Speakers

INTERFACE Health Summit is the place to be to hear the world’s leading experts, innovators, disruptors and creative thinkers about the future of health. We’ve searched for the best, to give you diverse opinions, sudden insights and jaw-dropping moments.

In the past four years more than 100 speakers shared their amazing stories in digital health, life sciences, genomics, design, nano technologies, wearables, consumer health, remote monitoring, home care for seniors, tele medicine, video games, heart and stroke innovation, cancer, crowd sourcing, social media in health, trade and investment, bio sensors, heartbeats and music, intelligent sexuality, yoga and wellness, empowered patients, and policy.

Check out some of our previous presentations here.

The overall theme of our conference is and always will be “THE FUTURE OF HEALTH”. The specific 2016 theme is IMAGINE!

APPLY HERE if you are a fantastic story teller, a misfit, an amazing educator, a crazy scientist or an agent of change who has an interesting and relevant story to share.

 

SPEAKERS FROM INTERFACE 2016

John Nosta

JOHN NOSTA

President
Nosta Lab
New York
@JohnNosta

Richie Etwaru

RICHIE ETWARU

Chief Digital officer
IMS Health
New York
@RichieEtwaru

Tim Murphy

TIM MURPHY

Professor
DM Centre for Brain Health UBC
Vancouver

Ali Ardakani

ALI ARDAKANI

CEO
Novateur Ventures
Vancouver
@NovateurBio

Dawn Barry

DAWN BARRY

VP Applied Genomics
Illumina
San Diego

Dennis Giokas

DENNIS GIOKAS

CTO
Canada Health Infoway
Toronto

Charmaine Crooks

CHARMAINE CROOKS

Five time Olympian & CEO
NGU Consultants
Vancouver

Oscar Sanchez

OSCAR SANCHEZ

Director Strategy
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Mexico City

John Reeves

JOHN REEVES (MD)

Managing Director
Cossette Health
Toronto

Christin Bergeron

CHRISTINE BERGERON

VP Community Business
Vancity
Vancouver

Henrik Gaunsbæk

HENRIK GAUNSBAEK

Innovation Consultant
Odense University Hospital
Odense

Sarah Lubik

SARAH LUBIK

Director of Entrepreneurship
SFU Venture Connection
Surrey

David Gratton

DAVID GRATTON

CEO
Work at Play
Vancouver

Katherine Benjamin

KATHERINE BENJAMIN

Design Consultant
London/Vancouver

Richard Leblanc

RICHARD LEBLANC

CEO
Wellness Co.
Calgary

Alexander Kaurykh

ALEXANDER KAURYKH

Film Director
Moscow Film School
Moscow

Ron Burnett

RON BURNETT

President
Emily Carr University
Vancouver
@ronburnett

Fay Arjomandi

FAY ARJOMANDI

CEO
NantMobile
Culver City
@fayarjomandi

Steve Rechtshafner

STEVE RECHTSCHAFFNER

former VP Product Experience
Jawbone
San Francisco
@steverecht44

Alan Winter

ALAN WINTER

Past President & CEO
Genome BC
Vancouver

Nick Adkins

NICK ADKINS

Former Co-Founder, COO
ReelDX
Portland
@nickisnpdx

Arshya Vahabzadeh

ARSHYA VAHABZADEH (MD)

Innovation Officer
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston

Claus Duedal Pederson

CLAUS DUEDAL PEDERSEN

Chief Innovation Officer
Odense University Hospital
Odense
@clausduedal

Carlo Menon

CARLO MENON

Associate Professor
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver
menrva.ensc.sfu.ca

Howard Rose

HOWARD ROSE

CEO
DeepStreamVR
San Francisco
@deepstreamvr

Ray Muzyka

RAY MUZYKA

CEO
Threshold Impact
Edmonton
@raymuzyka

Derek Mathers

DEREK MATHERS

Director R&D
Worrell Design Inc.
Minneapolis
@MakerMarketer

Scott Phillips

SCOTT PHILLIPS

CEO
StarFish Medical
Victoria
@starfishmedical

Ryan D'Arcy

DR. RYAN D’ARCY

President
HealthTech Connex
Surrey

DENISE HAMPSON

DENISE HAMPSON

Service Design Consultant
Hampson Solutions
Colwyn Bay
@denisehampson

BETSABEH MADANI

BETSABEH MADANI

VP Strategy & Biz Dev
Equicare Health
Vancouver
@equicarehealth