Main stage day 1
The Main Stage at GIANT is the great showcase of how technology may shape health outcomes. Take a seat and some inspiration from recent breakthrough successes, emerging technologies that make new solutions possible and the great visionaries of the sector.
Day 1 celebrates the change makers, embraces the health practitioners and discusses how health touchpoints may evolve over the next decade.
Chair
Prof Shafi Ahmed, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities
Speakers
09:30 – 09:45 |
Welcome and Intro |
Prof Shaf Ahmed, Chair Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT |
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09:45 – 10:30 |
Agents of Change Panel: The Entrepreneurs Three HealthTech Founders discuss disruption, risk and reward with a world –leading entrepreneur |
Chair: Brent Hoberman, Founders Forum Dr Jack Kreindler, ACT for Cancer; Tania Boler, CEO Elvie; Dan Vahdat, CEO Medopad |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Panel: Corporate Innovators Experienced innovation leaders from Pharma, Health Insurance and Devices share their views |
Chair: Jaco Oosthuizen, YuLife; Martha Carruthers, Medopad; Parul Green, Axa Next; Dr ck Andrade, Philips |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
break |
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11:30 – 11:55 |
The Augmented Practitioner Hyper-Reality Medicine: Beyond Human Interaction |
Prof Shafi Ahmed Joined by Dr Terri Porrett |
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11:55– 12:35 |
Panel; Innovation & Adoption: How to ensure sustained usage by Healthcare Practitioners from healthcare leadership, founder and communication insights perspectives |
Chair: Dr Myles Furnace, Ipsen Michaelene Holder-March, MHM; Dr Lorin Gresser, DemDx; Dr Ankita Batla, WPP Health Practice |
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12:35 – 13:00 |
Data-driven XR; a vision for radiomics, precision surgery and personalised telemedicine |
Prof Maki Sugimoto, Holoeyes inc. |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
lunch |
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14:00 – 14:25 |
Beyond the Plug Connecting bodies to intelligence, not just the grid Future connected consumer, big systems, big data |
Neil Mesher, Philips |
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14:25 – 14:55 |
The Multisensory Future of Innovation |
Ari Peralta, Arigami Research |
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14:55 – 15:30 |
Panel: The future of intelligent, holistic care. Deepti Atrish, Poonya Care leads a panel of med device founders |
Dr Leon Eisen, Oxitone; Siva Nadarajah, Jogo Health; Faii Ong, GyroGear; George Winfield, Spyras |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
break |
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16:00 – 16:25 |
Connecting the Dots: Reimagining the Future of Healthcare (live by video) |
Dr Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chair, Exponential Medicine, Singularity University |
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16:25 – 17:35 |
The Digital Health Opportunity is Global Chair: Steve Gardner, World Healthcare Journal |
Dom Raban, xploro health; Annie Meharg, Xenzone; Lee Francis, Patientsource; Dr. Naila Siddiqui, Imperial School of Medicine; Dr. Suman Saha, Doctify; Sami Nur, Doctorlink; Mindy Daeschner, Doctorlink |
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17:35 - 18:00 |
Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSx, in conversation, then meet-ups |
Main Stage Day 2
Curated by
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Maxine Birmingham
Chief Provoker of Thought, GIANT and Thinkingaroundcorners
After 2 decades leading commercial strategy & innovation for Global tech brands, I founded "Thinkingaroundcorners" to steer HealthTech innovation towards better outcomes. I joined the GIANT team in 2017 to connect and support innovators in health to collaborate and scale.