Highlights Of The Program
2 days business program:
Learn from real-world case studies by industry leaders.
SHOWCASING INNOVATION:
Discover the latest technology and techniques from across the industry.
leaders talk:
Hear from top-level experts about how to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.
MULTIPLE STREAMS:
A business program that is multi-disciplinary, giving you a broad view of the industry.
SMART TECHNOLOGIES:
Explore the latest smart and AI-driven solutions, and see how they can be used in your business.
roundtable discussion:
Join talks with industry peers. Share ideas, make connections, and find new partners.
Program 2026
DAY 1 :
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026
08:00 - 08:50
REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
08:50 - 09:00
OPENING ADDRESS
09:00 - 09:25
FROM SYMPTOM TO SOLUTION: WINNING THE NEW PATIENT JOURNEY
Colin Ryan
- Anticipating patient needs through agentic AI that bridges symptom discovery and immediate telehealth appointment scheduling
- Activating search and video platforms as digital front doors where patients validate symptoms and select providers with greater confidence
- Harnessing advanced AI models and healthcare data graphs to match patient intent with the right specialist and improving care-access outcomes
09:25 - 09:30
Q&A SESSION ON AI-DRIVEN PATIENT ACQUISITION IN TELEHEALTH
09:30 - 09:55
TELEHEALTH UNDER SCRUTINY: PERSPECTIVES FROM HEALTHCARE AND WHITE-COLLAR COUNSEL ON SURVIVING UPIC AUDITS AND DOJ INVESTIGATIONS
Rachel M. Carey
McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Mapping how UPIC and DOJ target telehealth billing, supervision, and vendor arrangements
- Crafting a response playbook to manage audits, preserve privilege, and address documentation gaps
Richard Blake
McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Establishing defensible records around medical necessity, supervision, and encounter details
- Navigating multi-track exposure while mitigating financial, reputational, and enforcement risks
09:55 - 10:00
Q&A SESSION ON TELEHEALTH COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES AND LEGAL RISKS
10:00 - 10:30
SPEED NETWORKING SESSION
- Exchange business cards and get connected in short one-to-one meetings
- Start the conversation to arrange a more formal meeting later on in the conference
- Share your professional background and discuss your biggest business issues – don't forget your business cards!
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
SPONSORED BY ESVYDA INC.
11:00 - 11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION ON INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND PERSONALIZED CARE
- Overcoming RPM adoption barriers across reimbursement, patient engagement, and long-term adherence to deliver measurable outcome improvements
- Interpreting patient disengagement as a design signal and building monitoring programs that sustain trust and continuity of care
- Advancing RPM technologies to convert patient data into timely, actionable interventions while upholding privacy and security
- Distinguishing clinically meaningful RPM data from overload while turning personalization into measurable behavior change and engagement
- Triaging monitoring data through AI that surfaces timely insights without adding clinician burden or alert fatigue
Elias Lozano | Esvyda Inc. | Moderator
Bob Bilbruck | Captjur
Dani Craig | The Tend Group
Mason Orme | Wiggl Health
Jennifer Dieu | Iatro Advisors
Augusta Uwah | Clinefficiency Pro
11:30 - 11:55
BEYOND THE HOSPITAL: TeleABA™ FOR ACUTE CARE AND TRANSITION-TO-HOME IN AUTISM
Ron Oberleitner
Behavior Imaging Solutions
- Addressing one of healthcare's most expensive and underserved care gaps: supporting autistic youth and adults during behavioral and medical crises
- Scaling specialized autism expertise beyond the walls of academic medical centers through telehealth-enabled acute-to-home care
- Demonstrating a new virtual care model designed to reduce hospital burden, improve family outcomes, and lower total cost of care
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON HOSPITAL TELEABA FOR ACUTE AND POST-DISCHARGE AUTISM CARE
12:00 - 12:25
THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN PAYERS AND PROVIDERS: DESIGNING DIGITAL HEALTH FOR REAL OUTCOMES
Kenyokee Crowell
Prodigy Advisors, LLC
- Rethinking digital health integration by focusing on the often-overlooked payer–provider collaboration gap
- Aligning workflows, patient journeys, and leadership strategies to drive value beyond tools and technology
