About the Event:

In a recent Forbes magazine article it says “This might be the best time to break into the Healthcare Business. In fact, healthcare may be the new frontier of startup innovation. In a sector traditionally ruled by major multinationals and established providers, there is now more room for small and medium sized companies to get a piece of the action.”

Companies like IBM are helping Health Tech startups gain competitive advantages, create new revenue streams and attract new capital investment through the use of its Cognitive Computing technology, Watson.

IBM and Vicert would like to have you join our Meet Up to explore what other Health Tech companies are doing to leverage Watson. Make sure to bring your own ideas on how you think Watson might help propel your business forward. You’ll have an opportunity to share your thoughts in the group session or qualified companies may receive an exclusive complimentary technical design workshop (2-4hrs) with Cognitive Cloud Computing team to tailor Watson and the IBM Bluemix platform micro services towards your specific product goals.

Schedule:

6:00 pm – Doors open, Networking & Nibbles

6:30 pm – Kickoff

o Trends in Healthcare Application Development

• Impact of Using Watson in Healthcare application

  § @Point of Care – Game changing outcomes for Point of Care

  § SimpleC – Improving lives without drugs for the elderly

  § Welltok- IBM participates in Welltok 22 million third funding round

  § Pathway Genomics- The world’s first precision health and wellness mobile application using Watson and genetics.

  § Cloud Therapy - Develops Healthcare Application on IBM’s open platform

• Demo -- Using IBM Bluemix Cognitive Cloud Platform to enhance applications

o How to get started using Watson

7:45 pm – Networking Circle

8:00 pm – Conclusion,More Networking After Party @ DirtyWater

Your Hosts/Speakers:

Michelle Ruyle is IBM Cognitive Cloud Services Healthcare & Life Sciences Channel Development Leader. She helps Healthcare & Life Science companies scale, create new revenue streams and innovate to create a competitive advantage using IBM Cognitive Computing platform, software and on premise solutions. She has worked for 5 startup/mid-sized private companies in the last 15 years. All 5 companies were purchased during Michelle’s tenure.

Juergen Kuebler is driving Cloud adoption with the North American business partner community for IBM’s Cloud portfolio. He has more than 20 years of business experience in channel management and business development spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Grace Velker is IBM cognitive cloud services Account Executive dedicated to healthcare, life sciences and public sector in the west coast. Grace is passionate about working with healthcare and life sciences companies of all sizes to help them transform and innovate by harnessing the power of cognitive computing. Grace is based out of San Francisco.

Voja Lalich is the Founder and CEO of Vicert, a San Francisco based company that develops digital health solutions and provides consulting services. In his role, for over 15 years now, he has overseen the development and deployment of 300+ health tech solutions for some of the biggest players in the healthcare industry. Voja’s personal vision aligns with the company’s mission and that is to enable the digital health revolution!

About IBM: IBM is a global information technology company that offers a mix of products including hardware, software, cloud-based services and cognitive computing. For more information, please visit www.ibm.com/watson and follow @IBMWatson

About Vicert: Vicert has been building digital health solutions for payers, providers, and product companies for over 15 years. That experience has enabled us to have a quick project turnaround - with our sweet spot being small and medium sized health tech projects in which we are able to deliver initial products in 2-3 months. To learn more about Vicert, visit http://www.vicert.com/ and follow @Vicert_Inc