Agenda

DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 28
8:00 – 8:30 REGISTRATION + BREAKFAST
VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST
LEVEL 2 – ROOMS 220-222
1055 CANADA PLACE
 
8:30 – 3:30 WELCOME TO INTERFACE VENTURE – ROOMS 220-222 VCC
 
10:00 – 3:30 MARKETPLACE – ROOMS 223-224 VCC
 
6:00 – 9:00 GRAND FINALE #IHCX2016 + AWARDS SHOW – IMPERIAL THEATRE
 
 
8:30 – 3:30 INTERFACE VENTURE, MAIN STAGE – ROOMS 220-222
8:30 – 8:45 Can impact investing change our health outcomes?
Michael Bidu – CEO, Interface Health
8:45 – 8:55 Opening remarks by sponsors & supporters
8:55 – 9:15 From the Space Program to Genomics: How Convergence is Driving the Future
Alan Winter – past President & CEO, Genome BC, Vancouver
9:15 – 9:30 Keynote on Entrepreneurship + Impact
Dr. Ray Muzyka – CEO, Threshold Impact, Edmonton
9:30 – 9:45 Digital health and medical devices state of the union
Scott Phillips – CEO, StarFish Medical, Victoria
9:45 – 10:00 Improving healthcare through technology and science
Betsabeh Madani – VP Strategy, Equicare Health, Vancouver
10:00 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 10:50 How to build a digital health innovation ecosystem in Canada
Dennis Giokas – CTO, Canada Health Infoway, Toronto
10:50 – 11:05 Using predictive analytics and big data to deliver smarter health in Mexico
Oscar Garcia Sanchez – Director Strategy, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City
11:05 – 11:20 Business insights into digital health in Brazil
Alex Lucena – CEO, 4H Technology for Health, Rio de Janeiro
11:20 – 11:35 The future of digital health innovation in Denmark
Claus
Duedal Pedersen – Chief Innovation Officer, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
11:35 – 11:50 The 1.1 billion people market opportunity for digital health in India
Pradeep Jaisingh – Chairman, HealthStart, Delhi
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 1:45 PANEL 1: IMPACT INVESTING
 
Christine Bergeron – VP Community Investing, Vancity, Vancouver
Sarah Lubik – Director Entrepreneurship, SFU Venture Connection, Surrey
Dr. Ray Muzyka – CEO, Threshold Impact, Edmonton
1:45 – 2:15 FAST PITCH 10
Canadian startups compete for $2.5 mil. in INTERFACE money
2:15 – 2:30 Virtual drug development – a new paradigm in advancing medicine
Ali Ardakani – CEO, Novateur, Vancouver
2:30 – 2:45 Imagine swallowing a capsule camera
Henrik Gaunsbaek – Innovation Consultant, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
2:45 – 3:00 Consumer empowerment – lessons from radical and transformative digital healthcare initiatives
Katherine Benjamin – Service Design Consultant, Vancouver/London
3:00 – 3:15 Digital health and distributed edge computing
Sam Armani – VP Worldwide Business Development, Mimik Technology, Vancouver
3:15 – 3:30 Cults and Leadership
Richard Leblanc – CEO, Wellness Computational, Calgary
3:30 CLOSING INTERFACE VENTURE DAY ONE
 
6:00 – 9:00 GRAND FINALE #IHCX2016 + INTERFACE 2016 AWARDS SHOW
IMPERIAL THEATRE – 319 MAIN STREET, VANCOUVER
6:00 – 6:30 REGISTRATION + ENTERTAINMENT
Refreshments, appetizers, drinks and jazz music
6:30 – 6:35 OPENING INTERFACE AWARDS 2015
6:35 – 6:50 THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH LIVE FROM NEW YORK
John Nosta – Digital health evangelist, Nosta Lab, Singularity University, Google
Richie Etawaru – Chief Digital Officer, IMS Health, Blockchain evangelist
6:50 – 7:30 TOP 10 Finale – Round 1
7:30 – 7:45 BREAK + MUSIC
7:45 – 8:30 TOP 10 Finale – Round 2
8:30 – 9:00 INTERFACE 2016 AWARDS CEREMONY
Announcing the Champion, 2nd and 3rd place
Messages from INTERFACE Health
9:00  CLOSING THE EVENING

