October 15, 2025

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Chicago

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Health2Tech Chicago – October 15, 2025

Join us on October 15th for an exclusive gathering that brings together the brightest minds in the digital health space. Hosted by Alex Koshykov, this evening promises to be a confluence of innovation, inspiration, and invaluable networking.

Schedule

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Doors Open. Begin the evening with a warm welcome and a chance to settle in.

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm "Why Great Ideas Fail and How to Create a VC Backable Business" by Laura Hilty

6:45 pm - 8:30 pm Networking

Speakers

Laura Hilty

Principal at HealthX Ventures

TOPIC: Why Great Ideas Fail and How to Create a VC Backable Business.

Laura Hilty is a health tech operator turned venture capital investor. After two decades working to improve healthcare, she is investing in early-stage health tech companies and helping portfolio companies grow through strategy and board work.

Prior to HealthX, she held leadership roles spanning corporate strategy, M&A, product strategy, product management, and partnerships across stages from company start-up to scale, through Forte / Advarra and Epic. Through that time, she launched 7 new software products, helped the company exit, developed corporate strategy, and acquired 6 companies within 18 months, all contributing to the company’s $5B valuation. With clinical research domain expertise combined with experience in Electronic Healthcare Records (EHRs) at Epic, she is passionate about creating new paradigms in healthcare that create impactful and sustainable change.

Laura holds a Bachelor’s in Molecular / Cell Biology from Vanderbilt University, is a mentor to start-up entrepreneurs, active in helping improve healthcare in Africa, and spends her free time negotiating with her young daughter or outdoors hiking or kayaking.

Venue details

Great location in the heart of Chicago, equipped to foster conversations and connections. Venue details will be shared with registered attendees. Because of limited capacity, we won’t be able to accommodate everyone, so please register whenever you are sure you can attend.

Partners

The Yard is a coworking space at the intersection of innovation, creativity, design, & play – with locations in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and DC – with a variety of shared and private workspace options.

MEDICA

MEDICA, held annually in November in Düsseldorf, Germany, is the world’s premier trade fair for the life sciences and medical technology, routinely attracting over 80,000 visitors from 165 countries and featuring more than 5,800 exhibitors from around the globe.

A key focus of MEDICA is Digital Health, which encompasses innovative technologies showcased through comprehensive exhibits and specialized programs like the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM, ECON FORUM, and INNOVATION FORUM, as well as events such as the START-UP PARK, Wearable Technologies Show, and the Hospital of the Future exhibit, emphasizing advancements in telemedicine and digital hospital networking.

For additional information, visit www.medica-tradefair.com or contact the US office of Show Management:

Messe Düsseldorf North America (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Ryan Klemm Director, International Events rklemm@mdna.com / Direct Tel. (312) 621-5832

November 5, 2025

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Washington DC

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Health2Tech DC November 5, 2025

Join us on November 5th for an exclusive gathering that brings together the brightest minds in the digital health space. Hosted by Alex Koshykov & Guc Ozenci, this evening promises to be a confluence of innovation, inspiration, and invaluable networking.

Schedule

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Doors Open

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm "Lessons Learned from Innovating in the Inner Ear" by Kevin Franck

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Networking

Speakers

Kevin Franck

Chief Clinical Officer at Otolith Labs

TOPIC: Lessons Learned from Innovating in the Inner Ear

Kevin Franck, PhD, MBA, is a leader in the inner-ear field with 25 years of expertise spanning the development, commercialization, and clinical provision of hearing-related medical products. He earned his PhD in Hearing Science from the University of Washington and his MBA in Health Care Management from the Wharton School. He is also a licensed audiologist.

Kevin’s biotech and medical device senior leadership experience spans SVP, Strategic Marketing and New Product Planning at Frequency Therapeutics, Head of Marketing at Bose Hear, Head of Clinical Products/Strategy at Cochlear, and exited his first start-up, Ear Machine. Dr. Franck was also a faculty of Otolaryngology at Harvard and UPenn Schools of Medicine, and led clinical programs at Mass Eye and Ear and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He’s served on multiple national nonprofit Boards, including Chair of the Hearing Loss Association of America.

At Otolith, Kevin leads clinical and regulatory operations, leveraging his deep scientific knowledge and strong industry understanding to drive clinical success.

Venue details

Great location in Washington DC, equipped to foster conversations and connections. Venue details will be shared with registered attendees. Because of limited capacity, we won’t be able to accommodate everyone, so please register whenever you are sure you can attend.

