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June 27-29, 2023 • Columbia University

Background & Vision

Following a successful, virtual HITLAB Innovators Summit of summer 2022, and our first hybrid HITLAB Innovators Summit, we bring you a full 3-day in-person Summit once again. This will be held at the Columbia University (Lerner Hall) in New York City.

Here is what to expect:

  • Panel interviews and keynote addresses by digital health leaders
  • Opportunity to network at the post-event networking cocktail reception
  • Presentations from some of the leading disruptive digital solutions in the healthcare ecosystem
  • Best in class exhibitors of digital health solutions, innovators & leading organizations
  • Other networking opportunities virtually and in person throughout the three days

Tickets

Virtual Attendance

(Online Only)

$99

  • Access to 3 days of lectures & addresses from certified digital health leaders
  • Virtual Networking Opportunities (via webinar chat)
  • Priority access to on demand recorded sessions
  • Opportunity to ask live questions to speakers/presenters

Post Event Networking

           

$100

  • Add on for General Admission attendees to attend Post Event Cocktail Networking Reception. Venue TBC but will be within walking distance from the conference venue
  • Valid for all days of ticket purchase

Balcony Ticket

For one day only

$499

  • 1 day ticket only
  • Access to 1 day of in-person lectures & addresses from certified digital health leaders
  • Balcony seating
  • Access to food and beverages for the whole summit day whilst in attendance
  • General admission name badge
  • Access to physical exhibit hall

Info for Day 1-3 @ Columbia

Innovators Summit

Alfred Lerner Hall

2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Directions
Parking
Campus Map
Local Transit
COVID-19 Guidance

Speakers

Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
Photo headshot of Bill Taranto (male)

Bill Taranto

President

Joanne Watters

Manager, Data Science

Rama Rao

CEO & Co-founder

Melissa Lore

Chief Compliance Officer

Omar Manejwala, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Kris Narayan

Chairman & CEO

Chrysanthi Dori

Vice President, Tech Services

Jason Lazar

Vice Dean of Education

Cesar Herrera

Co-Founder & CEO

Nikki Batista

Vice President, Digital Health Regulatory Affairs

James Chen

CEO

Laurent van Lerberghe

Former Sanofi Exec

Kyoko Tokuda

Operations Officer, Health, Nutrition, & Population, Global Practice

Saul Richter

Founder & Managing Partner

Bethany Hills

Partner

Kyle Kaniecki

VP of Life Sciences and Healthcare

Dori Gonzalez-Acevedo

CEO & Co-founder

Brenton Fargnoli, MD

Managing Partner

Mark Michelet

Technology Specialist

Rebecca Jones

Vice President, Digital Health Regulatory Affairs

Alex Cadotte, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Digital Health & Imaging

Srishti Gupta 

Researcher

Ryan De'Larami

CEO & Founder, TeleVU

Teresa Fishburne

Vice President, Strategic Consulting

Jacques Jospitre

CEO

Cole Manship

Director of Product, MSK Direct | Strategy and Innovation

Jannine Versi

Co-founder & COO, Elektra Health

James Fischer

Partner

Hira Shrestha

Senior Clinical Research Program Manager

Dr. Shailja Dixit

CEO

Photo headshot of Bill Taranto (male)

Bill Taranto

President

Peter Niemi

CEO & Founder

Meg Barron

VP, Digital Health Strategy

Norah Xiao

Director Digital Health Partnerships

Julie Kim

President, U.S. Business Unit

David Klein

CEO & Co-founder

Zina Manji

Head of North America Regulatory

Tim Mcarthy

Head of Digital Sciences & Translational Imaging

Dr. Mark Zhang

Medical Director

Lori Turkington

VP, Digital Health Strategy

Gil Bashe

Chair Global Health & Purpose

Sabrina Runbeck

Co-founder

April Smith-Hirak

Regional Health Administrator

Oliver Toubia

Glaubinger Professor of Business

Julia Walsh

VP, Product and Startup Engagement

Olivier Rabenschlag

Founding Partner

Scott Kornhauser

Executive Vice President

Ahmet- Hamdi Cavusoglu

Program Director Merck Digital Sciences Studio

Inara Lalani

CEO & Co-founder

Sigi Marmostein

CEO & Co-founder

Anastasiia Timon

Founder & CEO

Teo Tijerina

CEO

Amit Rana

Senior Executive Fellow / Entrepreneurial physician executive, Pre-seed Investor, Startup Advisor, Mentor

Laura Yecies

CEO

Gabriella Francis

CEO

Prem Tumkosit

Managing Director

Photo headshot of Bill Taranto (male)

