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Breakthroughs and Roadblocks: Exploring Digital Health's Trajectory through Research & Evidence

November 28-30, 2023 • Columbia University

Following a successful Summer Summit, we bring you a full Fall Innovators Summit on November 28-30, 2023. 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
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Info for Day 1-3 @ Columbia

Innovators Summit

Alfred Lerner Hall

2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

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Tickets

To make the event as best as possible and due to limited ticket availability, tickets are apply-to-attend. (Approval not guaranteed.)

Cyber Monday

Use the code “THANKS23”. Sale ends on 11/27 

General Admission

3 Days | $350
  • 3 day ticket
  • Access to in-person lectures & addresses from certified digital health leaders
  • Access to food and beverages for the whole summit day whilst in attendance
  • Access to physical exhibit hall
  • Cocktail networking sessions add-on available for $100
  • Breakthrough One General Membership for 1 year
Apply

VIP

3 Days | $700
  • 3 day ticket with VIP badge
  • Access to table seating at event - sit among investors, life science & healthcare executives
  • Food & Beverage provided throughout days
  • Access to VIP networking sessions at the end of each event day
  • Access to physical exhibit hall
  • Exclusive Columbia / HITLAB giveaway
  • Breakthrough One Professional Membership for 1 year
Apply

Speakers

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Bill Taranto

President

Kelly Zou. An asian adult woman with long hair and red lipstick. Gray background behind head

Kelly Zou

Head, Global Medical Analytics & Real World Evidence

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Felix Lee

Medical Head, Digital Healthcare

Zina Manji

Global Fellow, HITLAB & Head of Regulatory, Ellume

Paul Rowe

Vice President, Head of Medical, Specialty Care, North America

Jim Parshall

Executive Director, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Delivery, Devices, & Connected Solutions

David Berger

CEO

Jennifer Celio Li

Digital Health Partnerships

Dr. Jai Nahar

Pediatric Cardiologist

Chrysanthi Dori

Executive Technology Leader, Digital Transformation & Operations

Natalie Principe

Chief Operating Officer

Praveen Mehta

Associate Chief Medical Executive, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care

Andris Vaskis

CTO

Asif Khan

Global Senior Medical Director

Robert Rodriguez

CEO

Amy West

Chair Global Health & Purpose

Pierre-Alexandre Fournier

Co-founder and CEO

April Smith Hirak

Regional Administrator

Laurent Van Lerberghe

Investor, Digital Health, Chair, HITLAB Breakthrough Alliance Europe

Joanne Watters

Director, Intelligent Devices Inc.

Gil Bashe

Chair Global Health & Purpose

Randy Subramany

Director, Supply Chain

Peter Neimi

CEO

MIchael Norsen

Chair Global Health & Purpose

Meggen Brown

Chief Nursing Officer & National Clinical Director

Shyamal Patel

Head of Science

Juan Jimenez

Co-founder & CEO

Indira Malladi

Project Manager

Michael Banyas

SBIR/STTR Program Manager

Jamie R. Wisser

Founder & CEO

Bill Garbarini

Chief Strategic Development Officer

Eric Novik

Founder & CEO

Amanda Azadian

Product Manager, Digital Health Strategy

Dennis Groseclose

CEO & President

Jenny Martin

CNO

Ashley Sanfilippo

Vice President of Partnerships

Satjit Bhusri

Cardiologist

Jie Feng

Co-founder & CEO

Akshay Sharma

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Mark Zhang

Medical Director

Joe Volpe

Vice President

Gregory Rider

Founder of Prism, the LGBTQ Employee Resource Group

Prem Tumkosit

Managing Director

Ron Goldman

Chief Strategy Officer

Spencer Hey

Co-founder & CSO

Voja Lalich

Founder & CEO

Glennis Mehra

Director (NYU Langone)

Silvia Codony

Empire State Development

Bill Rush

Executive Director, Value and Access

Roshane Sasson

Founder & CEO

Alex Condoleon

Chief Medical Affairs Officer of Global Medical Omnichannel and Digital Customer Solutions

Michael Sobolev

Behavioral Scientist

Helene Rutledge

Co-founder & Advisor

Pranay Orugunta

Investment Team

Susannah Olliviere

Senior Director, Technical Services

Carlos Calvo

Development Manager

Jamie White

Health Science Strategy and Relations Lead

Orin Herskowitz

Executive Director, Columbia Technology Ventures

James Chen

CEO

Bradley Karlin

President

Ronn Walvick, Ph.D.

