Join us for an evening of innovation
Featuring presentations from the cutting-edge healthcare AI startups that participated in this year’s 30-week accelerator program. This is your chance to catch a glimpse of the future of medicine, driven by the most innovative minds in healthcare AI.
Agenda
| 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Check-in |
| 6:00 - 6:05 p.m. | Opening Remarks Maneesh Goyal |
| 6:05 - 6:15 p.m. | Welcome from JETRO Susumu Kataoka |
| 6:15 - 6:35 p.m. | Keynote Address John Halamka, M.D., M.S. |
| 6:35 - 6:40 p.m. | Introduction to Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Jamie Sundsbak |
| 6:40 - 8:10 p.m. | Company Showcase Three minutes per company |
| 8:10 - 8:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 8:15 - 9:00 p.m. | Networking Reception |
Speakers
John Halamka, M.D., M.S.
Diercks President, Mayo Clinic Platform
John D. Halamka, M.D., M.S., leads a portfolio of platform businesses focused on transforming health care by leveraging artificial intelligence, connected health care devices and a network of trusted partners.
Trained in emergency medicine and medical informatics, Dr. Halamka has been developing and implementing health care information strategy and policy for more than 25 years.
Prior to his appointment at Mayo Clinic, he was Chief Information Officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he served governments, academia and industry worldwide. He is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician.
As the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Halamka helped the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration and governments around the world plan their health care information strategies.
Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, and pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his residency at Harbor—UCLA Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Halamka has written a dozen books about technology-related issues, hundreds of articles and thousands of posts on the Geekdoctor blog. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. He and his wife also run Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, Massachusetts—the largest animal sanctuary in New England, which includes 300 animals, 30 acres of agricultural production and a cidery.
Maneesh Goyal
Chief Operating Officer, Mayo Clinic Platform
Maneesh Goyal is Chief Operating Officer of Mayo Clinic Platform and drives its growth and financial performance. He is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans and overall operational excellence and for assessing and developing processes, systems, and infrastructure. He identifies opportunities and provides direction on Mayo Clinic Platform’s investments in technology, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. Goyal creates and optimizes key strategic partnerships and builds and acquires businesses that advance the success and impact of Mayo Clinic Platform and oversees their performance.
Goyal manages teams across product and solutions development, technology, sales and marketing, and regulatory functions. He works with the teams to ensure that all initiatives and efforts help achieve Mayo Clinic Platform’s vision.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
Goyal brings a cross-disciplinary background in finance, investing, product development, and engineering. He was most recently the Vice Chair of Corporate Development at Mayo Clinic. Before joining Mayo Clinic, he held key leadership positions at Welltok and Miramar Venture Partners, a leading early-stage investor focusing on the information technology space. Before entering the venture world, Goyal was an early employee with Broadcom Inc., a Fortune 500 company, leading product development and engineering efforts in more than a dozen communications technology solutions.
Jamie Sundsbak
Senior Manager Accelerate, Mayo Clinic Platform
Jamie is dedicated to working with entrepreneurs and has a passion for medical and life science innovation. He currently serves as a Partner Relationship Manager with Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate assisting AI Healthtech companies work with Mayo Clinic Platform. He has founded multiple companies and organizations, most recently the Collider Foundation that is dedicated to supporting local entrepreneurs in the Rochester area. He was also part of the founding team that created the Center for Surgical Excellence at Mayo Clinic and the founder of BioAM, an organization to promote entrepreneurship in the life sciences.
Susumu Kataoka
President, Japan External Trade Organization JETRO
1991.4 Direction of Environmental Policy, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
1995.7 Study abroad (in France)
1997.7 Direction of Housing Industry and Construction materials, MITI
1999.7 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Japan in France
2003.7 Direction of Industrial Technology Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2005.11 Special Advisor for Vice-minister
2007.10 Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012.8 Director for Textile Industry, METI
2014.7 Cabinet Secretariat for Revitalization of Japanese Economy Counsellor
2016.7 Director General, Paris office, JETRO
2020.9 Director General for Policy Coordination, Consumer Affairs Agency
2022.7 Director General for Policy Making, Consumer Affairs Agency
2023.7 Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, METI
2023.10 President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
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