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Opening Remarks: Russ Lipari, CEO & President, Health Connect South

Welcome Keynote: James Weyhenmeyer, PhD, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University

Bridging the gap between investors and healthcare startups

Moderator: L.A. Galyon, Managing Director, Brentwood Capital Advisors

• Lee Herron, VP of Venture Development, Georgia Research Alliance Ventures
• Bob Crutchfield, Executive Director, Innovate Birmingham
• Jordan Amadio, MD, Managing Partner, NeuroLaunch
• Justin Sabet-Peyman, Director, Private Equity, KKR

5 Minute Break

How consumers drive healthcare delivery offerings

Moderator: Russell Allen, President & CEO, GeorgiaBio

• Howard Jacob, PhD, EVP Genomic Medicine, Chief Medical Genomics Officer, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
• Marie Cameron, FACHE, Professor, Health Administration, Georgia State University
• Guy Scull, CEO & President, CareLink of Northwest Georgia, Inc.
• Steven Fraime, Director, Center for Health Transformation, Wellstar Health Systems

Presenter: Kathryn Lawler, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI)

• Emory and Partners MSM, Georgia Tech Establish Collaborative Diabetes Research Center: Georgia Diabetes Translation Research Center (GDTRC)
• UAB & Hudson Alpha: Genetics initiative to improve health for Alabama residents
• OneFlorida Research Consortium
• Wellstar CHT & GTRI: Solving the PCP access problem in NW Georgia with CareLink
• American Cancer Society & the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to expand access to 16 essential cancer treatment medications in Africa

• Presenter: Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, President & Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine

• Omar Lattouf, MD, PHD, Professor of Surgery & Cardiothoracic, Emory University
• Heval Kelli, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Emory University

Introduction: Shivani Goswami, Chief Operating Officer, Health Connect South

Introduction: Meredith Swartz, Outreach Manager, Health Connect South

• Presenter: Benjamin Li, MD & MBA Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Moderator: David Rubinger, Market President and Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle

• Anne Schuchat, MD, Principal Deputy Director, CDC
• Judy Monroe, MD, FAAFP President & CEO, CDC Foundation

Introduction: Larry Williams, President & CEO, Technology Association of Georgia 

Conclusion: Jason Rupp, Executive Director, Southeast Medical Device Association

• Halyard Health COOLIEF
  • Lisa Kudlacz, Vice President, General Manager, Global Interventional Pain Management, Halyard Health
• Center for Medical Interoperability
  • Ed Cantwell, President & CEO, Center for Medical Interoperability
• DynoForms
  • David Norris, CEO & Founder, DynoForms
• GTRI Wellstar Epic
  • Brad Fain, PhD, Director, Georgia Tech HomeLab, Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Brian Liu, MBA, Branch Head, Georgia Tech Research Institute
• Emory Collaborative Network
  • Tim Buchman, PhD, MD, Director, Emory Critical Care Center & Prof Surgery and Anesthesiology, Emory SOM
  • Cheryl Hiddleson, MSN, RN, CCRN-E, Director, eICU Center, Emory

Moderator: Patrick O’Carroll, MD, MPH, Head, Health Systems Strengthening Sector, The Task Force for Global Health

• Karen Minyard, Ph.D., Director, Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University
• Daniel Dawes, J.D. Executive Director, Government Relations, Policy & External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine

Closing Remarks

HCS Reception