Start the morning with some breakfast and coffee while networking with leading government and industry health IT officials.

Jose Arrieta recently took over as the associate deputy assistant secretary for acquisition at the Department of Health and Human Services. Before HHS, he served at GSA as the director, Office of IT 70 Schedule Contract Operations. He's an expert in government acquisition and a strong blockchain advocate.

Steve Posnack is the director of the Office of Standards and Technology at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. There, he directs ONC’s standards and technology investments through the ONC Tech Lab.

Speakers:

Jeff Shilling, CIO of the National Cancer Institute

Chuck Howell, chief scientist for dependable AI at MITRE Corp.

Jean Vettel, senior science lead in the Future Soldier Technologies Division under the Army Research Laboratory's Human Sciences campaign.

This panel will explore how AI is playing a crucial role in transforming health care, both inside and outside the clinical setting.

Speakers:
Jean Yang, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University

Sonja Lemott, chief engineer for the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems.

Shannon Sartin, executive director for USDS at Health and Human Services

Health care is seen as one of the most vulnerable and dangerous cybersecurity targets. Panelists will discuss best practices, use cases and what’s on the horizon for next-generation health IT.

Dr. Paul Tibbits is the deputy CIO for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also the PEO for the Financial Management Business Transformation. He will discuss the efforts by VA to acquire the best healthcare technologies to improve care for veterans.

Speakers:

Col. John Scott, Data Manager at the Defense Health

Agency

Tony Jones, CEO of Frontive, creator of the Smart Personal Health Assistant

Aaron Black, chief data officer at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute

A wave of health care data has swept over the government and industry. This panel will discuss the technologies and strategies government agencies and commercial firms are using to capitalize on the mountains of health care data being collected.

Stacy Cummings is the Program Executive Officer for Defense Healthcare Management Systems. As PEO, she oversees the Department of Defense (DoD) electronic health record modernization.

Speakers:

Drew Myklegard, Lighthouse product owner, Department of Veterans Affairs

Chris Anello, Federal Healthcare Advisory Solution Consultant, ServiceNow

Dr. Monica Farah-Stapleton, chief engineer for the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization Program

Amy Haseltine, deputy CIO for Enterprise Services at Health and Human Services

Software development in government has changed. Agencies risk falling behind unless they modernize their IT infrastructure utilizing methods such as open sourcing and acquiring commercial-off-the-shelf tools. The panelists will discuss the new opportunities sweeping through government.

Enjoy lunch on the water networking with leading government and executive health leaders.