- Unlocking long-term digital health impact through operational discipline, shared accountability, and outcome-focused design
12:25 - 12:30
Q&A SESSION ON ALIGNING DIGITAL HEALTH DESIGN WITH OUTCOMES ACCOUNTABILITY
12:30 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE TELEHEALTH EXHIBITION
13:30 - 14:00
PANEL DISCUSSION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TELEHEALTH: THE ROLE OF AI AND DIGITAL INNOVATIONS
- Scaling AI-powered telehealth beyond pilots toward hybrid care models, interoperability, and real-time clinical decision support
- Adapting telehealth growth strategies as AI-driven search reshapes patient discovery, online conversion, and provider trust in saturated markets
- Probing the ceiling of autonomous AI doctors in telehealth and where human clinician oversight remains essential
- Harnessing near-term AI applications and emerging technologies like predictive analytics and computer vision to enhance telehealth decision-making
- Clarifying how patients are informed about AI use in telehealth and whether consent is required for LLM-driven treatment
Timothy Kelley | TeleRay | Moderator
Franco Pencle | Elecare.AI
Eddie Yi | Ditans Group
Glenn Loomis | Query Health
Bob Bilbruck | Captjur
Antonio Ocana | Epiphany Digital Health Solutions
14:00 - 14:25
BRIDGING THE DIAGNOSTIC DIVIDE: SCALING ADVANCED CARDIAC IMAGING VIA TELE-EXPERTISE
Huma Samar
Innovation Health Services
- Expanding the access to advanced cardiac CT and MRI by delivering remote sub-specialist expertise to regional health systems
- Mobilizing scalable, high-acuity cardiology programs, including ER chest pain pathways, through integrated tele-imaging workforces
- Standardizing guideline-directed cardiac diagnostics to ensure local facilities meet the highest standards in chest pain and structural heart evaluation
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A SESSION ON TELE-IMAGING AND SCALING ADVANCED CARDIAC DIAGNOSTICS
14:30 - 14:55
BUILDING TELEHEALTH PROGRAMS THAT WORK: LESSONS FROM DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING
David Ruether
Optos
- Assessing the diabetic eye care gap and selecting the right screening equipment, including cameras, AI tools, reading centers, and internal specialists
- Coordinating departmental stakeholders to align population health and ophthalmology teams around shared screening and care goals
- Scaling successful programs by piloting implementations, reducing staff and patient burden, and expanding proven screening workflows
14:55 - 15:00
Q&A SESSION ON TELEHEALTH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING
15:00 - 15:20
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
15:20 - 15:50
PANEL DISCUSSION ON DIGITAL MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: EXPANDING ACCESS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
- Anchoring hybrid mental health delivery in human-centered clinical oversight as digital platforms scale access
- Centering lived patient perspectives in digital mental health design to overcome stigma and cultural barriers
- Quantifying digital health outcomes and sharing them across the care team to refine best practices
- Delineating licensure, consent, and privacy obligations that keep youth-focused digital behavioral health on the right side of regulators
- Preserving clinical efficacy and ethical standards as digital mental health tools scale rapidly
Narinder Singh | LookDeep Health | Moderator
Jennifer Dieu | Iatro Advisors
Shamekka Marty | Beyond the Game Health
Antonio Ocana | Epiphany Digital Health Solutions
Rachel M Carey | McDonald Hopkins LLC
Shelby Garay | Headspace
15:50 - 16:15
BEYOND THE AI ENGINE – PARTNERSHIP MODELS FOR DEPLOYING HEALTH AI AT SCALE
Daniel Lee
Cleveland Clinic
- Translating clinical data and institutional know-how as the actual driver of scalable health AI adoption beyond model performance
- Distinguishing joint-development partnerships from de-identified data licensing models when structuring health AI commercial agreements
- Architecting governance and implementation pathways that let academic health systems and AI vendors share clinical context responsibly
16:15 - 16:20
Q&A SESSION ON STRUCTURING HEALTH AI PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEALTH SYSTEMS
16:20 - 16:45
TELEHEALTH PROMISED ACCESS. AI PROMISES CAPACITY. THE DIFFERENCE AND WHY IT MATTERS
Narinder Singh
LookDeep Health
- Challenging the assumption that video-based telehealth solved hospital care — and why limited macro impact reveals a deeper capacity gap