Bill Taranto

President

Jon Hahn

Chief Information Officer

Amy West

Sr. Director, Digital Transformation & Innovation

Pierre-Alexandre Fournier

Co-founder & CEO

Todd Levine

Vice President, Digital Health and Analytics, InCircle

Jaimie Meyerson

VP, Network Strategy & Operations

Eugenio Zuccarelli

Manager, Data Science

Francisco Primero Narvaez

Director

Bishen Singh

Advisor, Digital Transformation, Health & Life Sciences

Pooja Majmudar

Director, Startup Banking - Early Stage Life Science

Ryan De'Larami

CEO & Founder, TeleVU

Jason Macaleer

Chief Commercial Officer

Joe Volpe

VP / Managing Director

David Berger

CEO, University Hospital

Sachin Shah

Global Medical Partner, Digital Health & Devices

Ian Goldstein

Partner

Divya Yerraguntla

SVP, Demand Generation and Sales Enablement

Michael Norsen

Principal

Isaac Cano

CEO

Syed Arfeen

Vice President, Strategy and Operations,

April Smith-Hirak

Regional Health Administrator

Gabriel Perna

Digital Health Editor

Amy Li

CEO

Marissa Fayer

CEO

Julia Komissarchik

CEO

Anuj Patel

CEO

John Hammitt

Executive Director

Stan Kachnowski

Chair

Yitzy David

Editor-in-Chief, Patient Care coordinator

Sponsors & Partners

Agenda

Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
9:00am

Introduction & Day 3 Keynote

Dr. Jason Lazar, Vice Dean of Education at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
9:15am

SohoMD: Looking at the Right Data to Better Diagnose and Treat Psychiatric Patient

TED TALK

Jacques Jospitre, CEO, SohoMD
9:30am

Virtual Oncology: The Frontier of Digital Health

TED TALK

Cole Manship, Director of Product, MSK Direct | Strategy and Innovation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
9:45am

Health Tech Adoption Barriers and Blockchain

Solo Presentation

Rama Rao, CEO & Co-founder, Bloqcube
10:00am

Care Tech: AgeTech care transformation

Solo presentation

Kyoko Tokuda, Operations Officer, Health, Nutrition, & Population, the World Bank
10:15am

Data Management and Documentation in Clinical Trials

panel chat

Joanne Watters, Managing Director, IMC
Hira Shrestha, Senior Clinical Research Program Manager, McCance Center for Brain Health at MGH
10:30am

Citizen Science for Public Health

solo presentation

Srishti Gupta, Researcher, Penn State University
10:45am

Networking & Break

11:00am

Innovator Showcase

Gabriella Francis, CEO, Squegg
Shailja Dixit, CEO, Curio
Marc Aafjes, CEO, Deliberate.AI
Ryan De’Larami, CEO, TeleVU
12:00pm

Partnering for Joint Success in Digital Health

fireside chat

James Fischer, Partner, DLA Piper
Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
12:15pm

The Importance of Partnerships in Delivering Hyper Personalized Health Experiences Across Multiple Conditions & Life Episodes

panel chat

Laurent van Leberghe, Digital Health Investor, Sanofi veteran
Dr. Omar Manajwala, Chief Medical Officer, Dario Health
Jannine Versi, Co-founder & COO, Elektra Health

Track sponsored by Dario Health

Track sponsored by Dario Health

12:45pm

Evolution of Data Science in Data Management

panel presentation

Chrysanthi Dori, VP of Tech Services, Medidata
Teresa Fishburne, Vice President, Professional Services, Strategy & Transformation, Medidata
1:00pm

Lunch

1:45pm

LifeSci NYC: Supporting Continued and Equitable Growth of the New York City Life Sciences Ecosystem

solo presentation

Kyle Kaniecki, VP of Life Sciences and Healthcare at NYC EDC
2:00pm

Health Equity & Diversity in Pharmaceuticals

solo presentation

Melissa Lore, Chief Compliance Officer, FFF Enterprises
2:15pm

Medicaid - The Next Wave of Value-based Care

fireside chat

Brenton Fargnoli, Managing Partner, AlleyCorp Healthcare
Cesar Herrera, Co-founder & CEO, Yuvo Health
2:30pm

Health Futures: AI, ML, & Beyond

panel chat

Bethany Hills, Partner, DLA Piper
Dori Gonzalez-Acevedo, CEO & Co-Founder, ProcellaRX
2:45pm

