Agenda – Interface Health Summit

Day 1 – Tue, Oct 9

BCTech – Discover The Cube – PDF version | Web version

Vancouver Film School – The Imagination Machine – PDF version | Web version

PwC Vancouver – Investment Forum – PDF version | Web version

Day 2 – Wed, Oct 10

Day 2 PDF version

Room 220-222 – Interface Ideas – Web version

Room 223 – Education Room – Web version

Room 224 – Innovation Lab + Marketplace – Web version

Day 1	Tuesday, October 09
Time	BCTECH - DISCOVER THE CUBE 500 - 329 Railway Street, Vancouver
8:00 - 9:00	Doors Open / Breakfast + Networking
9:00 - 9:05	Alan Goldman Welcome To BCTECH Cube
9:05 - 9:50	Alan Goldman How VR/AR Is Transforming Education And Research? Panelists: James Rout, Maria Lantin, Diane Gromala, Sylvain Moreno
9:50 - 10:00	Coffee Break + Networking
10:00 - 10:40	Marc Saab Augmenting Augmented Reality with BCI Dr. Danny Goel Surgeon Education: The Reality Of The Future Is Virtual
10:45 - 11:30	Erik Kiss How VR/AR Is Transforming Healthcare? Panelists: Angela Robert, Catherine Winckler, Dr. Danny Goel, Marc Saab
11:30 - 12:00	Closing and leaving for lunch and afternoon event at PwC

Day 1	Tuesday, October 09
Time	VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL - THE IMAGINATION MACHINE 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver
8:00 - 8:45	Doors Open / Breakfast + Networking In The Student Lounge
8:45 - 9:00	Jonathan Bell Welcome to VFS
9:00 - 9:45	Jonathan Bell + Christopher Bennett Tour One of Top 25 Global Film Schools, The New AMD Creators L@B
10:00 - 11:45	Education sessions - Theatre 105 Colin Giles The Four Pillars of Educating a Production Artist Charla Pereira Think in 3D Patricia Debergue How XR Cognitive Care at NRC Can Change Therapy Bas Beukers VR In Reality! How To Use And Implement VR Inside A Hospital Environment Lee Brighton Machine Learning and Human Learning: How Can We Coexist And Thrive Together?
10:00 - 11:45	Education Sessions - Theatre 106 Allan Noordvyk How A.I. and Digital Imaging Can Transform The Journey Of A Skin Cancer Patient’s Journey Roger Tam Machine Learning for Brain Images for Precision Health Rory Armes How Predictive AI Can Be Used To Bring Value In Health Profiles Lukas-Karim Merhi Bringing The Hand Into The Digital Age Dr. Teri Fisher How AI and Voice In Healthcare Will Transform Medicine
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch + Networking In A Unique Movie Setting: Rain Forest Watch Award-Winning Reels by VFS Alumni
1:00 - 2:00	Panel - Studio 9 Michael Bidu Getting ready for VR/AR/MR/XR for Enterprise Panelists: Walter Greenleaf, Charla Pereira, Allan Noordvyk, Colin Giles, Robert DiRaddo
2:00 - 3:00	Panel - Studio 9 Rizwan Kheraj Accelerating Access To Research And Innovation Panelists: Garth Smith, Debra Boeldt, Giuseppe Riva, Patricia Debergue
3:00 - 4:00	Watch Student Projects + Networking in Student Lounge

Day 1	Tuesday, October 09
Time	PwC VANCOUVER - INVESTMENT FORUM 250 Howe Street, 14th Floor, Vancouver
12:00 - 1:00	Doors Open / Lunch + Networking
1:00 - 1:05	Tara McCarville Welcome to PwC Vancouver
1:05 - 2:00	Richard Osborn Telus Ventures: How An Innovative Investment Strategy Helped Us To Get Scale In Digital Health Natalie Dakers Is Engagement The New Treatment? How What We Learned In Life Sciences May Apply In Digital Health Investment Cameron Burke Investment Trends And The Future Of Digital Health
2:00 - 2:45	Kirk LaPointe Round Table with Investors + Advisors: Where Is The Money? Panelists: Cameron Burke, Richard Osborn, Natalie Dakers, Geoff Hansen
2:45 - 3:05	Coffee Break
3:05 - 4:30	Awake Labs, Blueprint Reality, Biointeractive Technologies, Conquer Experience, iBIONICS, Imaging Reality, Mobio Interactive, Mindful Garden Digital Health (3 min. pitches) FastPitch: Finding Smart Money + Right Partners Michael Bidu Conversation with Innovators Panelists: Andrea Palmer, Mark Thoburn, Suzanne Grant, Erik Kiss
4:30	Closing the day

