Agenda: UST 2026 Health Summit

Session Format

All sessions have been intentionally designed to be highly interactive, fostering meaningful dialogue, peer-to-peer engagement, and the exchange of perspectives among industry leaders. Attendees are encouraged to actively participate in discussions, share experiences, and contribute insights that will enrich the collective conversation.

Program Note
To ensure the most relevant and impactful experience for attendees, the agenda, session topics, and speaker lineup may be refined as needed. All sessions and speakers are subject to change.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM																Registration and networking
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM																Registration and Information Desk
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM																Beyond the AI hype: scaling the intelligent health enterprise Praveen Prabhakaran, UST
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM																AI That Delivers: Better Outcomes, Faster Innovation, Trusted Scale Devavrat Bapat, Johnson & Johnson
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM																Data-led innovation: Improving clinical operations and patient outcomes Jenice Larmond, Neteera Modak Raj, UST Sean Wilson, Microsoft
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM																Networking Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM																Better Experiences, Lower Costs: Pick Both Chris Gay, Evry Health David Beck, UST
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM																Turning provider data quality into measurable ROI Ron Urwongse, Defacto Health Sunil Athayil, UST John Koshy, UST
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM																INTERACTIVE SESSION: Leadership unplugged Krishna Sudheendra, UST Praveen Prabhakaran, UST Anand Nair, UST Ajoy Ranga, UST
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM																The Exchange (Opening Reception) - Georgian Room Lobby Level
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM																Leadership Exchange Breakfast - Georgian Room Lobby Level
7:30 AM - 3:30 PM																Registration and Information Desk
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM																Show me the ROI: The only metrics that matter now Krishna Sudheendra, UST
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM																Value-based care; rebooted in the AI era Dr. Emad Rizk, Premier, Inc Florian Quarre, Premier, Inc.
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM																Agentic AI Innovation at Scale: Guardrails, ROI, and Compliance Joy Mukherjee, Johns Hopkins Health Plans Mitchell Dysart, STERIS Raj Gorla, UST Doug Saylors, ISG
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM																AM Networking break
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM																Operationalizing intelligent connected systems Cheryl Duva, UST Arnab Bose, UST Nithin Seshadri, Elevance Health Derek Lindberg, Elevance Health
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM																Interoperability that pays: FHIR to real dollars Nolan Kelly, 1upHealth Rohan Kulkarni, HFS Research Ruben Durairajulu, UST
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM																Leadership Exchange Lunch - Georgian Room Lobby Level
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM																AI Productivity That Pays: What Works, What Scales Anu Koshy, UST Vivek Seth, Simtra BioPharma Solutions Gautam Gole, Thermo Fisher Scientific
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM																Closing the distance: Smarter AI-powered rural care Cheryl Duva, UST SG Anand, ISG Michelle Grigsby-Hackett, Affiliated Santé Group
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM																PM Networking break
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM																Disruption is inevitable: The health plan of the future Nandini Devi, Mpowered Health Anand Nair, UST
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM																Built once, trusted everywhere: shipping AI and humans on the same rails Michael Amundson, CVS Mitch Enderle, CVS Sai Gade, UST
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM																Closing Remarks Ajoy Ranga, UST