The 2023 StartUp Health @ HLTH Program
StartUp Health @ HLTH will include the StartUp Health Pavilion, TV Studio, and innovative programming featuring our Health Transformers.
We look forward to gathering with 10,000+ of our closest friends in digital health in Las Vegas at HLTH 2023! Take a look through the agenda highlights below to see what the StartUp Health team and our community of 100+ Health Transformers from 65 companies will be up to Oct 8–10.
Stop by the StartUp Health Pavilion (Booth 5746) on the Show Floor to meet 20 portfolio company exhibitors, attend our panel sessions on Monday and Tuesday afternoon on the Startup Stage to hear from 25 inspirational Health Transformers, and cheer our eight finalists in the Digital Health Awards.
All StartUp Health @ HLTH programming takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center (West Hall). You must be registered for HLTH to attend any of the sessions.
Sunday, October 8
Meet the Health Transformer Community
1pm — 6pm PT | StartUp Health Pavilion, Booth 5746
StartUp Health TV Interviews
3pm — 6pm PT | StartUp Health Studio, Booth 5651
By invitation only
Health Transformers @ HLTH Kickoff
4pm PT | StartUp Health Pavilion, Booth 5746
By invitation only
Monday, October 9
Meet the Health Transformer Community
8am — 5:45pm PT | StartUp Health Pavilion, Booth 5746
StartUp Health TV Interviews
9am — 4:30pm PT | StartUp Health Studio, Booth 5651
By invitation only
1501 Health Cohort Showcase at HLTH ft. Health Transformer Monica Schmiede, Co-CEO & Co-founder, Athelo Health
9am — 11am PT | West Hall, Floor 2, Meeting Room W236
The Medicaid Sessions
11am — 12:30pm PT | Room 322, Level 3
The Medicaid Sessions, sponsored by StartUp Health, HopeLabs, Medicaid Innovation Collaborative, CHCF Innovation Fund, Townhall Ventures, and Manatt connects emerging health tech innovators with Medicaid subject experts to help companies refine their go-to-market strategy, understand their value proposition, and scale in Medicaid. Click here for more information and to register to attend.
HLTH Startup Pitch Competition ft. Health Transformer Nicole Cook, CEO & Founder, Alvee Health
11am — 12:30pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
Digital Health and Health Equity: A Stakeholder and Policy Perspective ft. Health Transformer Chrissa McFarlane, CEO & Founder, Patientory
12pm — 2pm PT | Level 2, Rm 213–215
Lean on Me: Employers Caring for Cancer ft Health Transformer Kaitlin Christine, CEO & Founder, Gabbi
3pm — 3:40pm PT | Ocean Stage, Show Floor
Health’s Exponential Frontier: The Future of AI-Powered Clinical Insights
3pm — 3:25pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Nicole Cook, CEO & Founder, Alvee
- Swathi Arulguppe Nagendra, CEO & Founder, BetterMeal AI
- Margaret Melville, CEO & Co-founder, Lasa Health
- Cristian Pascual, CEO & Co-founder, Mediktor
- Christian Dansereau, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, Perceiv AI
- Moderated by Unity Stoakes, President & Co-founder, StartUp Health
Guardians of Trust: Pioneering Data Use While Protecting Patients
3:30pm — 3:55pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Mark Goettling, CEO & Co-founder, BodiMetrics
- Meena Sandhu, Chief Revenue Officer, Careteam
- Chris Turner, CEO & Co-founder, HealthBook+
- Elianna Goldstein, CEO & Co-founder, Modern Ritual
- Shireen Abdullah, CEO & Founder, Yumlish
- Moderated by Katya Hancock, Chief Impact Officer, StartUp Health
The T1D Moonshot: Collaborative Pathways Towards Shaping the Future of Diabetes
4pm — 4:30pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Farhaneh Ahmadi, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, eddii
- Ole Kjerkegaard Nielsen, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, GO-Pen
- Adam Graybill, CEO & Co-founder, Journey Biosciences
- Amy Cohn, CEO & Founder, Joydays
- Diane Alexander, CEO & Co-founder, Pramana Pharmaceuticals
- David Panzirer, Trustee, Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Moderated by Steven Krein, CEO & Co-founder, StartUp Health
Digital Health Hub Foundation’s Digital Health Awards
5pm — 6:30pm PT | Moon Stage, Show Floor
Eight StartUp Health companies will compete in the grand finale of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Awards across two tracks and thirteen categories. Come and show your support for Aidar, Flosonics, Journey Biosciences, Lumos, Mobio Interactive, Particle Health, Sana Health, and Yumlish.
Tuesday, October 10
Meet the Health Transformer Community
8am — 5:45pm PT | StartUp Health Pavilion, Booth 5746
StartUp Health TV Interviews
9am — 5:30pm PT | StartUp Health Studio, Booth 5651
By invitation only
WELL by HLTH Startup Pitch ft. Health Transformer Swathi Arulguppe Nagendra, CEO & Founder, BetterMeal AI
11am — 12:30pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
Mission Daybreak Winner Showcase ft. Health Transformer Shruti Gurudanti, CEO & Founder, Televëda
2:20pm — 3pm | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Demo Day ft. Health Transformer Justin Ayars, CEO & Founder, equalityMD
2:30pm — 4pm PT | Level 3, Rm 322–324
The GLP-1 Squeeze on Employers ft. Health Transformer Lucia Guillory, Chief People Officer, Virta Health
3pm — 3:40pm PT | Ocean Stage, Show Floor
Building a Patient-Centric Tech Company
3pm — 3:25pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Raj Amin, CEO & Co-founder, Arcade Therapeutics
- L.R. Fox, CEO & Founder, NEXT Life Sciences
- Yusuf Sherwani, MD, CEO & Co-founder, Pelago
- Jeff Glueck, CEO & Co-founder, Salvo
- Shruti Gurudanti, CEO & Co-founder, Televëda
- Moderated by Jamey Edwards, Chief Platform Officer, StartUp Health
Care Without Constraints: Designing the Future of Affordable Health
3:30pm — 3:55pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Monica Schmiede, Co-CEO & Co-founder, Athelo Health
- Michael Havig, MD, CEO & Founder, HealthMe
- Ronak Vyas, CEO & Co-founder, MedCoShare
- Matt Swanson, CEO & Founder, Reciprocity Health
- Guilherme Berardo, CEO & Co-founder, Sami
- Moderated by Lauren Schafer, Admissions Director, StartUp Health
Collaborate to Innovate: Accelerating Progress through Strategic Partnerships
4:00pm — 4:30pm PT | Startup Stage, Funding Founders Lounge, Show Floor
- Yair Sapertstein MD, MPH, CEO & Co-founder, AvoMD
- Rafael Lopez, CEO & Co-founder, Diagnostikare
- Devina Desai, CEO & Co-founder, Kinometrix
- Rylan Stone, CEO & Founder, Medi-Ops
- Moderated by Padma Rao, Manager, StartUp Health
We invite entrepreneurs, investors, and those working in public and private sectors who want to speed up health innovation to access StartUp Health’s global army of Health Transformers by joining us at StartUp Health @ HLTH from Oct 8–11, 2023.
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