ViVE 2026 Agenda — Monday Feb 23

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Logistics

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DaisyAI Priority Sessions

These are the sessions with the highest concentration of people from the strategy.md target list. Bold names are on our target list.

MUST ATTEND

8:00 - 9:00 — Breakfast with Dr. Mindy Kidder, Chief Nursing Officer, HHS (Room 403B)

• Dr. Melinda S. Kidder — CNO, Asst Secretary for Tech Policy, HHS
• Target list: Must Meet. Nursing + tech policy intersection. Intimate breakfast format = real conversation opportunity.

8:00 - 9:30 — Clinicians @ ViVE: Designing the Future of Care (Room 151)

• Katie Barr, RN, MSN — SVP, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Advocate Health
• Tracy Breece, MSN, RN — VP Nursing Innovation, AI & Emerging Tech, Advocate Health
• Dr. Rasu Shrestha, MD MBA — Chief Innovation & Commercialization Officer, Advocate Health
• Jason Case — VP Acute Care & Monitoring R&D, Medtronic
• Taylor McPartland — CEO, ScaleHealth
• Target list: Katie Barr = Must Meet (#9 on top 10). Three Advocate Health leaders in one room. This is the single best session for our nursing AI thesis.

10:00 - 10:30 — Digital Health, AI, and the Future of ACCESS (West Coast Stage)

• Abe Sutton — Director of CMMI and Deputy Administrator, CMS
• Julie Yoo — General Partner, a16z
• Nancy Brown — General Partner, Oak HC/FT
• Dr. Rohit Chandra — Chief Digital Officer, Cleveland Clinic
• Target list: Julie Yoo = Must Meet (#6), Nancy Brown = Must Meet (#7), Abe Sutton = High Value. THREE top targets on one panel. Approach speakers after.

11:10 - 11:40 — Organizations at the Frontier: Where AI Meets Human Ambition (West Coast Stage)

• Katie Barr, RN, MSN — SVP, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Advocate Health
• Ashok Chennuru — Chief Data/Digital AI Transformation Officer, Elevance Health
• Nasim Eftekhari — Chief AI and Analytics Officer, City of Hope
• Mary Varghese Presti — CVP & COO, Microsoft
• Target list: Katie Barr = Must Meet, Ashok Chennuru = Must Meet (#4). Second shot at Katie Barr if missed at 8am. Elevance is a dream customer.

2:00 - 2:40 — AI Philosophy 101: Ethics, Equity & Governance (Sunset Stage)

• Dr. Brian Anderson, MD — President & CEO, CHAI
• Gigi Yuen, PhD — Chief Data & AI Officer, Cohere Health
• Dr. Erin Palm, MD, MBA — CMO, Infinitus Systems
• Denise Hines — Executive Director, Georgia Health Information Network
• Carrie Nixon — Managing Partner, Nixon Law Group
• Target list: Brian Anderson = Must Meet (#10), Gigi Yuen = Must Meet (competitor intel). Two top targets + direct competitor's AI leader on one panel.

HIGH VALUE

9:00 - 11:00 — HLTH Insider: Ambient AI Solved Documentation. What Comes Next. (Invite Only, with Ambience)

• If you can get in. Ambience = peer company from strategy list. The "what comes next" framing is exactly our thesis — clinical AI beyond documentation.

10:40 - 11:05 — How Conversational AI is Reinventing Healthcare Navigation (West Coast Stage)

• Julie Durham — Chief Digital Officer, UnitedHealth Group
• Ryan Terry — Managing Director, Google Cloud
• Dr. Akshay Syal — UCLA Health
• Target list: Julie Durham = Must Meet (#3). CDO at the largest payer in the US.

11:00 - 11:40 — Reimagining Clinical Informatics for Decision Intelligence (Palm Stage)

• Dr. Katherine E. Taylor Pearson, DNP — President, American Nursing Informatics Association
• Dr. CT Lin — CMIO, University of Colorado Health
• Dr. Pavitra Krishnamani — UT MD Anderson
• Dr. Stacey Johnston — CDEO, Beacon Health System
• Target list: Taylor Pearson = Must Meet. Runs the professional org for nursing informatics.

11:30 - 12:10 — Clinically-Validated Care Hits the Streets (Sunset Stage)

• Dawn Maroney — President, Alignment Health Plan
• Ben Robbins — General Partner, GV (Google Ventures)
• Catherine Anderson — SVP Health Optimization Strategy, UnitedHealth Group
• Dr. Niraj Sehgal — EVP & Chief Physician Executive, Stanford Health Care
• Target list: Dawn Maroney = High Value (mid-size plan president, potential early adopter). Ben Robbins = High Value investor.

1:10 - 1:50 — One Problem, 99 Solutions (Malibu Stage)

• Jonathan Slotkin, MD — CMO Strategy and Growth, Geisinger
• Michelle Snyder — Partner, McKesson Ventures
• Erica Murdock — Managing Director, Unseen Capital
• Ashley Lumpkin — Head of Health Insurance Advisory, Ipsos
• Mark Michalski — CIO, Deerfield
• Target list: Four targets on one panel. Michelle Snyder = High Value (strategic CVC), Erica Murdock = High Value, Ashley Lumpkin = Worth It (payer intel), Slotkin = Worth It.

1:10 - 1:50 — Care Delivery To-Go (Sunset Stage, conflicts with above)

• Dawn Maroney — President, Alignment Health Plan
• Dr. Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA — Founder & CEO, Guidehealth
• Dr. Shiv Sutaria — ACMIO, Mass General Brigham
• Jennifer Goldsack — CEO, Digital Medicine Society
• Target list: Dawn Maroney = High Value, Doddamani = High Value. But conflicts with the Malibu panel which has more targets.

