Systems, Payers & Employers Need Before They Say Yes

Laurent van Lerberghe, CEO, Ballas invest

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Why NYC? Capital, Customers & Opportunity in a Leading Health Innovation Ecosystem

Ilana Gotlib, Founder, ILG Consulting

4:00 PM

Session

Dr. Leah Villegas, Managing Partner, Aquillius Ventures

Dr. MyPhoung, Le President & Co-founder, Aquillius

1B

Data in Healthcare: Real-World Data, Advanced Analytics & Data-Driven Healthcare Transformation

9:30 AM

Healthcare Has More Data Than Ever—So Why Is It Still So Hard to Use?

Christopher Bramwell, Chief Privacy Officer, State of Utah

10:00 AM

From Data Overload to Clinical Action: Turning Information Into Better Decisions

Carrie Northcott, Head of Digital Medicine and Translational Imaging Pfizer

Dr. Carlos Garcia, Global Head of R&D CI Rare Diseases, Neurology & Opthamaology, Sanofi

10:30 AM

Unlocking Real-World Evidence: The Power of Interoperability, AI, and Trusted Health Data

Harold de Pino, Director, Sales & Strategy, Healthix

11:00 AM

One Patient, Fragmented Data: Breaking Down the Silos Holding Healthcare Back

Dr. Maimoona Azhar, Founder and CEO, Telegenz

11:30 AM

Networking BREAK

12:00 PM

The Right Data, Not Just Big Data: Addressing Real-World Complexity in Medicine and Women's Health

Michael Liebman, Managing Director, IPQ Analytics LLC / Woven Healthcare

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

The Data Foundation for AI: Why Your AI Strategy Is Only as Good as Your Data

Mamatha Chittireddy, President & CEO, HiXConnect

Wayne Cafran, Board Member, Emblem Health

2:00 PM

Unlocking the Unstructured: Finding Clinical Intelligence Hidden in Healthcare Data

Dr. Angelique Hopkins, Assoc VP, Enterprise Insights, Novo Nordisk Inc

2:30 PM

Predict, Prevent, Intervene: Using Data to Get Ahead of Patient Risk

Justin Kastil, CEO, Blockhaven

3:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

The NYC Data Opportunity: Connecting Information Across a Complex Healthcare Ecosystem

Adam Volini, Executive Director/VP, Life Sciences & Strategic Partnerships, Empire State Development

4:00 PM

The Future of Healthcare: Transforming Preventive Medicine Through Early Detection, Biomarkers, and Personalized Care

Jennifer Anderson, CEO, Kihealth

2A

Women's Health Tech Day & Challenge

9:30 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Susan Solinsky, Director, HITLAB WHT Challenge; Operating Partner, Kayne Anderson and Composition Capital

9:40 AM

From Pitch to Partnership: How Life Sciences and Startups Can Accelerate Innovation

Divya Verma, Chair, HITLAB Women’s Health Tech Initiative

Sarah Arlington Leach, CEO, Kori Pharmaceuticals

Melinda Sharma, Global SVP Life Sciences and Healthcare, Dassault Systemes

10:05 AM

AI Meets Maternal Health: Transforming Care for Mothers and Babies

Melissa Bowley, Founder and CEO, Flourish Care

Amy Divaraniya, PhD, Founder and CEO, Oova

Prativa Joshi, Head of External Ventures, IMEC Ventures

10:30 AM

Keynote

Karen Ignagni, CEO, EmblemHealth 

Wayne Cafran, Board Member, EmblemHealth; Former Partner, Healthcare Advisory, KPMG

11:20 AM

Networking Break

11:35 AM

The Future of Caregiving: Supporting Families and Those Who Care for Them

Esther Dyson, Investor, Philanthropist and Author of the forthcoming In Defense of Limits

Avanlee Christine, Founder and CEO, Avanlee Care

Michelle Hoy, Head of Clinical and Co-Founder, Vitalic Health

Geri Stengel, Forbes Contributor

12:05 PM

Beyond the Mammogram: Who Wins the Race to Serve Women with Dense Breasts?

Anna Zornosa, Investor and Advisor to the NIH/ARPA-H

Dr. Anjali Malik, Washington Radiology Associates, BRCA Strong

Dr. Gigi Galiana, Yale University

Kaitlin Christine, Founder and CEO, Gabbi

12:35 PM

Lunch & Networking Break

1:00 PM

Big Ideas, Real Conversations: Rethinking What’s Next for Women

Pooja Majmudar, Investment Partner, KELES  and Digital Health and Founder, The UpLyft Collective

Jill Miranda, Founder, Snatch Health

1:30 PM

Meet the Judges: The People Behind the Decisions

Casey Albert, Managing Partner, SteelSky Ventures

Christina Jenkins, MD, Co-Founder and General Partner, Convergent Ventures

1:50 PM

Women’s Health Challenge: Seed Stage Pitches

2:20 PM

Women Led: Seed Stage Pitches

3:05 PM

Inside the Investment Decision: What It Really Takes to Raise Seed and Series A Capital

Azin Radsan van Alebeek, Co-Founder and General Partner, Emmeline Ventures

Shalanda Armstrong, Managing Partner, 100KM Ventures

Cat Middleton, General Partner, The Venture Collective

3:45 PM

Beyond the Exit: Mergers, Acquisitions and New Paths to Scale

James Marciano, CEO, Tuck Advisors

Ashley Lieser, Venture Partner, Swizzle Ventures & VP, New Ventures, WPS

4:25 PM

Women’s Health Challenge Awards

1:45 PM

Real-World Evaluation of Stress and Immunology Innovation: Insights from a Clinical Test Site Perspective

Dr. Patrick Wood MD, Coastal Health Practioners

2B

The Future of Heart Health: Innovation, Technology & Digital Cardiology

9:30 AM

The Digital Heart: How Technology Is Reinventing Cardiovascular Care

Moin Hussaini, CPO, Accurkardia

10:00 AM

Can We Predict the Heart Attack Before It Happens?

