| Jun 22 9:00 - 3:00 PST |
PROGRAM VIRTUAL CONFERENCE EQUAL ACCESS |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome | Opening Remarks Michael Bidu, INTERFACE Health, Vancouver
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| 9:15 - 9:35 |
Talk | Virtual Health Saved The Patients (But Not The Docs) Rena Tabata, Co-founder and CEO, ShareSmart, Calgary
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| 9:35 - 10:00 |
Round Table | Access to Women’s Healthcare: Two Points of View
Heidi Worthington, President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Vancouver
Christine Von Raesfeld, Founder & CEO, People with Empathy, San Francisco Michael Bidu, Founder & CEO, INTERFACE Health |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Fireside Chat | How does obesity affect women’s health?
Dr. Katherine Saunders, Co-founder, Intellihealth, New York Michael Bidu, Founder & CEO, INTERFACE Health |
| 10:20 - 10:40 |
Networking Break | Meet in Virtual Rooms |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Talk | Do Women Founders Need To Present Like Men To Get Funding?
Dr. Roxie Mooney, CEO & Health Strategist, Best Selling Author, Greater Orlando
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Round Table | Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Insights
Anna Chan, CEO, Founder, Impact Investor, my Momentum, Vancouver
Danika Kelly, Co-founder & CEO, My Normative, Calgary Dr. Roxie Mooney, CEO & Health Strategist, Best Selling Author, Greater Orlando |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Fireside Chat | Access to Women’s Health in Africa
Pauline Egan, Director, Writer, Producer, COO, FACE Africa, Los Angeles
Michael Bidu, Founder & CEO, INTERFACE Health |
| 11:50 - 12:05 |
Talk | New Research Insights Into Fertility and Menopause
Benjamin Smarr, Assistant Professor, UCSD Bioengineering & Data Science University of California, San Diego
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| 12:05 - 12:40 |
Round Table | Access to Money, Money, Money
Shelley Kuipers, Co-founder & Co-CEO, Investor, The 51, Calgary
Julia Elvidge, Co-founder, SheBoot, Ottawa Suzanne Grant, Executive Director, Capital Angel Network, Ottawa |
| 12:40 - 1:00 |
Networking Break |
| 1:00 - 1:10 |
Talk | Access to Funds and Programs for Women Entrepreneurs
Purnima Tyagi, Director, Centennial College WIMTACH, Greater Toronto
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| 1:10 - 1:40 |
Round Table | Access to Brain Health, Mental Health and Wellness for Women
Parisa Sabetian, Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Novela Neurotech, Toronto and San Francisco
Christa Studzinski, Manager Partnerships, Ontario Brain Institute, Toronto Ethan Cohen, Partnerships and Operations Lead, Ontario Brain Institute, Toronto |
| 1:40 - 2:00 |
Talk | How Can We Use Virtual Reality To Support Women's Mental Health?
Alexandra Kitson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tangible Embodied Child-Computer Interaction Lab, SFU, Vancouver
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| 2:00 - 2:40 |
Round Table | VR to Wearables: Bridging Gaps in Women's Healthcare
Dr. Diane Gromala, Distinguished Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Founding
Director, Medical User Experience Institute. Founding Director, Pain Studies Lab. SFU, Vancouver
Bhairavi Warke, Researcher, Pain Studies Lab, SFU, Surrey Tim Kagiri, Researcher, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU, Surrey Michael Bidu, Founder and CEO, INTERFACE Health, Vancouver |
| 2:40 - 3:00 |
Fireside Chat | What Do Women Entrepreneurs Need To Know To Lead and Succeed in High Tech?
Susan Paley, CEO, DropLabs, Operator, Advisor, Board Member, Investor, Los Angeles
Michael Bidu, Founder and CEO, INTERFACE Health, Vancouver |
| 3:00 |
Closing and Good bye! See you at Networking Reception 5:00-7:00pm PST |
| NOTE |
Agenda subject to change without notice. Please follow news, alerts, changes @interfacehealth #womensummit2022 |
