Join 200+ healthcare leaders, founders, investors, and clinicians to explore what's being built, funded, adopted, and scaled across healthcare and biotechnology.
Biotech & Healthcare Forum
Meet the leaders joining us at this year's forum
Partner
Sonder Capital
Chief Executive Officer
Tenet Health
Partner
Plug and Play Ventures
Chief Business Officer
EVERSANA
Health
OpenAI
CTO & CIO
HealthTap
Co-Founder & CEO
Luma Health
Co-Founder & CEO
Medsender
Co-Founder & CEO
Tibbling Technologies
Founder & CEO
AstroDoc
Founder & CEO
Deosai Medtech Inc.
Sr. Director, Clinical Pharmacology
BeOne Medicines
Co-Founder & CEO
ClinicCare Dental Laboratories
Founder & PM
HomeHealth.ai
President, Diagnostic Division
Viome Life Sciences
Chief Medical Information Officer
John Muir Health
Senior Software Engineer
Pandora
Former Transformation Executive
Sutter Health
Founder
Breaux Medical
Founder/CEO
Unified Endocrine & Diabetes Care
Staff Product Manager
Intuit
Operations Manager
Commure
Founder & CEO
PuppyDog.io
Associate CMIO
Alameda Health System
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Leading physicians and healthcare innovators guiding the forum
Senior Medical Director at Takeda
With deep experience across clinical development and medical affairs, Dr. Imtiaz brings a practical, real-world perspective on how healthcare innovation moves from research to measurable patient impact. Her leadership spans clinical strategy, patient safety, and cross-functional decision-making within global biopharma.
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Performance Medicine Physician
A Stanford, UCSF, and Penn trained physician focused on longevity science and preventative medicine. Dr. Zaidi brings expertise in chronic disease prevention and healthspan optimization, translating cutting-edge research into actionable strategies for professionals seeking to invest in long-term health and vitality.
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Chief of Cardiology, East Bay, Kaiser Permanente
With extensive, hands-on experience in cardiovascular patient care, Dr. Shah brings a frontline perspective on how innovation is actually adopted at the point of care. His work within a large healthcare system provides critical insight into what truly improves outcomes for patients—beyond the hype.
Connect on LinkedInThe OPEN SV Biotech & Healthcare Forum brings together founders, funders, clinicians, researchers, and healthcare operators to explore the signals that matter. Through curated panels, a keynote, and targeted networking, the forum creates opportunities for meaningful collaboration.
What's being built
What's being funded
What's being adopted
What's being scaled
Healthcare leaders from startups, investors shaping the industry, enterprise decision-makers from hospitals and health systems, physicians and researchers driving clinical innovation, and biotech executives building the future.
Expert conversations on healthcare innovation, investment, enterprise adoption, and entrepreneurship
Physicians & Biotech Executives Panel
How clinical insight and science are driving the next wave of innovation. This panel brings together practicing physicians and senior biotech executives to discuss how frontline clinical experience and scientific discovery translate into impactful healthcare solutions.
Key Themes
VCs & Investors Panel
What investors are funding and how decisions are made. Leading healthcare and biotech investors discuss current investment theses, emerging sectors, stage preferences, and how macro trends are shaping capital allocation.
Key Themes
Hospital CIOs & Executives Panel
How health systems evaluate, adopt, and scale innovation. Hospital CIOs and healthcare executives share the enterprise perspective on technology adoption, digital transformation, cybersecurity, interoperability, and ROI-driven decision-making.
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Founders & Operators Panel
From idea to scale in healthcare and biotech. This session focuses on the operational journey—hiring, partnerships, compliance, go-to-market strategy, and scaling across markets. Speakers will discuss inflection points, common pitfalls, and what it takes to build durable companies.
Key Themes
Interactive Discussion
An interactive breakout exploring non-traditional career paths for physicians in biotech, startups, industry, and research. The session also covers how to design and launch clinical trials, collaborate with industry partners, and translate clinical insights into innovation.
Key Themes
Interactive Discussion
An interactive breakout exploring non-traditional career paths for physicians in biotech, startups, industry, and research. The session also covers how to design and launch clinical trials, collaborate with industry partners, and translate clinical insights into innovation.
Full-day program featuring keynotes, panels, breakouts, and networking
Saturday, February 14, 202612:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
Note: Agenda times are approximate and subject to minor adjustments. Networking opportunities available throughout the day.
Distinguished leaders who have shaped our previous forums
Join us at the prestigious Krutch Auditorium for a day of innovation and networking.
Network, learn, and collaborate with physicians, founders, investors, hospital executives, and biotech operators shaping the future of healthcare innovation.
Limited spots available • Early registration recommended
