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National Health-Tech Innovation Conference
National Health-Tech Innovation Conference

Agenda

Day 1 (AM)

April 21

BUILDING A NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR HELATHCARE INNOVATION

8:30 AM

Welcome to the National Health-Tech Innovation Conference

Dr. Matthew Bromwich
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic
President Vivek Goel
9:00 AM

Built in Canada, scaling elsewhere

Canada consistently produces world-class health innovation. Our universities, clinicians, and entrepreneurs generate technologies capable of transforming how healthcare is delivered….

Jayiesh Singh
9:30 AM

Working session

10:10 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Scaling Canadian Innovation – A National Model in LTC

Scaling proven technologies remains a challenge in Canada’s fragmented health care system. This panel highlights the CAN Health LTC Innovation…

Blake Daly
John Vail
Monica Klein-Nouri
11:15 AM

Working session

Day 1 (PM)

April 21

From Pilots to Scalable Solutions: Overcoming Pilot Paralysis

1:00 PM

Scaling digital health with confidence

Bringing a mix of business insight and public service experience, Frank Baylis, Executive Chairman of Baylis Medical Technologies, kicks off…

Frank Baylis
1:20 PM

Full room debate

Lori Singh
Jerome Valero
Paul Samson
1:55 PM

Break

2:15 PM

Building a network

How can participation in a national hospital innovation network support clinician-led solutions, shared pilots, applied research and R&D growth, responsible…

John Vail
Dr. Matthew Bromwich
Fred Beauchemin
2:50 PM

Small group discussion

Rachael Ritchie
3:30 PM

Break

3:40 PM

Day one recap – Expert summary

Ashleigh Kennedy
3:55 PM

Closing remarks

4:00 PM

Reception at Velocity

Break

6 PM – Curated Supper Club • Breakout Dinners

Day 2 (AM)

April 22

Transforming Procurement into an Innovation Enabler

8:30 AM

Welcome and recap of day one

Moazam Khan
8:35 AM

Procurement challenges, what you wish was true? Building a better future for Canadian procurement

Armen Bakirtzian
9:00 AM

Debate

Dr. Stephen Ryan
Elliot Fung
Fred Beauchemin
9:30 AM

Working session

10:05 AM

Break

10:25 AM

Expert summary

Dr. Stephen Ryan

Unlocking and Sustaining Capital for Health Innovation

10:35 AM

Is Canada failing health-care founders? Examining the capital chasm and talent flight

Dr. Farnoud Kazemzadeh
Moazam Khan
Keean Sarani
11:02 AM

Full room debate

Bibaswan Ghoshal
11:32 AM

Small group discussions & networking

12:00 PM

Break

1:00 PM

Expert summary

Matt Cohen

Day 2 (PM)

April 22

The Politics/policy Lever/Education: Funding, Regulation & the Future of Health Tech

1:47 PM

Funding, regulation and the future of health tech

Elliot Fung
2:07 PM

Full room debate

Steven Tam
2:37 PM

Break

2:47 PM

Full two-day expert summary and closing remarks

Dr. Matthew Bromwich
Moazam Khan
3:20 PM

The event concludes