Program

Opening Presentation:

“From Visualization to Machine Learning – How Different Healthcare Verticals Utilize Data Analytics,”  by Steve Rimar, President & CEO, Analytica Consulting

The Investment Landscape:

“Who Is Investing in Digital Health and Analytics Development, Where, and Why?” By Milo Bissin, Director, Director, Life Science & Healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank

Local Investors on Analytics —  Panel Discussion:

Moderator:

• Peter Blaisdel, PhD, Chair, SoCalBio Innovation Catalyst Program

Panel Discussion:

• Luke Hayes, Co-Founder and Managing Director Torrent Ventures
• Yiwen Li, Director, Strategy & Business Development & Investment, NantHealth
• Kwame Ulmer, Venture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
• Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures

Emerging Company Presentations:

Technologies for digitizing the patient to enable new diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics

• Coala Life Inc. (Smart cardiac monitor that detects Atrial Fibrillation)
• Eyenuk (Artificial intelligence platform for diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy)
• NoVaResp Technologies (A respiratory monitoring device and algorithm that can help positive airway pressure (PAP) machines respond proactively through a tailored preemptive therapy resulting in a safer, more comfortable solution for patients suffering from sleep apnea)
• BioStrap (Machine learning to deliver accurate activity and wellness tracking wearables to enable people to make impactful decisions about their health so they can perform, recover, and sleep better)
• Theseus AI (Machine learning to create an objective, outcomes-based report to aid in back pain treatment)
• Hexoskin (Smart garments for precise health monitoring  that are clinically validated to continuously track cardiac, respiratory, sleep, and activity data)

Established Company Presentations:

“Big Data Trends Shape the MedTech and Biotech Industries: The View from the Trenches”

• Cartonet Analytics Platform by Biosense Webster
• Biotech Presentation
• Dx Presentation

Keynote Presentation:

“How the Internet of Things, A.I. and Machine Learning will Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry,” By Emmanuel Fombu, M.D., Director of Digital Medicines and Innovation, Novartis

Emerging Company Presentations:

New data types resulting from advances in virtual care and other consumerism trends

• Perimetrics LLC (A new dental diagnostic system (Innerview) driven by artificial intelligence)
• FocusMotion (Remote monitoring of patients recovering from orthopedic surgery to ensure physical therapy compliance, minimize complications, and optimize recovery time)
• TigoHealth (Platform that brings large volumes of diverse health data together to derive personal health insights, support healthcare systems, and advances the development of life-saving drugs)
• Doctor Evidence (Provides curated data in user-friendly relational databases to organizations across the evidence-based medicine spectrum)
• StatTrial (eClinical trial technology solutions)
• Deep 6 AI (AI-enabled patient matching with clinical trials)

Healthcare Providers Presentations:

Healthcare systems are implementing big data solutions to improve care.

Panelists:

• Tom Priselac, President and CEO,  Cedars-Sinai Health System
• City of Hope
• Kaiser Permanente

Keynote Presentation:

 “The Digital Health Industry’s Regulatory Challenges,” by Wade Ackerman, Partner, Covington