BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T162443Z UID:8BC2EA4C-5AB9-496C-BFDA-EE3E6E8A6917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260911T200000 DESCRIPTION:The UCI PHIT Summit 2026: Digital & Public Health Informatics & Technology – Workforce of the Future is a two-day interdisciplinary sum mit bringing together leaders from academia\, industry\, government\, stan dards organizations\, healthcare\, public health\, and technology to explo re the rapidly evolving landscape of digital health and public health info rmatics.\n\nHosted at the University of California\, Irvine (UCI) College of Health Sciences on September 10–11\, 2026\, the Summit will focus on the technologies\, standards\, workforce capabilities\, and interdisciplin ary collaboration required to build the next generation of healthcare and public health systems.\n\nThe program combines keynote presentations\, mod erated expert panels\, student poster presentations\, technical training\, professional-development activities\, industry roundtables\, and networki ng opportunities. Sessions will examine how emerging technologies—includ ing Artificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning\, Large Language Models\, G enerative AI\, Agentic AI\, wearable and medical devices\, cloud technolog ies\, interoperability standards\, FHIR\, and digital health platforms—a re transforming healthcare delivery\, public health\, research\, and the f uture health technology workforce.\n\nEach major 90-minute technical sessi on will follow a 30/30/30 format\, consisting of a session keynote\, an in dustry-focused discussion\, and an academic/government perspective. This s tructure is designed to connect technological innovation with real-world d eployment\, research\, policy\, standards\, and workforce development.\n\n Key areas of discussion include Emerging Technologies\; Devices & Apps\; A ging\, Longevity & Lifestyle\; Healthcare & Public Health Systems\; Standa rds and Interoperability\; Informatics\, Technology & Standards\; Society & Mental Health\; and Disease Informatics.\n\nA strong emphasis will also be placed on student and early-career workforce development. Participants will have opportunities to engage in hands-on technical learning\, includi ng cloud architecture\, DevOps/CI-CD\, integration using sandbox environme nts and Postman\, FHIR\, notebooks\, LLMs\, GenAI\, Agent-to-Agent technol ogies\, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). Professional-development activit ies will include industry roundtables\, resume and LinkedIn guidance\, AI- assisted job-search strategies\, soft-skills development\, and direct inte raction with employers.\n\nThe Summit will also feature the PHIT Student P oster Program\, allowing students to showcase their projects and research while engaging with professionals\, researchers\, technology leaders\, and prospective employers.\n\nSupported by UCI PHIT and academic partners\, H L7\, IEEE\, ISO TC215\, and industry partners\, the Summit seeks to streng then collaboration across the health technology ecosystem while preparing students and professionals for the emerging workforce needs of Digital Hea lth\, Public Health Informatics\, Healthcare AI\, Interoperability\, and H ealth Information Technology.\n\n[]\n\nCo-sponsored by: Pradyumna Kodgi\n\ nAgenda: \nINDUSTRY/ACADEMIA EXPERTS TALK/PANEL @ UCI COHS Sue Gross Audit orium\n\nAgenda\n\nDay 1 — September 10\, 2026\n\n8:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nR egistration\, Breakfast & Networking\n\n9:00 AM – 9:30 AM\nDay 1 Opening Keynote\nDean Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala\nFounding Dean\, Joe C. Wen Sch ool of Population & Public Health\, UC Irvine\n\n9:30 AM – 11:00 AM\nSes sion 1: Emerging Technologies\nNatural Language Processing\, Machine Learn ing\, Large Language Models\, Generative AI\, Agentic AI\, and emerging te chnologies in healthcare and public health.\nSpeakers: Dan Desmond\, Anupa m Thakur\, Gora Datta\n\n11:00 AM – 11:15 AM\nBreak\n\n11:15 AM – 12:4 5 PM\nPHIT Student Poster Session\nStudent research\, innovation\, and pro jects in digital health and public health informatics.\n\n12:45 PM – 2:0 0 PM\nLunch & Networking\n\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nSession 2: Devices & Apps \nWearables\, home-care devices\, hospital and laboratory technologies\, S aMD\, SiMD\, and connected health applications.