THE 3RD ANNUAL

LIFE SCIENCE & HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SUMMIT


MARCH 4 — 5, 2025
INNOVATION TOWER
AUSTIN, TEXAS

Invitation Only and Non-Transferable

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PRE-SUMMIT KICKOFF

UT Austin’s Life Science Tech & Startup Showcase

Hosted by Discovery to Impact

Monday, March 3
3:30 P.M. – 6 P.M.


INNOVATION SUMMIT

Tuesday, March 4
8 A.M. – 5 P.M.

Wednesday, March 5
8 A.M. – 11 A.M.


About the Summit

The Innovation Summit unites academia and industry to explore the advancements poised to disrupt the future of healthcare and life sciences. Throughout the two-day Summit, participants will have the opportunity to network with and engage in programming featuring leading experts from across the innovation ecosystem.


FEATURED SPEAKERS

Jim Breyer
Breyer Capital

Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a premier venture capital firm. He has been an early investor in over 40 technology companies that have completed highly successful public offerings or mergers.

Jim Breyer
Jay Hartzell

Jay Hartzell
The University of Texas at Austin

The 30th President of The University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as the 12th dean of the McCombs School of Business and has been a member of the UT Austin faculty since 2001.

Arvind Krishna
IBM

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. Arvind is a business leader and technologist who has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud and quantum computing.

Arvind Krishna
Claudia Lucchinetti

Claudia Lucchinetti
Dell Medical School

Dean of Dell Medical School and Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at UT, Dr. Lucchinetti oversees the academic medicine footprint of the University, including education, practice and research.

Diogo Rau
Eli Lilly

Diogo Rau is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital officer at Eli Lilly and Company, leading IT, cybersecurity, digital health and advanced analytics.

Diogo Rau
Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor
The University of Texas at Austin

Founder of HeartFlow Inc, Dr. Taylor is the Moncrief Chair in Computational Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine and Computational Engineering and Sciences and Director of the Center for Computational Medicine at UT.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Xaira

Marc Tessier-Lavigne is the founding Chairman and CEO of Xaira, a biotherapeutics company applying AI to transform drug discovery. Previously, he held executive positions in the private and academic sectors.

Marc Tessier Lavigne

Innovation Summit agenda and full list of speakers to be announced closer to the Summit


ACCOMMODATIONS

There are several hotels located nearby. Here are a few of our recommendations:


Questions, please contact: utaustininnovationsummit@utexas.edu

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