Yicheng ‘YC’ Sun – Senior Portfolio Director, Healthcare, IDEO

Jenna Fizel – Managing Director of Emerging Technology, IDEO

Greg Morrisett - Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean, Vice Provost, Cornell Tech

Moderator: Ian Chiang – Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Alexa Berk – Vice President, Real World Evidence, Data, and Analytics, Oracle Health and Life Sciences

Jonathan Carlson, PhD – Managing Director, Microsoft Research Health Futures

Shai Shen-Orr – Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Director, Zimin Institute for AI Solutions in Healthcare; Founding Director, Technion Healthy Aging Institute; Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, CytoReason

Shane Woods, PhD – Chief Strategy Officer, Tempus

Advances in AI are already radically reshaping our understanding of every facet of human biology, from immunology to aging. Panelists will explore the increasing focus of AI researchers and companies on life sciences and drug discovery, assessing the current state of what’s possible and the groundbreaking potential of future advancements in technology. 

Electronic health records play a vital role in ensuring that both clinicians and patients have access to accurate, relevant health information at all times, yet the design and implementation of EHR systems brings its own challenges. Newer technologies like AI and FHIR are presenting opportunities to rethink how to optimize the EHR. In this conversation, attendees will hear from Frank Naeymi-Rad, founder of Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc., a terminology platform that is now used by some 85% of all EHRs, and Mark Braunstein, world-renowned health informatics expert at Georgia Tech. Moderated by Cornell’s Chief Global Information Officer, Curtis Cole, this session will provide new insights into the role of AI, FHIR, and structured terminology in EHRs and clinical informatics.

Fireside Chat: Selwyn Vickers, MD – President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Moderator: Rainu Kaushal – Senior Associate Dean and Chair, Weill Cornell Medicine

Bethany Percha – Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian

Susan Kirsh, MD, MPH, CMQ – Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education, and Affiliate Networks, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Kana Enomoto – Director of Brain Health, McKinsey Health Institute

Opening with a Fireside Chat between Selwyn Vickers, MD, President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rainu Kaushal, Senior Associate Dean and Chair, Weill Cornell Medicine, this session will expand to include a panel of distinguished leaders sharing their experiences and strategies in implementing innovative solutions within large healthcare organizations. They will discuss the challenges and successes they have encountered in leveraging technology, data analytics, and policy reforms to enhance patient care and operational efficiency. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the future of healthcare transformation and the pivotal role of leadership in navigating this complex landscape.

Moderator: Amanda Azadian – Manager, Digital Health Strategy, American Medical Association

Katherine H. Saunders, MD – Co-Founder, FlyteHealth; Obesity Physician, Weill Cornell Medicine

Rahul Sharma, MD, MBA – Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine

Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH – Senior Scholar, Stanford University; Co-Founder, Qualified Health

Alexi G. Nazem, MD, MBA– General Partner, AlleyCorp

Physicians are no longer just participants in healthcare innovation—they’re leading it. Across startups, academia, policy, and industry, clinicians are using their expertise to challenge norms, build groundbreaking solutions, and influence major decisions. Hear from the pioneers shaping this shift and learn what it takes to lead from the front.

Keynote: Miranda Wolpert MBE – Director of Mental Health, Wellcome Trust

Moderator: Tanzeem Choudhury – Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor in Integrated Health and Technology, Cornell Tech and Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Harold S. Koplewicz, MD – President, Child Mind Institute

Mental health has emerged as one of the biggest drivers of disease burden globally, and AI-powered technologies are showing tremendous promise in this historically overlooked and underserved area. This session will begin with a Keynote from Miranda Wolpert of the Wellcome Trust, followed by a conversation with the founding President of the Child Mind Institute that will illuminate the ways technology can improve mental health outcomes around the world, from research to deployment to impact.

Moderator: Sury Agarwal – Co-Founder & CEO, Candor Health

Renee Yao – Ecosystem Business Development, NVIDIA

Fernando Gómez-Baquero, PhD – Director of Runway and Spinouts, Cornell Tech

Kendra Batchelder – Founder and CEO, Medara

NatalieDeana Badillo – TL1 Trainee, Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medicine

Marissé Masis-Solano, MD, PhD – Founder, CEO, Iriscience

As investors and entrepreneurs lead the charge in health AI innovation, the importance of cultivating supportive early stage ecosystems cannot be overstated. In this session, we’ll begin with a discussion about what it takes to create those ecosystems, followed by firsthand perspectives from a group of Cornell Tech and Weill Cornell Medicine startup founders and innovators. 

