Talk Title: Overcoming Fear and Distrust by Implementing AI in Non-Clinical Use

Bio: Jeffrey Englander is the founder and principal of Healthcare Strategy Bullpen and has over 15 years of experience in healthcare strategy, market positioning, industry disruption, and innovation at a number of Fortune 100 firms. Given his various roles and exposure to the healthcare ecosystem's multiple facets, including work with providers, suppliers, employers, and investors, he brings unique perspectives and insights to the forces impacting and disrupting the healthcare delivery market.

Mr. Englander is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Wagner School of Public Policy at NYU where he created and is teaching a course entitled “The Digital Revolution of Healthcare” and teaches “Advanced Healthcare Payment Systems”. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Healthcare Leadership and Management at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. He had been an instructor and mentor at MassChallenge Israel and for MassChallenge (Boston), Project Healthcare (Nashville), and DayOne in Basel. Mr. Englander was a member of the Health Equity and Access Leadership (HEAL) Coalition of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and is a member of the Carter Burden Network Associates Council (Senior Care Centers NYC).

Talk Title: De-Risking Your AI Startup

Bio: John Bass is the Founder and CEO of Hashed Health, an award-winning venture studio that partners with enterprises, VCs, and entrepreneurs to build de-risked healthcare startups. Over the last 3.5 years, the team at Hashed have founded six companies including Bramble (acquired by Turquoise Health), SubPop (acquired, pending announcement), Professional Credentials Exchange, Peer Supply, Venturous, and Platypus. Prior to Hashed Health, John served as CEO of InVivoLink (sold to HCA) and was on the startup team at empactHealth.com (sold to Medibuy / GHX).

Talk Title: Risky Business: The Realities of AI in Healthcare

Bio: Leigh McCormack is an analytics leader and equitable AI advocate with 15 years of experience in healthcare. She holds a Ph.D. in Health Informatics from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and an M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Leigh has served as an AI leader at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Unum, overseeing AI strategy and analytics portfolios. A two-time entrepreneur, she most recently founded and leads Platypus, a healthcare tech company dedicated to optimizing the investments and outcomes of AI solutions in healthcare enterprises.