Day 1 – SPARC Finals
September 09, Tel Aviv
Meta Offices, 22 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Morning
Welcome to Tel Aviv! Whether you’ve arrived early or just
landing, the morning is yours to settle in. Take time to
check into your hotel, unwind, or explore the city at your
own pace
16:00 – 16:30
Location: Meta Offices, 22 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Refreshments and drinks will be served.
Kick off with a relaxed networking session, connect with
fellow innovators, mentors, and change-makers.
16:30 – 18:00
Experience bold ideas, brilliant storytelling, and ground-
breaking solutions as the next generation of healthcare
visionaries takes the stage.
Personal Schedule & Satellite Sessions:
Optional satellite events and tailored meeting agendas may be
available. Keep an eye out for program updates and fit your
morning to suit your interests.
Day 2 – Sheba INSIDER!
Intelligence at the Edge. Resilience by Design.
Where intelligence meets readiness in a world that won’t wait.
MC – Eran Lerer, Managing Partner & CEO, Shoni Health Ventures
September 10, Tel Aviv
Sheba Medical Center
06:30 – 07:00
We’ll be heading out from Tel Aviv – no need to worry
about breakfast, it’ll be waiting for you at Sheba
during our morning Gathering & Registration*
07:30 – 08:30
Location: ARC Innovation Sheba Medical Center.
Breakfast will be served.
08:30 – 08:50
Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General, CEO Sheba Medical Center
Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Founder and Director of ARC Innovation
Chief Transformation, Innovation and AI Officer, Sheba Medical Center
08:50 – 09:00
Dr. Ayelet Akselrod-Ballin, Head and CTO of AI Center
ARC Innovation, Sheba Medical Center
09:00 – 09:40
Moderator: Dr. Anna Van Poucke, Global Head of Healthcare,
KPMG International
Dr. Gal Yaniv, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Aidoc
Dr. Haggai Eden, Emergency Medicine Specialist and
Project Manager of Project K, Sheba Medical Centre
Prof. Robert Klempfner, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer,
AISAP
Dr. Debbie Anaby, Head, Breast Cancer Imaging Lab (BreaciL)
Diagnostic Imaging Department, Sheba Medical Center
Ohad Avital, Chief Product Officer, AI Center, Sheba
Medical Center
09:40 – 09:50
Discover LIV, Sheba Medical Center’s groundbreaking AI-
powered platform for mental health, developed in
collaboration with Microsoft and KPMG. This live demo
will showcase how LIV simulates psychiatric intake, delivers
real-time clinical decision support, and personalizes care
using adaptive avatars and voice technology.
09:50 – 10:00
Prof. Gadi Segal, Head, Education Authority, Sheba
Medical Center
Dr. Gal Goshen, CMO of AI Center, ARC Innovation, Sheba
Medical Center
10:00 – 10:30
Participants are divided into groups and guided through
various locations around the campus
10:30 – 12:30
Sheba INSIDER! AI-Driven Emergency Department
Sheba INSIDER! A Deep Dive into Operational Excellence
Sheba INSIDER! ARC Cardiovascular + AiSAP
Sheba INSIDER! Startups’ Espresso Pitch
12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:00
Dr. Shachar Shapira, Deputy General director for Ambulatory Services
Director of Humanitarian Disaster Response Center, Sheba Medical Center
In today’s healthcare reality, preparedness is no longer optional – it’s a
discipline of precision, speed, and systemic resilience. At Sheba INSIDER
Day, we invite you to explore groundbreaking approaches to emergency
readiness, clinical continuity, and infrastructure management alongside
global experts and frontline innovators.
14:00 – 15:00
Recharge and mingle – whether you’re sealing deals or just
sipping something refreshing, this hour is yours to connect…
15:00
Relax and enjoy the ride as group shuttles head to the city.
We’ll be arriving just in time to freshen up and get ready for a
vibrant evening ahead.
18:30
Location: Dubnov St 8, Tel Aviv
Join us for a stylish welcome gathering with drinks, bites, and
great company. Mingle with fellow participants and kick off the
summit with inspiration and connection in the heart of Tel Aviv.
20:00
We’re proud to spotlight a moment of global recognition: the
official announcement of Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart
Hospitals 2025. This prestigious ranking, developed in
partnership with Statista, honors 350 hospitals across 28
countries for their excellence in digital health, AI, robotics,
and telemedicine. Join us as we celebrate the institutions
leading the charge in healthcare innovation – including Sheba
Medical Center, ranked among the top 10 globally for its
pioneering work in smart hospital transformation. Raise a
glass to the future of intelligent care!
DAY 3 – ARC Global Summit 2025
Redesigning Health with Intelligence – Human and Artificial.