- Illustrating how computer vision and agentic AI shift care from episodic visits to continuous ambient awareness across the entire hospital
- Specifying what hospital leaders must demand — open infrastructure, peer-reviewed evidence, and architecture built for the pace of AI innovation
16:45 - 16:50
Q&A SESSION ON AI CAPACITY AND OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN HOSPITAL TELEHEALTH
16:50 - 17:15
EXPANDING THE FRONT DOOR TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE: PERSONALIZED AND TRUSTED CARE AT THE RIGHT TIME
Shelby Garay
Headspace
- Curating trust-centered AI experiences that lead the public conversation on ethical and responsible AI use in mental health care
- Safeguarding client wellbeing through responsive and continuous mental health care systems that adapt to individual needs over time
- Fortifying data governance and privacy frameworks to support rigorous and trustworthy AI-powered mental health platforms at scale
17:15 - 17:20
Q&A SESSION ON TRUST AND AI IN VIRTUAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE
17:20 - 18:20
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2 :
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2026
08:00 - 08:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
08:30 - 08:40
OPENING ADDRESS
08:40 - 09:10
PANEL DISCUSSION ON ENHANCING TELEHEALTH ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUITY IN RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES
- Diagnosing the staffing, workflow, and continuity gaps preventing scalable telehealth adoption in rural hospital settings
- Designing outreach programs that connect out-of-care rural residents with telemedicine services and improved health outcomes
- Leveraging AI-enabled specialty curbside consultations to scale up primary care capacity for rural populations
- Codifying disability and anti-discrimination law into rural telehealth design to reduce legal risk and protect equitable access
- Connecting low-confidence rural patients to complete care platforms that shift episodic visits toward continuous monitoring
Bita Mansouri | TeleEDge Healthcare
Freya Spielberg | University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Glenn Loomis | Query Health
Rachel M Carey | McDonald Hopkins LLC
Giuseppe Gentile | EasyTeleMed Inc.
09:10 - 09:35
USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND DISASTER RESPONSE
James Marcin
UC Davis Health
- Demonstrating research supporting telehealth use in community emergency departments managing acutely ill or injured children
- Expanding telehealth applications for pediatric emergency preparedness and coordinated disaster response
- Strengthening regional specialist collaboration to support high-acuity pediatric care during crises
09:35 - 09:40
Q&A SESSION ON TELEHEALTH IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY AND DISASTER CARE
09:40 - 10:05
WHY HEALTHCARE AI PILOTS FAIL — AND WHAT LEADERS CAN DO ABOUT IT
Augusta Uwah
Clinefficiency Pro
- Exposing why healthcare AI pilots fail when technical success masks organizational misalignment
- Reframing clinician rejection of AI tools as a workflow design signal, not a training problem
- Synthesizing governance, clinical engagement, and continuous oversight into a sustainable AI adoption framework
10:05 - 10:10
Q&A SESSION ON GOVERNANCE GAPS AND ADOPTION FRAMEWORKS FOR HEALTHCARE AI
10:10 - 10:30
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
SPONSORED BY TELERAY
10:30 - 11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RISE OF VIRTUAL-FIRST HEALTHCARE: NEW MODELS FOR PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
- Co-designing virtual-first care with patient voice and interoperable data-sharing to protect continuity, outcomes, and trust
- Distilling lessons from India's high-volume health markets on building affordable, scalable, mobile-first virtual care to drive inclusion at scale
- Reorienting virtual-first care around patient needs rather than provider convenience while recovering the data encounters miss
- Sequencing virtual care, remote monitoring, and in-person visits into seamless hybrid pathways for chronic and fragile patients
- Modernizing the patient experience through AI decision support, ambient documentation, and asynchronous care built to scale
Timothy Kelley | TeleRay | Moderator
Shamekka Marty | Beyond the Game Health
Glenn Loomis | Query Health
Antonio Ocana | Epiphany Digital Health Solutions
Giuseppe Gentile | EasyTeleMed Inc.