Networking & Break

3:00pm

Health Futures: AI, ML, & Beyond

panel presentation

Kris Narayan, Chairman & CEO, MediKarma
3:15pm

Cardiovascular Disease Moonshot: Predicting CVD with Digital Health

TED Talk

James Chen, CEO & Founder, ViviScout

3:30pm

Market Trends

keynote presentation

Saul Richter, Founder & Managing Partner, RittenHouse Ventures
3:45pm

How to effectively navigate FDA with an AI/ML algorithm

Fireside chat

Nikki Batista, Vice President, Digital Health Regulatory Affairs, MCRA
Rebecca Jones, VP of Clinical Research at Imagen Technologies
Alex Cadotte, Senior Director, Digital Health & Imaging, MCRA

Track sponsored by MCRA

4:00pm

Microsoft Accelerator Program

Keynote

Mark Michelet, Technology Specialist, Microsoft
4:15pm

Summit Closing Keynote

Keynote

Dr. Jason Lazar, Vice Dean of Education at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
9:00am

Next Horizon: frontier investing in the health care and life sciences industries

keynote

Prem Tumkosit, Managing Director, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
9:15am

Emerging Trends in Digital Health

keynote

Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Initiative Fund

9:30am

AI Disruptions In Search: Transformation of the Digital Information Experience and Implications for Healthcare

solo presentation

Julia Walsh, CEO, Brand Medicine International
9:45am

Accelerating Innovation in Digital Health

keynote

Olivier Rabenschlag, Founding Partner, Chapter 3 Capital
10:00am

Embracing the Digital Health Revolution: Unlocking the Potential of Accessible Care

fireside chat

Sabrina Runbek, Co-founder, of PulsePoint Solutions
April Smith-Hirak, Regional Health Administrator, Region 2, HHS
10:15am

Medical Extended Reality

Fireside chat

Dr. Mark Zhang, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Amit Rana, Senior Executive Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School / Pre-seed Investor, Startup Advisor, Mentor
10:30am

Leveraging AI to Prepare Now for The Future of Prescription Digital Therapeutics

keynote presentation

David Klein, CEO & co-founder, Click Therapeutics
10:45am

Networking & Break

11:00am

Womens Health Tech - Innovator Showcase

Inara Lalani, Fem Therapeutics
Teo Tijerina, Hera Diagnostics
Sigi Marmostein, Baby Live Advice
11:45am

The Importance of Value-Based Care

keynote

Scott Kornhauser, Executive Vice President, KlearTrust
12:00pm

Women's Health Tech Hour: AI & the Influence on Women's Health

Pooja Majmudar, Director, Startup Banking, Sillicon Valley Bank

Inara Lalani, Fem Therapeutics

Laura Yecies, CEO, Bone Health

Anastasiia Timon, Founder & CEO, Blooming Eve

12:45pm

What’s Needed for Sustainable Adoption of Digital Health

FIRESIDE CHAT

Meg Baron, VP, Digital Health Strategy, AMA
Stan Kachnowski, Chair, HITLAB
1:00pm

Lunch

1:45pm

Designing for Inclusivity in a Digital World

solo presentation

Julie Kim, President, U.S. Business Unit, Takeda
2:00pm

Journey of a Health Tech Company

presentation

Peter Niemi, CEO, RecoveryPlus.health

2:15pm

The Pathway Innovators Need to Follow in order to Thrive

keynote presentation

Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose, FINN Partners
2:30pm

Digital Biomarkers as patient centric endpoints – the Pfizer experience

keynote presentation

Tim McCarthy, Head of Digital Sciences & Translational Imaging, Pfizer
2:45pm

Networking & Break

3:00pm

Connected Health Devices

keynote presentation

Lori Turkington, Associate Director Global Market Access, Tandem Diabetes Care
3:15pm

Connected Health Devices: How They Are Shaping the Future

keynote presentation

Gabriella Francis, CEO, Squegg
3:30pm

Best Practices and Potential Biases in Leveraging Chat GPT for Medical Innovation

TED Presentation

Dr. Olivier Toubia, Glaubinger Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
3:45pm

Merck Digital Health Studio

ted presentation

Ahmet- Hamdi Cavusoglu, Program Director, Merck Digital Sciences Studio
4:00pm

Connecting Innovation and Creativity For An Infinite Mindset, From a Regulatory Business Partner

ted presentation

Zina Manji, Global Fellow, HITLAB / Head of Regulatory Affairs, Ellume
4:15pm

The Sustainable Success in Digital Health

Norah Xiao, Director Digital Health Partnerships, AstraZeneca
8:45am

Introduction to HITLAB's 2023 June Summit

Intro Speech

John Hammitt, Executive Director, HITLAB

9:00am

The Promise & Potential of Digital Health

KEYNOTE

Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Initiative Fund

9:15am

Deploying the “tech” in Health-tech

Panel Discussion

Pooja Majmudar, Director, Start up Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
Eugenio Zuccarelli, Manager, Data Science, CVS Health
Jon Hahn, Chief Information Officer, FFF Enterprises
9:30am

Supply Chain - Where digital and supply chain meet?

