Conference Agenda
The day, hour by hour.
Saturday, November 14, 2026 · UC San Diego Medical Education and Telemedicine (MET) Center. Registration & breakfast from 7:30 AM, sessions 8:00 AM – 3:55 PM, reception 3:55 – 5:00 PM.
Plenary Morning
8:00 – 10:15 AM · All attendees
8:00 – 8:15 AM
President’s Welcome & Opening Address
Dr. Venkatramana Pegadaraju, PhD, MBA — President & CEO, TiE San Diego
Welcome Address · 15 min
8:15 – 8:20 AM
Welcome from the Conference Chair
Dr. Venu Prabaker, MD — Conference Chair; Former Asst. Prof., Stanford University
Welcome · 5 min
8:20 – 8:50 AM
Opening Keynote: Healthcare Policy & Innovation
Sara Jacobs — U.S. Representative (CA-51)
Keynote Address · 30 min
8:50 – 9:15 AM
Enterprise Health AI & Clinical Integration
Dr. Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc — Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health
Plenary Talk · 25 min
9:15 – 9:35 AM
Transforming Primary Care Delivery & Population Health
Dr. William Tseng, MD, MPH — Assistant Area Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente San Diego
Feature Talk · 20 min
9:35 – 9:55 AM
Wireless Health Systems & Connected Diagnostics
Dr. Ramesh Rao, PhD — Director, Qualcomm Institute (Calit2), UC San Diego
Feature Talk · 20 min
9:55 – 10:15 AM
Morning Networking Break & Exhibit Booths
Break · 20 min
Track A — Main Stage
10:15 AM – 12:20 PM · Clinical AI, Therapeutics & Longevity
10:15 – 10:35 AM
AI & Augmented Reality in Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Rina Jain, MD — Synergy Orthopedic / UCSD
10:35 – 10:55 AM
Point-of-Care AI Diagnostics in Head & Neck Surgery
Dr. Perry Mansfield, MD — Scripps / Senta Clinic
10:55 – 11:15 AM
Modern Neurotology & Ambient AI Documentation
Dr. Michael O’Leary, MD — Alvarado / Senta Clinic
11:15 – 11:35 AM
The Incretin Revolution: Beyond GLP-1s in Diabetes & Metabolic Care
Dr. Sunder Mudaliar, MD — UCSD Endocrinology
11:35 – 12:20 PM
Longevity Panel: Extending Healthspan, Functional Medicine & Stress Resilience
Dr. Kiran Dintyala, MD, MPH · Dr. Smitha Reddy, MD — Arthritis Care & Research · Joe Furman — Longevity Investor
Track B — Breakout Salon
10:15 AM – 12:20 PM, in parallel · Founder Pitch Fest & Investor 1-on-1s
10:15 – 10:20 AM
Rules of Engagement & Welcome
Introduction of Investor Judges & Scoring Rubrics
10:20 – 11:30 AM
Founder Fast-Pitches
6–7 curated San Diego startups · 5-min pitch + 4-min Q&A + 1-min scoring
11:30 – 11:40 AM
Judges’ Scoring & Transition
Final tallying and room transition
11:40 – 12:20 PM
1-on-1 Investor Speed Dating
4 pre-matched, timed rounds (9 min each) · Direct meetings between founders & VCs/Angels
Plenary Afternoon
12:20 – 5:00 PM · All attendees rejoin
12:20 – 1:15 PM
Lunch, Networking & Exhibit Booths
Includes announcement of Pitch Fest Winner at 1:10 PM
Lunch & Networking · 55 min
1:15 – 1:45 PM
Genomics Keynote: Next-Generation Sequencing & Clinical Translation
Dr. Eric Green, MD — Chief Medical Officer, Illumina
Keynote Address · 30 min
1:45 – 2:15 PM
Cancer Cure Panel: Targeted Oncology & Precision Diagnostics
Malini Rajagopalan, PhD — Lead / Moderator; VP, 1Cell.Ai · Additional Panelists TBA
Panel Discussion · 30 min
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Afternoon Networking Break
Break · 15 min
2:30 – 2:55 PM
UCSD Drug Discovery Panel: Academic Breakthroughs to Clinical Pipeline
Faculty Investigators & Translational Scientists — UC San Diego · Panelists TBA
Panel Discussion · 25 min
2:55 – 3:20 PM
Frontiers in Neurobiology & Brain Health
Speaker TBD
Specialty Talk · 25 min
3:20 – 3:45 PM
Financing Innovation: Life Science Capital Markets & Strategic M&A
David H. Crean, PhD, MBA — Managing Partner, Cardiff Advisory / Life Sciences Investment Banking
Feature Talk · 25 min
3:45 – 3:55 PM
Conference Synthesis & Closing Remarks
Dr. Venu Prabaker, MD — Conference Chair · Featuring 2-min spotlight for the Pitch Fest Winning Founder
Closing Address · 10 min
3:55 – 5:00 PM
Evening Reception, Booth Visits & Networking
Networking Reception