Innovation

November 28, 2016

Meet, Greet, & Tweet
8:45 AM  -  9 AM
Meet, Greet, & Tweet
Exhibit Hall

Meet, Greet, & Tweet

Grab a cup of coffee, network, and get a good seat for the show. Don’t forget to tweet with the crowd using hashtag #MedMo16

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Welcome to Momentum 2016
9 AM  -  9:05 AM
Welcome to Momentum 2016
Main Stage

Welcome to Momentum 2016

Welcome to the MedStartr Momentum 2016 conference by 7 time startup founder Alex Fair.  MedStartr and Health 2.0 have helped over 500 new ideas in healthcare get found and funded faster.  In our second year MedStartr Momentum will be bigger, better, and drive more innovation in healthcare than ever!

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HealthTech Momentum – From Kinect To Higi and Beyond
9:10 AM  -  9:30 AM
HealthTech Momentum – From Kinect To Higi and Beyond
Main Stage

HealthTech Momentum – From Kinect To Higi and Beyond

Master healthcare body hacker Dr. Khan Siddiqui will regale and inspire us with his many inventions that allow us to engage with technology, our health information and beyond.

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PARTNER MOMENTUM: FHIR-Starter
9:30 AM  -  9:45 AM
PARTNER MOMENTUM: FHIR-Starter
Main Stage

PARTNER MOMENTUM: FHIR-Starter

There is no better momentum than Partner Momentum in healthcare – where you get great partners and meet them in the middle on a project that benefits them and helps new ideas get out to market faster. APIs and Standards are great ways to go down that path as well. Mark Scrimshire of CMS Blue […]

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MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Pop Health, Payers and PharmaTech
9:45 AM  -  10:45 AM
MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Pop Health, Payers and PharmaTech
Main Stage

MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Pop Health, Payers and PharmaTech

Over 150 companies applied to win the MedMo16 Mega Challenge from which we will pick up to ten companies to invest in. Watch in Round I where five teams will compete to win. Vote for your favorites now in the MedMo16 Challenge Showcase on MedStartr and help decide who takes the stage. This heat is […]

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Coffee Break – Sponsored by the New Jersey Innovation Institute
10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
Coffee Break – Sponsored by the New Jersey Innovation Institute
Coffee Bar

Coffee Break – Sponsored by the New Jersey Innovation Institute

Network, Grab some coffee and snacks, and maybe even do some business! We want to express our appreciation to Judith Sheft and Travis Khan of the NJIT New Jersey Innovation Institute that runs programs to help healthcare startups learn what they need to succeed.  We also appreciate their sponsorship and support for a second year. […]

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Pitch and Scale: Driving Rapid Growth
11:20 AM  -  12:15 PM
Pitch and Scale: Driving Rapid Growth
Main Stage

Pitch and Scale: Driving Rapid Growth

Making the transition from a Startup to a Rapid Growth or “RampUp” company is not as easy as it looks.  Five great entrepreneurs who are making that transition presently will discuss their experiences and what is making the difference for them in this period. How did they get there? Well, the usual, hard works, good […]

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And Now For Something Completely Different: Comedy of Errors … and Solutions!
1:00 PM  -  1:15 PM
And Now For Something Completely Different: Comedy of Errors … and Solutions!
Main Stage

And Now For Something Completely Different: Comedy of Errors … and Solutions!

For the average human (commonly called “a patient”), interacting with the healthcare system can feel like being in a Monty Python sketch written by an absurdist playwright with zero comedy sense. In this session, four players who know patient experience, and the healthcare system, inside and out will act out this absurdity, and then offer […]

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MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Devices and Wearable Health Tech
1:45 PM  -  2::40 PM
MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Devices and Wearable Health Tech
Main Stage

MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Devices and Wearable Health Tech

Devices, Wearables and IoT have become a part of our everyday lives and winners of our challenges and on our platform are changing the world.  The MedStartr Fund and our partners will invest up to $800,000 each in the finalists presented here.  The top 5 teams in the 2016 MedMo16 Wearables Challenge will present and […]

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GOVT MOMENTUM: You Down with O-N-C? “Yeah, you know me!”
2:45PM  -  3:00PM
GOVT MOMENTUM: You Down with O-N-C? “Yeah, you know me!”
Main Stage

GOVT MOMENTUM: You Down with O-N-C? “Yeah, you know me!”

When the government is spending trillion in care they are the #1 customer we all need to engage if we are to succeed in healthcare innovations.  Stephen Konya will give us the low down on how to get to down with ONC and HHS in general for gaining healthcare innovation Momentum.

