Austin Blockchain Collective’s Executive Director and Symposium Producer to Present Scene Setting Thoughts on Healthcare as a Data Business

Following the morning Symposium Welcome by Pete Harris, Executive Director, Austin Blockchain Collective and Anjum Khurshid, Director of Data Integration, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School​ at the University of Texas, Mr. Harris will deliver scene setting thought leadership titled “What Healthcare Can Learn from Wall Street.” 
 
In his remarks, Mr. Harris will contend that as the healthcare business increasingly becomes a data centric one, it might do well to learn from the decades of experience that has informed the strategic direction of players in the global financial markets, where “Information about money has become almost as important as money itself.”

Pete Harris brings his 40+ years of business and technology experience, which has often involved tracking emerging technologies from their R&D phase to commercial launch. Pete has extensive experience of industry applications, especially in the institutional financial markets, supply chain and healthcare.


The first Blockchain and Digital Transformation in Health 2020 symposium is being curated jointly by the Austin Blockchain Collective and data and clinical experts from Dell Medical School at The University of Texas. 

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The full educational program for the symposium includes more than 40 expert speakers, 10 academic presentations, 20 blockchain/healthtech startups and kicks off with two keynotes:

• Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado, Associate Dean, Informatics and Technology, UCSD Health
• Mark Treshock, Blockchain Solutions Leader for Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM

More than 100 senior healthcare industry and technology professionals are expected to attend. The symposium is especially targeted at those working in the following roles:

• Clinicians, providers and researchers with an interest in digital health and technology
• Digital health specialists looking to keep abreast of technology trends
• Data scientists and medical statisticians that want to leverage these new tools 
• Payers and administrators seeking to take advantage of these technologies
• Blockchain, IT, AI and medical device innovators that wish to engage with medical practitioners and healthcare professionals
  
  

The venue for the Blockchain and Digital Transformation in Health 2020 Symposium is MedtoMarket, a recently opened medical and life sciences innovation center.
 
Registration for the symposium is open, with an academic rate of just $295 (including the educational program plus networking breakfast, lunch, breaks and end of business reception). Discounts are available for Dell Med and UT faculty and students, as well as for healthcare associates of Dell Med and members of the Austin Blockchain Collective.

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