DAY 2: SEPTEMBER 29
9:00 – 4:00 WELCOME TO INTERFACE IDEAS
VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST
LEVEL 2, ROOMS 220-222
9:00 – 4:00 EXHIBITION – LEVEL 2, ROOMS 223- 224
9:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION + BREAKFAST
9:30 – 9:45 INTERFACE IDEAS
IMAGINE! Opening remarks by sponsors & supporters
9:45 – 11:00 SESSION1: FUTURE, DESIGN, GENOMICS, DISRUPT, CONSUMERISM
 
IMAGINE!
The future of digital health
Michael Bidu – CEO, Interface Health, Vancouver
 
The power of design in our health
Ron Burnett – President, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver
 
Entering the Era of Genomics
Dawn Barry – VP Applied Genomics, Illumina, San Diego
 
Disrupt or Devalue
Dr. John Reeves – Managing Director, Cossette Health, Toronto
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 12:15 SESSION 2: MENTAL HEALTH, CONNECT, CONSUME, CHANGE
 
The future of psychiatry and mental health
Dr. Arshya Vahabzdeh – Innovation Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
 
The power of connection and time shifting the delivery of care
Nick Adkins – Former Co-founder ReelDX and Patient advocate, Portland
 
Consumerism and digital health
Fay Arjomandi – CEO, Nant Mobile, Los Angeles
 
Digital technologies: changing the game for athletes and fans
Charmaine Crooks – Five time Olympian, CEO, NGU Consultants
12:15 – 1:00 PANEL 1: IDEAS ABOUT CHANGING HEALTHCARE
 
Dawn Barry – VP Applied Genomics, Illumina
Heather Davidson – Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Health
Dennis Giokas – CTO, Canada Health Infoway
Claus Duedal Pedersen – Chief Innovation Officer, Odense University Hospital
Dr. Arshya Vezabedeh – Innovation Officer, Mass General Hospital
1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH BREAK
2:00 – 3:00 SESSION 3:  BRAIN, BIONICS, EXPERIENCE, 3D
 
Hacking the brain one circuit at a time
Tim Murphy – Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry UBC
 
Let’s revolutionize the global prosthetics industry
Carlo Menon – Associate Professor, SFU Menrva Lab, Surrey
 
Creativity, ideas and products and how you turn them into memorable experiences
Steven Rechtschaffner – Former VP Product Experience, Jawbone, San Francisco
 
The future of 3D medicine
Derek Matthers – Director R&D, Worrell Design, Minneapolis
3:00 – 3:15 BREAK
3:15 – 4:15 SESSION 4:  PAIN, REHAB, RISK, VR
 
VR versus Opioids
Diane Gromala – Canada Research Chair SFU, Older-than-dirt VR pioneer, New Westminster
 
Rehab, movies and VR
Alexander Kaurykh – Professor and Film Director, Moscow Film School
 
It either does or it doesn’t or how humans don’t understand health risk
Denise Hampson – Service
Design Consultant, Hampson Solutions, Colwyn Bay
 
The art & science of consumer engagement in health
David Gratton – CEO, Work at Play, Vancouver
4:15 – 5:00 PANEL 2: IDEAS ABOUT CHANGING CONSUMER HEALTH
 
Dr. John Reeves – Managing Director, Cossette Health
Steve Rechtschaffner – Former VP Product Experience, Jawbone
Derek Mathers – Director R&D, Worrell Design
Diane Gromala – Canada
Research Chair, SFU
Denise Hampson – Service Design Consultant, Hampson Solutions
5:00 CLOSING THE SUMMIT. THANK YOU. SEE YOU IN 2017.