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Building the Future of Digital Health & AI - Through Evidence-Based Innovation

Chair: Dr. Ted Witek, Professor and Senior Fellow, University of Toronto

9:30 AM

Opening Keynote

Dr. Ted Witek, Professor and Senior Fellow, University of Toronto

TRACK

AI & Data-Driven Healthcare

9:40 AM

AI offers a once in a generation opportunity to revolutionize drug development: who stands to gain the most?

Dr. Harsha Rajasimha, Founder & CEO, Jeeva Clinical Trials

Param Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Jeeva Clinical Trials

10:00 AM

Predictive Analytics & Population Health Backed by Real-World Evidence

Neha Rawat, Director, Data Science, Bausch Health

Ankur Teredesai, CEO, CueZen

10:20 AM

Clinical Decision Support Tools Demonstrating Improved Care Quality

Haley Chute, Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Octagos

Chrysanthi Dori, VP, Clinical Informatics Services, Medidata

10:40 AM

Emerging Go-to-Market Models & Policy Frameworks for Healthcare AI

Nayan Ghosh, Head of Life Sciences & HealthTech , Marwood Group

11:00 AM

Networking BREAK

11:10 AM

AI in Payer Strategy: From Contracting to Real-Time Revenue Optimization

Dr. Ted Witek, Professor and Senior Fellow, University of Toronto

Evan Zaslow, Chief Managed Care Officer, City of Hope

Stead Burwell, Founder & CEO, Outbound.AI

11:30 AM

The 88% Solution: The Trillion-Dollar Data Gap Medicine Can't Afford to Ignore

Yusuf Nkrumah, Founder and CEO, IndyGeneUS Bio

11:50 AM

AI as healthcare's great equalizer: promise, risk, and what comes next

Silvia Diaz-Roa, Vice President, Product – Affluent & Mass Affluent Segments, JPMorganChase

12:10 PM

The Four Siblings of Health Data Policy - Privacy, Cybersecurity, Interoperability and AI

Deanne Primozic Kasim, Vice President, Policy & Federal Affair, surescripts

12:30 PM

LUNCH

TRACK

Innovation & Adoption in Digital Health

1:30 PM

From Concept to Care: The OptixDX Technology Powering Pretika MedTech

Thomas Nichols, CEO & Founder, Pretika Medtech

1:30 PM

AI-Guided Front Desk for Medicaid Care Success - SUNY Downstate Case Study

Amir Kishon, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Twig Health

Dr. Mohamed Nakeshbandi, Chief Medical Officer, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

1:50 PM

Future of Healthcare: Emerging Technologies & Trends

Bill Taranto, President, Merck GHI

2:10 PM

Digital Health Innovation Isn’t the Problem. It’s Friction

Gil Bashe, Chair, Gobal Health & Purpose, FINN Partners

TRACK

Clinical Innovation & Emerging Therapies

2:30 PM

Innovation with Impact

Viq Pervaaz, Senior Vice President, Innovation, NYCEDC

2:50 PM

Extending Care Beyond the Visit: AI-Driven Patient Engagement in Home-Based Care

Bud Langham, Senior Adviser, Care Bestie

3:10 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

Oncology & Cancer Care Innovation with Proven Clinical Outcomes

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

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

Sebastien Rhodes, VP, Strategy & Operations, Triomics

3:50 PM

Diagnostics & Early Detection Demonstrating Real-World Impact

Nejeed Kassam, CEO | Co-Founder, Rewire Digital Therapeutics

4:10 PM

Chronic & Metabolic Disease Innovations with Outcomes-Driven Results

Thomas Nichols, CEO, Pretika MedTech

4:30 PM

Closing

Dr. Ted Witek, Professor and Senior Fellow, University of Toronto

Reimagining Care Delivery & the Health Workforce Through Proven Models

Chair: Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

9:30 AM

Breakthrough Experience: Real Time Clinical Intelligence That Drives Better Outcomes and Better Economics

Doug Romer, Chief Medical Officer, MedsEngine

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Care Delivery Models & Systems Innovation

9:50 AM

From Data to Action: Provider Intelligence and AI at the Core of Value-Based Care.

Dr. Russell Robbins, Medical Director, HealthCorum

10:10 AM

Building Houses without Bricks: the State of technical standards in Women's Health applications

Dr. Kate Stephenson, VP of Engineering, Cern Corporation

10:30 AM

Robotic Care Delivery: Designing Human-AI Systems for Senior Care

Anna Oh, Head of Product & Design, Norbert Health

10:50 AM

Networking BREAK

11:10 AM

Rewriting the Story: Preventing Youth Mental Health Harm in the Age of Smartphones

Bill Brady, CEO, Troomi

11:30 AM

Reimbursement, Risk, and ROI: Making Advanced Wound Imaging Viable at Scale

Thomas Nichols, Founder & CEO, Pretika MedTech

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

TRACK

Telehealth & Remote Care Expansion

11:50 AM

Automating Medication Access to Improve Patient Care

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

Cathleen Mathew, Senior Director of Pharmacy Population Health, Mount Sinai Health System

