Proving Market Value with Pragmatic Innovation in Healthcare
An intensive, highly differentiated one-day program presenting
Real-World Market Impact of Blockchain, Telehealth, and Converging Innovation in healthcare
GROUNDED in REALITY and PRAGMATISM
Understand and learn from use-cases in progress across multiple market segments around the world
LEVEL the PLAYING FIELD
Beyond imagination, misconception, and divergent understanding
across the ecosystem, and within organizations
PRESENTED and DEBATED with PATHS FORWARD
By market makers and early adopters having real-world experience doing it
JOIN. ENGAGE. INFLUENCE.
HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM CROSS-SECTION
International experts and hands-on practitioners from the
U.S., Canada, UK, Israel, India, Dubai, and Estonia including
McKinsey & Company, Frost & Sullivan, IBM, Boehringer Ingelheim,
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, United Healthcare, Flare Capital, IEEE,
MIT, Harvard, UMich, UC San Diego and...
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International experts and hands-on practitioners from the
U.S., Canada, UK, Israel, India, Dubai, and Estonia including
McKinsey & Company, Frost & Sullivan, IBM, Boehringer Ingelheim,
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, United Healthcare, Flare Capital, IEEE,
MIT, Harvard, UMich, UC San Diego and...
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PROGRAM
Packed with back-to-back, 30-minute sessions curated to maximize attendee value
Provocative Debates, Fireside Chats, Keynotes, Panels & Workshops
Annual Innovation Ignition Pitch Competition
Editor’s Choice Award for Best Article
- Designed to enable open, collegiate, and informal interaction between attendees & speakers addressing emerging and controversial topics to build solutions for market efficiencies, and better patient outcomes!
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- Organized by Trusted Market Resources
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SPEAKERS
Teuta Sahatqija
Ambassador & Head of Mission Consulate General, Republic of Kosovo
Guest Speaker
Stephanie Carlton
Expert Associate Partner, US Health System Reform and Medicare
McKinsey & Company
Keynote Speaker
John Halamka
International Healthcare Innovation Professor
Harvard Medical School
Keynote Speaker
Amar Gupta
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
MIT
Keynote Speaker
Nitin Gaur
Director
IBM WW Digital Asset Labs at IBM
Ain Aaviksoo
CMO, Guardtime Health & General Manager Guardtime
Estonia
Lauren Peters, JD
Undersecretary
EOHHS
Roy Schoenberg
President, CEO
American Well
Susan Ramonat
Founder & CEO
Spiritus
Adam Russo
Co-Founder & CEO
Phia Group
Vince Albanese
CEO
Haven Health Solutions
Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA
VP, Innovation
SCP Health
Mike Baird
President, Customer Solutions
American Well
John Bass
Founder, CEO
Hashed Health
Dr. Cathy Barrera
Founding Economist
Prysm Group
Francisco Curbera, PhD
Director, Innovation & Solution Incubation Development, Blockchain & Consumer Health Development
IBM Watson Health
Pierre-Alexandre Fournier
CEO
Hexoskin
Mazin Gadir, PhD
Strategic Advisor, Dubai Health Authority
UAE
Bill Geary
Co-Founder & Partner
Flare Capital
Jamie Goldstein
Founding Pertner
Pillar VC
Kathryn King Cristaldi MD
Associate Program Director, Center of Excellence
Medical University of South Carolina
Joe Kristol
Senior Advisor, Friends of United Hatzalah, Former Legislative Director
United States Senate
Ryan Kruis
COE and SCTA Manager
MUSC
Craig Lipset
Former Head of Clinical Innovation
Pfizer
Ben Chevallereau
Senior Architect
Synchrogenix, A Certara Company
Schedule
8:00AM-8:45AM
BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION |
8:45AM-9:00AM
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health |
Emerging Nation Health Innovation |
9:00AM-9:30AM
KEYNOTE: The Era of Exponential Improvement in Healthcare
Stephanie Carlton, Expert Associate Partner, US Health System Reform and Medicare, McKinsey & Company |
9:30AM-10:00AM
KEYNOTE: CONQUERING DIGITAL HEALTH BARRIERS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
Amar Gupta, PhD, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT |
10:00AM-10:30AM
PRAGMATIC BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED NOTIFICATION SERVICES: DIRECTTRUST NETWORK USE-CASEScott Stuewe, President, DirectTrust Moderator: Vince Albanese, CEO, Haven Health |
SCALING UP SOUTH CAROLINA'S TELEHEALTH DEPLOYMENT NATIONWIDEKathryn King Cristaldi M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Associate Program Director, Center of Excellence Ryan Kruis, COE and SCTA Manager, MUSC Moderator: Shawn Valenta, Director of Telehealth, Medical University of South Carolina |
