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Techna 2015 Symposium – Big Machine: Healthcare Built to Learn
October 30, 2015 @ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Techna’s 2015 Symposium will be exploring the challenges of building a “Big Machine” and the mechanisms that enable the use of big data to improve healthcare. It aims to build academic and industrial partnerships to develop solutions to maximize discoveries from the data generated by the healthcare system.
Event Agenda
| 8:00 – 8:40 am | Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:40 – 8:45 am | Welcome Message David Jaffray – Director, Techna Institute, UHN |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Keynote Speaker Evren Eyurek – GE Healthcare |
| 9:45 – 10:45 am | Session 1 – Data Sources Lydia Lee – Senior VP and CIO, UHN Hugo Aerts – Harvard University Jennifer Stinson – Hospital for Sick Children Gary Palmer – NantHealth |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Session 2 – Federation Moderated by Prateek Dwivedi – Cancer Informatics, Techna Institute, UHN |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch and Expo |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Session 3 – Machine Learning Moderated by Igor Jurisica – Ontario Cancer Institute Anna Goldenberg – Hospital for Sick Children Russ Greiner – University of Alberta |
| 2:00 – 2:10 pm | Break |
| 2:10 – 2:55 pm | Debate: Does Big Data need a Big Machine? Moderated by Christian Veillette – Toronto Westen Hospital Benjamin Haibe-Kains – Princess Magaret Cancer Centre Andre Dekker – Maastricht University |
| 2:55 – 3:25 pm | Post-Debate Commentary Shaf Keshavjee – UHN |
| 3:25 – 3:30 pm | Closing Remarks David Jaffray – Director, Techna Institute, UHN |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Networking Session |
Register
Space is limited, please register today to secure your seat!
This event is free of charge. For more information please contact symposium@technainstitute.com