\nSpeakers: Dr. Susan L. Iv ey\, Dr. Mohammad Usman\, Marc Mar-Yohana\n\n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nBreak\n\ n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM\nSession 3: Aging\, Longevity & Lifestyle (A2L)\nNutr ition\, physical activity\, preventive care\, precision healthcare\, healt hy aging\, and longevity.\nSpeakers: Dr. Ramesh Jain\, Dr. Amir Rahmani\, Dr. Stavroula Mougiakakou\n\n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM — Parallel Training (Ro om#1020 @ COHS)\nPHIT Technical Training: LLMs & Emerging AI Technologies\ n\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nIndustry Roundtables / Meet-the-Employers\n\n6:30 PM – 8:00 PM\nDay 1 Closing Keynote\, Dinner & Networking\n------------- --------------------------------------------------\n\nDay 2 — September 11\, 2026\n\n8:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nRegistration\, Breakfast & Networking\n\ n9:00 AM – 9:30 AM\nDay 2 Opening Keynote\n\n9:30 AM – 11:00 AM\nSessi on 4: Healthcare & Public Health Systems\nElectronic Health Records\, Prac tice Management\, patient portals\, laboratory systems\, and modern digita l health infrastructure.\nSpeakers: Nadine Afari\, Dr. Heather Readhead\, Sameer Halai\, Dr. Kamiar Alaei\n\n9:30 AM – 11:30 AM — Parallel Train ing (Room#1020 @ COHS)\nPHIT Technical Training: FHIR & Healthcare Interop erability\nHands-on FHIR\, healthcare APIs\, sandbox environments\, and Po stman.\n\n11:00 AM – 11:15 AM\nBreak\n\n11:15 AM – 12:45 PM\nSession 5 : Standards Interoperability at Work\nHL7\, ISO\, IEEE-SA\, FHIR\, termino logy\, healthcare APIs\, cloud technologies\, and interoperability standar ds.\nSpeakers: Todd Cooper\, Rachel Dunscombe\, Maria Palombini\n\n12:45 P M – 2:00 PM\nLunch & Networking\n\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nSession 6: Socie ty & Mental Health\nPublic policy\, mental health\, social and environment al determinants of health\, resilient healthcare\, and community health.\n Speakers: Dr. Orlando Lopez\, Dr. Yuri Quintana\, Dr. Saugat Karki\n\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM — Parallel Professional Development (Room#1020 @ COHS)\n Building the Future PHIT Workforce\nResume and LinkedIn development\, AI-a ssisted job search\, Prompt Engineering\, soft skills\, and career readine ss.\n\n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nBreak\n\n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM\nSession 7: Disea se Informatics\nRemote Patient Monitoring\, chronic care\, transitional ca re\, disease surveillance\, communicable and non-communicable diseases\, e pidemics\, and pandemics.\nSpeakers: Dr. Manijeh Berenji\, Dr. Angel Desai \, Dr. Bryant T. Karras\n\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nAwards\, Certificates & Me et-the-Employers\n\n6:30 PM – 8:00 PM\nDay 2 Closing Keynote\, Dinner & Networking\n\nThroughout Both Days\n\nProgram and speaker lineup are subje ct to change. Awaiting confirmation from some invited speakers.\n\n856 Hea lth Sciences Road\, Irvine\, California\, United States\, 92697\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571968 LOCATION:856 Health Sciences Road\, Irvine\, California\, United States\, 9 2697\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571968 ORGANIZER:gora.datta@ieee.org SEQUENCE:130 SUMMARY:UCI PHIT Summit 2026: Digital & Public Health Informatics & Technol ogy: Workforce of the Future URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571968 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="isSelectedEnd">The <strong>UCI PHIT Summit 2026: Digital &amp\; Public Health Informatics &amp\; Technology & ndash\; Workforce of the Future</strong> is a two-day interdisciplinary su mmit bringing together leaders from <strong>academia\, industry\, governme nt\, standards organizations\, healthcare\, public health\, and technology </strong> to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of digital health and public health informatics.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Hosted at the <st rong>University of California\, Irvine (UCI) College of Health Sciences</s trong> on <strong>September 10&ndash\;11\, 2026</strong>\, the Summit will focus on the technologies\, standards\, workforce capabilities\, and inte rdisciplinary collaboration required to build the next generation of healt hcare and public health systems.