Main Stage

Sun Nov 15th
4:10p - 4:35p
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Record
Presentation
HLTH Opening Remarks
Jon Weiner
Founder & CEO • HLTH
Sun Nov 15th
4:35p - 4:50p
MAINS_SUN_06
Record
Presentation
The Shift on Women's Health
Jody Tropeano Greene
Head of Content • HLTH
Sun Nov 15th
4:50p - 5:10p
MAINS_SUN_03
Record
Fireside Chat
CMS Main Stage Session
Dr. Akshay Syal, MD
Internist • Atria Health and Research Institute
Dr. Mehmet Oz MOD
17th Administrator, CMS • (Invited)
Sun Nov 15th
5:10p - 5:35p
MAINS_SUN_04
Record
Fireside Chat
Apple Main Stage Session
Sumbul Desai, MD
Vice President of Health and Fitness • Apple
Liz Baker Plosser MOD
Editor-in-Chief • Women’s Health
Sun Nov 15th
5:35p - 6:05p
MAINS_SUN_05
Record
Panel
Democrats Healthcare Agenda: Prescription for America
Mark Kelly
- • HLTH EUROPE
Shaughnessy Naughton
President and Founder • 314 Action
Dr. Vin Gupta MOD
Senior Medical Analyst/Managing Director • MS NoW & Manatt Health
Mon Nov 16th
9:00a - 9:20a
MAINS_MON_01
Record
Keynote
HHS Main Stage Session (invited)
Chris Klomp
Chief Counselor, HHS • (Invited)
Nancy Brown MOD
General Partner • Oak HC/FT
Mon Nov 16th
9:20a - 9:45a
MAINS_MON_08
Record
Panel
More Than Willpower: Obesity Science, GLP-1s and the Power of Healthy Habits
Arianna Huffington
Founder and CEO • Thrive Global
Dr. Rachel Batterham, PhD, FRCP, OBE
SVP: Intl Med Affairs & Env Shaping - Obesity • Eli Lilly and Company
Betty Pio MOD
Partner • Kearney
Mon Nov 16th
9:45a - 10:10a
MAINS_MON_07
Record
Fireside Chat
Raising the Floor and the Ceiling
Ashley Alexander
VP of Product, Health • OpenAI
Karan Singhal
Head of Health AI • OpenAI
Dr. Akshay Syal, MD MOD
Internist • Atria Health and Research Institute
Mon Nov 16th
10:20a - 10:45a
MAINS_MON_10
Record
Fireside Chat
The 50-Plus Consumer: Redefining Health, Longevity and Well-Being
Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan
CEO • AARP
Peter Stern
CEO • Peloton
Hilary Brueck MOD
Health Correspondent • Business Insider
Mon Nov 16th
10:55a - 11:15a
MAINS_MON_14
Record
Fireside Chat
GLP-1s: Women’s Health’s Biggest Untapped Opportunity
Linda Yaccarino
CEO • eMed
Hilary Brueck MOD
Health Correspondent • Business Insider
Mon Nov 16th
11:20a - 11:55a
MAINS_MON_12
Record
Panel
Tokenomics, the New Economics of Intelligence
Aashima Gupta
Global Director, Global Healthcare Solutions • Google
Brian Wilson
Chief Commercial Officer • Abridge
Prof. Nigam Shah, MBBS, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Chief Data Scientist • Stanford University
Jay Rughani MOD
Partner • Andreessen Horowitz
Mon Nov 16th
12:00p - 12:30p
MAINS_MON_13
Record
Panel
When Longevity Becomes the Baseline
Dr. Anant Vinjamoori, MD, MBA
CMO • Next Generation Medicine
Dr. Dawn Mussallem, DO, DipABLM
Chief Medical Officer • Fountain Life
Naveen Jain
Founder & CEO • Viome
Heather Landi MOD
Executive Editor • Fierce Healthcare
Mon Nov 16th
2:40p - 3:00p
MAINS_MON_11
Record
Fireside Chat
Fund the Impossible: How ARPA-H Is Betting on Biotech Supremacy
Alicia Jackson, PhD
Director • ARPA-H
Matthew Herper MOD
Senior Writer, Editorial Director of Events • STAT
Mon Nov 16th
3:10p - 3:40p
MAINS_MON_02
Record
Panel
Market Force Winds v.2026
Amy Perry
President and CEO • Banner Health
Dan Mendelson
CEO • Morgan Health
Mike Stuart
President and CEO • Blue Shield of California
Debra Richman MOD
Managing Partner • Forward Ventures Group
Mon Nov 16th
4:00p - 4:20p
MAINS_MON_03
Record
Fireside Chat
Purpose, Innovation and the Business of Mental Health
Kenneth Cole
Co-Founder, MHC, Founder & • Chief Creative Officer, Kenneth Cole Productions
Jonathan Machado MOD
Managing Director • M² Equity Partners
Mon Nov 16th
4:20p - 4:40p
MAINS_MON_04
Record
Fireside Chat
From Launch to Ubiquity: Four Years of Gen AI in Healthcare, and Where the Next Four Take Us
Dr. Syed Mohiuddin
Head of Healthcare • Anthropic
Christina Farr MOD
CEO & Editor-in-Chief • Second Opinion
Mon Nov 16th
4:40p - 5:10p
MAINS_MON_05
Record
Panel
Funding the Next Breakthrough in Women's Health
Crystal Brown, MBA
CEO & Co-Founder • Novarna
Nia Batts
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer • Union Heritage
Sophia Bush
Actress, Activist, Director, Producer, Author • General Partner, Union Heritage
Shelley Zalis MOD
CEO • The Female Quotient
Mon Nov 16th
5:10p - 5:30p
MAINS_MON_15
Record
Fireside Chat
Back from the Brink: 23andMe's Reinvention
Anne Wojcicki
Founder & CEO • 23andMe Research Institute