Augusta Uwah | Clinefficiency Pro
11:00 - 11:25
OVERCOMING TELEHEALTH AND REMOTE MONITORING CHALLENGES FOR PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
Elias Lozano
Esvyda Inc.
- Empowering patients and caregivers to improve care plan adherence, capture vital signs, and support medication compliance in remote care settings
- Identifying barriers that reduce telehealth engagement and presenting practical strategies to improve patient participation and outcomes
- Leveraging data analytics to enhance monitoring compliance, support CPT documentation requirements, and expand equitable access for rural and underserved populations
11:25 - 11:30
Q&A SESSION ON REMOTE MONITORING AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
11:30 - 11:55
AI-POWERED HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION BEYOND THE TELEHEALTH VISIT
Renjith Kathalikkattil Ravindran
Castlight Health Inc.
- Guiding patients to appropriate care pathways with AI-assisted decision support and provider discovery
- Reducing friction across appointment scheduling and engagement to lift access in real healthcare workflows
- Weighing trust, accessibility, and adoption when embedding AI navigation into patient-facing platforms at scale
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON AI NAVIGATION AND PATIENT ACCESS IN VIRTUAL CARE
12:00 - 12:25
EASYTELEMED: CARE FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
Giuseppe Gentile
EasyTeleMed Inc.
- Delivering user-friendly remote care through an FDA- and MDR-cleared, privacy-focused platform
- Aligning with clinical workflows by co-developing with doctors and patients over a decade
- Integrating biomedical devices and third-party systems to support value-based virtual care
12:25 - 12:30
Q&A SESSION ON USER-FRIENDLY TELEHEALTH PLATFORMS
12:30 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE TELEHEALTH EXHIBITION
13:30 - 13:55
ETHICS IN VIRTUAL CARE: DATA PRIVACY, CLINICAL PROTOCOLS, AND PATIENT SAFEGUARDS
Timothy Kelley
TeleRay
- Decoding what patient data should and should not be visible during live virtual consultations to maintain privacy and clinical focus
- Operationalizing dual medication verification and fall-risk monitoring through virtual care platforms in real-world clinical settings
- Contextualizing the role of outside callers in virtual patient consultations while preserving consent and data protection standards
13:55 - 14:00
Q&A SESSION ON PRIVACY AND ETHICAL PROTOCOLS IN VIRTUAL CARE
14:00 - 14:25
PRECISION ENGAGEMENT: A SCALABLE PATH TO BETTER HEALTH AND WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY
Kristin Rodriguez
Vitality Group Inc.
- Using behavioral data – not just conditions – to segment populations and target actions
- Driving preventive and clinical actions through AI-ranked recommendations, incentives, and nudges
- Improving productivity and outcomes by activating high-risk, previously inactive groups and driving completion of clinical actions
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A SESSION ON AI-POWERED ENGAGEMENT AND WORKPLACE OUTCOMES
14:30 - 14:55
REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING GENERATES REVENUE AND IMPROVES OUTCOMES
Antonio Ocana
Epiphany Digital Health Solutions
- Closing care gaps through daily remote screening tools tied to value-based care measures
- Tracking mental health risk with passive monitoring to meet FUH7 and FUH30 compliance
- Generating revenue by flagging risks in real time and preventing patient deterioration
14:55 - 15:00
Q&A SESSION ON RPM FOR MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
15:00 - 15:15
FEEDBACK AND RAFFLE DRAW
15:15 - 15:30
CLOSING REMARKS
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