Partners in Digital Health

<p>How Blockchain Brings Trust to the International Supply Chain and Healthcare</p><ul><li><strong>Dan Purtell - </strong>Director of Innovation, British Standards Association</li></ul><p></p><p>With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution. </p>

<p><strong>Health Data Marketplace - Challenges, Possibilities, and the Path Forward</strong></p><p></p><ul><li><strong>Francisco Curbera, PhD</strong>, is Senior Vice President for Engineering and Research at<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Accrete.ai">Accrete.ai</a>,</li><li><strong>Shahram Ebadollahi, PhD, MBA</strong>, is an entrepreneur, advisor, board member andcurrently provides strategic consultation to companies in the broad area of AI in enterprise.</li><li><strong>Olivier Elemento, PhD</strong>, is a tenured full professor of physiology and biophysics atWeill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Cornell University.</li></ul><p></p><p>AI's explosive growth has created unprecedented demand for healthcare data at scale, yet establishing trusted health data marketplaces remains elusive despite clear benefits. This special ConV2X Decentralized Health Podcast explores the persistent obstacles preventing these platforms from emerging, examines the competing forces shaping this landscape, and discusses actionable pathways to unlock permission based data access for advancing AI driven healthcare breakthroughs.</p>

<p>Cybersecurity and Healthcare</p><p></p><ul><li><strong>Maria Palombini, MBA </strong>Director, Healthcare &amp; Life Sciences Global Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association</li><li><strong>Alex Romanovich, Moderator </strong>Founder and CEO, Global Edge Markets</li></ul><p></p><p>Healthcare cybersecurity incidents have become too common. In this episode, IEEE’s <strong>Maria Palombini</strong> breaks down why the explosion of connected medical technologies has intensified vulnerability — and how taking a <strong>security first approach</strong> can strengthen digital health without hindering innovation.</p><p>Maria explains how IEEE’s collaborative, consensus driven standards give developers clear guidance to integrate cybersecurity from the start. This proactive model streamlines regulatory pathways, minimizes costly redesigns, and ultimately fuels faster, safer innovation — just as foundational technical standards have paved the way for Wi-Fi, telehealth, and remote monitoring.</p><p>Looking ahead to 2030, Maria envisions a connected care ecosystem where security, interoperability, and patient trust is earned through design — not as an afterthought.</p><p>For anyone working in medical devices, cybersecurity, or compliance, this discussion offers timely guidance on advancing resilient, responsible digital health solutions.</p><p>THMT's ConV2X Team extends sincere thanks to both speakers and their organizations for their support of ConV2X and for contributing their expertise to advance safer, smarter healthcare innovation.</p>

<p><strong>Decentralized Identity Management (DIM) in Healthcare: Technologies and Use Cases</strong></p><p></p><p>Hear from those on the front lines implementing this technology successfully for healthcare clients. Learn where the state of business adoption and success stands. Listeners will gain an overall market education in the first of this series featuring Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and companies demonstrating successful use cases.</p><p></p><ul><li><strong>Daniela Barbosa </strong>Podcast Moderator and General Manager, Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation, and Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust</li><li><strong>Ken Ebert </strong>CTO, Indicio</li><li><strong>Keela Rose Shatzkin </strong>President and CEO, Shatzkin Systems</li></ul>

<ul><li><strong>Jerry Cuomo </strong>Retired IBM Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor, North Carolina State University, USA</li></ul><p></p><p>This talk introduces Trustworthy Computing as a shift toward systems built on verifiable, transparent, and privacy-respecting foundations. Using blockchain and AI, it explores real-world impacts—from food safety and identity protection to AI transparency and machine unlearning—emphasizing the transition from reputational trust to algorithmic trust in everyday digital life.</p><p>Health care and Life Sciences professionals will find particular relevance in applications that enhance drug authenticity, patient data privacy, and AI reliability in decision making.</p><p>This 45 minute keynote presents <em>new information</em> and <em>research in development</em> in the theme areas below:</p><p><strong>Enhanced Security Frameworks</strong></p><ul><li>Advanced approaches to drug authenticity verification</li><li>Next generation patient data privacy protection</li><li>Cybersecurity strategies for healthcare systems</li></ul>