Dr. Jason Lazar, Executive Vice Dean , SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

10:30 AM

The Heart on Your Wrist: Turning Consumer Wearables Into Clinical Cardiovascular Toolsa

Vlastimil Hrabal, CEO & Co-Founder, KARDI AI

11:00 AM

Closing the Gender Gap: Can AI Transform Cardiovascular Care for Women

Rosy Thachil, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

11:30 AM

Break

12:00 PM

Cardiology Without Walls: Managing Heart Disease Beyond the Hospital

Sumayah Jamal, President, Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, ENB Therapeutics

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

AI Meets Cardiology: From Imaging & Diagnostics to Clinical Decision Support

Scale AI

2:00 PM

Finding the Silent Patient: Detecting Cardiovascular Disease Before Symptoms Begin

Scale AI

2:30 PM

Keeping Heart Failure Patients Home: Remote Monitoring & Predictive Intervention

Scale AI

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Prevention Before Procedure: Can Digital Health Change the Cardiovascular Disease Curve?

Scale AI

4:00 PM

NYC and the Future of Cardiovascular Innovation: Connecting Research, Technology & Care

Scale AI

3A

AI in Healthcare Day: Clinical AI, Generative Models, Predictive Analytics & Intelligent Health Systems

9:30 AM

From Data to Decisions: Advancing Healthcare Through AI, Predictive Analytics, and Real-World Intelligence

Neha Rawat, Director, Data Science , Bausch Health

10:00 AM

Human-Centered AI: Innovation that Delivers

Peter Camp, Founder & CEO, CampTek.ai

10:30 AM

The Future of Interoperability in Healthcare

Jared Jeffrey, CEO and Co-founder, healthKERI, Inc.​

11:00 AM

Networking BREAK

11:30 AM

Operational Excellence in a Changing Healthcare Landscape

Heidi Wagner, Director of Operations, University Health Network

12:00 PM

Beyond RPM - Fueling AI for Enterprise Health Platforms with Patient Data from Home

Kent Dicks, Founder & CEO, Life 365

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

Medical Foresight: Anticipating the Next Decade of Healthcare

Nora Arvai, Researcher & PhD Candidate in Medical Foresight, Founder, Foresight Studio New York

2:00 PM

Give Clinicians Their Time Back: Automating the Work That Doesn't Require a Human

Mihai Diga, CEO & Founder, PulseOwn

2:30 PM

From AI Innovation to Enterprise Impact: Scaling Intelligent Solutions Across Pharma and Healthcare

Tamer Chowdhury, AI Product Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim

3:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

From Innovation to Implementation: Building Trust, Scaling AI, and Transforming Healthcare Delivery

Scale AI

4:00 PM

AI as the New Clinical Partner

Junmyung Kwon, CEO & Founder, Medical AI

3B

Virtual Care: Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring & Hybrid Models of Care

9:30 AM

The Human Voice of Effective Telehealth: Building Patient Trust Through Wording, Speaking, and Nonverbals From Virtual Visits to Real Connection

David Goldberg, CEO, Prosody Center

10:00 AM

Tele-Emergency Medicine: Expanding Access, Saving Lives

Mark Andrew, Regional Director of Clinical Operations | Tele Emergency Medicine PA | Chief PA, VA, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

10:30 AM

Expanding Traditional Care: Advancing Patient Access, Remote Monitoring, and Personalized Treatment Through Digital Health

Dr. Meenakshi Davuluri, Associate Medical Director, US Medical Affairs – Prostate Cancer , Bayer

11:00 AM

Beyond the Provider: Advancing Virtual Care Through Clinical Research, Remote Monitoring, and Patient-Centered Innovation

Dr. Mary Catherine George, Director of Clinical Research Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

11:30 AM

Networking BREAK

12:00 PM

Closing the Care Gap: How Digital Health Is Reshaping Medication Adherence and Patient Engagement

Dr. Mark Makhinson, Senior Director of Outpatient and Specialty Pharmacy, Mount Sinai Health System

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

Remote Medication Monitoring: Driving Clinical and Commercial Value for Pharma

Paul Upham, Global Head of Smart Devices, Roche

2:00 PM

The Future of Virtual Care: Leveraging AI and Remote Monitoring for Early Detection and Preventive Health

Landon Nattrass ,CEO / Co-Founder, Faex Health

2:30 PM

Building Trust in Digital Health: Product Lessons from Infant Care Innovation

Rachel Trobman, VP of Product, Woddle

3:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

Keeping High-Risk Patients Connected: Virtual Care for Chronic & Complex Disease

Chris Schauerman, Founding Sales and Partnerships, MyCareGorithm

4:00 PM

Virtual Care in the City That Never Sleeps: Designing Care for an Always-On World

Scale AI

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