An Innovator’s Guide to HIMSS20 Powered by Together.Health

Day by Day Schedule We’ve gone ahead and broken down for you day by day, what we would suggest as the best schedule to

follow.

Day 1: Sunday, March 8th, 2020 Start the week off right by arriving in plenty of time to grab your badge without having to wait in long

lines, relax and get settled in before the madness begins. Most pre-conference symposiums start at 8am

Monday morning, so arriving on Sunday will give you the best chance at avoiding day-of travel delays

and be well rested to take on the day in the morning with your first pre-conference symposia.

Additionally, there are a few evening receptions you may want to take advantage of, if you get bored in

your hotel room that evening;

- 5:30pm – 8:15pm: Power Press Awards Gala (must apply to attend in advance)

- 6:00pm – 8:00pm: CIO Forum Opening Reception (must register for the CIO Forum to attend)

Day 2: Monday, March 9th, 2020

It’s the first full day of programming, with an abundance of optional pre-conference forums and

symposia to choose from. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these will require an additional

registration fee. However, if you took our advice and arrived on Sunday, plus have the budget to cover

the extra cost, then we strongly suggest you consider the list below for ones where we felt you (as an

innovator) would get the most bang for your buck. And lastly… we suggest you attempt to register asap

for two amazing receptions where you can rub elbows with fellow innovators like yourself!

Monday, March 9th, 2020

Pre-Conference Symposium Day!

Time Event Location Key Details

8:00am –

4:30pm

Innovation Forum: Driving

Transformation, Creating

Value

Hyatt, Plaza

International

Ballroom F

$ requires separate registration

8:00am –

4:40pm

HIMSS20 Pharma Forum Hyatt Regency,

Orlando Ballroom L

$ requires separate registration

8:30am -

4:30pm

Digital Health Organization

Symposium

Orange County

Convention Center,

Room W330A

$ requires separate registration

3:00pm –

5:00pm

Together.Health Steering

Committee Meeting

Hyatt Regency Invite only

(contact co-chairs for room

details)

5:00pm –

7:00pm

HIMSS20 Opening Reception Orange County

Convention Center,

Valencia Ballroom

FREE to all registered

conference attendees

6:00pm –

7:00pm

Together.Health Steering

Committee & VIP Happy Hour

Private event Invite Only

(contact co-chairs for location

details)

7:00pm –

10:00pm

Accelerate Health Care

Innovation Reception

Andretti Indoor

Karting and Games

Hosted by Cambia Grove in

partnership with Washington

State Dept of Commerce and

Together.Health

7:30pm –

9:00pm

(VIP Starts

at 7:00pm)

HIMSS Welcome Party Lafayette’s Music

Room,

Pointe Orlando

Invite only, registration

required

Hosted by Redox,

PointClickCare, and AWS

Day 3: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

It’s the first official day of the conference, and boy is there a lot of programming to consider! We

recommend getting in the right mindset by starting the day off with the President and CEO of HIMSS,

Hal Wolf, as he moderates a power packed panel of healthcare CEOs, forecasting the path forward for

Digital Health Transformation. Once you’ve been enlightened by this panel, we suggest you peruse the

exhibit floor for a few hours, and try to locate a few of the specialty pavilions & sessions we highlighted

earlier in the guide. Maybe even sit in on a session or two.

At 11am, be sure to make your way over to the Together.Health Spring Summit for a lunch and learn

about the power of collaboration, and witness what’s possible when 30+ regional healthcare innovation

ecosystem champions from across the country decide to pull the friction out of the healthcare

marketplace!

Next, and especially if you’re a startup, consider checking out Scaling Your Startup: A Workshop for

Entrepreneurs. And if you’re not a Startup, you may instead choose to attend the Microsoft Health

Forum and Innovation Awards, or alternatively you could use the remainder of the afternoon to setup

some one-on-one meetings in and around the exhibit floor.

For your last session of the day before hitting the evening receptions, you won’t want to miss the Special

Keynote Session, featuring HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

Now it’s time let loose, and start you’re evening off by swinging by the Official Pink Socks Meetup. If

you’ve never been to one before, you should know that all are welcome at this casual meetup of

passionate innovators, and there’s a good chance you may even leave with your very own pair of official

#PinkSocks!

Finally, we hope you’ve found your way onto the RSVP list for at least one of the many evening

receptions listed below, and you’re able to make some valuable contacts, and maybe even some new

friends!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

Main conference gets underway!