WORKSHOP: IEEE-SA IC19-004 TECH & DATA HARMONIZATION FOR ENABLING REMOTE CLINICAL TRIALS [PART 1]Jeanne Barnette, Cystic Fibrosis Patient Advocate Ben Chevallereau, Senior Architect, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Basker Gummadi, Clinical Digital Innovation, Celgene Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Mathew Rose, MD, Founder, Saavha Chris Watson, PhD, Director of Product Strategy, ERT Moderator: Maria Palombini, Director, Communities & Initiatives Development, Life Sciences, IEEE-SA |
10:30AM-11:00AM
NATIONAL-SCALE DECENTRALIZED CONTRACTING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND PROVIDERS: DISINTERMEDIATION USE CASEJerry Beinhauer, MD, CEO, Apaly Health Vincent Esposito, Chief Strategy Officer at S&S Healthcare Strategies Moderator: Adam Russo, Co-founder and CEO, Phia Group |
PATIENT IMPACT AND THE BOTTOM LINE WITH DIGITAL HEALTHPaul Sterling, VP Emerging Products, United Healthcare Craig Lipset, Former Head Clinical Innovation, Pfizer Moderator: Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA, Director, SCP Consulting Services |
WORKSHOP: IEEE-SA IC19-004 TECH & DATA HARMONIZATION FOR ENABLING REMOTE CLINICAL TRIALS [PART 2]Jeanne Barnette, Cystic Fibrosis Patient Advocate Ben Chevallereau, Senior Architect, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Basker Gummadi, Clinical Digital Innovation, Celgene Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara Company Mathew Rose, MD, Founder, Saavha Chris Watson, PhD, Director of Product Strategy, ERT Moderator: Maria Palombini, Director, Communities & Initiatives Development, Life Sciences, IEEE-SA |
11:00AM-11:30AM
Genomics, Data, and Health Consumer Participation: The Blockchain PlayRenold Capocasale, CWO, FlowMetric Dennis Grishin, CEO, Nebula Moderator: Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ |
CAPTURING THE CONSUMER HEALTH ZEITGEIST WITH REMOTE HEALTH TECHNOLOGYKhan Siddiqui, MD, Founder and CMO, higi Sumit Nagpal, SVP and GM, Health Innovation, Comcast NBC Universalf Moderator: Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA, Director, SCP Consulting Services |
11:30AM-12:00PM
NATION-SCALED BLOCKCHAIN: ESTONIA CASE STUDYAin Aaviksoo, Chief Medical Officer, Guardtime Health & General Manager, Guardtime Estonia |
DEBATE: DOES A NEW HEALTH PARADIGM IMPACT RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA?Melissa Bianchi, Partner, Health Privacy, Hogan Lovells George T. Mathew MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Americas, DXC Robert Miller, Senior Consultant, Consensys Amanda Stanhaus, Identity at Consensys, Former J.P. Morgan Blockchain Strategist for Quorum Moderator: Mike Wasserman, Executive Director, Boston Debate League |
12:00PM-12:30PM
Real-World Value of Blockchain in Healthcare: 2019 CheckpointJohn Bass, CEO, Hashed Health Lucas Hendren, Co-founder, SimplyVital Chrissa McFarlane, CEO, Patientory Mazin Gadir, PhD, Strategic Advisor, Dubai Health Authority, UAE Moderator: Ron Ribitzky, M.D., CEO, R&D Ribitzky |
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO INNOVATION ADOPTION WORLDWIDE: FIRST RESPONDERS CASE STUDYJoe Kristol, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Friends of United Hatzalah George T. Mathew MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Americas, DXC Moderator: Amar Gupta, PhD, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT |
12:30PM-1:00PM
LUNCH |
VALIDATED USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCAREWendy Charles, PhD, Regulatory Scientist, Denver Health Kenneth Colon, Director of Marketing & BD, Orderly Health
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1:00PM-1:30PM
Lunch Keynote PresentationsCarl Camden, Founder and President, IPSE-U.S. Hollie Heikkinen, CEO and Founder, iWorker Innovations Vince Albanese, CEO and Founder, Haven Health Solutions |
1:30PM-2:00PM
DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK: SECURITY, SCALABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGNFrancisco Curbera, PhD, Director, Innovation & Solution Incubation Development, Blockchain & Consumer Health Development, IBM Watson Health Nitin Gaur, Director, IBM WW Digital Asset Lab |
SWEEPING TELEHEALTH ACROSS THE NATION: REGULATORY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND ENTERPRISELauren Peters, JD, Undersecretary, EOHHS Jeremy D. Sherer, Associate, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC |
2:00PM-2:30PM
BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTION IN HEALTHCARE: BEST PRACTICES FOR GOVERNMENTS & ENTERPRISEDr. Cathy Barrera, Founding Economist, Prysm Group Mazin Gadir, PhD, Strategic Advisor, Dubai Health Authority, UAE Moderator: Amanda Stanhaus, Former J.P. Morgan Blockchain Strategist for Quorum |
3rd Annual Innovation Ignition Pitch CompetitionFinalists: Judges: |
2:30PM-3:00PM
