14th Annual Cooley Healthtech Conference
East Palo Alto, CA
Event summary
Top healthtech industry executives, investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders gathered for the 14th Annual Cooley Healthtech Conference in East Palo Alto. This event focused on key drivers affecting the industry, as well as explore growth strategies for healthtech, medical device, medtech and digital health companies.
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Agenda
8:00 am
Registration, networking and breakfast
8:30 am
Opening remarks
- Josh Seidenfeld – Partner at Cooley
8:35 am
State of the Healthtech Sector
- Matt Strom – Managing director and head of West Coast healthcare investment banking at Morgan Stanley
- David Peinsipp – Partner at Cooley and co-chair of the firm’s global capital markets practice group
9:05 am
A Corporate Acquirer Perspective
- Chris Carlson – Senior vice president of research, corporate development and Intuitive Ventures at Intuitive Surgical
- Ben Beerle (moderator) – Partner at Cooley
9:35 am
Networking break
9:50 am
Fireside Chat With Amir Dan Rubin
- Amir Dan Rubin – Founder and CEO of Healthier Capital; former CEO of One Medical
- Mark Weeks (moderator) – Partner at Cooley
10:15 am
Navigating the Regulatory Landscape
- Alexis Bortniker – Partner at Cooley
Fireside Chat: Regulatory Insider Perspective
- Esther Bleicher – General counsel at Hello Heart
- Sonia Nath (moderator) – Partner at Cooley and chair of the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice group
10:55 am
Networking break
11:10 am
Private Equity Update
- Danielle Fortier – Partner at Cooley
11:30 am
Compensation and Hiring
- Meredith Damore – Executive director of Chasm Partners
- Jody Thelander – Founder and CEO of J. Thelander Consulting
- Eric Walczykowski – CEO of Bespoke Partners
- Alessandra Murata (moderator) – Partner at Cooley and co-chair of the firm’s compensation and benefits practice group
12:20 pm
Networking luncheon
1:30 pm
Investors’ Perspectives: What’s Really in Store in 2024?
- Kate Garrett – Managing partner at Sonder Capital
- Ayse McCracken – Founder and board chair of Ignite
- Deena Shakir – General partner at Lux Capital
- Jessica Zeaske – Managing partner of Echo Health Ventures
- Lauren Creel (moderator) – Partner at Cooley
2:10 pm
AI Innovation in Healthcare
- Sandeep Gupta – Co-founder and COO of Innovaccer
- Aabed Meer – Partner at Questa Capital
- Kal Patel – CEO and co-founder of BrightInsight
- Nawal Roy – Founder and CEO of Holmusk
- Charity Williams (moderator) – Partner at Cooley
2:55 pm
Closing remarks
- Joanna Liebes Hubberts – Partner at Cooley
3:00 pm
Reception
4:00 pm
Conclusion
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