September 11, Tel Aviv
David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv
Main Plenary Hall | 09:00 – 11:00
08:00 – 09:00
09:00 – 09:02
09:02 – 09:20
Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General, Sheba
Medical Center
09:20 – 09:30
Dror Bin, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority
09:30 – 09:40
Intermission Experience…
09:40 – 10:00
Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Innovation, Transformation
and Chief AI Officer Sheba Medical Center, Founder and
Director of ARC Innovation
10:00 – 10:30
Moderator: Johanna Benesty, Managing Director and Senior Partner,
Global Lead, BCG Global Health – France
Munjal Shah, CEO, Hippocratic AI
Kent R. Thoelke, CEO, Paradigm
Elad Walach, CEO, Aidoc
10:30 – 11:00
Keynote by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Physician-Scientist. Founder,
NextMed Health & Digital.Health
11:00 – 11:30
B2B meetings and Peer to Peer networking | 11:30 – 14:30
Breakouts Sessions & Executive Forums | 11:30 – 14:30
Salon G
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Dr. Galia Barkai, Founder & Director General,
Sheba BEYOND Virtual Hospital – Israel
Virtual Care as an Antidote to System Fragility
Leadership Insight by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg,
President & CEO at Jewish General Hospital – Quebec, Canada
Unbroken Access: Telehealth-Connected Care During Crisis
Dr. Yaron Elad, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Cedars Sinai – US
Next Gen Telehealth, Integrated and Proactive
Dr. David H. Berger, Immediate Past CEO of SUNNY Downstate
Health Strategic Advisor at Digital Health Venture Partners – US
Coalitions of Care: Connecting People, Technology,
and Ecosystems for Global Health Impact
Leadership Insight by Dr. Yonatan G. Keschner, Emergency Medicine,
Mass General Brigham (MGB); MGB Director, HealthTech Hub – US
Salon H
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Dr. Ayelet Akselrod-Ballin, Head and CTO of AI
Center ARC Innovation, Sheba Medical Center – Israel
AI and the Future of Medicine
Leadership Insight by Prof. Yu-Chuan Jack Li, CEO,
Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and
Health, Taipei Medical University – Taiwan
Panel: Inside the AI Hospital: from Disruption to Deployment
Moderator: Ruthy Kaidar, Managing Director, Healthcare,
EMEA at Microsoft
Elad Benjamin, Head of AI Innovation, Philips – Israel
Dr. Elie Toubiana, CEO ScribeMD – US
Dr. Avner Vilan, Chief of Staff & VP Operations, AI21 Labs – Israel
Dr. Eyal Klang, Chief of Generative-AI, Windreich Department of
Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Mount Sinai Health
System – US
AI/Healthtech: from Hype to Value
Leadership Insight by Mati Gill, CEO AION Labs – Israel
Redefining healthcare with AI – is it tech-centric or
human-centric?
Leadership Insight by Dr. Okan Ekinci, Digital Technology
& Health Information, Information Solutions Roche – US
Salon I
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Dr. Eytan Ben-Ami, Director, Oncology Institute, Jussidman
Cancer Center Sheba Medical Center – Israel
Designing Cancer Care ‘Virtual Neighborhoods’ of the Future
Strategic Spotlight by Adam Reich, Senior Vice President,
Business Strategy Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – US
Panel: Future Trends in Oncology: Personalized Oncology –
From Intelligent Diagnosis to Precision Treatment
Dr. Nicole Brooks, Research Program Manager, Molecular
Oncology and Cancer Immunology Department at Epworth
HealthCare – Australia
Prof. Iris Barshack – Head, Institute of Pathology, Sheba Medical
Center
Prof. Miri Sklair-Levy, Director of Breast Imaging Center, Sheba
Medical Center – Israel
Liron Abuhsira, Sr. Director, Clinical Sciences at Regeneron – US
Panel: Investment in the Future of Oncology:
Capital, Technology & Commercialization – The Future of
Oncology Innovation
Dr. Irit Yaniv – Founding Partner and CEO at Almeda Ventures VC
Tammy Altarac – Managing Director, MSD Israel
Eliran Malki – CEO, Belong.life
⭐⭐ Introducing Roche for Better Future ⭐⭐
⭐⭐ ARC Oncology Network Launch ⭐⭐
Salon J
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Avner Halperin, CEO, Sheba IMPACT – Israel
Leading Healthcare Innovation in Latin America
Leadership Insight by Dr. Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch, Chief
Innovation Officer at Albert Einstein Hospital – Brazil
Moderator: Jesse Schnall, Special Projects Lead at Roivant
Sciences’ Healthtech Platform – US
Karl Reremoser, General Manager at ARC Innovation Center,
Maria Middelares – Belgium
Dr. David Eisenhauer, Orthopedic Surgeon, Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health – US
Arik Kol, Inception Startup Program Lead at NVIDIA – Israel
Sharon Markman, Executive Director, Clinical Excellence
Innovation and Engagement, UChicago Medicine – US
Dr. Brandon Carp, President and Founder at Australian Society
for Medical Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ASME) – Australia
Leadership Insight by Don McDaniel, CEO at Canton & Company
12:30 – 13:30
Salon G