Time	AFTER PARTY - SOCIAL EVENT 200 Burrard Street by Vancouver Convention Centre West
5:00 - 6:30	Join Us For A Cocktail Party And Networking ROGUE Kitchen & Wetbar Convention Centre at 200 Burrard Street

Day 2	Wednesday, October 10
Time	VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST, LEVEL 2 1055 CANADA PLACE INTERFACE IDEAS - Main Stage - Rooms 220-222
8:30 - 9:00	Doors Open / Registration. Breakfast. Exhibition/Marketplace.
9:05 - 9:30	Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology Welcome to British Columbia Michael Bidu Welcome to INTERFACE Summit 2018 Walter Greenleaf How Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology Will Impact and Transform Healthcare
9:30 - 10:30	Talks #1: Digital Health + Personalized Health + Mental Health Dr. Victoria Lee Transforming Health Care in Canada Through Digital Health Dr. Martin Dawes, GenXys Precise Prescribing: How Much Data Does It Need? Dr. Paul Keown, Syreon From Precision Medicine To Personalized Healthcare Debra Boeldt The Tech Innovation Network: Partnerships to Help Industry Advance Technology Solutions for Mental Health
10:30 - 10:45	Meet Our Sponsors: Digital Health Transformers Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator BCIT Health Sciences Ontario Brain Institute UBC Faculty of Medicine Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
10:45 - 11:05	Conversation + Networking Break.
11:05 - 12:05	Talks #2: The Brain-Machine Connection and A.I. Dr. Alison Sekuler Technology Adds Years To Our Lives - Can It Also Add Life To Our Years? Suzanne Grant A Brain Language To Reignite The Senses Geordie Rose Should We Build Machines That Are Better Than Us…At Everything? Yoshua Bengio (Virtual Presence from Montreal) Deep Learning, A.I. and Healthcare
12:05 - 12:30	Conversation: Neuroscience, A.I., VR, Ultra Human-like Robots, Humanity Michael Bidu Panelists: Dr. Allison Sekuler, Walter Greenleaf, Geordie Rose, Phil Edgcumbe
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch Break. Demos. Exhibition/Marketplace. Networking.
1:35 - 2:50	Talks #3: Neuroscience, A.I. Avatars And The Future Of VR Therapies Philip Edgcumbe Will Exponential Technology Help Us Solve Alzheimer’s and Unleash Our Full Human Potential? Steve DiPaola Advances In AI Based Talking Health Coaches And VR Therapies Giuseppe Riva The Neuroscience Of VR Diane Gromala Beyond VR: Untamed Nervous Systems & The Uncontained Brain
2:50 - 3:10	Conversation + Networking Break.
3:10 - 4:00	Talks #4: How Can Research And Industry Accelerate Innovation Robert DiRaddo Interactive Simulation – From Manufacturing to Healthcare Louise Turner Digital Health Innovators… Meet The Healthcare System Dr. Brendan Byrne Insights From The Edge: How To Tap Into Startup Innovation
4:00 - 4:20	Showcase: Startup Transformers Awake Labs Blueprint Reality Horus VR Imaging Reality Mindful Garden Digital Health Mobio Interactive
4:20 - 5:30	Talks #5: The Magic Of Story Telling in Medical Science + VR/AR/MR/XR Kevin Millar Using Mixed Reality To Engage And Educate Healthcare Professionals Colin Giles Story-Doers Will Save The World Ollie Rankin Scientists & Storytellers Battling Bias with VR Tarrnie Williams Is There a Blueprint To Mix VR/AR/MR/XR With Healthcare?
5:30	Michael Bidu CLOSING the Summit

Time

Room 223 - EDUCATION ROOM

9:30 - 11:00

Session 1: Resources For Discoverers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Riz Kheraj
New Programs For Digital Health Innovators

Megan Griffith
Building Partnerships Between Canadian Discoverers And Innovators

Nancy Paris
Product Development Innovation For A Complex World

3:00 - 4:30

Session 2: Knowledge For Discoverers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs

John McDonald
Deep Dive: Blockchain and Healthcare

Jonathan Agnew
Health Policy Bootcamp For Health Tech Innovators

Fatima Di Biase
Healthcare Innovation: An Employer Perspective

Braden York
Tackling Innovation Risks With Confidence

Time

Room 224 - INNOVATION LAB + MARKETPLACE

8:00 - 5:00

Innovation Lab Simulation and VR Demos

SFU Pain Lab
BCIT Simulation Health Sciences
NRC Simulation and Digital Health
Vancouver Film School

8:00 - 5:00

Marketplace VR/AR/MR/XR Product Demos

Awake Labs
Blueprint Reality
Horus VR
Imaging Reality
INVIVO Communications
Mindful Garden Digital Health
Mobio Interactive
Virtro Entertainment

NOTICE: The Agenda subject to change without notice.