Program

7:45 - 8:30am

Registration and Light Breakfast

Carlson School of Management Atrium

8:30 - 8:45am

Opening Comments

  • Sri Zaheer, PhD, Dean & Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Carlson School of Management

  • Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD, Academic Director of MILI, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Carlson School of Management

Carlson School of Management, 3M Auditorium

8:45 - 9:45am

Keynote: How AI Can Change the Future of Healthcare

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD
Managing Director, Head of Global Health Practice, Accenture

9:45 -10:00am

Break

10:00 - 11:15am

Panel Session:  Walking the Tightrope: Balancing the Clinical and Financial ROI of AI

  • Kevin Croston, MD, CEO of North Memorial Health

  • Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

  • Penny Wheeler, MD, President and CEO of Allina Health

Moderator: Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, Dean of the Medical School, Vice President of Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota 

11:15 - 12:30pm

Panel Session:  Catching-up with Dynamic AI:  The Regulatory Conundrum

  • Achin Bhowmik, PhD, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering, Starkey Hearing Technologies

  • Tarek Haddad, Technical Fellow and Senior Manager of the Predictive Analytics & Statistics Group, R&D, Medtronic

  • Ralph Hall, JD, Principal, Leavitt Partners & Professor of Practice, University of Minnesota Law School

  • Shaye Mandle, JD, President & CEO, The Medical Alley Association

 

Moderator:  Susan Alpert, MD, PhD, Executive in Residence, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management

12:30 - 1:30pm

Lunch

Carlson School of Management Atrium

1:30 - 2:30pm

Executive Spotlight

Lisa Suennen

 

Lead, Manatt Ventures and Digital & Technology Group 
Managing Partner, Venture Valkyrie, LLC

 

Moderator: Archelle Georgiou, MD, Industry Advisor & Executive in Residence, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management

2:30 - 3:15pm

Panel Session:  Over the Rainbow: How Emerging Companies Use Machine Learning as a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

  • Jodi Hubler, Managing Director of Lemhi Ventures

  • Jon Pearce, CEO of Zipnosis

  • Jack Schneeman, MBA, Co-CEO of Phraze

Moderator: Michael Finch, PhD, Executive in Residence, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management

3:15 - 3:30pm

Break

3:30 - 4:30pm

Executive Spotlight:

Michael Ramlet

 

Co-Founder & CEO of Morning Consult

 

Moderator: Stephen T. Parente, PhD, Professor, Department of Finance, Carlson School of Management

4:30 - 4:45pm

Wrap Up

4:45 - 5:30pm

Networking Reception

Carlson School of Management Atrium

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