the data effect vancouver:

Our Health Data Opportunity

In person SUmmit
June 21, 2023 | 8:30AM - 1:30PM PT

building the future of modern health care

British Columbia is a global leader in health discovery, life sciences and applied healthcare innovation.

The next step is to build on this success with important new data-sharing initiatives that can help build a world leading health cluster.

Using the potential of health data, BC researchers – and their partners in government and technology – are already improving patient care and outcomes at home, while driving exciting scientific breakthroughs to benefit the world.

Now we need to accelerate our data sharing, take what’s working in pilot projects and early testing and scale it to broad application across B.C. 's — and Canada’s — healthcare ecosystem.

Join us at The Data Effect in Vancouver this June to meet and collaborate with the people and companies building the future of modern health care.

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Speakers joining include:

Alexandra Flatt

Vice President, Pandemic Response
and
Chief Data Officer,
Provincial Health Services Authority

Zsuzsanna Hollander

Director, Data Science,
Genome BC

Steven Tam

Chief Data Governance Officer,
Vancouver Coastal Health

Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill

Founder, CEO, Chief Medical Officer,
Careteam Technologies

Handol Kim

CEO,
Variational AI

Rachael Ritchie

Director, Innovation,
Vancouver Coastal Health

Alex Mendelev

Solutions Architect,
Google

Fazil Mihlar

Deputy Minister,
B.C Ministry of Jobs,
Economic Development and Innovation

Matthew Oberhardt

Lead Data Scientist for Healthcare,
Qualtrics

Federica di Palma

Chief Scientific Officer and
Vice President,
Research and Innovation,
Genome BC

Rob McMaster

Vice Dean,
Research Faculty of Medicine,
University of British Columbia

Jacquie Griffiths

President,
Invest Vancouver

Courtney Defriend

Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange,
First Nations Health Authority

Kenndal McCardle

Principal,
Pender Ventures

Wendy Hurlburt

President & CEO,
Life Sciences BC

Shirley Wong

Executive Project Manager,
Strategic Data Initiatives,
BC Ministry of Health

Allan Noordvyk

Executive Director of Health Informatics,
Providence Health Care

Stephanie Hood

Program Manager, IT Innovation,
Providence Health Care

Corrie Barclay

Partner,
BC Public Sector Lead,
PwC Canada

Anne Stevens

Vice President,
Business Development,
AbCellera

Richard Katrusiak

Event MC
Public Sector Lead, Western Canada,
Google

with more to be announced soon

Tickets

EARLY BIRD

$195.00 CAD

Group Ticket sales end May 2023

Each ticket receives:

  • Light Breakfast & Coffee
  • Admission to all Keynote and Panel Discussions
  • Networking Opportunities
GENERAL ADMISSION

$295.00 CAD

General Admission ticket sales end May 2023

Each ticket receives:

  • Light Breakfast & Coffee
  • Admission to all Keynote and Panel Discussions
  • Networking Opportunities

SpeakerS will Include:

