2023 Speakers
Sajid Ahmed
CEO
Wise Healthcare
​
​
​
Fotini Christia
Ford International Professor of Social Sciences
MIT
​
Bülent Kızıltan
VP and Global Head of AI & Computational Sciences
Novartis
​
​
Philip Huang
Director & Health Authority
Dallas County HHS
Ziad Obermeyer
School of Public Health Distinguished Professor
UCSF & UC Berkeley
Kailash Swarna
Managing Director, R&D Practice
Accenture
Xiaoying Wu
VP of Data & Digital Health
J&J Innovative Medicine
Hutan Ashrafian
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer
Imperial College London
​
​
​
Glenn Cohen
Professor of Law & Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Director
Harvard Law
​
Tala Fakhouri
Associate Director for Policy Analysis
FDA
​
​
Marzyeh Ghassemi
Assistant Professor of EECS & IMES & Jameel Clinic Principal Investigator
MIT
Katie Palmer
Health Tech Correspondent
STAT
Moderator
Troy Tazbaz
Director of Digital Health Center of Excellence
FDA
Adam Yala
Assistant Professor of Computational Precision Health & EECS
UCSF & UC Berkeley
Regina Barzilay
School of Engineering Distinguished Professor &
Jameel Clinic AI Faculty Lead
MIT
​
​
​
Elazer Edelman
Edward J. Poitras Professor in Medical Engineering and Science, IMES Director & Jameel Clinic Principal Investigator
MIT​
Pamela Forrest
FDA/Medical Device Regulatory Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
​
​
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director-General, CEO
National Information Technology Development Agency
Daniela Rus
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Computer Science & CSAIL Director
MIT
Yiannos Tolias
Legal Lead AI and AI Liability in Healthcare & European Health Data Space (EHDS) Team
DG SANTE, European Commission
Constance Berghs-Clairmont
Global Head, Early Development Regulatory Affairs
Novartis
​
​
​
Dina Katabi
Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor of EECS & Jameel Clinic Principal Investigator
MIT
​
Danielle Friend
Senior Director, US Head Regulatory Policy and Intelligence
J&J Innovative Medicine​
Lisbeth Nielsen
Former Director General
Danish Health Data Authority
Brandon Rufino
Director of Integrative Clinical Data
Sanofi
Kevin Wu
PhD Student, Computer Science Department
Stanford University
2023 Agenda
8:30AM
Breakfast & Check-In
9:00AM
Welcome
Regina Barzilay (MIT)
​
9:10AM
Fireside Chat - FDA Perspectives on Clinical AI​
Moderator: Regina Barzilay (MIT)
Troy Tazbaz (FDA)
9:45AM
Showcasing Clinical AI Technologies
Moderator: Regina Barzilay (MIT)
Marzyeh Ghassemi (MIT)
Dina Katabi (MIT)
Ziad Obermeyer (UCSF, UC Berkeley)
Adam Yala (UCSF, UC Berkeley)
10:45AM
Fireside Chat - Legal Perspectives on Clinical AI Regulation
Moderator: Katie Palmer (STAT)
Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law)​
Pamela Forrest (Covington & Burling LLP)
Danielle Friend (J&J)
11:30AM
Working Break
11:45AM
Fireside Chat - Regulating Clinical AI: Cases from the Field​
Moderator: Katie Palmer (STAT)
Sajid Ahmed (Wise Healthcare)
Philip Huang (Dallas County HHS)
​
12:15PM
Fireside Chat - Who Pays for Clinical AI​
Moderator: Elazer Edelman (MIT)
Ziad Obermeyer (UCSF, UC Berkeley)
Kevin Wu (Stanford University),
12:45PM
Working Lunch - African and European Perspectives
Moderator: Daniela Rus (MIT)
Hutan Ashrafian (Imperial College London)
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi (National Information Technology Development Agency)
Lisbeth Nielsen (Danish Health Data Authority)
Yiannos Tolias (DG SANTE, European Commission)
1:15PM
Fireside Chat - FDA Perspectives on AI for Drug Development​
Moderator: Constance Berghs-Clairmont (Novartis)
Tala Fakhouri (FDA)
2:00PM
Panel Discussion - Regulation of AI for Drug Development
Moderator: Kailash Swarna (Accenture)
Bülent Kızıltan (Novartis)
Brandon Rufino (Sanofi)
Xiaoying Wu (J&J)
3:00PM
General Discussion on the Future of Regulating AI in Health
Moderators: Elazer Edelman (MIT)