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Monday, March 13th • DAY ONE

11:45 AM - 1 PM

NEXTMED + PARTICIPANT & FACULTY LUNCHEON

1:00 PM

Session 1

WELCOME TO NEXTMED HEALTH

Welcome and framing the four days of NextMed Health: 
Daniel Kraft MD,  Founder & Chair, Nextmed Health
Shawna Butler RN MBA,
Director, NextMed Health

Reimagining The Future Of Medicine. What’s Now, Near & Next?
Daniel Kraft MD,  Founder & Chair, Nextmed.Health

Designing the Future of Health(care): Collaboration, Access & Equity
Stacey Chang, Designer, Advisor of Complex Health Systems.

2:00 PM

Session 2

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES: INNOVATION ON THE EXPONENTIAL

Getting up to speed on rapidly advancing technologies and their implications

AI & Big Data

Suraj Kapa MD, Associate Professor  of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Robotics

Catherine Mohr MD,  Intuitive Surgical

Web3, Decentralized Science

Ramesh Raskar PhD, Professor, MIT Media Lab

Generative AI & ChatGPT Meets Medicine

Alfred Whitehead, EVP of Applied Sciences, Klick Health

3:30 PM

BREAK: Merge, Meet, Mix & Recharge:  Explore The NextMed Innovation Lab (iLab)

4:00 PM

Session 3

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES: INNOVATION ON THE EXPONENTIAL PART II

Genomics

Baroness Nicola Blackwood,  Chair, Genomics England, Member of the House of Lords

Synthetic Biology: Rewriting Life

Andrew Hessel, CEO, Humane Genomics

Augmented, Virtual, Extended & Collaborative Reality

Rafael Grossmann, MD FACS,  Surgeon, Educator, Innovator

Women’s Health & FemTech

Daisy Robinton PhD, CEO, Oviva Therapeutics

Systemic Health

Mariya Filipova, Chief Innovation Officer, CareQuest International

5:00 PM

Session 4

GETTING TO NEXT: TRANSFORMING TECH & PATIENT VOICE INTO EMPATHY, IMPACT AND ACCESS

From What’s New, to How To…

Lucien Engelen,  CEO, Transform Health

Patients Included: Agility & Resilience in Times of Change

Joyce de Ruiter, Patient advocate

At the Intersection of Healthcare, Policy & Civic Engagement

Alister Martin MD, CEO, A Healthier Democracy. Faculty, Harvard Medical School

A Magical Interlude

Robert Strong, Comedy Magician

Finding Your Next

Andrea Kates, Partner, SUMA Ventures

6:00 PM

Session 5

PRECISION WELLNESS, HEALTHSPAN, GENOME & PHENOMICS

The Promise and Peril of Human Genome Editing  

Jamie Metzl, Author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering & the Future of Humanity.  Member of WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing

Keynote:

The Transition from Genomics to Phenomics in Precision Population Health:

Leroy Hood MD PhD, CEO, Phenome Health. Co-founder, Institute for Systems Biology

7:30 PM

Dinner Under The Stars: Hotel Del Coronado

Dinner - Windsor Lawn

9:00 PM

Sacred Cacao Ceremony


         

                                         

Tuesday, March 14th • DAY TWO

7:00 AM

BREAKFAST IN THE INNOVATION LAB + MORNING ACTIVITIES:

Beach Run/Walk, Yoga, Meditation, Art

8:30 AM

Session 6

BIG DATA TO INSIGHTS / FUTURE OF PUBLIC & PERSONALIZED HEALTH

The convergence of novel data sets, AI and multi-omics are driving new possibilities for continuous, proactive and personalized quantified health as well as actionable insights for public health.

Ran Balicer MD, Chief Innovation Officer at Clalit Health Services, Founding Director Director, Clalit Research Institute, Israel.

Michael Snyder PhD, Professor & Chair of Genetics, Stanford University. Director Stanford Health Innovation Lab

9:30 AM

Session 7

DIGITAL HEALTH & MEDICINE. FROM INCEPTION TO IMPACT

As mobile, sensors and data and informatics converge novel approaches to diagnosis, disease management and discovery are making their way to our wrists & clinics. What are the lessons & potential going forward?

Parisa Vatanka, PharmD,   Co-founder & CEO, Digital.Health

Dave Albert, MD, Founder, & Chief Medical Officer, AliveCor

Herko Coomans, International Digital Health Coordinator at the Ministry of Health, The Netherlands

 

Jennifer Goldsack, MBA CEO, Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)

10:20 AM

BREAK: Recharge, Refresh & Explore The Nextmed Innovation Lab (iLab)

11:00 AM

Session 8

NEUROSCIENCE ON THE FRONTIER:

Our understanding of the brain and mind is accelerating. This session will explore the cutting edge, from consciousness to preventing and treating neuro pathologies.

