19th Annual Haas Healthcare Association Conference

Join us for the 19th Annual Haas Healthcare Association Conference, an exciting in-person event where healthcare professionals, innovators, and enthusiasts come together to share ideas, network, and explore the latest trends in healthcare. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to connect, learn, and grow within the vibrant healthcare community!
The Haas Healthcare Conference 2026 is an annual event organized by the Haas Healthcare Association (HHA) at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The conference brings together healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and students to explore pressing topics at the intersection of healthcare, innovation, and business.
This year's theme is all about the future of healthcare delivery; from AI and chronic care redesign to the investor landscape reshaping how health markets actually work. We have an incredible lineup of speakers joining us from Kaiser Permanente, Manatt, Verily, Vitality, Eko Health, Neon Health, Samsung, Vivani Medical, SVB, and more.
• Fireside Chat: Rebuilding Trust, Access, and Experience — with Kaiser Permanente's Group SVP & COO, Carrie Piletz Owen, facilitated by Kim MacPherson
• Panel: From Models to Medicine: AI and digital health in practice
• Panel: Breaking the Iron Triangle
• Panel: The Redesign of Chronic Care
• Kaiser Interactive Session: Inside the Decision Room
• Panel: Hospital 2.0 Care Beyond the Walls
• Panel: Designing for Scale Without Leaving People Behind
• Panel: Investors and How Healthcare Markets Are Really Built
• Happy Hour & Networking (sponsored by HealthTech Hang)

See our website for additional details on agenda and speakers.

Info: Guest Speaker: Carrie Piletz Owen| Group SVP & COO; Kaiser Permanente||
Facilitator: Kim MacPherson |Executive Director of Health Management; Haas School of Business

Info: Panelist:
Matt Tobelmann: Director, Business Operations at Verily| Nick Metrakos: Sr. Director, PMO & Special Projects at Eko Health | Kelly Cheng: Head of US Services Innovation at Samsung |
Stedman Hood: CEO at Neon Health

Info: Track A: Breaking the Iron Triangle || Panelist: Jonah Frolich — Sr. Managing Director , Manatt Health || Madhu Gupta — Engagement Manager · Rock Health Advisory

Info: Facilitated by Wellness Team

Info: Panelists:
Anthony Baldor — Chief Financial Officer · Vivani Medical
|| Peter Wasserman — Senior Director, Innovation & Partnerships · Aledade || Kristin Rodriguez — Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships · Vitality Group
|| Trisha Martinez — Vice President, Product Strategy · Glooko

Info: Facilitator:
Marsha Roberts, MD — Kaiser Permanente

Panelists:
Jeff Johnson — Senior Vice President, Health Plan Technical Services · Kaiser Permanente
Kristyn Pritchett — Executive Director, National Market Operations · Kaiser Permanente
Alfonse L. Upshaw — Vice President, Member Services · Kaiser Permanente
Christopher Walker — Vice President, Care Delivery Technology Services · Kaiser Permanente

Info: PANELIST: Dr. Albert Yu — Chief Health Informatics Officer · SF Department of Public Health
Prof. Hector Rodriguez — Faculty · Berkeley School of Public Health
Prof. Ndola Prata — Faculty · Berkeley School of Public Health

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Spieker Forum (6th Floor), Chou Hall, Haas School of Business, 2220 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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