Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health – Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approached Journal

Artificial intelligence will fundamentally change how societies function, from how we deliver health care and education to how economies grow and decisions are made. Yet while AI’s impact is global, its governance has not been. In a world where AI’s development and deployment are concentrated among a few actors, global governance is essential to prevent new divides. Unless addressed, these divides could determine which countries benefit from AI’s opportunities and which are left behind. For the first time, all 193 UN Member States will have a seat at the table in shaping international cooperation on AI governance through the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. This keynote explores the need for global AI governance and how the UN Member States aim to make AI governance inclusive, science-informed, and focused on ensuring that the benefits of AI are shared across humanity.

Moritz Carl Fromageot, UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies

Srinivas Karri, Former Vice President AI Centre of Excellence – EMEA Technology, Oracle

This panel dives into how AI is enabling tailored treatments using genomics, lifestyle, and real-world data. Leaders will discuss breakthroughs in oncology and rare diseases, along with challenges around bias, validation, and navigating the regulatory and ethical landscape. Explore how the fusion of extended reality and AI is delivering immersive, personalized therapies that enhance clinical outcomes. Experts will share real-world applications transforming rehabilitation, mental health, and patient engagement in the "metaverse."

Stacey Wasserman, Chief Commercial Officer, Medisafe
Mika Newton, CEO, xCures
Eran Orr, CEO, XRHealth Inc
Drew Schiller, CEO, Validic
Oron Afek, CEO, VIM
Moderator: Seth Dobrin, CEO & Co-Founder, ARYA Labs

How applications of AI are being used to improve clinical workflows, while allowing providers to focus on patient care, hospital connectivity challenges, and infrastructures needs, as well as the use of and potential for cellular in hospitals and care settings.

Lee Field, Vice President, Global Solutions, Verizon Business

This panel explores how AI is transforming clinical care by supporting decision-making, improving patient outcomes, and augmenting—not replacing—clinicians. Experts will share real-world examples, address challenges, and discuss how to responsibly integrate AI into frontline care including up skilling clinicians for the future of care.

Brenna T. Loufek, Director of AI - Regulatory & Quality, Center for Digital Health Mayo Clinic
David Barzilai, MD, PhD, MBA, CEO, Barzilai Longevity Consulting
Shayan Vyas, MD, Smith
Audrey C. Durrant, MD, Founder, WhiteCoatGreenRoom.com
Moderator: Bert Fernandez, Founder, HealthTech2Care

This session will discuss the top healthcare regulatory initiatives of the Trump Administration and insights from our speaker concerning the immediate and future effect on the delivery and reimbursement of digital health and technology-based services, including: (i) FDA oversight of medical devices and therapeutics with AI/ML-enabled or imbedded software functions; (ii) how legislatures and agencies at the federal and state levels are evaluating changes to expand and regulate access to artificial intelligence in the healthcare space; and (iii) adoption of new Medicare codes and benefit categories and permanent Medicare coverage of telehealth services. This presentation will provide valuable insights to attendees working with providers, startups, and investors seeking to understand strategic planning to optimize market success and generate revenue.

Charles Dunham IV, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig Law

From bandwidth to cybersecurity to policy, this session will describe the challenges and opportunities for establishing and supporting rural, underserved, and battlefield care via a medical IoT ecosystem.

Matthew Quinn, Scientific Director Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

As the digital health market matures, investors and healthcare leaders are redefining what creates real value. This session brings together seasoned experts to explore the next wave of health technology investment. Panelists will also examine how emerging models like decentralized data ownership, privacy preserving technologies, and Web3 infrastructure are shaping the investment landscape and driving innovation in patient engagement, pharma, and provider partnerships. We'll examine how these advances are unlocking new models of public engagement, empowering individuals, and driving transformative personal and socio-economic benefits.

Peter Micca, Managing Partner, Caduceus Capital Partners
Vaishali Lambe, Tech Consultant, Emerging Solutions, UBS
Moderator: Greg Caressi, SVP, Frost and Sullivan

This keynote will explore the critical gap between the rapid adoption of healthcare technology and the workforce's ability to support it. As innovations like telehealth and AI reshape care delivery, they also highlight workforce shortages and burnout, creating new challenges for healthcare systems. Workforce innovation centers on the strategic roadmap design for access and capacity to care for a growing patient population with higher acuity and length of stay. Attendees will walk away with real world, actionable insights as well as an emphasis on the design of a blueprint for integrated hybrid care that can support a sustainable, compassionate future for healthcare.