David Eagleman PhD, Co-founder and CEO, Neosensory, Faculty, Stanford University

Divya Chander MD, PhD, Neuroscientist. Chair for Neuroscience, Singularity University

Neurotech Demos

11:50 AM

Session 9

HEALTH SYSTEM EVOLUTION & INNOVATION

How are healthcare systems meeting the challenges of today, and envisioning for  the future?

Sangita Reddy MD, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Healthcare Systems, India

Christopher Longhurst MD MS, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Digital Officer & Associate Dean, UC San Diego School of Medicine

John Mattison MD PhD, Former CMIO, Kaiser Permanente. CMIO, Arsenal Capital Partners

Rasu Shrestha, MD MBA. Chief Innovation & Commercialization Officer, Executive Vice President at Advocate Health.  

12:30 PM

LUNCH: Meet The xMed Faculty At Designated Tables

1:40 PM

Breakout
Session I

75-minute interactive, deep-dive breakout sessions

3:00 PM

Session 10

LONGEVITY, HEALTHSPAN AND THE AGEWAVE, 

Making sense of the aging revolution and new approaches to extending healthspan, and the effects of an aging population on the marketplace, the workplace, design and our lives.

Jordan Shlain MD, Founder, Private Medical

Keynote:

Ken Dychtwald, Founder, AgeWave

3:50 PM

Session 11

SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST:  Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc:  Singer, Songwriter & Producer

TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES & MEDICINAL MEDIA

The mind-body connection can now be measured and nurtured, and self-care to healthcare enabled, from nextGen wearables to video games for mental health. 

 

Nichol Bradford MBA, Co-founder, Executive Director, The Transformative Technology Innovation Lab,

Ryan Douglas, Co-founder & CEO, DeepWell DT

4:30 PM

BREAK: Recharge, Refresh & Explore The NextMed  Innovation Lab

5:00 PM

Session 12

ACCELERATING CURES, CLINICAL TRIALS & FUTURE OF PHARMA

AI Accelerating Drug Discovery to Crowd Sourcing New Rx. What are novel approaches and mindsets to discovering, testing, and implementing therapies for common to rare diseases?

 

Alex Zhavoronkov PhD.  Founder & CEO, Insilico Medicine

 

David Fajgenbaum MD MBA, Asst Professor, Division of Translational Medicine & Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Author of ‘Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action’

Ardy Arianpour, CEO & Founder,  Seqster

6:00 PM

Session 13

MEDICINE MEETS THE MED’IVERSE

AR/VR/XR are enabling novel approaches to medical education, therapy, and collaboration. 

Shafi Ahmed MD PhD FRCS, Professor, Surgeon. Barts Health, NHS Trust, Chief Medical Metaverse Officer, Aimedis

Brennan Spiegel MD MSHS, Professor of Medicine, UCLA. Director of Cedars-Sinai's Health Services Research. Author, VRx

7:00 PM

DINNER UNDER THE STARS - HOTEL DEL CORONADO, WINDSOR LAWN

Faculty Discussion Tables

8:30 PM

Evening Activities

Parallel Options Include:

 

Investor + Startup Meetup

Learn Some Magic & Neuroscience

NextMed+  Faculty Reception


   

                                                 

Wednesday, March 15th • DAY THREE

7:00 AM

BREAKFAST IN THE INNOVATION LAB + MORNING ACTIVITIES:

Beach Run/Walk, Yoga, Meditation, Art

8:30 AM

Session 14

PROACTIVE & PREVENTATIVE: THE FUTURE OF DIAGNOSTICS From lab to laptop, medical selfies and AI enabled & wearables. Where are diagnostics heading, and how can they be democratized?

Mary Lou Jepsen  PhD, Founder & CEO, Openwater

Annamarie Saarinen, Co-founder,  Bloom Standard, Newborn Foundation

Raj Attariwala MD PhD, Radiologist & Founder, Prenuvo

Diagnostics Demos

9:20 AM

Session 15

REIMAGINING GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

The pandemic opened our eyes to inequities,  and the potential of technology to detect and respond.  How can we build new systems, data ,technologies and partnerships  for public and global health?

Ralph Simon, Founder & Chief Executive, Mobilium Global

Niamh O’Hara Co-founder & CEO, Biotia

 

Belen Fraile  MD Msc, Global Head, Digital Medicine, Data & Digital Officer, Moderna

 

Peter Small MD. Acoustic epidemiologist, Chief Medical Officer, Hyfe

Emilian  Popa Co-Founder & CEO, Ilara Health (Kenya)

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Building Health Into Everyday Life

Thomas Goetz, MPH  Co-founder, Building H,  Chief of Research, GoodRx

10:30 AM

BREAK: Explore, Refresh &  Recharge in The Innovation Lab (iLab)

11:15 PM

Session 16

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES:, LOWERING DISPARITIES & EXPANDING EQUITY

 

Esther Dyson, Founder, Wellville

 

Alister Martin MD CEO, A Healthier Democracy. Faculty, Harvard Medical School

 

Lee Sanders MD MPH  Chair of General Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School

 

Rajeev Ronanki, Senior VP, Elevance Health. President, Carelon Digital Platforms.

