When Stan Liberatore decided to launch the local Disrupt the Bay conference last year, he wanted to bring attention to the medical innovations happening in the Tampa Bay region while raising funds for children's cancer research.
At a time the world is in a global health crisis, the innovation occurring in Tampa Bay may be more important than ever.
The conference, which will be virtual, now spans two days kicking off August 6. We've rounded up the can't-miss events below. See the full lineup here.
Speakers
• Aug. 6, 1:30-2:20 p.m.: Scott Arnold, chief innovation officer at Tampa General Hospital speaking on "Cultivating Innovation in Health Care: Now More than Ever"
• Aug. 6, 11 a.m. to noon: Moffitt Cancer Center executives Elizabeth Lindsay-Wood (vice president and CIO) and Edmondo Robinson (chief digital innovation officer)
• Aug. 7, 12:20-12:30: Brian Kornfeld, co-founder of Synapse
Sessions
• Aug. 6, 2:20-2:50 p.m.: How Covid-19 is disrupting health tech, featuring officials from BayCare Health System, Tampa General Hospital, Memorial Healthcare Center and more.
• Aug. 6, 3:40-4:10 p.m.: Women in Healthcare Leadership featuring women from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, AdventHealth and BayCare Health
• Aug. 7, 10-11 a.m.: Mental Health Awareness with a wide variety of speakers: Tampa Museum of Art, BlockSpaces and National Center for Performance Health are all on board.
Startups showcasing
August 6, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., six startups will present their medtech ideas:
• Anthony Ruben, CEO at Blue Halo BioMedical, a Winter Park-based company that creates cateters with an 80% reduced chance of infection
• John Bolte, at PathO3gen Solutions, a St. Petersburg-based company that aims to stop the spread of deadly pathogens with a shoe disinfectant
• Erik Maltais, CEO at Immertec (most recently written about in Tampa Bay Inno here)
• Omar Fuentes, CEO and president at Accelerated Health Benefits, a Tampa-based and veteran-owned company looking to disrupt the health care benefits system
• Johnny Crowder, founder and CEO at Cope Notes (most recently written about in Tampa Bay Inno here)
• CareValet, a Tampa-based company providing an "on-demand, uberized health care solution"
