Vodafone Developer Program’s 'Innovations through Collaboration' on healthcare – a YourStory meetup

Disruptive technologies – mobile, cloud and big data are revolutionizing healthcare. From quality patient care anytime, anywhere, to vital patient information for doctors, from remote diagnostics and monitoring to easy-to-use telemedicine kits, mobile devices and video-conferencing technology is shaping the future of healthcare. While it is making it more convenient for the well off, massive efforts are underway to make healthcare accessible and affordable to the bottom of the pyramid. Today, India`s healthcare expenditure accounts to 4.1% of the GDP which is likely to grow to 6% in the coming years.

Tapping into the massive opportunity in the healthcare space, many innovative entrepreneurial ventures like Forus Health, Portea Medical, HealthKart & Medypal are making healthcare accessible to each and everyone with technological solutions (these comes from the validation of significant funding support from investment firms last year) We are happy to partner with Vodafone Developer Program to deep dive into one of the key growth drivers of India. The meet up focusses on:

• Identifying new strategies for healthcare innovation & emerging healthcare businesses
• Fostering collaboration opportunities among various stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem

We will bring together experts from Healthcare space (leading entrepreneurs, solution providers, leading hospitals, Healthcare innovation experts from Vodafone, mobile developers, investors, Policy makers, NGOs working at grassroots level, and analysts and media) to share knowledge and experiences that will help create a stronger support system for collaboration and growth.

When: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 4-7pm

Where: Ginserv, Behind Leela Palace, Kodihalli, Old Airport Road, Bangalore

Session Agenda

4:00pm - Introductory note on Healthcare landscape by YourStory research team.

4:10pm - Keynote Subramanya BP, Surveillance Medical Office at WHO

4:20pm - Healthcare entrepreneurship: K. Chandrasekhar, Founder & CEO, Forus Health

4:30pm - Panel: Technology and innovation for addressing challenges in healthcare

• Sakthi Saravanan, Head - Product Management at Vodafone (Moderator)
• Gautam Sathia, MD and CEO, BioQuest Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
• Amit Kumar Rathi, Vice President, Unitus Capital 
• Srikrishna Ramamoorthy, Partner at Unitus Seed Fund
•  Wg Cdr (Dr) VG Vasishta (Retd), Founder and CEO, SBF HealthCare

5:45pm - Disruptive Healthcare Innovators: Medypal, Portea Medical, Samsung R&D, GetActive

6:30pm - Closing Remarks By Vodafone Developer Group and YourStory

6:45pm onwards - Networking over Coffee/Tea

Join us on January 31, 2014 to discover the opportunities for innovative collaboration and convergence in healthcare space. Click Here to Register.

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