Healthcare Innovation in the Digital Age
Technologies Transforming the Frontier of Patient Care
The same technologies transforming our society are poised to address the world’s biggest problems in healthcare. Explore the ecosystem of researchers, clinicians, technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors working to bring cutting-edge technologies to market with a series of impactful conversations on how robotics and data are changing the landscape of patient care.
Hosted by Santé, Silicon Valley Bank, and the Texas Innovation Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Networking reception to follow. SXSW badge not required. Open to the public.
Monday, March 14, 2022
12 – 5 PM CT
The University of Texas at Austin
Engineering Education and Research Center
2501 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712
Doors Open
12 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
12:30 PM
Sharon L. Wood, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Provost
The University of Texas at Austin
Featured Presenter
1 PM
The Future of Healthcare Technology:
How Philanthropy Views Investment and Risk
The Honorable France Córdova, Ph.D.
President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance
14th Director of the National Science Foundation
Conversation Starter
1:45 PM
Healthcare Trends
Jonathan Norris
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Fireside Chat #1
2 PM
Transforming Clinical Care with Healthcare Data:
The Promise, Pitfalls, and Path to Enable Novel Technologies to Improve Health Outcomes
Moderator
Eric Epstein
Principal, Santé
Speakers
Michael Blum, MD
Chief Executive Officer, BeeKeeperAI
Professor Mia K. Markey, Ph.D.
Director of the Biomedical Informatics Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
Phoebe L. Yang
General Manager, Amazon Web Services
Isaac Zaworski
President, Sectra
Fireside Chat #2
3 PM
Digitization of Surgery:
How Robotics and AI are Transforming Medical Intervention
Moderator
Ben Johnson
Head of Early Stage Life Science, Silicon Valley Bank
Speakers
Professor Farshid Alambeigi, Ph.D.
Director of the Advanced Robotic Technologies for Surgery Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
Joëlle Barral, Ph.D.
Head, Verily Surgical, a Division of Verily Life Sciences
Dennis McWilliams
Partner, Santé
Ozanan Meireles, MD
Co-founder and Director of the Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Library
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Longhorn Tech Nation Startup Pitches
4 PM
Moderators
Van N. Truskett, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Texas Innovation Center
Ashley Jennings
Managing Director, Texas Innovation Center
Pitches from UT Austin Startups
InjuriSense
Prof. Tanya Hutter, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Longhorn Life Sciences
Miles Massida
Co-Founder, CEO
Aperiam Bio
Austin Cole, Ph.D.
Founder, CEO
Harmonic Bionics
Youngmok Yun, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Networking Reception
5 PM
SXSW badge not required. Open to the public.