THE DATA EFFECT TORONTO:
HEALTH CARE’S AI REVOLUTION
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 LENNOX HALL | 8:30AM - 1:30PM ET
PRESENTED BY
TORONTO CAN BE A WORLD-LEADING CENTER FOR THE APPLICATION OF AI IN HEALTH.
By combining its strengths in AI research and discovery, advanced medical discovery and digital government, the region can lead the world in using AI to improve people’s lives.
Ontario has the opportunity to focus its formidable resources in machine learning, biotechnology and computational medicine to accelerate discovery and applied innovation. This will drive exciting breakthroughs in drugs, genomics, precision medicine and management of health resources to benefit the world.
But to do that, we must understand precisely where we lead and advance targeted investments in technology, partnerships and the attraction of human talent to lead health care’s AI revolution.
Join us at The Data Effect in Toronto to be at the nexus of AI and health to help keep Canada a leader in public health care.
WITH SUPPORT FROM INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
TDE TORONTO FOCUS
- Data platforms: how to drive timely access to high-quality health data that fuels innovation and improved services
- Advanced research & discovery: how to integrate insights from across vertical data silos through federated models
- Building data governance and privacy models: so that AI/ML can be applied to accelerate research, and that data can be shared among research and clinical use cases
- Data Partnerships: how to build effective data partnerships across major research institutions and government
SPEAKERS & GUESTS
AARON LEIBTAG
CEO,
Pentavere
MARA LEDERMAN
Co-founder and COO,
Signal 1
MUHAMMAD MAMDANI
Vice President - Data Science and Advanced Analytics,
Unity Health Toronto
LAURA ROSELLA
Education Lead,
Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM)
STEVEN TAM
Former General Counsel,
Chief Data Governance and
Privacy Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health
ELISSA STROME
Executive Director,
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy,
CIFAR
PETER AP ZAKAROW
President,
Alexynn Group
MOHAMED NOFAL
Customer Engineer - Public Sector & Healthcare,
Google Cloud
JOYCE DROHAN
Chief Technology Officer,
Government of Ontario
ANNE NGUYEN
Chief Health Data Officer,
CHUM
MARC FIUME
Co-Founder and CEO,
DNAstack
ROXANA SULTAN
Chief Data Officer and Vice President,
Health,
Vector Institute
DEVIN SINGH
CEO Hero AI and
Clinical Lead for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at SickKids
NASIR KENEA, PhD
Vice-President and CIO,
Canadian Institute for Health Information
EVDOKIA ANAGNOSTOU
Vice-President of Research,
Holland Bloorview Institute
COLLEEN M. FLOOD
Dean of Law,
Queen's University
GORDANA MARIC
Senior Manager,
Health & Life Sciences,
Deloitte
CARLY WEEKS
Health Reporter,
The Globe and Mail
KARL MARTIN
Chief Technology Officer,
integrate.ai
JAMES ANDERSON
Bioethicist,
Department of Bioethics,
SickKids
THE VENUE
Toronto, ON M5X 1C1
PROGRAM
Arrival Coffee
Welcome by Conference MC
- Naomi Parness
Opening presentation: Governing Data for Velocity: Moving at the Speed of Trust
- Steven Tam, Former General Counsel, Chief Data Governance and Privacy Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health
Panel 1: The Power of Shared Insights – The Leap Forward Health Care Needed
Years of emphasizing ‘data-sharing’ hindered health progress and collaboration. Join our panel to explore how ‘insights-sharing’ and cutting-edge federation technology are reshaping global health care, from precision care to a new health economy.
- Marc Fiume, Co-founder and CEO, DNAstack
- Evdokia Anagnostou, VP Research at Holland Bloorview Institute
- Karl Martin, Chief Technology Officer, integrate.ai
- Moderator : Peter AP Zakarow, President, Alexynn Group
Presentation: Improving Health Care with Interoperability and Machine Learning
This session will focus on interoperability and on leveraging pre-built AI/ML tools to deliver valuable insights quickly throughout the patient care journey.
- Mohamed Nofal, Customer Engineer – Public Sector & Health care, Google Cloud
Presentation: Charting Ontario’s Path to Global Leadership in Health AI through Data
Enabling AI to support the public sector is a major undertaking that requires system-wide collaboration. This presentation will discuss the necessary elements to bring AI to scale in the public sector.
- Joyce Drohan, Chief Technology Officer, Government of Ontario
Break #1
Panel 2: AI in Health Care: Successes, Failures, and Lessons for the Future
Scientists, start-ups and researchers have been working with AI to change the health care system for some time now. This panel addresses what we can learn from practical use cases to succeed in the future.
- Muhammad Mamdani, Vice President – Data Science and Advanced Analytics, Unity Health Toronto
- Aaron Leibtag, CEO, Pentavere
- Roxana Sultan, Chief Data Officer and Vice President, Health, Vector Institute
- Moderator: Gordana Maric, Senior Manager, Health & Life Sciences, Deloitte
Presentation: Implementing and scaling AI in a Health Care enterprise
Despite growing interest in AI for health care, deployment in the field remains limited. This presentation discusses some of the necessary ingredients for hospitals to be able to responsibly deploy, manage and scale AI across their organization.
- Mara Lederman, Co-Founder and COO, Signal 1
Fireside chat: How do we regulate AI in health?
- Colleen Flood, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
- James Anderson, Bioethicist, Department of Bioethics, SickKids
- Moderator : Carly Weeks, Health Reporter, Globe and Mail
Break #2
Table-side Breakout Discussions
Presentation: The Role of Data and Artificial Intelligence in Learning Health Systems
Various forms of data and applications of artificial intelligence play a pivotal role within a learning health system. This presentation showcases its potential for improvement in patient outcomes, population health and hospital operations.
- Laura Rosella, Education Lead, Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM)
Panel 3: AI in Health Care: Incentives, Integration, and Social Acceptance
How can we bridge the gap between the potential of AI in health care and its implementation and use by health care professionals? Join us as we explore how to create social acceptance of AI use within the community to improve the quality of work and of care.
- Elissa Strome, PhD – Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
- Anne Nguyen, Chief Health Data Officer CHUM
- Devin Singh, Staff Physician & Lead Clinical AI & ML at SickKids; Co-Founder & CEO Hero AI
- Moderator : Nasir Kenea, PhD, Vice-President and CIO, Canadian Institute for Health Information
Closing comments and luncheon
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