November 2013
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dia (in strategic partnership with Spring-
board Enterprises, StartUp Health and
UP Global) will feature expert speakers
and moderators including: Eric Koester,
Co-Founder of Zaarly, named one of the
world’s Fifty Most Innovative Companies
by Fast Company in 2012 and Co-Found-
er and COO of Data Collateral; Elliot
Menschik, MD, PhD, Managing Partner,
DreamIt Ventures, an early-stage venture
capital firm and accelerator program in-
vesting in pre-seed and seed-stage tech
startups; Lorren Pettit, HIMSS Analytics
Vice President, Market Research; Patricia
Salber, MD, Founder and CEO of Health
TechHatch, a resource for healthcare entre-
preneurs offering crowd-funding support
as well as concept testing and feedback;
Amita Shukla, Healthcare entrepreneur,
innovator and Founder and CEOVitamita;
Lisa Suennen, Co-Founder and Managing
Member of Psilos Group, a healthcare-fo-
cused investment firm with approximately
$600 million under management in medi-
cal device, healthcare IT and healthcare
services sectors; and Christopher Wasden,
EdD, PricewaterhouseCoopers Manag-
ing Director, Healthcare Strategy and In-
novation Practice and leader in the field
of digital and consumer health innova-
tion. Some of the most promising new
and emerging companies will also pres-
ent their new innovations in mobile health
and health information technology to an
expert panel of judges, including: Howard
Burde, Howard Burde Health Law, LLC
Principal; Andrew Farquharson, InCube
Ventures Managing Director and Ven-
tureHealth Co-Founder; Valeria Gaydos,
Capital Growth, Inc. President and Angel
Venture Forum Founder; and Amy Mill-
man, Springboard Enterprises President
“It is clear that funding for digital health
is experiencing huge growth. Institutional
and corporate investors have built up port-
folios, incubators and accelerators around
the world are churning out more compa-
nies and crowdfunding sources are enam-
ored with personal health devices – but is
this sustainable?” asks Jack Young, Qual-
comm Life Fund Director and Venture+
Forum keynote speaker. “During my key-
note, I’ll explore the overall viability of
the digital health funding boom and share
my thoughts on where investment dollars
will go in the coming years.”
For additional insight on the event, pre-
sentations and how to participate, visit
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details/program-agenda.