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The program combines <strong>keynote presentations\, moderated expert panels\, studen t poster presentations\, technical training\, professional-development act ivities\, industry roundtables\, and networking opportunities</strong>. Se ssions will examine how emerging technologies&mdash\;including <strong>Art ificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning\, Large Language Models\, Generati ve AI\, Agentic AI\, wearable and medical devices\, cloud technologies\, i nteroperability standards\, FHIR\, and digital health platforms</strong>&m dash\;are transforming healthcare delivery\, public health\, research\, an d the future health technology workforce.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Ea ch major 90-minute technical session will follow a <strong>30/30/30 format </strong>\, consisting of a session keynote\, an industry-focused discussi on\, and an academic/government perspective. This structure is designed to connect technological innovation with real-world deployment\, research\, policy\, standards\, and workforce development.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedE nd">Key areas of discussion include <strong>Emerging Technologies\; Device s &amp\; Apps\; Aging\, Longevity &amp\; Lifestyle\; Healthcare &amp\; Pub lic Health Systems\; Standards and Interoperability\; Informatics\, Techno logy &amp\; Standards\; Society &amp\; Mental Health\; and Disease Informa tics</strong>.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">A strong emphasis will also b e placed on <strong>student and early-career workforce development</strong >. Participants will have opportunities to engage in hands-on technical le arning\, including cloud architecture\, DevOps/CI-CD\, integration using s andbox environments and Postman\, FHIR\, notebooks\, LLMs\, GenAI\, Agent- to-Agent technologies\, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). Professional-dev elopment activities will include industry roundtables\, resume and LinkedI n guidance\, AI-assisted job-search strategies\, soft-skills development\, and direct interaction with employers.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The Summit will also feature the <strong>PHIT Student Poster Program</strong>\ , allowing students to showcase their projects and research while engaging with professionals\, researchers\, technology leaders\, and prospective e mployers.</p>\n<p>Supported by <strong>UCI PHIT and academic partners\, HL 7\, IEEE\, ISO TC215\, and industry partners</strong>\, the Summit seeks t o strengthen collaboration across the health technology ecosystem while pr eparing students and professionals for the emerging workforce needs of <st rong>Digital Health\, Public Health Informatics\, Healthcare AI\, Interope rability\, and Health Information Technology</strong>.<br><br><br><img src ="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/af24dd7f-92be-4df 0-8763-c6e322f6b24f" alt="" width="920" height="613"></p><br /><br />Agend a: <br /><h2><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">INDUSTRY/ACADEMIA EXPERTS TALK/PANEL @ UCI COHS Sue Gross Auditorium</span></h2>\n<h2>Agenda </h2>\n<h3>Day 1 &mdash\; September 10\, 2026</h3>\n<p class="isSelectedEn d"><strong>8:00 AM &ndash\; 9:00 AM</strong><br>Registration\, Breakfast & amp\; Networking</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>9:00 AM &ndash\; 9: 30 AM</strong><br><strong>Day 1 Opening Keynote</strong><br>Dean Dr. Berna dette Boden-Albala<br>Founding Dean\, Joe C. Wen School of Population &amp \; Public Health\, UC Irvine</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>9:30 AM &ndash\; 11:00 AM</strong><br><strong>Session 1: Emerging Technologies</s trong><br>Natural Language Processing\, Machine Learning\, Large Language Models\, Generative AI\, Agentic AI\, and emerging technologies in healthc are and public health.<br>Speakers: Dan Desmond\, Anupam Thakur\, Gora Dat ta</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>11:00 AM &ndash\; 11:15 AM</stron g><br>Break</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>11:15 AM &ndash\; 12:45 PM</strong><br><strong>PHIT Student Poster Session</strong><br>Student res earch\, innovation\, and projects in digital health and public health info rmatics.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>12:45 PM &ndash\; 2:00 PM</ strong><br>Lunch &amp\; Networking</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>2 :00 PM &ndash\; 3:30 PM</strong><br><strong>Session 2: Devices &amp\; Apps </strong><br>Wearables\, home-care devices\, hospital and laboratory techn ologies\, SaMD\, SiMD\, and connected health applications.