Emerge Experience

Emerge Experience

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · 8 hr. (US/Pacific)
Emerge Experience

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Join us for this catalyst experience where partnerships form, investments happen, and healthcare’s future takes shape.

Enhance your HIMSS26 experience with our dynamic full-day Emerge program—designed exclusively for forward-thinking investors, breakthrough startups, and decision-making executives from health systems and payers. This isn’t just another conference track—it’s your launchpad for meaningful connections that drive healthcare forward. Emerge delivers a carefully orchestrated day of high-value interactions: cutting-edge educational sessions that decode tomorrow’s healthcare landscape, an electrifying pitch competition showcasing the most promising solutions, curated one-on-one meetings between capital and innovation, and strategic networking opportunities that turn conversations into collaborations. Whether you’re seeking funding, scouting your next investment, or searching for solutions to transform patient care, Emerge creates the perfect ecosystem where visionary ideas find the resources they need to scale.

Sessions

Emerge Experience Opening Remarks

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Halle Tecco · Massively Better Healthcare

Opening Keynote Address: The Fix: What Healthcare Really Needs from Innovation and Investment

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Halle Tecco · Massively Better Healthcare
Daymond John · Star of ABC's Shark Tank

The Long Game: A Startup–Health System Partnership at Scale

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 11:05 AM to 11:50 AM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Jonathan Slotkin · Geisinger
Brad Brooks · TigerConnect

The Emerge Innovation Pitch Competition: Best-in-Show Solutions for Hospital Systems Challenges

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 11:50 AM to 12:35 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Todd Greene · PubNub
Doug Grapski · Praia Health
Crystal Broj · Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Ayman Mukerji · Jivika

Emerge Luncheon & Book Signing - Massively Better Healthcare by Halle Tecco

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 12:35 PM to 1:30 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Halle Tecco · Massively Better Healthcare

From Pilot to Scale: Building Public–Private Flywheels for AI, Interoperability, and Real-World Impact

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Haider Warraich · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Omkar Kulkarni · Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Stephen Konya · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP)
Haipeng (Mark) Zhang · U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs,

Building Bridges -- How Investors Orchestrate Healthcare's Most Successful Partnerships

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Thomas Dwyer · Troutman Pepper and Locke
Margaret Malone · Flare Capital Partners
Randy Scott · HealthQuest Capital

The Emerge Innovation Pitch Competition: Best-in-Show Solutions for Payer Challenges

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Demilade Oloyede · Limpiar
Rachna Dhamija · Ejenta
Katie Whalen · Clover
David Marek · HealthAtlas/DropDev

The Great Reversal: Payer & Provider Execs Pitch You (And Tell You How to Pitch Them)

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Level 2 | Veronese 2501A
Katie Whalen · Clover
Alexander Ding · Humana
Esther Kim · Mass General Brigham
Karandeep Singh · UC San Diego Health

Emerge Experience Cocktail Reception

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Level 4 | Zeno 4610

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