ConV2X Smart Tech Transformation in Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Summit
What leaders must know and do now. Healthcare's challenges can't be solved in silos.
Moderator, speaker and startup pitch participant

From Technology Adoption to Health Transformation: What Leadership Must Get Right Now
Rapid Fire Executive Roundtable with Himanshu Jain (Technology, AI Strategy & Innovation Leader), Erik Johnson (SVP, Value Based Care, Optum) and Sarah Pletcher (Chief Digital Health Officer, Houston Methodist).
Healthcare Is Connecting Everything. Can We Secure It?
Cybersecurity + Infrastructure Forum moderated by Elizabeth Baker, PhD (Virginia Commonwealth University), with Michael Carter (Mass General Brigham), John Campbell (Campbell Healthcare Digital Associates) and Stephen Stark (Cylera).
Venture2X Innovation Showcase: What Deserves Capital Now — and What Doesn't?
Selected innovators pitch to investors, who score confidentially, followed by investor feedback, "Ones to Watch" and an evening reception.
Two days on the decisions shaping healthcare
The two-day executive summit convenes multidisciplinary leaders to examine where emerging tech improves outcomes, what evidence justifies deployment, who bears responsibility, and which innovations deserve continued investment.
Opening keynote: "Misdiagnosed: The Real Drivers of Healthcare Costs and How to Fix Them" — Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Co-Founder & CEO, BioRadar; former White House COVID-19 Coordinator.
Featured discussions
- AI Is Changing How Medicine Is Discovered and Delivered
- Digital Health That Changes Outcomes: what virtual care, remote monitoring and digital health deliver in practice
- When AI Acts: How Much Autonomy Is Too Much? Human authority, coordinated agents and responsibility
- When AI Becomes Medicine: regulation, clinical responsibility and liability
- Healthcare Is Connecting Everything. Can We Secure It?
- Scale It, Fix It — or Stop Funding It?
- The Next Health Threat? Biosecurity, AI surveillance and public health
- What Will Define Health & Medicine by 2030?
50+ leaders from across healthcare
The summit will also recognize THMT journal research on digital health and clinical AI.
Join Fima at ConV2X 2026
October 29–30, 2026 · Historic GE Building, ILR Conference Center, 12th Floor, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
