2018 StartUp Health Festival — Day 1
220 Health Transformers from 110 StartUp Health Companies.
2,000+ Innovators from 40 countries.
40 showcases, 10 Health Transformer Spotlights, 14 Fireside Chats and one Vice President Joe Biden.
We had an incredible first day at the StartUp Health Festival!
Highlights include:
Fireside Chat with Dr. Ameet Nathwani MD, EVP, Chief Medical Officer of Lead Innovation Partner Sanofi
“No one patient is the same as the next and technology is going to enable us to become individualized”
Health Data Moonshots with Verily Chief Medical Officer Jessica Mega, MD
“For any organization that is not thinking about the global opportunity for health, it’s not only a missed opportunity it’s a mistake. There is a whole new way of thinking about the healthcare market”
Children’s Health Moonshot: Bringing quality care to children in underserved communities
Speakers include Kip Webb, Managing Director of Accenture, John Brownstein, Ph.D, Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital, Esther Dyson, executive founder, Way to Wellville and Wendy Sue Swanson, Chief of Digital Innovation, Seattle Children’s Hospital
The Power of the Health Transformer Mindset ft. Sue Siegel, CIO of General Electric and CEO of GE Ventures
In recognition of the #MeToo movement, Sue Siegel raised important questions about gender equality in business and announced that General Electric is aiming to have 20,000 women in technical roles by 2020.
Fireside Chat ft. Bob Kocher, MD & Bryan Roberts, PhD, Venrock moderated by Clifton Leaf, editor-in-chief of Fortune Magazine & Fortune Brainstorm Health
Create Magical Experiences in Healthcare presented by Jim Lecinski and Ryan Olohan of Lead Innovation Partner Google
“You are applying practical magic to change people’s outcomes and patient experience”
We announced the new Health Transformer Fund II that we launched alongside our newest partners GuideWell and Ping An just last week
And we wrapped up the day with Accenture’s inspiring HealthTech Innovation Challenge. Congrats to NanoWear on winning this year’s challenge and all of the finalists who pitched live at the StartUp Health Festival.
Check out our full coverage of Day 1 on our Twitter and tune in now to our live broadcast of Day 2.