Time Event Location Key Details

8:30am –

10:00am

Opening Keynote - Digital

Health Transformation: The

Path Forward

Orange County

Convention Center,

Valencia Ballroom

Moderator:

Hal Wolf, President and CEO,

HIMSS

Speakers include;

- Gianrico Farrugia, MD, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic

- George Halvorson, Chair and CEO, Institute for InterGroup Understanding

- Rod Hochman, MD, President and CEO, Providence

10:15am –

5:35pm

Market Debut Debut Square

10:15am –

4:35pm

Healthcare of the Future Hall C, Booth 4943

10:15am –

5:05pm

Innovation Live Hall E, Booth 8200

10:30am -

11:30am

Innovating With Trust,

Curiosity and Courage

Orange County

Convention Center,

W414D

11:00am –

1:00pm

Together.Health Spring

Summit

Rosen Centre,

Junior Ballroom F

Open to first 200 attendees,

agenda and registration located

here

12:00pm-

1:00pm

Getting Smart on the Root

Causes of Health with the

Health IT Incubators

Pioneering Innovation

Orange County

Convention Center,

W414D

1:00pm –

4:00pm:

Scaling Your Startup: A

Workshop for Entrepreneurs

Hyatt,

Manatee Springs

$ requires separate registration

1:30pm –

2:25pm

Riding the Wave of Digital

Health Innovation

Hall E,

Booth 7273 -

Intelligent Health

1:30pm-

2:30pm

Measure What Matters to

your Customers

Orange County

Convention Center,

W414D

2:00pm –

6:00pm

Microsoft Health Forum &

Innovation Awards

Hyatt Regency,

Plaza Int'l Ballroom

G

free, requires separate

registration

3:15pm –

3:35pm

Japanese Startup Pavilion

Presentations

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall E - Booth 7561

- Global Pavilion

JETRO is bringing 5 Japanese

Health tech startups to

HIMSS20! Come meet with

them and learn about their

companies.

4:15pm –

4:35pm

User-centered design: Key to

Health IT Innovation

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall D - Booth 7143

- Lightning Session

Theater

5:30pm –

6:30pm

Special Keynote Session –

HHS Secretary Alex Azar

Orange County

Convention Center,

W320

5:30pm –

7:30pm

Official Pink Socks Meetup Orena Sports Bar,

6159 Westwood

Blvd, Orlando

Florida, 32821

No registration required, just

show up with an open mind and

an open heart!

More details available at

www.pinksocks.life

6:30pm –

8:00pm

Women in Health IT

Networking Reception

Hyatt Regency,

Upper Pool Deck

$ requires separate registration

7:00pm –

10:00pm

HLTH and Together.Health

Innovation Reception

The Oceanaire

Seafood Room,

Point Orlando

Invite only, inquire with either

the HLTH and Together.Health

Teams for details

8:00pm –

12:00am

Cedars Sinai Tech Accelerator

and AVIA After Hours

Reception

Howl at the Moon,

8815 International

Drive, Orlando, FL

32819

Invite only, inquire with Cedars-

Sinai and AVIA teams for more

details

Day 4: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Okay, congratulations… you’ve made it to the mid-point. And it’s not unusual that by now, you may be

losing some steam. But don’t give in! Instead, commit to attending as much of the Healht2.0 Venture

Connect program as possible. The morning is filled with amazing presentations and discussions, and

after the networking lunch, the remainder of the program will transition to the 3 pitch competitions and

a high powered fireside chat.

You could stay put at VentureConnect all day, but if you need a break, or weren’t willing to pay the extra

registration cost, then please consider the other innovation sessions we have listed below. And keep in

mind, it’s always a good idea to spend your “free time” near one of the many specialty pavilions &

sessions we have listed.

And finally, once again, the day will end with an absolutely CANT MISS Special Keynote Session,

featuring Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Don Rucker, MD,

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. Under the 21st Century Cures Act, these

two national Health IT policy makers were required to establish Rules that would support greater

patient access to and interoperability of healthcare data. And as these two Proposed Rules get closer to

becoming Final, you absolutely must attend this session to understand what it will all mean for an

innovator like you!

After then, many will be breaking off to attend private dinners this night. But if you don’t have plans,

then please note that there are still a few other innovation related receptions included in our guide that

you may want to try and get on the list for.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Hump day brings Health2.0 VentureConnect, and more special keynotes!

Time Event Location Key Details

7:30am -

5:00pm

Health 2.0 VentureConnect Hyatt,

Plaza International

Ballroom H

$ requires separate registration

11:15am –

3:35pm

Healthcare of the Future Hall C, Booth 4943

Exhibit Hall

9:45am –

5:05pm

Innovation Live Hall E, Booth 8200

Exhibit Hall

8:30am -

9:30am

Fireside Chat with

Surescripts: Balancing

Innovation and Disruption in

Information Sharing

Orange County

Convention Center,

W208C

Speakers include;

Don Rucker, MD,

National Coordinator for Health

Information Technology, HHS

&

Tom Skelton,

CEO, Surescripts

12:45pm –

1:05pm

A Fireside Chat with the U.S.

