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Congratulations to Nanowear and Jvion named Innovation Champion and Top Innovator respectively, of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge.
We would like to thank all of the startups that applied and our esteemed judging panel in Singapore, London, Boston and San Francisco. We look forward to facilitating more opportunities for startups and healthcare leaders to work together to help advance solutions that address the industry’s toughest challenges and improve patient lives.
Watch the video here to hear directly from this year's participants.
We want to solve some of the biggest issues in healthcare.
The opportunity to identify and engage with cutting-edge startups with a focus on solving healthcare and life sciences problems
Network with peers, investors and leading influencers
Access to
Media exposure as a partner to the program
The opportunity to build deeper relationships with dynamic industry-shapers and industry innovators; including collaboration and co-innovation
Practical experience with Accenture’s Innovation Architecture and design-thinking approach
Selected applicants will be invited to compete in one of our regional rounds in Singapore, Boston or London where they will be judged by an esteemed panel of leading life sciences and healthcare company executives and members of the investment community.
The finalists will be invited to compete in San Francisco at the StartUp Health Festival on Monday, January 8, 2018.
Sarah Ahmad
Highmark Health
SVP Innovation & Transformational Strategy
Pennsylvania
Michael Anderes
Froedtert Health & Inception Health
Chief Innovation & Digital Officer; President
Wisconsin
Paul Von Autenried
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Services
New York
Susan Lorraine-Bennett
MSD
Director Digital Health Studio, IT Planning & Innov.
Singapore
Bertrand Bodson
Novartis
Chief Digital & Marketing Officer
London
Eugene Borukhovich
Bayer
Global Head Digital Health Incubation and Innov.
Germany
Gerard Chew
Integrated Health Information Systems
Head, Innovation Labs, Planning Grp.
Singapore
Ken Dallafior
BCBSM
EVP & President Health Plan Business
Detroit
Dale Danilewitz
Amerisource Bergen
EVP & CIO
Pennsylvania
Dr. Myles Druckman
International SOS
SVP Medical Services
Singapore
Garry Fingland
BUPA
CIO
London
Jeff French
Biogen
Senior Director Head of Multichannel Excellence
Kempshott, Hampshire
Michael Gamber
Merck KGaA
Head of Innovation Center
Germany
Scott Gaydos
HM Health Solutions
VP, Infrastructure Tech/Platform Arch. & CTO
Pennsylvania
Clark Golestani
Merck
EVP & CIO
New York
Hamish Graham
Pfizer
Healthcare Innovation Manager
New Malden, Greater London
Jozica Habijanic
Roche Diagnostics
Head, Strategic Development Asia Pacific
Singapore
Rafiq Hasan
Bayer
VP & Global Head Ophthalmology
London
Garth Hemmingsen
Shire
Head of Global Product
Zurick Area
James Hereford
Fairview Health Services
President & CEO
Minnesota
Karl Hick
Takeda
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Massachusetts
Kelvin Ho
Singapore Economic Dev. Board (EBD)
Head of Biomedical Sciences
Singapore
Charles-Antoine Janssen
Kois Invest
Managing Partner & UCB Board Member
India
Srini Koushik
Magellan Health
CIO & CTO
California
Yuichi Kubo
Daiichi Sankyo
Executive Officer & VP of Business Development & Licensing
UK
Charity Kufaas
Medtronic
VP Strategy & Business Development, EMEA
Geneva Area
Akshay Kumar
Aetna
Chief Data Officer
Connecticut
Amy Landucci
GSK, SVP
Global Head Consumer Healthcare IT
New York
Maria Lesteri
SVA Health Center
Managing Director
London
Renata Mala
BMS
International Account Execution Lead
Uxbridge, Greater London
Wendy Mayer
Pfizer Innovative Health
VP, Strategy
New York
Addison McGuffin
Health Care Service Corporation
VP IT Innovation & Engagement
Chicago
Patty Morrison
Cardinal Health
CIO & EVP of Customer Support Svcs.
Chicago
Monique Mrazek
IFC
Senior Investment Officer
California
Ramesh Munamarty
International SOS
Group Chief Information Officer
Singapore
Steven Nelson
Anthem
VP Adjacency Business Development
Indiana
Tom Olenzak
Independence Blue Cross
Managing Director Strategic Innovation, Portfolio Corporate Dev. & Innovation
Pennsylvania
Isabel De Paoli
Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany
Chief Strategy Officer
Frankfurt
Dr. Saquib Rahim, MD MBA
Aetna Digital
Chief Medical Officer & VP Clinical Strategy
New York
Patrick Ryan
Press Ganey
CEO
Massachusetts
Julien de Salaberry
Galen Growth Asia
Managing Director & Founder
Singapore
Dr. Christian Schilling
Boehringer Ingelheim
Corp. SVP, Head of Global Therapeutic Areas
Germany
Dr. Jonathan Slotkin
Geisinger Health
Medical Director, Geisinger in Motion
Pennsylvania
Brent Stutz
Cardinal Health
SVP Commercial Tech. & CTO
Ohio
Dr. Mark Turco
Penn Center for Innovation, Univ. Of Pennsylvania
CIO & Corporate Outreach Officer
Pennsylvania
Parameswaran Venkataraman
Dr. Reddy’s Labs
Vice President, Leading Studio & Garage 5B
India
Michael Vennera
Independence Blue Cross
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President
Philadelphia
Matthew M. Walsh
Geisinger Health
COO, Clinical Enterprise
Pennsylvania
Dr. Christian Wards
AIA
Director of Group Healthcare
Hong Kong
Risa Wexler
Pfizer
VP, Media, Digital, Innovation
New York
Sarah Wilkinson
NHS Digital
Chief Executive Officer
London
Jeff Wren
UCB
EVP, Neurology Patient Value Head
Belgium
Rowena Yeo
Johnson & Johnson
VP & CIO APAC Janssen Pharmaceutical Grp.
Singapore
Chua Chee Yong
IHIS (Ministry of Singapore)
Integrated Health Info. Sys, Ministry of Health
Singapore
Chris Young
Ascension
VP New Virtual Market Dev. & Incubations
Missouri
Matt Collier
Senior Managing Director
San Francisco
James Crowley
Senior Managing Director
Philadelphia
Brian Kalis
Managing Director
Minneapolis
David Logue
Managing Director
London
Anne O’Riordan
Senior Managing Director
Hong Kong
Kaveh Safavi
Senior Managing Director
Chicago
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