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INVESTOR MOMENTUM: Yaniv Sneor of MABA
3:00 PM  -  3:00 PM
INVESTOR MOMENTUM: Yaniv Sneor of MABA
Main Stage

INVESTOR MOMENTUM: Yaniv Sneor of MABA

Yaniv Sneor Founder of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels will discuss what in his view makes healthcare investments attractive and successful.

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November 29, 2016

Day 2 Opening
9:00 AM  -  9:10 AM
Day 2 Opening
Main Stage

Day 2 Opening

With an action packed second day of amazing speakers Alex Ben and Tom will get us started and fired up for another day of exciting contests, speakers, and even performance art!

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MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Clinical Innovations and Hospital Tech
9:50 AM  -  10:45 AM
MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Clinical Innovations and Hospital Tech
Main Stage

MedMo16 Mega Challenge Finals: Clinical Innovations and Hospital Tech

Hospitals, Patients and Physicians have many new tools to engage and collect vast amounts of data. The finalists from the 2016 MedMo16 Clinical Innovation Crowd Challenge will take place here where the best companies improving the clinical experience for patients, doctors, and clinical institutions will compete top take the stage to win up to $200,000 […]

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Coffee Break
10:45 AM  -  11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Bar

Coffee Break

Meet, Tweet, and get somethin’ Sweet!

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PARTNER MOMENTUM: Lean Rats Run Mazes Faster
11:00 PM  -  11:15 AM
PARTNER MOMENTUM: Lean Rats Run Mazes Faster
Main Stage

PARTNER MOMENTUM: Lean Rats Run Mazes Faster

Large companies, governments, and hospitals need disruptive innovation to survive and grow. With programs like the NYC Pilot HealthTech PILOT program and innovative companies like DataArt, Amazon, GE, and so many others reaching out, getting that first crucial pilot or partnership is much easier than ever, but as we all learned a long time ago, […]

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REGULATORY MOMENTUM: Real innovators don’t speculate
11:15 AM  -  11:30 AM
REGULATORY MOMENTUM: Real innovators don’t speculate
Main Stage

REGULATORY MOMENTUM: Real innovators don’t speculate

What is the difference between statutes and regulations?  There’s a lot of talk these days about what changes Trumpcare will be unleashing onto the healthcare community. Since nobody knows what either Congress or the Executive Branch will be doing in 2017, it’s almost fruitless to speculate regardless of it entertainment value. What we do know […]

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DESIGN MOMENTUM: Faster Horses
1:00 PM  -  1:15 PM
DESIGN MOMENTUM: Faster Horses
Main Stage

DESIGN MOMENTUM: Faster Horses

Faster Horses:  The Difficulties of Innovating in Healthcare. Dr. Chacko will take us through the paces that define the problem and offer some of his solutions. Here is are some of the challenges in healthcare he will discuss teh challenges of designing innovation in healthcare: 1. Fear of Failure 2. Hierarchy vs. Flat Structure 3. […]

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MASSIVE GROWTH: Where Baby Unicorns Come From
1:15 PM  -  2:00 PM
MASSIVE GROWTH: Where Baby Unicorns Come From
Main Stage

MASSIVE GROWTH: Where Baby Unicorns Come From

Join us for a conversation with the leaders that have created new companies that have experienced MASSIVE GROWTH.  These leaders have helped drive massive growth for their companies.  Moderator Ben Chodor will discuss how they did it and what is coming next.

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Docs on the Blockchain
2:00 PM  -  2:15 PM
Docs on the Blockchain
Main Stage

Docs on the Blockchain

It seems like everyone is talking about the new new thing, block chain for healthcare.  In this session Drs. Jim Lebret and George Mathew will tell us what they see in the future for this new technology.

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Momentum 2017: A Look into the Crystal Ball
2:15  -  2:35 PM
Momentum 2017: A Look into the Crystal Ball
Main Stage

Momentum 2017: A Look into the Crystal Ball

One of the hardest areas to predict this year will be the future of the Affordable Care Act in the next administration and how that will affect us all.  So for our last Momentum talk of the day we have asked one of the foremost Washington DC healthcare policy experts, Nicole Fisher to look into […]

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Closing Thoughts and MedMo16 Awards Presentation
2:30 PM  -  3:00 PM
Closing Thoughts and MedMo16 Awards Presentation

Closing Thoughts and MedMo16 Awards Presentation

We will give away up to $800,000 in prizes and funding and wrap up the conference.  

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