Senior Director – Technical Services

Kirthika Parmeswan

Founder & CEO

Mohammed Baby

Medical Officer

Daria Siegal

Vice President

Richard Hanbury

Founder & CEO

Tim Gilchrist

Director of eBusiness Strategy

Agenda

Day 3
11/30
Day 2
11/29
Day 1
11/28

Innovation, Investments, & Startups

9:00am

Pharma with Digital Health; Reimbursement and Commercialization Considerations for Scaling Solutions

Bill Rush, Executive Director, Value and Access, Sanofi
Alex Condoleon, Chief Medical Affairs Officer of Global Medical Omnichannel and Digital Customer Solutions, Pfizer
9:15am

Augmenting Health care delivery in Generative AI era: Balancing the hope and hype

Jai Nahar, MD, MBA, Attending, Division of Cardiology, Children’s National Heart Institute, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington School of Medicin, Children’s National Hospital

9:30am

Patient’s Don’t Adhere To Trial Protocols

Joanne Watters, General Manager/Director, Intelligent Devices SEZC Inc, (IMC)
9:45am

Digital health, Innovation, and Emerging Technologies in 2024 and Beyond.

Dr. Mark Zhang, Associate Program Director, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
10:00am

Navigating An Innovation Strategy “Wheel” Shapes Regulatory & Data Approaches - Why, How, What

Zina Manji, Global Fellow, HITLAB and Head of Regulatory, Ellume
10:15am

ELEMREX: Unleashing Game-Changing Technology Directly into the Hands of Physicians

Bill Garbarini, Chief Strategic Development Officer, Actual Healthcare Solutions
Caitlyn Wisser, Project Manager, Product Development and Marketing, Actual Healthcare Solutions
10:30am

Innovations Expected in 2024

Helene Rutledge, Co-Founder & Advisor, MEND
Chrysanthi Dori, Vice President of Techincal Services, Medidata
10:45am

Networking & Break

11:00am

PTSD & Pain central sensitization affects 50m Americans

Richard Sanbury, CEO, Sana Health
11:15am

WHT Innovator Showcase

Indira Malladi, Project Manager, Curio
11:30am

WHT Innovator Showcase

Roshane Sasson, CEO, Birthvue
11:45am

HITLAB Research Innovators Showcase

Robert Rodriguez, CEO, HelixVM
12:00pm

HITLAB Research Innovators Showcase

Ron Goldman, Chief Strategy Officer, Wisdo Health
12:15pm

From Data Void to Data-driven: Transforming the Landscape of Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Research

Spencer Hey, Co-founder, Prism Analytic Technologies, Inc.
12:30pm

Design For Engagement

Michael Sobolev, Project Scientist, Cedars-Sinai
12:45pm

Tech Demo

Kirthika Parmeswan, CEO, VitalStart
12:45pm

Lunch

1:45pm

Breaking Barriers, Mending Hearts: Telehealth's Impact on Cardiac Recovery

Peter Niemi, CEO & Co-Founder, RecoveryPlusHealth
2:00pm

UN Field: Management of Warzone Casualties

Dr. Mohammed Baby, Medical Officer, United Nations
2:15pm

Value-Based Care what Founders need to know about 2024

Pranay Orugunta, Healthcare Investor at General Catalyst
2:30pm

Navigating the Complex Web of Healthcare Data

Susannah Olliviere, Senior Director, Technical Services, Medidata 
Carlos Calvo, Development Manager at Medidata
Ronn Walvick, Engineering, Medidata
Chrystanthi Dori, Vice President Of Technical Services, Medidata
2:50pm

Networking & Break

3:15pm

Large Language Models & Healthcare

Tim Gilchrist, Director of eBusiness Strategy, Anthem Health

3:30pm

Breaking Data on What Private Wants and Ventures Must Show

Gill Bashe, Chair, Global Health and Purpose, FINN Partners
3:45pm

Unleashing Innovation: Exploring the Rise of NYC as a Global Deeptech Hub and University-Led Breakthroughs

Michael Norsen, Principal, Alexandria Venture Investments & Head of LaunchLabs @ Columbia
Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director, Columbia Technology Ventures, Columbia University
Prem Tumkosit, Managing Director, Merck GHI
4:00pm

Pathways to Precision: A Story of Data, Technology, and Hope in Healthcare

Chrysanthi Dori, VP of Technical Services, Medidata
4:20pm

Closing Keynote

Stan Kacknowski, Chair, HITLAB

Women's Health, Health Equity, Value-Based Care

9:00am

Keynote Speech

John Hammit, Executive Director, HITLAB

9:15am

Investment opportunities in women’s health.

Bill Taranto, President, Merck GHI
9:30am

Value Based Care: Is it the strong foundation we need?

Glennis Mehra, PhD, Director, Biolabs@NYULangone
9:45am

The Next Horizon: Investing in Frontier Technologies and Emerging Business Models

Prem Tumkosit, Managing Director, Merck GHI
10:00am

Using Telehealth to improve Stroke Care

Praveen Mehta, MD, Associate Chief Medical Executive , Captain James Lovell Federal Health Care Center and Hospital
10:15am

The Challenge is the Implementation: Making AI Work in Healthcare

Dr. David Berger, CEO, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
10:30am

