Tuesday, May 20

INVEST 2025

Join us to hear from innovative investors and entrepreneurs offering novel approaches to solve some of healthcare’s greatest challenges.

By MedCity News

Date and time

May 20 · 8am - May 21 · 2pm CDT

Location

Convene

233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606

Refund Policy

No Refunds

Agenda

Day 1

Day 2

Arundhati Opening Remarks

Arundhati Parmar (MedCity News)

Investor Perspective: What’s Hot What’s Not

Dr. Christina Jenkins (Convergent Ventures)

Jasmi Shah (Cigna Ventures)

Moderator: David Kereiakes (Windham Capital Partners)

Aman Shah (VNS Health)

Hear from a panel of investment leaders from different healthcare industry sectors about the current investment climate. Learn about their strategic priorities and get advice on how startup founders ...

Here’s How We Found Our Healthcare Champion

Marissa Plescia (MedCity News)

A startup founder/CEO will do a 10-minute presentation that explains how the startup was able to find a champion within a healthcare organization that led to a successful deployment. This will be fol...

Networking Break

Biopharma: Infectious Diseases

Judge: Ryan Kole (VCapital)

Judge: Matt Martin (Pathway Bioventures)

Judge: Michael Schultz (Venture Portal Innovations)

Fireside Chat

Lunch Break

How is AI Reshaping the Lifesciences?

Chelsea Vane (GE Healthcare)

Michelle Hoffman, PhD. (Chicago Biomedical Consortium)

Bobby Reddy, Jr. (Prenosis, Inc.)

Liz Beatty (Inato)

AI is not just about boosting hospital operational efficiency or radiological capability. It is reshaping other parts of the healthcare industry be it in pharma or medical devices. Hear from leaders ...

How are Employers and Payers Covering the Cost of GLP-1s

AJ Loiacono (Cap-Rx)

Disha Narang (Endeavor Health)

Moderator: Harrison Newman (Corporate Synergies)

Shawn Gremminger (National Alliance Health)

GLP-1s have proved to be highly effective weight loss drugs and have benefits tied to hypertension as well. But these expensive drugs are proving to be a headache for self-insured employers and payer...

Networking Break

HealthTech Consumer/Employer: Care Navigation and Coordination