2:30 - 3:10 — Data Quality as the Engine of Healthcare (Malibu Stage)

• Erin Satterwhite — CEO, Optum Insight Provider
• Vik Wadhwani — Chief Product & Transformation Officer, NCQA
• Lenard Marcus — General Partner, Edison Partners
• Dana Gelb Safran — Former President & CEO, National Quality Forum
• Dr. Komal Bajaj — Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Target list: Erin Satterwhite = Must Meet (Optum, competitor intelligence or partnership). Lenard Marcus = High Value investor. Vik Wadhwani = Worth It (NCQA sets UR quality standards).

3:20 - 4:00 — Augmented or Automated? Healthcare's Workforce Transformation (Malibu Stage)

• Cathy Gao — Partner, Sapphire Ventures
• Mouneer Odeh — Chief Data & AI Officer, Cedars-Sinai
• Dr. Sonya Makhni — Medical Director Applied Informatics, Mayo Clinic
• Amy Trainor — SVP & CIO, Ochsner Health
• Jared Goodner — CoFounder & CTO, Akido
• Target list: Cathy Gao = High Value investor. Mouneer Odeh = Worth It.

3:30 - 4:00 — Crossing the AI Chasm (West Coast Stage)

• Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD — Co-Founder & CEO, Aledade
• Dan Gorenstein — Founder & Executive Editor, Tradeoffs Podcast
• Target list: Mostashari = High Value (former National Coordinator for Health IT, massive influence). Gorenstein = Worth It (media).

4:00 - 4:30 — Medicaid-Medicare Integration for a High Cost, High Need Era (Sunset Stage)

• Dr. Sanjay Doddamani — Founder & CEO, Guidehealth
• Verlon Johnson, MPA — EVP, Acentra Health
• Randi Seigel, JD — Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips
• Joe Dunn — Chief Policy Officer, NACHC
• Target list: Verlon Johnson = High Value (Acentra manages Medicaid UR — direct buyer). Doddamani = High Value. Seigel = Worth It.

4:10 - 4:50 — Demos Are Easy, Deployment Is Hard (Malibu Stage)

• Dr. Ashley Beecy, MD — Chief AI Officer, Sutter Health
• Eden Wells — Chief Insights Officer, Novartis
• Michael Reagin — EVP CTO, Banner Health
• John McCullough — Senior Partner, Chartis
• Target list: Ashley Beecy = Worth It. But the topic is highly relevant — this is exactly our deployment reality.

WORTH NOTING

10:00 - 10:40 — Unified, Personalized Cancer Care (Sunset Stage)

• Ben Freeberg — Founder & Managing Partner, Oncology Ventures
• Target list: Worth It investor. Cancer-focused so tangential, but if paths cross.

11:00 - 11:40 — Threats, Bets, and Cyber Defenses (Malibu Stage)

• Neil Patel — Head of Ventures, Redesign Health
• Target list: High Value. But this is a cybersecurity panel — catch him after, not during.

11:45 - 12:15 — $50 Billion for Rural Health Transformation (West Coast Stage)

• Chris Jones — Former CMS Advisor, Catalyst Policy Group
• Dr. Sarah Pletcher — Chief Digital Health Officer, Houston Methodist
• Ken Bahk, PhD — Co-Founder, Health Equity Innovation Partners
• Target list: Chris Jones = Worth It, Pletcher = Worth It, Bahk = Worth It.

1:10 - 1:50 — The Supply & Demand for Patient Data (West Coast Stage)

• Priyanka Agarwal, MD, MBA — Co-Founder & CEO, HealthEx
• Grace Vinton — PR Pro, HITea with Grace podcast
• Jason Prestinario — CEO, Particle Health
• Target list: Agarwal = Worth It, Vinton = Worth It (media).

2:50 - 3:20 — Clinical Trials Without the Wait (Sunset Stage)

• Dr. David Okonkwo, MD — EVP, UPMC Enterprises
• Paige Minemyer — Senior Writer, Fierce Health Payer
• Target list: Okonkwo = Worth It (health system VC arm), Minemyer = Worth It (payer-specific press).

4:40 - 5:00 — Identity as Infrastructure (Sunset Stage)

• Tony Ambrozie — SVP, CVS Pharmacy
• Target list: Worth It. Third angle into CVS/Aetna.

ALSO ON THE AGENDA (not on panels but relevant)

2:10 - 2:30 — Why Value-Based Care Breaks at Scale (Insights Stage)

• Ashok Chennuru — Elevance Health (second appearance)
• If you missed him at 11:10, smaller venue = easier to approach.

10:30 - 10:50 — AI-Enabled Telehealth for Health System Sustainability (Insights Stage)

• Tammy Cress — SVP Clinical Solutions, Teladoc Health
• Not on target list but relevant to remote care / nursing workflows.

10:40 - 11:00 — AI Transformation for the Future of Nursing (Data Innovation Theater C)

• Umesh Rustogi — GM, Microsoft
• Microsoft's nursing AI play. Competitive intel.

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Scheduling Conflicts & Recommendations

Monday is stacked. Key conflicts:

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Optimal Route (If One Person)

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Evening

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All Sessions (Full Reference)

West Coast Stage

Sunset Stage

Malibu Stage

Palm Stage

Insights Stage

CHIME Theater

Partner Program

AI@ViVE / InteropNow! / Cybersecurity (Data Innovation Theaters)

Smaller format sessions running throughout the day. Notable ones:

Masterclass / Sponsored