Rick Leary

CEO,
Toronto Transit Commission

Ehren Cory

CEO,
Canada Infrastructure Bank

Ben Almond

CEO,
Engineering Services Canada,
SNC Lavalin

Kealy Dedman

Commissioner, Public Works,
Regional Municipality of Peel

Ramtin Attar

CEO & Co-Founder,
Promise Robotics

Heather Grey-Wolf

Chief Development Officer,
Infrastructure Ontario

Peter Hass

Associate Partner,
Maverix Private Equity

Stuart McLaren

Global Director of Net Zero Innovation,
SNC Lavalin

Laura Miller

Head of Public Policy and Communications, Canada,
Uber  

Michael Norton

Chief Development Officer,
Metrolinx

Derek Goring

Executive Vice President, Development, Northcrest Developments

Ilse Treurnicht

Managing Partner,
TwinRiver Capital

Leslie Woo

CEO,
CivicAction

James Perttula

Director,
Transit and Transportation Planning,
City of Toronto

Jag Sharma

President and Chief Executive Officer,
Toronto Community Housing

Graham Carr

President & Vice-Chancellor,
Concordia University

Heili Toome

Chief Marketing Officer,
SHIFT Transit

Louis Tremblay

President & CEO,
Flo

Emma Jarratt

Executive Editor,
Electric Autonomy Canada

Mark Salsberg

Co-Principal, WGD Consulting and Chair,
TRACCS Transit &
Rail Association

Catherine Murray

Event MC

with more to be announced soon

The Venue

900 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC
Located on the city’s dynamic harbourfront, Fairmont Waterfront is a world class luxury hotel in Vancouver, and proudly embraces a sustainable philosophy. The hotel offers upscale comfort, personalized service, and unparalleled West Coast views, with easy access to everything that makes Vancouver spectacular.
Business Casual attire is suggested.

TDE Vancouver: Focus

Data platforms: how to drive timely access to high-quality health data that fuels innovation and improved services

Data governance models: so that AI/ML can be applied to accelerate research, and that data can be shared among research and clinical use cases

The data + AI opportunity: in genomics and other fast emerging sectors

Indigenous approaches to data sovereignty and data sharing: and their importance and application to our health system

Data partnerships: across major research institutions and government

Proactive Preparedness: Strategies to help prepare for a quick response to future pandemics

event agenda

8:00 AM

Arrival Coffee

8:30 AM

Open by Conference MC

  • Richard Katrusiak, Public Sector Lead - Western Canada, Google
8:45 AM

Opening Presentation

  • Federica di Palma, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Research and Innovation, Genome BC
9:05 AM

Panel 1: The State of BC’s Health Analytics Architecture

The BC Health Data Platform is one of several new initiatives to better leverage health data for the benefit of British Columbians. Our opening panel will address the current state of data platforms, and how they can collectively drive timely access to high-quality health data that fuels innovation and improved services.

  • Zsuzsanna Hollander, Director, Data Science, Genome BC
  • Alexandra Flatt, Vice President Pandemic Response and Chief Data Officer at Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Shirley Wong, Executive Project Manager, Strategic Data Initiatives, BC Ministry of Health
  • Allan Noordvyk, Executive Director of Health Informatics, Providence Health Care
  • Panel Chair:  Corrie Barclay,Partner, BC Public Sector Lead, PwC
9:40 AM

Presentation

  • Alex Mendelev, Solutions Architect, Google Cloud for Public Sector
10:00 AM

Presentation

  • Courtney Defriend, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, First Nations Health Authority
10:20 AM

Break #1

10:40 AM

Panel 2: Building a Global Hub for Health Research

BC and Canada are home to powerful health research that can improve health and save lives around the world. What steps can be taken to unleash growth of both public and private research? Is it a question of funding, lab space, talent - or something else?

  • Anne Stevens, VP Business Development, AbCellera
  • Rob McMaster, Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Wendy Hurlburt, President & CEO, Life Sciences BC
  • Panel Chiar: Fazil Mihlar, Deputy Minister, B.C Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

11:15 AM

Presentation

  • Matthew Oberhardt, Lead Data Scientist for Healthcare, Qualtrics
11:30 AM

Break #2

11:45 AM

Table-side breakout discussions

12:30 PM

Presentation: "Innovation in Health Care: Introducing B.C.'s First Digital Care Coordination Centre”

  •  Stephanie Hood, IT Innovation with the New St. Paul’s Hospital Project Team, Providence Health Care    
12:45 PM

Presentation: “Governing Data for Velocity: Moving at the Speed of Trust”

  • Steven Tam, Chief Data Governance Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health
1:00 PM

Panel 3: The AI opportunity in Health

AI applications are exploding across every sector, and BC is home to advanced skills and capabilities. How can we best put these skills to work in improving our health system, at the same time as we build health solutions for the world?

  • Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill, Founder, CEO, Chief Medical Officer, Careteam Technologies
  • Handol Kim, CEO, Variational AI
  • Kenndal McCardle, Principal, Pender Ventures
  • Panel Chair: Jacquie Griffiths, President, Invest Vancouver

1:30 PM

Lunch & Reception

All times PT, Subject to change

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