Chethan Sarabu, MD –  Director of Clinical Innovation, Health Tech Hub, Cornell Tech

Ian Chiang – Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Robert A. Harrington, MD – Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine; Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University

Moderator: Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

Robert A. Harrington, MD – Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine

As we grapple with the rapid evolution of the healthcare landscape in the AI era, we must think critically about the ways medical training and changes in clinical practice can give the next  generation of clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs an edge. This session will feature insights from leaders of academic medical institutions around emerging issues facing training, education, and clinical practice.

Moderator: Raj Pannu, PhD – Co-Founder and CEO, Emergence Creative

Stan Kachnowski, PhD, MPA – Chair, Healthcare Innovation & Technology Lab

Alex “Sandy” Pentland – HAI Fellow, Stanford University; Toshiba Professor, MIT

Sujoy Kar – CMIO, Apollo Hospitals

With the AI era fully underway, innovators around the world are uncovering new applications that respond to local challenges. In this panel, we’ll learn about advancements in health technology coming from the Middle East and Asia, where rapid growth is unlocking new, data-driven innovations in care delivery.

Moderator: Danish Munir – Founding Partner, GreyMatter Capital

Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD – Richard M. & Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; James McCune Smith Distinguished Fellow, Meharry School of Global Health

Neil Parikh – Co-Founder & President, Slingshot AI

Gregory Kiar, PhD – Research Scientist, Director of Center for Data Analytics, Innovation, and Rigor, Child Mind Institute

AI is poised to transform mental health by increasing the reach, quality, and therapeutic connection of psychotherapy; enhancing crisis detection and prevention; and enabling precision measurements that guide the right care, at the right time, at the right intensity. This immense potential also comes with serious risks around safety and the importance of human connection.  This panel will bring together diverse experts to discuss how the creation of human and AI teams can accelerate the time-to-care and effectiveness of mental health treatment.

Moderator: Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP – Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

Ran Shaul – Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, K Health

Mark Sendak – Population Health & Data Science Lead, Duke Institute for Health Innovation; Co-Lead, Health AI Partnership

Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, MBA – Group Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Office and COO, Perioperative Services, NewYork-Presbyterian

Much has been made of the potential for AI-enabled tools like transcription services to reduce clinician burden and improve operational efficiency. But how can we ensure that the time saved contributes to better outcomes for every patient? This panel will feature diverse perspectives on the opportunities and obstacles at the intersection of AI, care delivery, and clinician burden.

In this session, Arianna Huffington and Gail Horwood will explore how AI is reshaping both personal well-being and the healthcare experience. Arianna will discuss her groundbreaking work in promoting the daily habits that keep us healthy—sleep, nutrition, movement, stress management, and connection—and how AI can serve as a hyper-personalized coach to help individuals thrive. Gail will share insights on how AI is transforming patient journeys, healthcare engagement, and marketing—creating more empathetic, human-centric experiences. Together, they’ll discuss the intersection of behavioral science, AI-driven personalization, and the future of health, offering a vision for how technology can not only enhance wellbeing but also deepen our humanity.

Moderator: Tara Bishop, MD – Managing Partner, Black Opal Ventures

Brittany Sigler, DrPH – Lead Director, Product Strategy and Management, CVS Health

Shyamal Patel, PhD – SVP, Science, Oura Ring Inc.

Ruth Poliakine Baruchi – CEO, Co-Founder, MyndYou

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS – Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell; Head of Medical Affairs, Found Health

The rise of personal health tools, wearables, and AI-powered health coaches is revolutionizing how we manage diseases and take preventative health actions. This panel will explore how these tools, along with novel pharmacological solutions for conditions like obesity and mental illness, are empowering both individuals and their physicians to make effective and empathetic  health decisions.

Brooke Grindlinger – Chief Scientific Officer, New York Academy of Sciences

Danish Munir – Founding Partner, GreyMatter Capital

Tanzeem Choudhury – Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor in Integrated Health and Technology, Cornell Tech and Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute