Speakers 2026

Dr.Okan Ekinci is the SVP of Digital Technology and CMIO at Roche Information Solutions. He oversees the design and validation of Roche’s multi-modality AI-enabled digital health platforms and products. He joined Roche in 2018 as Chief Medical Officer for the […]

Dr. Mahmut Akgul is a board-certified pathologist specializing in genitourinary pathology. He completed his medical education in Turkey before moving to the United States to pursue advanced training. Dr. Akgul completed his Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) residency at University […]

Dr. Carolina Garcia Rizo is a veteran C-suite executive with a track record of high-value AI biopharma exits. As Chief Business Officer, she led the acquisition of Just Biotherapeutics (pioneering AI in biologics development and manufacturing) and played a pivotal […]

Danjuma Quarless is Senior Director of AI Therapeutics Innovation at Lilly Ventures, the strategic venture arm Lilly, where he focuses on early-stage investing at the intersection of AI and drug development. Danjuma’s career spans computational biology, venture capital, and strategic […]

James Zou is an associate professor of Biomedical Data Science, CS and EE at Stanford University. He works on developing cutting-edge AI for biomedical applications. His group developed many widely used innovations including EchoNet AI (FDA cleared for assessing cardiac […]

Mohsen Bayati is a Professor of Operations, Information & Technology at Stanford University and a leading researcher at the intersection of machine learning, healthcare, and data-driven decision systems. His work focuses on developing advanced AI and statistical methods to improve […]

Dr. Oguz Akbilgic is a Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) and a leading health informatics researcher. He specializes in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced statistical modeling to address critical challenges in healthcare. […]

Prof. Dr. Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, is a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and theFounding Director of Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Tosun-Turgut earned her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering […]

Lindy Fishburne is a Managing Partner at Breakout Ventures, an investment firm that partners with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation. Lindy has spent over a decade supporting early-stage companies navigate the frontier of science and technology. With a background in […]

Chirag B. Patel, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neuro-oncology and a McNair Scholar at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). He completed MD/PhD training at the UTHealth Houston/MDACC MSTP and neurology residency at UCLA, before […]