Main Stage Talks

Every conference has talks. Too many are overlong, underprepared, thinly vetted, and poorly lit. The Gathering features a small number of tightly crafted talks, from different perspectives and disciplines – bridging cultures from the clinical to the software worlds.

Check out all of our main stage talks from past Gatherings (2022 - 2025)

- 2023
Why I Built This | Founders Panel

Aaron Horowitz, Jen Horonjeff, and Shawn Blackburn
Join Aaron Horowitz (CEO and Founder | Empath Labs), Jen Horonjeff (Founder & CEO | Saavy Cooperative), and Shawn Blackburn (Founder of YPrime and President of YPrime Labs) as they discuss how they started their companies and what important lessons they learned along the way.
- 2023
Feeling at Home: How to Make Clinical Trials More Representative

Ryan Brown
At the 2023 Innovation Network Gathering, Ryan Brown challenged the audience to consider how lessons from supporting first-time home ownership might be applied to making clinical trials more inclusive and make studies more representative.
- 2023
We Need Sites More Than They Need Us

Rosie Filling
At the Innovation Network Gathering in 2023, Rosie reminded the audience that we need sites more than they need us and how we can honor that relationship with a few common sense innovations.
- 2023
The AI Hype Story

David Sjolin
At the Innovation Network Gathering 2023, Dave share some important takeaways on AI and it’s potential impact on the clinical trial industry.
- 2023
Be a Guide: Opening the Door to Innovation in the Clinical Research

Mike Wenger
Mike Wenger of Florence Health Care reminds us how competitive moats for incumbents are blocking innovation in clinical research, and how we can help.
- 2023
Access to Data will Fuel the AI Revolution

Rohit Nambisan
Rohit reminded us at the Innovation Network Gathering 2023 that access to data is what fuels AI and to enable effective problem solving and treatments we need true data sharing.
- 2023
Know Your Value: Monetize Your Health Data

Britt Gottstschalk
At the 2023 Gathering Britt, founding CEO of Geno.Me, reveals the importance of understanding your value within the clinical landscape by monetizing your health data.
- 2023
The Why Behind AI

Dr. Ghayath Janoudi
Dr. Janoudi, co-founder of Loon, explores the audience the bigger story and context driving AI, and how AI can best amplify, not replace, the human experience.
- 2023
The True Tech Stack for Clinical Sites

Brad Hightower
At the Innovation Network Gathering 2023, Brad literally showed what the clinical trial experience is like from the sites’ perspective - how it feels and functions on a day-to-day basis.
- 2023
Design Thinking: Insights to Improve Human Trials

Stefanos Zenios
Professor Zenios of Stanford's Startup Garage took the Innovation Network Gathering to school on how design thinking can benefit human-centric clinical trials

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