 

12:00 PM

Session 17

EXPONENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS & PRIZING INNOVATION FOR SCALE & IMPACT What are the ways organizations can leverage exponential technologies & mindsets?  How can prize models spur innovation where markets have failed?

 

Anousheh Ansari,  CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

Salim Ismail, Founder & Chair, Exponential Organizations (ExO)

12:30 PM

LUNCH, BEACHSIDE WITH FACULTY & TOPIC DISCUSSION TABLES

Group Scrubs Photo

1:30 PM

Breakout
Sessions II

75 minute interactive, deep-dive breakout sessions

3:00 PM

Session 18

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE & IMMUNE ENGINEERING

 

Jane Metcalfe, Founder, Neo.Life. Co-founder, WIRED Magazine

Hans Keirstead, PhD, Founder & CEO, Immunis Inc.

3:45 PM

Session 19

FUTURE OF SURGERY & INTERVENTION:  INTELLIGENT, DIGITALLY ENABLED & GLOBAL

The convergence of AI, XR, Digital, and Big Data is reshaping intervention & medical education in the operating room and beyond.

 

Catherine Mohr MD, President, Intuitive Foundation

Shafi Ahmed MD PhD FRCS, Surgeon, Professor, Barts Health, NHS Trust, Chief Medical Metaverse Officer Aimedis

 

Stefano Bini  MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF. Founder, Digital Orthopedics Conference (DOCSF)

 

Robert Masson MD, Neurosurgeon. Founder of Masson Spine Institute and eXpanded eXistence.

5:00 PM

BREAK: Explore, Refresh &  Recharge in The Innovation Lab (iLab)

5:30 PM

Session 20

COMBATTING THE TOXIC STRESS LOAD: How human-centric technology can curb the main factors that shortens our life

 

Alex Jadad, Founder, Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University of Toronto

Tamen Jadad-Garcia, Philosopher. Founder & Managing Director, Vivenxia

Musical Interlude

6:00 PM

Session 21

KEYNOTE: MUSHROOMS, MYCOLOGY & MEDICINE

The world’s leading mycologist on the role of fungi in environmental and human health

 

Paul Stamets, Founder, Fungi Perfecti and MycoMedica

6:45 PM

Session 22

MEDy AWARDS (MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP & DISRUPTION) STARTUP COMPETITION

Paul Grand, Founder, MedTech Innovator + MEDy Award Judges

Selected winners share their innovative startups from the mainstage

-Most Disruptive

-One To Watch

-Best Pitch

-Most Likely to Scale

7:15 PM

BEACH CELEBRATION: Dinner, Bonfire & Drum Circle

9:30 PM

Silent Disco


Thursday, March 16th • DAY FOUR

7:00 AM

BREAKFAST IN THE INNOVATION LAB + MORNING ACTIVITIES:

Beach Run/Walk, Yoga, Meditation, Art

9:00 AM

Session 23

SCALING INNOVATION: CLINICIAN ENTREPRENEURS

Lessons in entrepreneurship and impact.  From insight to innovation to scale.

 

Tony Young, MD OBE,  National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS, England, Director of Medical Innovation, Anglican University

NHS Clinician Entrepreneurs:

 

Jack Kriendler  MD, Founder, Director Centre for Human Health & Performance

10:00AM

Session 24

RE-IMAGINING DIABETES, THE FUTURE OF METABOLISM AND NUTRITION

 

Robert Gabbay, MD PhD Chief Scientific & Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association

 

Lydia Alexander, MD  President, Obesity Medicine Association.  Chief Medical Officer, Enara Health

Ali Hashemi MD, Co=founder & Chairman, GluCare.Health

Nora La Torre, CEO, EatREAL

10:45 AM

STRETCH & CONNECT + COMMUNITY SHARE

11:00 AM

Session 25

FROM HOSPITAL TO TO HOME’SPITAL: NEXT LEVEL  CARE

From telepharmacy to virtualized and hybrid primary care. How can we leverage emerging technologies to enhance the experience and delivery of care while improving outcomes?

 

Kevin Sneed, PharmD,  Dean, USF College of Pharmacy

Geoff Rutledge, MD PhD,  CMO, and Co-founder. HealthTap

11:30 PM

Session 26

THE WRAP, WHERE WE’VE BEEN, WHERE WE’RE GOING…

AND GETTING TO NEXT

 

David Ewing Duncan,  Journalist & Author

Andrea Kates, Partner, SUMA Ventures

 Shawna Butler RN MBA, Director, NextMed Health

 Daniel Kraft MD, Founder & Chair, NextMed Health

12:00 PM

SESSIONS END