The Innovations in Healthcare 6th Annual Forum will take place March 20 - 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.
The Annual Forum is an exclusive, invitation-only forum that brings organizations together across the healthcare innovation ecosystem—from entrepreneurs to multi-national healthcare corporations and funders—to spark connections, collaboration and learning and improve healthcare worldwide.
The 2017 Annual Forum will be held March 20-21 at the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. This year's Forum will showcase Innovations in Healthcare’s network and give attendees the opportunity to:
- Engage with over 30 of the world’s best and brightest healthcare innovators
- Energize your thinking and contribute to insights about the challenges and opportunities in scaling global healthcare innovation
- Advance and strengthen the path to better health and healthcare for everyone
Featured Speakers and Attendees:
- Victor Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine
- Mark McClellan, Director, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, and Robert J. Margolis, MD, Professor of Business, Medicine and Health Policy
- Wendy Taylor, Former Director, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, USAID
2017 Innovations in Healthcare Annual Forum Agenda:
Monday, March 20
- 8 am – Breakfast and Registration
- 9 am – Sessions begin
- Welcome: Krishna Udayakumar, Innovations in Healthcare
- Innovator Spotlight: LifeNet International, Maggie Ehrenfried
- New Innovators: Shifting from Treatment to Prevention
- Tyler Nelson, Health Builders
- Santiago Ocejo, Salud Cercana
- Rosaline Chow Koo, CXA Group
- Chinmoy Mishra, AllizHealth
- Moderator: Alden Zecha, We Scale Impact
- Seeing the Whole Picture:The Role of Policy & Advocacy in Healthcare Innovation
- Zubaida Bai, ayzh
- Mai Pham, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
- Richard Rossow, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Abby Pratt, Advanced Medical Technology Association
- Moderator: Zeena Johar, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
- Keynote Address: Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine
- Lunch
- Innovator Spotlight: Bodhi Health Education, Abhinav Girdhar
- It Takes A Village: The Future of Funding & Partnerships in Healthcare
- Jenny Sia, Pfizer Foundation
- Nancy Swanson, Linked Foundation
- Daniel Grossman, Medtronic
- Anne Healy, USAID
- Moderator: Logan Couce, Innovations in Healthcare
- Keynote Address: Wendy Taylor, formerly with USAID
- Providing Value to Key Stakeholders
- Nicolaus Henke, McKinsey & Company
- Krishna Udayakumar, Innovations in Healthcare
- Funding & Entrepreneurial opportunities in Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem in South East Asia
- Nikunj Jinsi, International Finance Corporation
- Shashi Buluswar, Institute for Transformative Technologies
- Rosaline Chow Koo, CXA Group
- Rakesh Apte, Global Innovation Fund
- Moderator: Ying Sun, McKinsey & Company
- 5:45 pm – Sessions end
- 6 – 8 pm – Reception with remarks by Mark McClellan, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Tuesday, March 21
- 7 am – Breakfast and Registration
- 8 am – Sessions begin
- Welcome: Krishna Udayakumar, Innovations in Healthcare
- Innovator Spotlight: salauno, Abelardo Vidaurreta
- New Innovators: Putting the Community in the Driver’s Seat
- Julia Berman, Muso
- Sujay Santra, iKure Techsoft
- Howard Weinstein, Solar Ear
- Moderator: Nicholas Pearson, Jacaranda Health
- Innovator Spotlight: ZanaAfrica Foundation,Angela Lagat
- East Africa Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem Deep Dive
- Samson Gwer, Afya Research Africa
- Moka Lantum, MicroClinic Technologies
- Angela Lagat, Zana Africa
- Joy Noel Baumgartner, DGHI Evidence Lab
- John Simon, Medical Credit Fund
- Moderator: Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala, access.mobile
- Lunch
- Four Things We’ve Learned About Reverse Innovation
- Matthew Harris, Imperial College London
- Duncan Maru, Possible
- Susan Mende, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Alexander Plum, Henry Ford Health System
- Moderator: Andrea Taylor, Innovations in Healthcare
- Closing Remarks: Krishna Udayakumar, Innovations in Healthcare
- 2 pm – Forum ends
For more information about attending the Annual Forum, contact Jessica Harris at j.harris@duke.edu.
See a summary of our 5th Annual Forum on Storify.
Check out our 2016 AGENDA and PARTICIPANT LIST.