the data effect vancouver:

Our Health Data Opportunity

IN PERSON SUMMIT June 21, 2023 | 8:30AM - 1:30PM PT

Building the future of modern health care

British Columbia is a global leader in health discovery, life sciences and applied healthcare innovation.

The next step is to build on this success with important new data-sharing initiatives that can help build a world leading health cluster.

Using the potential of health data, BC researchers – and their partners in government and technology – are already improving patient care and outcomes at home, while driving exciting scientific breakthroughs to benefit the world.

Now we need to accelerate our data sharing, take what’s working in pilot projects and early testing and scale it to broad application across B.C. ‘s — and Canada’s — healthcare ecosystem.

Join us at The Data Effect in Vancouver this June to meet and collaborate with the people and companies building the future of modern health care.

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SPEAKERS & GUESTS

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Alexandra Flatt

Vice President, Pandemic Response and Chief Data Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority

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Zsuzsanna Hollander

Director, Data Science, Genome BC

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Steven Tam

Chief Data Governance Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health

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Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill

Founder, CEO, Chief Medical Officer, Careteam Technologies

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Handol Kim

CEO, Variational AI

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Rachael Ritchie

Director, Innovation, Vancouver Coastal Health

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Alex Mendelev

Solutions Architect, Google

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Fazil Mihlar

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Matthew Oberhardt

Lead Data Scientist for Healthcare, Qualtrics

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Federica di Palma

Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Research and Innovation, Genome BC

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Rob McMaster

Vice Dean, Research Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Jacquie Griffiths

President, Invest Vancouver

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Courtney Defriend

Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, First Nations Health Authority

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Kenndal McCardle

Principal, Pender Ventures

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Wendy Hurlburt

President & CEO, Life Sciences BC

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Shirley Wong

Executive Project Manager, Strategic Data Initiatives, BC Ministry of Health

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Allan Noordvyk

Executive Director of Health Informatics, Providence Health Care

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Stephanie Hood

Program Manager, IT Innovation, Providence Health Care

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Corrie Barclay

Partner, BC Public Sector Lead, PwC Canada

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Anne Stevens

Vice President, Business Development, AbCellera

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Richard Katrusiak

Event MC Public Sector Lead, Western Canada, Google

TORONTO CAN BE A WORLD-LEADING CENTER FOR THE APPLICATION OF AI IN HEALTH.

THE VENUE

900 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC
Located on the city’s dynamic harbourfront, Fairmont Waterfront is a world class luxury hotel in Vancouver, and proudly embraces a sustainable philosophy. The hotel offers upscale comfort, personalized service, and unparalleled West Coast views, with easy access to everything that makes Vancouver spectacular.
 
 
Business Casual attire is suggested.

PROGRAM

8:00 AM

Arrival Coffee

8:30 AM

Open by Conference MC

  • Richard Katrusiak, Public Sector Lead – Western Canada, Google
8:45 AM

Opening Presentation

  • Federica di Palma, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Research and Innovation, Genome BC
9:05 AM

Panel 1: The State of BC’s Health Analytics Architecture

The BC Health Data Platform is one of several new initiatives to better leverage health data for the benefit of British Columbians. Our opening panel will address the current state of data platforms, and how they can collectively drive timely access to high-quality health data that fuels innovation and improved services.

  • Zsuzsanna Hollander, Director, Data Science, Genome BC
  • Alexandra Flatt, Vice President Pandemic Response and Chief Data Officer at Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Shirley Wong, Executive Project Manager, Strategic Data Initiatives, BC Ministry of Health
  • Allan Noordvyk, Executive Director of Health Informatics, Providence Health Care
  • Panel Chair:  Corrie Barclay,Partner, BC Public Sector Lead, PwC
9:40 AM

Presentation

  • Alex Mendelev, Solutions Architect, Google Cloud for Public Sector
10:00 AM

Presentation

  • Courtney Defriend, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, First Nations Health Authority
10:20 AM

Break #1

10:40 AM

Panel 2: Building a Global Hub for Health Research

BC and Canada are home to powerful health research that can improve health and save lives around the world. What steps can be taken to unleash growth of both public and private research? Is it a question of funding, lab space, talent – or something else?

  • Anne Stevens, VP Business Development, AbCellera
  • Rob McMaster, Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Wendy Hurlburt, President & CEO, Life Sciences BC
  • Panel Chiar: Fazil Mihlar, Deputy Minister, B.C Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

11:15 AM

Presentation

  • Matthew Oberhardt, Lead Data Scientist for Healthcare, Qualtrics
11:30 AM

Break #2

11:45 AM

Table-side breakout discussions

12:30 PM

Presentation: “Innovation in Health Care: Introducing B.C.’s First Digital Care Coordination Centre”

  •  Stephanie Hood, IT Innovation with the New St. Paul’s Hospital Project Team, Providence Health Care    
12:45 PM

Presentation: “Governing Data for Velocity: Moving at the Speed of Trust”

  • Steven Tam, Chief Data Governance Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health
1:00 PM

Panel 3: The AI opportunity in Health

AI applications are exploding across every sector, and BC is home to advanced skills and capabilities. How can we best put these skills to work in improving our health system, at the same time as we build health solutions for the world?

  • Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill, Founder, CEO, Chief Medical Officer, Careteam Technologies
  • Handol Kim, CEO, Variational AI
  • Kenndal McCardle, Principal, Pender Ventures
  • Panel Chair: Jacquie Griffiths, President, Invest Vancouver

1:30 PM

Lunch & Reception

All times PT, Subject to change

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