Keynote

Joe Volpe, VICE President, Merck Global Health Fund
9:45am

INCIRCLE: AI Driven Transparency & Consistency in the Prior Authorization Process

Keynote Presentation

Dr. Todd Levine, Vice President, Digital Health and Analytics, InCircle
10:00am

The Art of a Digital Investment Deal

Panel Discussion

Ian Goldstein, Partner, Fenwick & West
Joe Volpe, VICE President, Merck Global Health Fund
Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Initiative Fund
10:15am

How Hexoskin is Partcipating in Clinical Research

Keynote

Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Co-founder & CEO, Hexoskin
10:30am

Clinical Research in a Post-Pandemic World

Presentation

Yitzy David, Patient Care Coordinator, Jersey City Medical Center
10:45am

Networking & Break

11:00am

Breakthrough Challenge Pitches

Presentations

Marrisa Fayer, CEO, Deeplook Medical
Isaac Cano, CEO, Health Circuit
Julia Komissarchik, CEO, Glendor
Anuj Patel, CEO, Motto Health
Amy Li, CEO & Founder, Dance 4 Healing
1:00pm

Lunch

1:45pm

Disparities in Digital Health

TED Talk

Dr. David Berger, CEO, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
2:00pm

Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, Hospital at Home

PANEL DISCUSSION

Ryan De’Larami, CEO & Founder, TeleVU
Divya Yerraguntla, SVP, Demand Generation and Sales Enablement, Syneos Health
2:15pm

How Maven Clinic is Improving Health Outcomes with Telehealth & Virtual Care

Keynote Presentation

Jamie Meyerson, VP, Network Strategy & Operations, Maven Clinic
2:30pm

Journey to Personalized Healthcare: What Does this Look like in 2023?

Keynote Presentation

Amy West, Sr. Director, Digital Transformation & Innovation, Novo Nordisk
2:45am

Networking & Break

3:15pm

Funding the Startup Ecosystem in NYC

PANEL DISCUSSION

Gabriel Perna, Digital Health Editor at Modern Healthcare
Michael Norsen, Principal – Head, of Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia

Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Initiative Fund

3:45pm

The role of the consumer/participant in the future digital health and personalized care

VIRTUAL KEYNOTE

Dr. Sachin Shah, Global Medical Partner, Digital Health & Devices, Haleon
4:00pm

The Next Big Disruption in DH

Panel discussion

Bishen Singh, Advisor, Digital Transformation, Microsoft
Jason Macalear, Chief Commerical Officer, Transcarent
Francisco Primero Narvaez, Director, Axon Health
Pooja Majmudar, Director, Startup Banking – Early Stage Life Science, Silicone Valley Bank
4:15pm

Remote Patient Monitoring – a Close Up Provider Static View

Keynote Presentation

Ziggy Arfeen, VP, HSS Health
 

About the Event

Panel interviews & keynote addresses

Highlighting digital health leaders across the world.

Virtual networking sessions offered

including several digital cocktail hours

Virtual exhibit hall of digital health solutions​

including several digital cocktail hours

Exclusive workshops throughout the day

to facilitate conversations in our community​

Scholarships

For Students

Are you a highschool, college, or (post) graduate student? Future digital health innovator? Apply to receive complimentary ticket.

Apply

Sponsor 100 NYC students and also receive exclusive signage and promotion of your brand

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For Executives

Are you a Research Life Science Executive? Apply to receive a complimentary VIP ticket to attend

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You Will Learn

  • How technology can bring more diversity from racial & socioeconomic perspective into clinical trials
  • Which current & future trends in digital health are worth investing in
  • How to build a community for extended reality
  • How to provide better quality of care related to coronary & cardiovascular health
  • How to promote health equity in the digital health world
  • How to bridge the digital divide
  • How to use machine learning for logo design
  • What the impact of pharmaceutical innovation is doing on cancer mortality
  • How to improve healthcare for older adults

"You get to network with a lot of interesting people coming from all over the world, bringing new ways of thinking about problem solving to the table"

—Amy West

Senior Director, Digital Transformation & Innovation
Novo Nordisk

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