Don’t miss this chance to be part of a community that’s driving the future of health tech. Reserve your spot now and join us in shaping the landscape of digital health for 2025 and beyond.

Partners

Founder Institute & Guc Ozenci

The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

FINN Partners – more than an agency. Champions of change.

FINN Partners is one of the fastest-growing global, independent marketing and communications agencies in the world, serving clients through a powerful combination of bold creativity, informed strategy, hands-on partnership, and highly specialized expertise.

MEDICA, held annually in November in Düsseldorf, Germany, is the world’s premier trade fair for the life sciences and medical technology, routinely attracting over 80,000 visitors from 165 countries and featuring more than 5,800 exhibitors from around the globe.

A key focus of MEDICA is Digital Health, which encompasses innovative technologies showcased through comprehensive exhibits and specialized programs like the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM, ECON FORUM, and INNOVATION FORUM, as well as events such as the START-UP PARK, Wearable Technologies Show, and the Hospital of the Future exhibit, emphasizing advancements in telemedicine and digital hospital networking.

For additional information, visit www.medica-tradefair.com or contact the US office of Show Management:

Messe Düsseldorf North America (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Ryan Klemm Director, International Events rklemm@mdna.com / Direct Tel. (312) 621-5832

November 4, 2025

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Philadelphia

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Health2Tech Philly November 4, 2025

Join us on November 4th for an exclusive gathering that brings together the brightest minds in the digital health space. Hosted by Alex Koshykov and Linda Alunkal, this evening promises to be a confluence of innovation, inspiration, and invaluable networking.

Schedule

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Doors Open

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Fireside chat with Bharat Rao on "Healthcare AI That Works: Reducing Cost, Easing Burden, Improving Outcomes".

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Networking

Speakers

Bharat Rao

Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer, Carenostics Inc.

TOPIC: Healthcare AI That Works: Reducing Cost, Easing Burden, Improving Outcomes.

Bharat Rao, PhD, is a healthcare AI leader with over 25 years of experience building and deploying AI solutions that work. He has developed 20+ healthcare AI products, holds 60+ patents, and has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications. His solutions have been deployed at thousands of health systems impacting millions of patients worldwide, and used by global pharma and biotech companies to improve care, research, and real-world evidence generation. He led the AI transformation of two multi-billion multinational corporations and is the recipient of the ACM’s highest lifetime award for contributions to AI and data science.

In this fireside chat, Dr. Rao shares hard-won lessons from 25 years of healthcare AI deployment: what works, what fails, and what to avoid. He draws on current partnerships with health systems and pharma to address underdiagnosis and undertreatment in chronic disease. He also highlights his latest effort: using predictive and generative AI to automate the transplant journey, driving financial sustainability, improving outcomes, and relieving care team burden across one of healthcare’s most complex workflows.

Venue

Great location in the heart of Philadelphia, equipped to foster conversations and connections. Venue details will be shared with registered attendees. Because of limited capacity, we won’t be able to accommodate everyone, so please register whenever you are sure you can attend.

Don’t miss this chance to be part of a community that’s driving the future of health tech. Reserve your spot now and join us in shaping the landscape of digital health for 2024 and beyond.

Partners

Tactix

In 1997, Tactix set out to radically change the commercial real estate brokerage model. We believed by hiring the smartest and most experienced brokers, creating a culture of collaboration and teamwork, encouraging teams to form around the client’s specific needs, and committing to never (ever) represent landlords, we could change brokerage as usual. Almost 30 years later, we are still fulfilling that mission every day.

Philly Startup Leaders

Philly Startup Leaders fosters entrepreneurship and economic growth by connecting founders with the knowledge, resources, and relationships they need to succeed in Philadelphia and beyond. We believe that entrepreneurs are the backbone of our society. Our mission is to make more of them.

MEDICA, held annually in November in Düsseldorf, Germany, is the world’s premier trade fair for the life sciences and medical technology, routinely attracting over 80,000 visitors from 165 countries and featuring more than 5,800 exhibitors from around the globe.

A key focus of MEDICA is Digital Health, which encompasses innovative technologies showcased through comprehensive exhibits and specialized programs like the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM, ECON FORUM, and INNOVATION FORUM, as well as events such as the START-UP PARK, Wearable Technologies Show, and the Hospital of the Future exhibit, emphasizing advancements in telemedicine and digital hospital networking.

For additional information, visit www.medica-tradefair.com or contact the US office of Show Management:

Messe Düsseldorf North America (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Ryan Klemm Director, International Events rklemm@mdna.com / Direct Tel. (312) 621-5832