<br>Speakers: Dr . Susan L. Ivey\, Dr. Mohammad Usman\, Marc Mar-Yohana</p>\n<p class="isSe lectedEnd"><strong>3:30 PM &ndash\; 3:45 PM</strong><br>Break</p>\n<p clas s="isSelectedEnd"><strong>3:45 PM &ndash\; 5:15 PM</strong><br><strong>Ses sion 3: Aging\, Longevity &amp\; Lifestyle (A2L)</strong><br>Nutrition\, p hysical activity\, preventive care\, precision healthcare\, healthy aging\ , and longevity.<br>Speakers: Dr. Ramesh Jain\, Dr. Amir Rahmani\, Dr. Sta vroula Mougiakakou</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>3:45 PM &ndash\; 5:15 PM &mdash\; Parallel Training (Room#1020 @ COHS)</strong><br><strong> PHIT Technical Training: LLMs &amp\; Emerging AI Technologies</strong></p> \n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>5:30 PM &ndash\; 6:30 PM</strong><br>In dustry Roundtables / Meet-the-Employers</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><str ong>6:30 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM</strong><br>Day 1 Closing Keynote\, Dinner &a mp\; Networking</p>\n<div contenteditable="false"><hr></div>\n<h3>Day 2 &m dash\; September 11\, 2026</h3>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>8:00 AM &ndash\; 9:00 AM</strong><br>Registration\, Breakfast &amp\; Networking</p >\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>9:00 AM &ndash\; 9:30 AM</strong><br>< strong>Day 2 Opening Keynote</strong><br><br></p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd "><strong>9:30 AM &ndash\; 11:00 AM</strong><br><strong>Session 4: Healthc are &amp\; Public Health Systems</strong><br>Electronic Health Records\, P ractice Management\, patient portals\, laboratory systems\, and modern dig ital health infrastructure.<br>Speakers: Nadine Afari\, Dr. Heather Readhe ad\, Sameer Halai\, Dr. Kamiar Alaei</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong >9:30 AM &ndash\; 11:30 AM &mdash\; Parallel Training (Room#1020 @ COHS)</ strong><br><strong>PHIT Technical Training: FHIR &amp\; Healthcare Interop erability</strong><br>Hands-on FHIR\, healthcare APIs\, sandbox environmen ts\, and Postman.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>11:00 AM &ndash\; 11:15 AM</strong><br>Break</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>11:15 AM &ndash\; 12:45 PM</strong><br><strong>Session 5: Standards Interoperabilit y at Work</strong><br>HL7\, ISO\, IEEE-SA\, FHIR\, terminology\, healthcar e APIs\, cloud technologies\, and interoperability standards.<br>Speakers: Todd Cooper\, Rachel Dunscombe\, Maria Palombini</p>\n<p class="isSelecte dEnd"><strong>12:45 PM &ndash\; 2:00 PM</strong><br>Lunch &amp\; Networkin g</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>2:00 PM &ndash\; 3:30 PM</strong>< br><strong>Session 6: Society &amp\; Mental Health</strong><br>Public poli cy\, mental health\, social and environmental determinants of health\, res ilient healthcare\, and community health.<br>Speakers: Dr. Orlando Lopez\, Dr. Yuri Quintana\, Dr. Saugat Karki</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><stron g>2:00 PM &ndash\; 3:30 PM &mdash\; Parallel Professional Development (Roo m#1020 @ COHS)</strong><br><strong>Building the Future PHIT Workforce</str ong><br>Resume and LinkedIn development\, AI-assisted job search\, Prompt Engineering\, soft skills\, and career readiness.</p>\n<p class="isSelecte dEnd"><strong>3:30 PM &ndash\; 3:45 PM</strong><br>Break</p>\n<p class="is SelectedEnd"><strong>3:45 PM &ndash\; 5:15 PM</strong><br><strong>Session 7: Disease Informatics</strong><br>Remote Patient Monitoring\, chronic car e\, transitional care\, disease surveillance\, communicable and non-commun icable diseases\, epidemics\, and pandemics.<br>Speakers: Dr. Manijeh Bere nji\, Dr. Angel Desai\, Dr. Bryant T. Karras</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd" ><strong>5:30 PM &ndash\; 6:30 PM</strong><br>Awards\, Certificates &amp\; Meet-the-Employers</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>6:30 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM</strong><br>Day 2 Closing Keynote\, Dinner &amp\; Networking</p>\ n<h3>Throughout Both Days</h3>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Program and speaker lineup are subject to change. Awaiting confirmation from some invited spe akers.</em></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR