Women's Health Summit

The future of women’s health isn’t just about new innovations. It’s about ensuring the voices and lived experiences of the women those innovations are meant to serve are shaping them from the start.

The Harvard Business School Women’s Health Summit brings together visionary founders, leading clinicians, investors, patient advocates, and industry changemakers to explore how we can put patients at the center of the conversations, decisions, and breakthroughs transforming women’s health. From building the next generation of health companies to harnessing AI and data, advancing patient advocacy, and shaping policy and funding, this year’s Summit will explore one essential question: How do we ensure the lived experiences of women inform every decision that shapes their health?

Here’s what to expect:

• Unfiltered conversations with industry pioneers. Hear from leaders including Tamsen Fadal, Sharon Malone, and Anne Fulenwider as they share perspectives on the opportunities and challenges shaping women’s health.
• The founder stories behind the next wave of innovation. Go inside the journeys of Aidan Dewar, Andrea Ippolito, and Lindsay Redd to explore what it takes to build and scale companies in women’s health, and how real patient needs can drive better solutions.
• Patient advocacy at the center. Sponsored by LIORA Health, hear from patient advocates and clinicians, including Rebecca Bloom, Dr. Tracy Shevell, and Nicole Notar, on how we can build a healthcare system that listens to women, takes their experiences seriously, and better serves their needs.
• A look at what’s next in AI and data. Explore how emerging technologies and new approaches to data can transform women’s healthcare, and why patient perspectives must help shape the tools and insights of tomorrow.
• Who gets to be healthy? Policy, funding, and access. Explore how healthcare policy, funding decisions, and systemic barriers shape who gets access to care, whose needs are prioritized, and what it will take to build a more equitable future for women’s health.
• A special SheMD fireside chat with Neel Shah. Join the hosts of SheMD for a live conversation bringing their signature podcast energy to the stage as they explore the ideas and challenges shaping the future of maternal healthcare with Neel Shah.
• New breakout sessions and deeper conversations. Go beyond the main stage with focused discussions on the issues and innovations moving women’s health forward through small-group roundtable discussions during lunch.
• Take the stage with our Innovation Spotlight. Working on a product or research that you want to share with the women's health ecosystem? Apply to be featured in a 2 minute pitch on the main stage! While this is not a competition, you will have the opportunity to connect with investors at our networking reception following the conference - sign up here!

And yes, goodie bags featuring $200+ worth of women’s health products.
After last year’s sold-out Summit, we’re bringing the community together again for an even bigger day of insight, inspiration, and connection. Whether you’re building a company, investing in the space, advancing research, caring for patients, or advocating for change, join us to explore how we can build a future of women’s health that is not only more innovative, but more responsive to the women it serves.

Space is limited, and breakout session selections will be prioritized by ticket purchase date. The earlier you register, the better your chances of securing your top choice.

Info: Panel discussion featuring Aidan Dewar (Co-Founder & CEO, Nourish), Andrea Ippolito (CEO & Founder, Simplifed), and Lindsay Redd (Founder & CEO, Loula)

Info: Panel discussion sponsored by LIORA Health featuring Rebecca Bloom (Author of When Women Get Sick), Dr Tracy Shevell (high-risk OB-GYN), Amanda Berk (Co-Founder, LIORA Health), and Nicole Notar (Founder, Endo Excision For All)

Info: Go beyond the main stage with focused discussions on the issues and innovations moving women’s health forward through small-group roundtable discussions during lunch. Space is limited, and breakout session selections will be prioritized by ticket purchase date. The earlier you register, the better your chances of securing your top choice!

Info: Panel discussion with Linda Goler Blount, MPH (President & CEO, Community Catalyst), Lindsay Sabadosa (MA State Representative)

Info: Working on a product or research that you want to share with the women's health ecosystem? Apply to be featured in a 2 minute pitch on the main stage! While this is not a competition, you will have the opportunity to connect with investors at our networking reception following the conference - sign up link above!

Info: Panel discussion featuring Emily Capodilupo (SVP of Research, Algorithms, and Data, WHOOP), Amanda Ducach (CEO & Co-Founder, EmaEQ), and Kayla Walsh (Founder, Elevare Health)

Info: Dr. Neel Shah is President of Healthy Moms, Health Babies America, previously Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic and a professor at Harvard Medical School.

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