• Why U.S. healthcare lags behind peer nations despite high spending • The systemic gaps in access, affordability, and workforce burnout • How exponential technologies like AI, virtual care, and wearables can either widen or close equity gaps • Actionable strategies for financing, integrating, and democratizing innovation • What you—innovators, clinicians, technologists—can do to ensure a future of health for all
“What an Amazing Time to Be in Biomedical Research”
This 20215 Keynote is posted in honor of the late Dr. Atul Butte (1970–2025), a visionary physician-scientist and bioinformatics pioneer whose work transformed how we think about data, diagnostics, and discovery. He was a friend, colleague, collaborator and inspiration to many in the NextMed Health community.
Legendary inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen takes the NextMed Health stage to deliver a powerful, fast-paced, and deeply personal keynote that spans over four decades of innovation in healthcare, robotics, and education.
From reflections on history’s darkest hours to today’s public health crises, Dr. Brilliant offers a clear call to action: when the world feels overwhelming, help someone who has it worse. His talk ends with a hopeful challenge to all of us—find a way, big or small, to meet this moment.
Dr. Daniel Kraft kicks off NextMed Health 2023, exploring the cutting edge and future of health and medicine.
Quantified Health: From Big Data to Insights. Stanford's Michael Snyder
If your health is a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, today we measure 6 or 7 pieces and try and guess the picture, now we're trying to take 600-800 pieces to get a much better assessment of your health…
How do we make the next generation of surgeons? How do we bring surgery, that is intelligent, digitally enabled and global to address the lack of surgeons on many countries?
Dr. Leroy Hood M.D. PhD's keynote at NextMed Health on transforming health care with scientific wellness.
Our perceptions and what we 'see' are limited. New technologies are being developed to create new senses.
Ovarian Health is intimately related to health, wellbeing and healthspan in women.
In this compelling talk, renowned futurist and author of Hacking Darwin, Jamie Metzl, explores the rapid advancements in genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. He reflects on his past predictions about CRISPR-edited babies, their ethical implications, and how the field is evolving faster than expected.
Transformative Technologies for Human Health, Mental Health and Happiness. Nichol Bradford explores how technology can unlock the fullest human potential for all.
In this stellar talk at NextMed Health Mary Lou Jepsen shares the work of her interdisciplinary team at Openwater = developing promising and innovative approaches using light and sound to democratize diagnostics and therapy leveraging low-cost silicon-based consumer electronics.
Paul Stamets is a legendary mycologist, and in this tour de force keynote at NextMed Health
Divya Chander MD PhD on the cutting edge of neuroscience and neurotechnology at NextMed Health
Dr. Ran Balicer’s keynote at NextMed Health focuses on the urgent need to transform healthcare from a reactive system to one that is predictive, proactive, and preventive.
In this talk at NextMed Health by Ken Dychwald, PhD (Founder & CEO of Age Wave), explores the potential and the implications of an older and healthier population where healthspan matches lifespan.
In this compelling session at NextMed Health , Baroness Nicola Blackwood, Chair of Genomics England, and Chris Wigley, CEO of Genomics England, cover the findings, implications, and ways their work is helping the NHS embed and integrate genomics into routine healthcare.
How many cures sit on pharmacy shelves, while patients suffer, and the data linking those drugs and rare diseases sit in plain site?
In this magical session at NextMed Health, Aloe Blacc shares his music and some of his journey into biotech-- plus a novel experiment with the audience looking at the impact of music on their vital signs.
The XPRIZE's mission is "To incentive and accelerate radical breakthroughs toward an equitable and abundant future for humanity..." Several XPRIZEs have been focused on health and medicine.
Synthetic Biology is on the cusp of revolutionizing biomedicine. Andrew Hessel is chairman of Project-write, and Author of The Genesis Machine, Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology.
Alex Zhavoronkov PhD, Founder & CEO of Insilico Medicine on transforming pharma with end-to-end AI and robotics while solving human aging at the same time.
Lucien Engelen’s talk at NextMed Health focuses on the need for a major shift in healthcare from reactive to preventive measures, emphasizing the importance of integrating digital technology to enhance efficiency and patient care.
In this eye-opening talk at NextMed Health Nora LaTorre, the founder of Eat Real, explores the alarming decline in life expectancy and health spans among Millennials, primarily driven by processed food-related diseases.
Dr. Dave Albert, a digital health pioneer shared key insights from his 40-year career in healthcare innovation and the evolution & impact of Alivecor, and its array of AI enabled portable EKG baed diagnostics.
Health in the Home: Interior design is needed for individuals with chronic diseases and to improve health with where we spend our time.
Expert Insights: -Esther Dyson discusses her Wellville project, urging communities to invest in long-term health and defund predatory healthcare. -Dr. Lee Sanders, Chair of General Pediatrics at Stanford highlights the struggles of high-risk families and the importance of designing technology that improves access for underserved populations. -Rajiv Ranonki of Carelon focuses on building digital platforms that personalize and expand access to healthcare.
Imagine if you had an avatar that could let you easily visualize your future self. Now you can, and leverage this to help with proactive health behavior changes that will effect 'Future You'.
In this talk at NextMed Health, Alexx Henry, CEO of BlueVishnu ( https://www.bluevishnu.io ) shares his experience, and the implications for the future of health.