This workshop brings together best-in-class physicians, diversity and equity professionals, technologists, entrepreneurs, healthcare executives, investors, researchers, and healthcare professionals from the Bay Area and across the U.S. to discuss the interesting intersection of equity, healthcare, and technology. The emphasis will be on compelling, cross-functional, and inter-disciplinary themes. The workshop will focus on the opportunities, challenges, and best practices of leveraging technology to make modern healthcare more equitable for all patients. This workshop is a collaborative, engaging, highly interactive exchange of ideas and information, with the hope and expectation that multiple subsequent collaborations between participants will emerge after the event. Location: San Francisco, CA

With just 5% of the over 7,000 rare diseases addressed by some form of drug treatment, 95% of rare diseases remain without a therapeutic option. Rare diseases affect 1 in 10 Americans, yet many of these debilitating conditions impact a very small number of patients. This workshop brings together patients, families, patient advocacy groups, biopharmaceutical firms, providers, policymakers, and other NGOs to discuss how to achieve equitable access to care for rare diseases. Click here to see the post-event recap.

This workshop brings together healthcare leaders, medical school academics and leaders, providers, patients, pharma, and other stakeholder groups for an innovative and collaborative discussion on how to best equip our future healthcare leaders with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that allow them to adequately treat all patients and communicate with their families. Medical school and other healthcare training curriculums must be designed to appropriately train cultural competence. By proactively beginning to think about culturally competent healthcare delivery, the healthcare leaders of tomorrow can take steps towards addressing broader healthcare disparities and health inequities that afflict the U.S. healthcare system. Click here to see the post-event recap.

Trust is the most valuable – yet vulnerable – currency of any organization. In this workshop, Openbox will lead a group of healthcare executives and entrepreneurs in applying trust to challenges and opportunities in their organizations. Taking inspiration from familiar examples, we will introduce participants to a human-centered design approach and framework for cultivating trust.