12:10 PM

Hospital-at-Home & Remote Monitoring with Evidence of Effectiveness

Dr. Alexander Fortenko, Medical Director, Hospital at Home, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Zev Blumenkrantz, Innovation Fellow – Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

Patient Experience in Virtual Care Supported by Real-World Evidence

Aasim Saeed, Founder & CEO, Amenities Health

1:50 PM

From Access to Advantage: Scaling Specialty Care That Performs

Molly Reyna, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, TeleSpecialists

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Reimagining Care Delivery

2:10 PM

From Risk to Retention: Using Wearable Hyperkalemia Monitoring to Sustain GDMT

Moin Hussaini, Chief Product Officer, Accurkardia

2:30 PM
From Data to Dignity: Multisensory Streaming as a First-Line Dementia Intervention

Alban Maino, CEO, Memory Lane TV

2:50 PM

Autonomic Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: Resilience & Agility in a Time of Geopolitical and Economic Volatility

Tim Fleischer, Chairman, Transyovant

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Workforce & Organizational Transformation

3:10 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

Assistants or Colleagues? Reimagining Care Delivery with AI Employees

Paritosh Ambekar, General Manager of Healthcare, EMA

Dr. Ashis Barad, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

3:50 PM

Building the AI-Ready Health System: Patient 360 in Practice

Brent Augustus, Principal Solutions Architect of Life Sciences, Nagarro

Sunny Mohla, Salesforce Practice Head (Americas), Nagarro

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

4:10 PM

Transforming the Healthcare Workforce: From Compliance Burden to Scalable Infrastructure

Joe Lengfellner, Chief Product Officer, IgniteData

Renata Panchal, Director, Clinical Research Informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

4:30 PM

Closing

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

Scaling Impact, Access & Consumer Health with Demonstrated Results

Chair: Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants Inc

9:30 AM

Opening

Natalie Principe, Managing Partner & CEO, ExtendHealth Consultants

TRACK

Investment & Startup Growth

9:50 AM

How IP Strategy Drives Startup Valuation and Investor Confidence

Dr. Craig Kenesky, Brown Rudnick

10:10 AM

Using health data and AI to solve Autism/IDD Housing

Leslie Goedken, Founding Partner, Home Catalyst Partners LLC

10:30 AM

Corporate Venture & Strategic Partnerships That Convert to Scale

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

10:50 AM

Networking BREAK

11:10 AM

Non-Dilutive Funding & Grants with Validated Use Cases

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

11:30 AM

Maintaining Momentum for Life Science and Health Innovation in NYC

Alan Chramiec, Assistant Vice President, Life Sciences, NYCEDC

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Consumer-Centric Health & Engagement

11:50 AM

Digital Therapeutics & Behavior Change with Evidence of Effectiveness

Daniel Knecht, Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Emblem Health

George Hulse, VP, EmblemHealth

12:10 PM

Digitizing the Village: How Community-Led Tech Bridges the Healthcare Trust Gap

Giancarlo Paolillo, Founder & CEO, Watch Our Own

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

From Concept to Care: The OptixDX Technology Powering Pretika MedTech

Thomas Nichols, CEO & Founder, Pretika Medtech

1:30 PM

AI Utilization for Patients & Providers in Digital Health

Mia Genevieve, Fractional CTO and Lead Developer, Prevent Care

1:50 PM

The Engagement Gap in Digital Health—and How Biofeedback Closes It

Baabi Das, Founder, Zansors

2:10 PM

The Category Error of Treating Health as Discrete Events

Justin Kastil, Founder & CEO, BlockHaven AI

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Health Equity, Access & Lifestyle Innovation

2:30 PM

Reducing Disparities in Care Delivery with Measured Outcomes

Dr. Jacques Jospitre, Co-Founder & CEO, SohoMD, PLLC

2:50 PM

Reimagining Health Delivery: Movement, Mental Health, and Longevity from Childhood Forward

Nicoletta Nerangis, Founder & Executive Director, Run4Fun

Grace Charrier, Cancer Convos with Grace B.

3:10 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 PM

The Next Blue Ocean for Medicine: Medical Grade, Regulated, Heart Rate Variability

Dr. Andrew Holman, CEO, Inmedix

3:50 PM

From Imaging to Action: Integrating Real-Time Wound Intelligence into Clinical Workflow

Thomas Nichols, Founder & CEO, Pretika MedTech

John Hammitt, Executive Director at HITLAB

4:10 PM

Wellness, Lifestyle & Preventive Health Tech with Documented Benefits

Dr. Denise Howard, Associate Professor Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Ami Karnik, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, ObieHealth

4:30 PM

Closing

John Hammitt, Executive Director at HITLAB

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