Meg Tirrell MOD
CNN Medical Correspondent • Jennifer
Tue Nov 17th
9:00a - 9:20a
MAINS_TUE_11
Record
Fireside Chat
Beyond the Prescription: The New Blueprint for Lasting Health
Ed Cinca
SVP of Marketing & Patient Solutions • Novo
Tue Nov 17th
9:20a - 9:40a
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Record
Fireside Chat
Woolly Mammoths, Medicine and the Unlikely Case for De-Extinction Tech
Ben Lamm
Founder, CEO • Colossal Biosciences
Alice Park MOD
Senior Health Correspondent • TIME
Tue Nov 17th
9:40a - 10:10a
MAINS_TUE_02
Record
Panel
Front Line Reality, From "The Pitt" to the Floor
Dr. Bradley Goettl, DNP, RN, FACHE
Chief Nursing Officer • American Nurses Association
Ned Brower, MSN, RN
ER Nurse, Sollis Health & Actor • The Pitt
Sarah Labor Junkie, BSN, RN, EFM-C MOD
High Risk Labor/OB Nurse • Health Central
Tue Nov 17th
10:15a - 10:45a
MAINS_TUE_07
Record
Point-Counterpoint Discussion
The Health Policy Debate
Brian Blase, PhD
President • Paragon Health Institute
Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Vice Provost Global Initiatives • University of Pennsylvania
Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH MOD
National Advisor • Manatt Health
Tue Nov 17th
10:50a - 11:20a
MAINS_TUE_06
Record
Panel
Who's Taking Care of the Person Taking Care of Everyone?
Dr. Becky Kennedy, PhD
Founder • Good Inside
Eve Rodsky, JD
Author & Founder • Fair Play Policy Institute
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD
Author and Psychiatrist • -
Shalene Gupta MOD
Staff Editor • Fast Company
Tue Nov 17th
11:30a - 11:50a
MAINS_TUE_08
Record
Fireside Chat
AI Agents in Healthcare: Beyond the Hype to the Hard Problems
Naji Shafi
GM and Director of Healthcare AI • AWS
Dr. Will Kimbrough, MD, MPH
Chief Clinical AI Officer • Amazon Health Services
Alexis Kayser MOD
Health Care Editor • Newsweek
Tue Nov 17th
2:00p - 2:40p
MAINS_TUE_05
Record
Panel
AI, Trust, and Misinformation in the Age of Intelligent Health
Jan Beger
Global Head of AI Advocacy • GE HealthCare
John Couris
President and CEO • Tampa General Hospital
Katie Mazuk
Chief Strategy, Platforms & Transformation • Novartis
Dr. Toyin Ajayi, MD, Mphil
Co-founder and CEO • Cityblock Health
Dr. Roy Perlis, MD, MSc MOD
Editor in Chief, JAMA+ AI • JAMA Network
Tue Nov 17th
2:50p - 3:10p
MAINS_TUE_09
Record
Presentation
Physical AI Meets Surgery: Intelligent Systems, Human Judgment
Dr. Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD
Science, Technology & Medical Affairs Officer • Zimmer Biomet
Tue Nov 17th
3:20p - 3:40p
MAINS_TUE_10
Record
Fireside Chat
What’s Next for AI in Healthcare
Clay Bavor
Co-Founder • Sierra
Stephanie Davis MOD
Co-Host • Rounds
Tue Nov 17th
4:00p - 4:30p
MAINS_TUE_03
Record
Fireside Chat
Mind the Future: New Perspectives on Brain Health
Stephen E. Thorne IV, BA, MHA
Founder & CEO • PDS Health
Steve Aoki
DJ & Entrepreneur • -
Anne O. Rice, RDH, BS, FAAOSH, CDP MOD
Oral-Systemic Health Expert, Founder • Oral Systemic Seminars
Tue Nov 17th
4:30p - 5:00p
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Record
Keynote
Performance for Life: The Future of Personal Health
Michael Phelps
Most Decorated Olympian of All Time • -
Will Ahmed
Founder and CEO • WHOOP
Lynne Chou O'Keefe MOD
Founder & Managing Partner • Define Ventures
Wed Nov 18th
9:00a - 10:15a
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Record
Pitch Competition
HLTH USA 2026 Startup Competition
Healthcare is being reinvented in real time and the entrepreneurs leading that charge are taking the main stage to pitch the latest and greatest startups across the industry to a panel of astute investors. From AI and diagnostics to mental health, oncology, workforce, and more, the age of intelligent health is here, and HLTH is where the companies shaping it make their mark. Join to find out who will take home the top prize! Pitch Finalists: 1) Owen Kent, Co-founder and CMO of Assistive Technology Development Inc. 2) Nathan Barfuss, CEO, ARSS Inc. 3) Rishabh Goel, Co-founder & CEO, Bond Health, Inc. 4) Kevin Cyr, Founder, Coralum Health 5) Frederick Johnson, CEO & Founder, Digital Therapeutix, Inc. 6) Nabil Hafez, CEO, Genomate Health 7) Lucas Johnston, Co-Founder & CEO, Headquarters 8) Sam Budoff, Founder, Parley Neurotech 9) Dana Allison, CEO, Trova Health 10) Alexandra Oti, Co-Founder, Unravel Health 11) Theresa Mock, COO, Zephyr Apnea Technologies 12) Nandini Kanthi, CEO, Sensible
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