Let’s Go for Gold in Health Care! Join us for this opening plenary session to learn about the transformative power of predictive analytics and why you can trust them to help you make evidence-based investment decisions. You’ll hear firsthand how Canadian Tire Bank, an expert in data analytics, is using its knowledge and expertise to help Own the Podium identify future Olympic and Paralympic athletes. This session will explore the winning formula used to predict future podium potential. It will look back on some of its predictive successes and forward with future predictions for upcoming Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018.

The International Perspectives panel will explore successful digital health solutions that have been implemented in other countries. The panel will look at the collaborative opportunities presented on an international level using examples of their joint projects and initiatives. Experts will also provide direction on global initiatives that will benefit Canada

With 3D printing, physical objects – like medical supplies – can be stored as digital files. Discover how 3D printing and crowdsourcing a digital library of quality-tested, 3D printable medical devices can save lives, time, and money for over 1 billion patients at home, abroad and in space!

By 2020, experts predict that more than 20 billion everyday objects will be able to capture, receive and share data via a vast, interconnected global network linked together by inexpensive sensors, GPS and ‘the cloud.’ Dr. Kvedar will describe some of the most promising health innovations in the field, including advances made since publishing The Internet of Healthy Things in 2015, as well as technologies that are already changing care delivery.