Automated remote diagnostics and value-based care

Juan Jimenez, CEO & Co-Founder, AccurKardia
10:45am

Networking & Break

11:00am

Breakthrough Alliance Challenge

PITCHES & FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

12:45pm

Lunch

1:45pm

Building an Equitable and Inclusive NYC Innovation Ecosystem

Daria Siegal, Vice President, NYC EDC
2:00pm

Overcoming Barriers to Improve Access to Cardiac Rehab with RecoveryPlus Health

Jenny Martin, CNO, Recovery Plus Health
Ashley Sanfilippo, Vice President of Partnerships, Recovery Plus Health
Satjit Bhusri, MD, UES Cardiology
2:15pm

Emerging Tech Trends in Health Equity and Health Disparities Population

April Smith-Hirak, Regional Administrator, HHS
Michael Banyas, Health Specialist, Community Health and Population Science, National Institute on Minority, Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
2:30pm

Investing in Health Equity: Opportunities and Challenges for Private Investors

Silvia Codony, Associate Vice President, NY Ventures, Empire State Development
2:45pm

Networking & Break

3:15pm

The Future of Behavioral Health Care: Transforming an Industry Ripe for Innovation

Dr. Bradley Karlin, President, Solutions For Mental Health Change LLC
3:30pm

Globally Closing the Women’s Health Innovation Gap

Jamie White, Health Science Strategy and Relations Lead at The National Institutes of Health
3:45pm

Challenges and opportunities in clinical-stage drug development in the age of precision medicine

Eric Novik, Founder & CEO, Generable
4:00pm

Building the Bridge to Bring Better Healthcare Solutions to Market

Amanda Azadian, Product Manager, Digital Health Strategy & Vice Chair, Women in Network ERG, AMA
4:15pm

Day 2 Closing

John Hammit, Executive Director, HITLAB

AI, Digital Health, & Data

8:45am

Introduction to HITLAB's 2023 Fall Summit

John Hammit, Executive Director, HITLAB

9:00am

Ushering a Humanist Era in Healthcare with Generative AI

Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer, Lyric AI

9:15am

It Takes A Village

Jennifer Cielo Li, Digital Health Partnerships, Samsung Health

9:30am

Transforming Dental Care Access with AI

Jie Feng, Co-founder & CEO, KELLS

9:45am

Empowering Physicians Through AI-Driven Technology

Jamie Wisser, MD, Founder & CEO, Actual HealthCare Solutions, Inc
10:00am

Health Equity and AI: Where are we on the journey?”

Paul Rowe, Vice President, Head of Medical, Specialty Care, North America at Sanofi
10:15am

Digital Health, the new Renaissance for Europe

Laurent van Lerberghe, Investor Digital Health, Chair, HITLAB Breakthrough Alliance Europe
10:30am

Networking & Break

11:15am

Revolutionizing Workplace Wellness: Harnessing Digital Technologies for Employee Health and Happiness

Amy West, Chair Global Health & Purpose, Novo Nordisk
Meggen Brown, Chief Nursing Officer, Kroger Health

Felix Lee, US Digital Healthcare Medical Head, General Medicines, Sanofi

Gregory Rider, Founder of Prism, the LGBTQ Employee Resource Group, Emblem Health
11:35am

State of digital health investing today and the outlook for the next 18 months.

Bill Taranto, President, Merck GHI
11:50am

Supply Chain Transformation in HealthCare

Joe Volpe, Vice President, Merck GHI

12:00pm

Supply Chain Transformation in Healthcare: Innovations and Strategies for Vendors, Pharma Supply, and Providers

Randy Subramany, Director, Supply Chain at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Joanne Watters, Director, Intelligent Devices Inc., Information Mediary Corp
Joe Volpe,Vice President, Merk GHI
Dennis Groseclose, CEO, Transvoyant
12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Unveiling MediKarma: Revolutionizing Healthcare with a Noble Mission, Jill AI, and Cutting-Edge Technology

Andris Vaskis, CTO, Medikarma

1:45pm

Direct-to-Consumer Digital Health for Chronic Disease Management

Felix Lee, US Digital Healthcare Medical Head, General Medicines, Sanofi

2:00pm

A Pharma View of Digital Health: Guidance for Startups

Jim Parshall, Executive Director, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Delivery, Devices, & Connected Solutions, Eli Lilly & Company

2:15pm

Data Sciences: From Data To Decisions

Asif Khan, Global Senior Medical Director, Sanofi

2:30pm

Predicting Heart Disease with Digital Health: a Cardiovascular Disease Moonshot

James Chen, Founder & CEO, ViviScout

2:45pm

Networking & Break

3:15pm

Powering the discovery of new science of health with wearable technology

Shyamal Patel, Head of Science, Oura
3:30pm

Innovations in Biopharma: Digital, RWE, and AI

Kelly Zou, Head, Global Medical Analytics & Real World Evidence, Viatris
3:45pm
Medical Wearables for Digital Biomarkers and AI Development: From Idea to FDA

Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, CEO, Hexoskin
4:00pm
Innovation in Healthcare through FHIR

Voja Lalich, CEO, Vicert
Amy West, Chair Global Health & Purpose, Novo Nordisk

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4:15pm

Closing Keynote

Amy West, Chair Global Health & Purpose, Novo Nordisk
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