Dr. Corey Scurlock, CEO and Founder
David Shulkin, Ninth Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners In Digital Health

As healthcare organizations grapple with fragmented data and rising demands for personalization, the key to transformation lies in bridging clinical insights with structured and unstructured data intelligence. This high impact session explores how smart technology—powered by data warehousing, AI, and clinical expertise—can drive real-time, evidence based decisions across the healthcare ecosystem.

• The role of ambient and unstructured data in smart health systems
• Turning siloed clinical data into operational insight
• Opportunities and risks in AI-enabled decision-making
• Why data governance and real-world evidence must evolve in parallel
• Owning Health Data and the Rise of Patient Powered Markets This discussion will highlight pragmatic use cases and bold predictions for how data and smart tech will coalesce to power the next generation of healthcare delivery.

Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Physician Executive And Health Tech Strategist
Bill Inmon, the "Father of the Data Warehouse" – Chairman, Forest Rim Technology and Co-Founder, Datavox

True interoperability remains a critical—and elusive—goal in global healthcare. This panel explores the technical, regulatory, and strategic barriers to seamless data exchange. Drawing on case studies from pandemics and international clinical trials, they'll examine how semantic and functional interoperability can be achieved, why clean data is essential for effective AI, and how emerging tools like blockchain, APIs, and open-source standards are shaping the next generation of connected care.

John Harvey, Executive Director, Healthcare Strategy, Oracle
Srinivas Karri, Former Vice President AI Centre of Excellence – EMEA Technology, Oracle
Moderator: Rohan Kulkarni, Executive Research Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, HFS Research

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in clinical decision-making and patient care, the ethical stakes rise. This timely panel brings together leaders from healthcare, law, and AI innovation to examine critical questions around algorithmic bias, patient consent, explainability, and liability. Speakers will explore where harm may occur, how to prevent it, and who bears responsibility when AI gets it wrong. The session will also weigh the merits of regulatory oversight versus industry self-governance in shaping ethical AI deployment across the healthcare ecosystem.

Brenna T. Loufek, Director of AI - Regulatory & Quality, Center for Digital Health Mayo Clinic
Seth Dobrin, CEO & Co-Founder, ARYA Labs
Moderator: Charles Dunham IV, Principal, GT Law

Cybersecurity is the foundation of trust in digital healthcare — and the future depends on it. Learn how the IEEE’s suite of technical standards and certification program is revolutionizing how medical device manufacturers achieve security and compliance in an increasingly connected world — from telehealth to remote patient monitoring.

What You’ll Discover:

• How the IEEE 2621™ Cybersecurity for Connected Medical Devices Certification Program eliminates ambiguity and standardizes risk and threat modeling for device evaluation.
• Mapping of the framework to the FDA’s electronic submission template (ESTAR) — ensuring a faster, smoother, and more transparent regulatory pathway.
• Why this certification empowers manufacturers to demonstrate cybersecurity accountability to patients, providers, regulators, and health systems alike.
• How the IEEE 2621™ Standard aligns not only with FDA expectations but also with global regulatory requirements, reinforcing trust and compliance across international markets.

Maria Palombini, Global Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IEEE SA

Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health – Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approached Journal

Dr. Pete Clardy, Lead, Clinical Enterprise Team, Google Cloud

AI has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives including cardiovascular care. Today's keynote will explore specific use cases and challenges for AI in cardiovascular care. It will also provide a glimpse of what to expect in the future.

David C. Rhew, MD, Global Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and VP of Healthcare for Microsoft

This session brings together C-suite leaders from progressive health systems to explore how smart technologies are enabling them to improve care, manage costs, and reduce clinician burnout. From implementing bedside AI to launching digital front doors and rethinking inpatient workflows, these executives will share what's working—and what's not—as hospitals retool for the future.

Iris Berman, RN, MSN, CCRN, Vice President Operations: Center for Virtual Health, Northwell Health
John Campbell, MBA, CHCIO, CIO Advisor, Former CIO, Mass General Brigham
Saurabh Chandra, MD, PhD, MBA, Chief Telehealth Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Moderator: Erkan Hassan, Founder & CEO, Transformational Views Consulting Group, Managing Partner, Virtual Care, ProNexus Advisory

In a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the center of our system is under pressure — and opportunity. In this keynote, Erik Johnson, Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead for Value Based Care at Optum, will examine how value-based contracting is reshaping patient and provider expectations, why the aging population demands bold new models of care, and how digital tools can expand access while elevating the quality of the patient experience. Johnson will also address the critical role of payers in recognizing and rewarding these innovations within modern contracting models, offering a vision for a health system built to meet the needs of the future.

