FT Digital Health Summit USA

FT Live Calendar

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

8:00 am	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am	Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:10 am	Stakeholder Panel: The US Digital Health Leaders Forum The US market continues to take the lead in healthcare technology and innovation. As global technology corporations increase their activity within the space and whilst innovation and venture capital continues to grow in this market, stakeholders are becoming concerned with how healthcare facilities, regulations and professionals will be able to successfully uptake this technology and data. In order for an effective transition period to take place, the industry must first address the likely challenges to occur. The opening panel of leading stakeholder voices from US healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and technology providers will share their various perspectives on this inevitable transition. Where will continued drive in digital health come from? Consumers or the industry? How will new technologies change the way healthcare data is used and managed? The role of ‘big data’ in healthcare delivery Mapping the macro-business trends impacting the digital health ecosystem Young K. Sohn, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung Electronics Andrew Thompson, CEO, Proteus Digital Health
10:00 am	CMO Panel: Forecasting Future Healthcare Delivery in the USA As healthcare becomes more unaffordable and technology continues to capture public imagination, new healthcare delivery models are starting to take shape. The whole future delivery system for healthcare is undergoing change and this is due to technology and digital data. This panel, featuring industry-leading Chief Medical Officers, will determine the future impact of data and technology when it comes to everyday health care practices. Are healthcare systems now moving closer to the patient? How long will the traditional face-to-face doctor-patient relationship last? What’s the likely timeline until patients have dominant control of their own care and their own medical data? How will medical professionals keep up with constantly changing technological trends? Andrew Racine, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Montefiore Medical Center and Executive Director, Montefiore Medical Group
10:50 am	Networking Break
11:20 am	Keynote Interview: The Merger of Medicine, Healthcare and Technology
11:40 am	Investment Panel: Attracting the Full Range of Investment Formats for Digital Health Development As larger corporations move into the sector and digital data continues to gather pace, it is highly likely that the digital health industry will now start to scale up. Will companies finally be able to crack this market and accelerate growth? If they are then investors will need to play a key role in order to make sure that this growth is scalable and commercial. There has been much start-up innovation in this sector, particularly in the US where venture capitalists have played significant roles in helping digital health technologies catch the consumer eye but what would the impact be when private equity and investment bankers join the game? Now that leading technology corporations are moving into the digital health space, what interest do investment bankers now have? How do investors now view the bottom line in light of digital health uptake? What are the main threats from reimbursement risk? Which stakeholder sector are investors eyeing up and why?
12:30 pm	Panel: Commercializing Digital Health Innovation Through Best Practice Business Models Digital health innovation in the US continues to grow but attention needs to be paid on the business models required based on reimbursement in accordance with the value they bring to public healthcare. In some cases, the business model and reimbursement will be based upon finding ways of effectively driving down costs in the healthcare system, often working in collaboration with key regulatory figures. What are the latest emerging business models? How can incentives be better aligned? Identifying examples of organisations that have been successful in gaining reimbursement for digital health enabled services What are payers looking for in their decision making with regards to reimbursement of digital services? Halle Tecco, Founder and Managing Director, Rock Health Michael Laskoff, CEO, Abilto
1:20 pm	Networking Lunch
2:20 pm	Regulation Panel: What Role Will IT Play in US Healthcare Reforms? Seismic changes have been going on in the US due to the creation of the Affordable Care Act as well as increased cost pressures. In light of the aid that digital health can bring towards this economically, it will inevitably bring with it a whole host of regulatory implications. Forecasting what these implications will be when healthcare migrates onto consumer digital devices will be critical for the effective transition of healthcare services. For example a smart phone can monitor a large range of health conditions but if, due to digital transformation, it turns into a medical device, is it not therefore subject to regulation? Will regulation stifle digital health as has been seen in some other digitalized industries? How will regulation allow for clarity and growth when it comes to defining what is a medical device and what is a health application? Can we avoid regulation stumbling in the way of digital health innovation? How can governments and health services encourage the effective uptake of digital transformation into the health industry?
3:10 pm	Innovation Panel: Identifying Technological Success Stories and the Implementation Strategies They Require From smart pills to 3D bioprinting, to digestible and wearable sensors to nanorobotics and next generation gene sequencing and beyond, the vast array of technologies under development has the potential to completely transform health and medicine. What are the technologies under development? Which have the greatest potential for transformation into healthcare services? Which will make their way into clinical practice? Can they provide evidence in terms of their usability and their ability to reduce costs in healthcare systems? Babak Parviz, Vice President, Amazon Jon Zimmerman, Global Chief Technology Officer and General Manager for Clinical Business Solutions, GE Healthcare Nancy Green, Managing Principal – Healthcare Innovations, Verizon
4:00 pm	Keynote Interview The health sector has been slow compared to other industries in embracing the digital opportunity. Featuring an in-depth Q&A session between an FT journalist and a CEO of a retail, banking or travel organisation, what can the health industry learn in terms of expected barriers and how to overcome them?
4:20 pm	Chair’s Closing Remarks
4:30 pm	Networking Drinks Reception