24 Hours · Three Regions · Five Pillars · One Global Conversation
October 15–16, 2026. The conversation follows the sun across three regions, beginning Thursday at 10:00 AM [EDT, UTC−4], with a 20-minute welcome beforehand and an extended closing program on Friday.
Full program: Thursday, October 15, 9:40 AM [EDT, UTC−4]–Friday, October 16, 12:20 PM [EDT, UTC−4].
All times below are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4). Meet the speakers.
REGION I — THE AMERICAS
Thursday, October 15 · 9:40 AM–10:30 PM [EDT, UTC−4]
| Time [EDT, UTC−4] | Session & Presenter | Pillar |
|---|---|---|
Thu, Oct 15 | Opening welcome · 20 minutes Welcome to HealthDataCon: Why the Conversation Must Follow the Sun Kenneth R. Deans Jr.DHA, MBA, eFACHDM Confirmed timePresident & CEO · Health Sciences South Carolina Company Board Chair, Health Data Management | All Five |
Thu, Oct 15 | Opening keynote · 50 minutes Data That Never Sets: CMS and the Round-the-Clock Pulse of Health Intelligence Patrick NewboldMBA, MLA, eFACHDM Confirmed timeDirector & Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) | All Five |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Saving Time, Boosting Performance: Best Practices to Connect Data to Operations Proposed session | Impact |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes From Fragmented to Actionable: A Community Health Data Maturity Framework for Population Intelligence Christopher BesserPhD, MHA, MBA, MS, FACHE, eFACHDM Proposed sessionAssistant Professor, Health Management and Leadership · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Data |
Thu, Oct 15 | Panel discussion · 75 minutes Foundation Before Innovation: Building the Infrastructure Healthcare Transformation Requires Sepi BrowningFHIMSS, FACHE, CHCIO, PMP, CHISL, eFACHDM Proposed sessionFounder / Senior Director · Brighthour Foundation / HIMSS | Technology |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Driving Maternity Quality and Community Health Through Hyper-Agile Analytics Proposed session | Impact |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Beyond the AI Pilot: Turning Healthcare Intelligence Into Operational Impact Proposed session | Intelligence |
Thu, Oct 15 | Interactive session · 50 minutes Failure is not an Option -Mission-Critical Leadership Lessons from Apollo 13 for Healthcare Value Analysis Karen NivenMS, BSN, RN, CVAHP, FAHVAP, FNAP, eFACHDM Proposed sessionSenior Director, Clinical Value Analysis · Premier | Impact |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes The Missing Data Layer: Designing Patient and Family Voice Into Health Data Systems Proposed session | Impact |
Thu, Oct 15 | Joint presentation · 50 minutes What Gets Lost When Healthcare AI Crosses Borders? Nursing as Contextual Intelligence in Global AI Implementation Sonya CurtisDHA, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, CNL, CPHQ, eFACHDM, FADLN Proposed joint sessionAI Nurse Strategist; Nurse Manager, TeleMental Health and TelePain Management · Veterans Health Administration | Intelligence · Informatics |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Conversational Data: AI Data Agents, Their Benefits, Limits, and Risks Proposed session | Intelligence |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes The Trust Math of Patients and Providers: How Patient AI Use + Collaborative Clinicians Build Trust and Loyalty Proposed session | Impact |
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Right Answer, Wrong Decision: How Analytics Agents Earn Enterprise Trust Proposed session | Intelligence |
REGION II — ASIA-PACIFIC
Opening block: Thursday, October 15 · 10:30–11:30 PM [EDT, UTC−4] · Friday crossovers: 5:00–5:50 AM [EDT, UTC−4] and 10:00–10:50 AM [EDT, UTC−4]; repeated below in chronological order
| Time [EDT, UTC−4] | Session & Presenter | Pillar |
|---|---|---|
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Building What Didn't Exist: Leadership, Digital Transformation, and Innovation in Cellular Therapy Proposed session | Informatics |
Multi-region crossover ( Fri, Oct 16) | Presentation · 50 minutes Digital Twins, Microsensors & Advanced Physics Mallikarjuna Rao DubisettyPhD, MBA, PGDEI, eFACHDM Global Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences Centre of Excellence · HelixBeat LLC; Chairman · World Autism Society Asia-Pacific crossover Proposed session | Informatics |
Multi-region crossover ( Fri, Oct 16) | Presentation · 50 minutes From Paralysis to Practice: A Structured Way to Identify, Quantify, and Manage AI Risk in Health Systems Asia-Pacific crossover Proposed session | Intelligence |
REGION III — EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Thursday, October 15, 11:30 PM [EDT, UTC−4]–Friday, October 16, 12:20 PM [EDT, UTC−4] · Includes Asia-Pacific crossover sessions
| Time [EDT, UTC−4] | Session & Presenter | Pillar |
|---|---|---|
Thu, Oct 15 | Presentation · 50 minutes Ready Before AI - Data, Accountability, and Population Fit in Regulated Health Systems Fatema RavatwalaMBA, BDS, eFACHDM Proposed sessionHealthcare Strategy and Digital Health Consultant · Freelance · Primary speaker | Data |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes Governance™: AI-Driven Quality and Clinical Safety in Regulated Health Systems Proposed session | Intelligence |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes nphies Ambassadors: Gamification of Saudi Arabia's National Health Information Exchange Proposed session | Informatics |
Fri, Oct 16 | Panel discussion · 75 minutes Breaking the Silos: Clinical Governance from theory to Practical Implementation. Proposed session | Impact |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes AI Chart Summarization for Oncology Tumor Board Proposed session | Technology |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes Digital Twins, Microsensors & Advanced Physics Mallikarjuna Rao DubisettyPhD, MBA, PGDEI, eFACHDM Global Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences Centre of Excellence · HelixBeat LLC; Chairman · World Autism Society Asia-Pacific crossover Proposed session | Informatics |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes The Mistakes We Made First: Casemix, Coding and What the Gulf Can Skip Proposed session | Informatics |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes The Model Reads the Chart. Someone Still Has to Run the Workflow: Measuring Speed-to-Impact When AI Enters the EHR Accepted presentation | Intelligence |
Fri, Oct 16 | Featured session · 50 minutes Mount Sinai Featured Session — Title to Be Announced Laura P. GelfmanMD, MPH, eFACHDM Confirmed timeProfessor; Vice Chair, Quality and Clinical Innovation, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Impact · Informatics |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes Building The Case for Outcomes-Driven Healthcare Value Analysis Hudson Garrett Jr.PhD, FRSPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, FNAP, FACHE, eFACHDM Confirmed titleExecutive Director & Executive Vice President · Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) | TBA |
Fri, Oct 16 | Presentation · 50 minutes From Paralysis to Practice: A Structured Way to Identify, Quantify, and Manage AI Risk in Health Systems Asia-Pacific / global crossover Proposed session | Intelligence |
Fri, Oct 16 | Closing keynote · 50 minutes From Health Data to Health Intelligence - What Comes Next Confirmed time | All Five · Impact |
Fri, Oct 16 | Global closing · 20 minutes One World. One Health Data Community Kenneth R. Deans Jr.DHA, MBA, eFACHDM Confirmed timePresident & CEO · Health Sciences South Carolina Company Board Chair, Health Data Management | All Five |