Erik Johnson, Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead, Value Based Care, Optum

This session explores the use of AI-driven triage, diagnostics, and symptom checking in telehealth. Panelists will examine real-time decision support vs. asynchronous AI monitoring, strategies to avoid over reliance and ensure AI safety, and how to expand access while managing privacy and security concerns without compromising quality of care.

Shayan Vyas, CMO, Quadrivia ai
Fardin Quazi, Director, Associate Director, Digital Transformation & Healthcare Tech, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Moderator: Seth Dobrin, CEO & Co-Founder, ARYA Labs

As healthcare costs continue to climb, this panel explores whether digital innovation can shift the system from reactive to preventive care. Speakers discuss how financial models like value-based care, token incentives, and pay-for-prevention strategies are being used to drive healthier behaviors. The conversation will also delve into the role of digital tools in chronic disease management, the complexities of aligning payer-provider-patient incentives, and real-world examples of prevention programs delivering measurable ROI.

Mika Newton, CEO, xCures
Keith Comito, President, Lifespan Research Institute
Moderator: Rohan Kulkarni, Executive Research Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences at HFS Research

Explore how Software-Enhanced Drugs (SEs) are evolving into powerful, AI-powered assets that support precision care. This session will guide attendees through the practical application of SEs, from clinical validation to real-world implementation, arming them with the knowledge to navigate and deploy the next generation of intelligent, software-based interventions.

David Benshoof Klein, CEO and Founder, Click Therapeutics

The convergence of AI, medical affairs, and commercial intelligence is transforming how life sciences organizations develop therapies, engage stakeholders, and deliver value across the care continuum. As platforms become more intelligent, the ability to harness clinical, commercial, and real world data is now mission critical. Panelists will discuss:

• How medical affairs teams are using AI to deliver precision engagement and scientific impact
• The role of AI and data science in accelerating discovery, trial design, and commercialization
• Merging clinical, regulatory, and business intelligence to inform smarter decisions
• Ethical, operational, and regulatory implications of scaling AI in global life sciences
• The future of explainable AI and decision support systems in highly regulated markets

Lestter Cruz Serrano, MD, BCMAS, Head of Global Medical Affairs for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Cognizant
Dr. Vasant Honavar, Vasant G. Honavar, PhD, Professor of Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Pennsylvania State University
Klara Czobor, Founder and President, PharmaAcuity
Rohan Kulkarni, Executive Research Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences at HFS Research
Moderator: Seth Dobrin, CEO & Co-Founder, ARYA Labs

This session explores how to foster trust, empathy, and connection in virtual care. Experts will share strategies for effective communication, overcoming the digital divide, and using AI tools that support—not replace—human interaction in telehealth.

Jamelia Hand, MHS, CADC, CODP, CEO, Vantage Clinical Consulting
David Barzilai, MD, PhD, MBA, CEO, Barzilai Longevity Consulting
Ahmed Otokiti, MD, Physician Informaticist, Mount Sinai Health System and CEO Digital health 360 Degrees
Zahid Ali, CDIO, TECHOMED
Moderator: Michele Y. Griffith, MD, President, ISfTeH

This focused panel unites leaders driving the integration of AI, telehealth, and digital infrastructure to transform healthcare delivery at scale. Panelists will share insights on deploying cutting-edge platforms, advancing value-based care, and ensuring ethical and equitable implementation across diverse health systems. This is a must-attend for hospital CIOs, strategy officers, and CMOs trying to future-proof infrastructure and clinical models.

Dr. Pete Clardy, Lead, Clinical Enterprise Team, Google Cloud
Erik Johnson, Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead, Value-Based Care, Optum
Mehdi Snene, PhD, Senior Advisor, AI and Digital Transformation, Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology
Brenna T. Loufek, Director of AI - Regulatory & Quality, Center for Digital Health  Mayo Clinic
Moderator: Robin Goldsmith, Practice Leader, Healthcare, Insurance & Life Science Domain, Verizon Business Group