SYMPOSIUM

May 5, 2026 • NYC

Innovation & Adoption in Digital Health

Schedule

Chair: Grant Friedman, Health Tech Lead, Marwood Group

9:30 AM

Session

Aarabi Balasubramanian, Founder & CEO, EmTech Care Labs

10:00 AM

Boost Performance: 10 AI Truths & ASCEND AI

Doug Goldstein, Chief Growth Officer, Tech Serv Corporation

10:30 AM

Session

Dr. Stephanie Chambers, Prevent Care

11:00 AM

Networking BREAK

11:30 AM

Scaling Digital Health in Legacy Systems with Proven Outcomes

Andrei Doibani, GBU Head, Nagarro

12:00 PM

Production-Ready AI Agents for Health Systems

Brent Augustus, Principal Solutions Architect of Life Sciences, Nagarro

Valery Juste, Provider Strategy, Nagarro

Shallu Sarvari, Head of Data & AI, Americas, Nagarro

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:50 PM

Future of Healthcare: Emerging Technologies & Trends

Bill Taranto, President, Merck GHI

1:30 PM

Integrating Innovation into Legacy Health Systems with Documented Results

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, CEO, Grapevine Health

Michael Banyas, Health Specialist and SBIR/STTR Program Manager, National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities

Jim Parshall, Executive Director – Delivery Device R&D, Eli Lilly

2:00 PM

From Fragmentation to Insight: Powering Real-World Evidence with Connected Data System

Bhagya Prashanth, Co-founder & Chief Product Offcicer, HIX Connect

2:30 PM

Bridging Data Silos: Interoperability and Real-World Evidence

David Singletary, Co-Founder, Subsalt

Tammye Garrett, CDO at UT-SW Medical Center in Dallas

Stephen Konya, Chief, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

The Integrity Gap: Why Big Pharma is Afraid of the Truth

Michael Peterson, CEO, Information Mediary Corp (IMC)

3:30 PM

From Data to Action: Vital Friend’s Model for Real-World Digital Health Adoption

Gaurav Kohli, Founder & CEO, VitalFriend

SPEAKERS

Chief Growth Officer

Co-founder & CEO

GBU Head
Principal Solutions Architect of Life Sciences
Provider Strategy
Head of Data & AI, Americas

Entrepreneur, CEO of Grapevine Health

Health Specialist and SBIR/STTR Program Manager

Bhagya Prashanth

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Chief, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

Michael Petersen

Co-founder & CEO

Founder & CEO

Executive Director – Delivery Device R&D

Sponsors & Partners

SYMPOSIA

Day 1

Future of Healthcare Emerging Technologies & Trends
Innovation & Adoption in Digital Health

Day 2

Women’s Health Innovation

Investment, Funding & Startup Growth

Federal Health Workshop

Day 3


Evidence in Action: Validating AI in Real-World Healthcare

AgeTech & Healthy Longevity

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