DEBATE: WHERE DOES HEALTHCARE NEED BLOCKCHAIN?John Bass, CEO, Hashed Health Uli Broedl, Country Medical Director, VP Medical & Regulatory Affairs, and Co-Chair BI Incubator at Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd Wendy Charles, PhD, CIP, CCRP, CBP, Research Compliance Manager, Denver Health Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ Moderator: John Katsulas, Executive Director, Boston College Debate |
HEALTH INNOVATION AND THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITYJamie Goldstein, Founding Partner, Pillar VC John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School Peter Kim, CEO and Co-founder, Curisium Moderator: Bill Geary, Co-founder and Partner, Flare Capital |
3:00PM-3:45PM
HEALTHCARE ALLIANCES: A NEW BOTTOM LINE WITH BLOCKCHAIN?Mary Butler-Everson, SVP Healthcare Product Innovations, PNC Healthcare Carl Camden, Founder and President, IPSE-U.S. David Weeks, Senior VP, CTO, NASCO – BCBS Alliance Meyrick Vaz, Vice President, Strategic Market Partnerships, UnitedHealthcare, Office of the CIO Moderator: John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
MEDICAL MOON SHOTS AND SPACE…THE FINAL FRONTIERPierre-Alexandre Fournier, CEO, Hexoskin Jin Wei-Kocsis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computer & Information Technology, Purdue University Moderator: Ray Dogum, Founder, Health Unchained |
3:45PM-4:30PM
Blockchain-enabled Cross Border Supply Chain: FIRESIDE CHATSusan Ramonat, Founder and CEO, Spiritus Moderator: Jim Nasr, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, a Certara company |
CANDIDLY SPEAKING: IN DEPTH CHAT WITH TELEHEALTH TITANSMike Baird, President, Customer Solutions, American Well Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, Chief Medical Officer & EVP Product Strategy, MDLIVE, Inc. John Korangy, CEO, Careclix Roy Schoenberg, President & CEO, American Well Moderator: John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
4:30PM-5:00PM
CLOSING CEREMONY KEYNOTE: THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH AROUND THE WORLDBHTY & TMT EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD
John Halamka, MD, International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School |
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HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM CROSS-SECTION
Leadership at multinational corporations; emerging growth global companies and startups; national and state governments; payers and providers; consortia; standards; universities; and media
Private sector and non-profit executives, government officials, investors, entrepreneurs, and leading researchers
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#ConV2X 2019 registrants qualify for $100 discount on Connected Health Conference registration
For Sponsor Packages and Exhibits Contact:Vince Albanese valbanese@
havenhealth.io Bryan Arkwright bryan@
cromfordhealth.com Tory Cenaj teecellc@gmail.com
Frank Ricotta frank.ricotta@burstiq.
com Kenneth Colón kcolon@protonmail.com
Location
Seaport at World Trade Center
200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02210
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WHAT We Do
Converge2Xcelerate (#ConV2X) challenges audiences to catalyze and change healthcare using blockchain technology, telehealth, and converging technologies to build consensus for new healthcare solutions and reduce costs for health systems and health consumers. Top world authorities share business cases, pilots, and scaled use, to demonstrate the impact of new and vetted solutions to address challenges in healthcare.
The conference cuts straight to the practicality of initiatives using the HBS Case Method with panelists. Where possible, the bottom line financial impact of initiatives is shared along with “how to” guidance for replicating similar outcomes.
Each year, a current and topical theme is selected to find solutions to current challenges in healthcare and build consensus and understanding for them. This year #ConV2X 2019 presents “Proving Market Value with Pragmatic Innovation in Healthcare.”
The conference is collegiate in essence. No titles or corporate affiliations are featured on badges. This encourages all participants at all levels to share relevant experiences with new or known community members.
Professionally moderated Debates are a conference staple, as top authorities elucidate arguments, pro and con, addressing controversial issues and topics. The Innovation Ignition Competition brings you tomorrow’s investment opportunities with startups competing for mind share and exposure, to VCs, and leading tech labs.
#ConV2X welcomes all stakeholders in the ecosystem to facilitate dialogue, build alliances, educate, and bolster pioneering efforts in industry.
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