Department of HHS

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall E - Booth 8200

- Innovation Live

Speakers include;

Ed Simcox,

Former CTO, U.S. Department of

Health & Human Services

&

Mike Biselli

Chief Commercial Officer,

BurstIQ

1:00pm –

1:25pm

Patient-centered Innovation

Driven-Voice Tech Apps

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall E - Booth 7273

- Intelligent Health

Exhibit Hall

5:30pm -

6:30pm

Special Keynote Session, HHS Orange County

Convention Center,

W320

Speakers include;

Seema Verma, Administrator,

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services

&

Don Rucker, MD, National

Coordinator for Health

Information Technology, HHS

5:30pm –

6:30pm

Blockchain Networking

Reception

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall E - Booth 8200

- Innovation Live

Network with leaders pioneering

the innovative use of blockchain

for business and clinical needs,

and connect with others who are

strategically exploring

blockchain-enabled solutions in

their organizations.

Register here.

6:30pm –

8:30pm

AMA Reception 3Nine, Rosen Plaza

Hotel, 9700

International Drive,

Orlando, FL

Invite only

6:30 PM –

10:30 PM

Awards Gala and After Party Regency Ballroom

R, Hyatt Regency

Orlando

$ requires separate registration

After Party is from

9:00pm – 10:30pm

Day 5: Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Thursday is the last day of the Exhibit Floor, and therefore a lot of attendees check out of their hotels

and head home at some point during the afternoon or early evening. Which is a shame, because to help

attendees from leaving, HIMSS packs in a ton of truly unique programming, such as the NursePitch

Competition, Life Changing Innovation Sessions, a presentation by the HHS Deputy Secretary, Eric

Hargan, and many more. And if that isn’t enough, they’ve also saved the biggest party of the week for

Thursday night, where they rent out the entire Universal Studios Resort Park (including special access to

numerous rides)

Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Almost there, in the home stretch!

Time Event Location Key Details

9:45am –

12:05pm

Healthcare of the Future Hall C, Booth 4943 Exhibit Hall

9:45am –

2:00pm

Innovation Live Hall E, Booth 8200 Exhibit Hall

9:30am –

11:30am

NursePitch™ Debut Square,

in Lobby E

All finalists will have a

mentorship opportunity pre-

competition with partners at

Wambi, Healthbox, & ScaleLA.

10:00am –

11:00am

The Playbook for Getting

Down and Dirty With Digital

Health

W304A Speakers include;

Santosh Mohan

and Mark Haipeng Zhang,

Brigham and Women's Hospital

11:30am –

5:00pm

Life Changing Innovation

Sessions Series

W207C Included with conference

registration

12:45pm –

1:05pm

HIMSS Anatomy of

Innovation Research Tech

Insights

Orange County

Convention Center,

Hall E - Booth 8200

- Innovation Live

Exhibit Hall

1:00pm –

2:00pm

Driving Innovation in

Healthcare — HHS and VC

perspectives

Orange County

Convention Center,

W320

Speakers include;

HHS Deputy Secretary Eric

Hargan and Flare Capital

Partner’s Bill Geary

2:30pm –

3:30pm

From Idea to Series B: A

Physician-Entrepreneur’s

Journey

Orange County

Convention Center,

W414D

Free

4:00pm –

5:00pm

Connect and Navigate:

Understanding the Startup

Ecosystem

Orange County

Convention Center,

W208C

Speakers include;

Rebecca MacKinnon

Mentor, Springboard Enterprises

&

Anita Watkins

Director, UNC Health Care

4:00pm –

5:00pm

Bridging the Gap: Tech

Innovators and Health

Organizations

Orange County

Convention Center,

W303A

Free

7:30pm -

11:00pm

Exclusive Event at Universal

Orlando Resort

Universal Orlando

Resort

$ requires separate registration

Cost: $85 after 2/10/20

Day 6: Friday, March 13th, 2020

The exhibit floor is all broken down at this point, and many of the attendees have departed for home,

but if you’re one of the lucky ones to still be around on Friday, you’ll have a more peaceful, relaxed

environment, and still several strong innovation sessions to choose from. We highly recommend

checking out the three sessions listed below, and the closing keynote never disappoints. This year, they

have Alex Rodriguez laying out the mindset of a champion. The perfect frame of mind to leave us in, if

we’re all going to go back and have any chance of following up on all the energy, connections, and new

found knowledge we experienced at what is sure to be yet another successful HIMSS Global Conference!

Friday, March 13th, 2020

It’s a wrap!

Time Event Location Key Details

10:45am –

11:45am

Create Value for the Buyer

and the Innovator to Support

Emerging Technologies

Orange County

Convention Center,

W207C

Free

10:45am –

11:45am

Transforming Healthcare

Through Sustainable

Incubation

Orange County

Convention Center,

W414C

Speaker;

Sara Vaezy

Chief Digital Strategy Officer,

Providence

12:00pm –

1:00pm

Trends for Scaling Healthcare

Innovation

Orange County

Convention Center,

W209C

Speakers include;

- Tal Heppenstall, President, UPMC Enterprises, & Executive Vice President and Treasurer, UPMC

- Aimee Quirk, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Ochsner

-

1:15pm –

2:30pm

Mindset of a Champion:

A Discussion with Alex

Rodriguez

Orange County

Convention Center,

Valencia Ballroom

Closing Keynote for the

conference!