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Dr. Shai Tejman-Yarden, Director of the BioMedical Engineering
Hub ARC Innovation, Sheba Medical Center – Israel
Redesigning Care Delivery: From Ingredients to
Gastronomical Experience
Prof. Lawrence Rudski, Director at Azrieli Heart Center – Quebec, Canada
Moderator: Shai Policker, Managing Partner at Edge Medical Ventures
Tech Talks on AI-powered Medical Device (~5 min each) powered
by PHILIPS
Shuli Gnashvili, Cardiovascular Clinical Application Specialist,
Enterprise Informatics
Meni Becher, Senior Product Manager, Ultrasound Cardiology
Guy Dolinsky, Software Specialist at ARC’s AI Center, Sheba
Medical Center
Dr. Karny Ilan, CEO & Co-founder at Feminai, General Surgery
Resident at Sheba Medical Center
Intelligent Devices for Prediction and Management of
Emergency Cardiac Events
Leadership Insight by Dr. Sumeet Chugh, Vice Dean and Chief AI
Health Research Officer, Cedars Sinai – US
Salon H
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Robert Wartenfeld MD, MHA, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Sheba Medical Center – Israel
NEO – Next Evolutionary Organization
Leadership Insight by Gal Ratzkowski, Managing Director – Monitor Deloitte
Life Science Health Care leader, Deloitte Israel
Tech Talks
Ittai Dayan, CEO Rhino Federated Computing – US
Ankit Kumar, CEO patients.app – US
Panel: From Data to Data Driven Healthcare
Dr. Joseph Chin-Chi Kuo, Director of the Big Data Center of CMUH and
Chief of the Department of Biomedical Informatics of CMU – Taiwan
Dr. Yael K. Heher, Chief Quality Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health – US
Bruno Lempernesse, CEO MDClone
From Data to Personalized Treatment: Redesigning
Healthcare with AI Technology
Leadership Insight by Moran Ben Menachem, Health Industry Lead,
Oracle Israel
Leadership Insight by Ron Kuerbitz, CEO of illumed
Salon I
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Avner Halperin, CEO, Sheba IMPACT – Israel
Connecting the Dots – a Smart Multi-Stakeholder Approach
to Health Equity
Leadership Insight by Verena Voelter, CEO & Founder, Author
5p healthcare solution – Switzerland
Moderator: Dr. Mariana Zamir, Health Equity Lead at ARC Innovation,
Sheba Medical Center – Israel
Dr. Sohail Khan, CEO at Aria Institute of Medical Sciences – Pakistan
Prof. Edson Amaro, Head Global Advanced Technologies for Equity at Albert
Einstein – Brazil
Dr. Gabriel Blecher, Clinical Director Emergency at Peninsula Health – Australia
Dr. Tal Bergman Levy, Deputy Manager and VP innovation
Barzilai University Medical Center – Israel
HealthCare as a Bridge Builder
Leadership Insight by Raed Abu Leil, Acting CEO and
Maya Arnon, Medical Director of Rozana Health Diplomacy
Salon J
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Eran Lerer, Managing Partner & CEO, Shoni Health Ventures – Israel
Interactive Kickoff 👉 Kahoot quiz + Prize for the winner!
The Trump Administration and Its Impact on HealthTech Innovation
Policy Insight by Chip Kahn, President and CEO at Federation of American
Hospitals – US
Panel: Fundraising for HealthTech Innovation
Dr. Mark Townsend, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours
Mercy Health – US
Michal Geva, Managing Partner and Co-founder at Triventures – Israel
Ittai Harrel, Managing Partner at Pitango – Israel
Ziv Conen, Partner at New Era Capital Partners – Israel
Fireside Chat: Cracking the Business Model, Fundraising & Beyond
Interviewer: Sara Greenberg, Co-founder, Shoni Health Ventures
Interviewee: Elad Walach, CEO, AIDOC
Executive-Focused Group Discussions | 11:30 – 12:30
* invited participants only
Meeting
Room 3
Imagine a rehabilitation setting where cutting-edge technology turns routine
exercises into immersive, interactive experiences. That’s exactly what Sheba
Medical Center has achieved with its latest innovation – the Immersive
Rehabilitation Room.
Co-Chair: Maya Ehrlich, Director of Innovation at the Integrated Rehabilitation
Hospital, Sheba Medical Center
Co-Chair: Ilanit Baum-Cohen, Innovation and Rehabilitation Technology Specialist
Deputy Head of the Occupational Therapy Sector, Sheba Medical Center
Meeting
Room 4
11:30 – 12:30
Co-Chair: Prof. Itai.Pessach, Associate Director General, Sheba Medical Center
Director, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital
Co-Chair: Dr. Moshe Ashkenazi, Deputy Director at Edmond and Lily Safra’s
Children’s Hospital
Leadership Insight by Dr. Jason Berman, CEO and Scientific Director of the
CHEO Research Institute and Vice-President of Research at CHEO – Canada
Moderator: Oshrat Goldberg Hodara, Director of International Partnerships, ARC Innovation
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Prof. Iris Barshack, Head, Institute of Pathology, Sheba Medical Center
Leadership Insight by Michael Rivers, VP, Lifecycle Leader, Digital Pathology
at Roche – US
Moderator: Dr. Chen Sagiv, Co-founder, Co-CEO, Deephatology
Meeting
Room 5
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Eric Langshur, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Abundant Venture
Partners – US
Leadership Insight by Tilithia McBride, SVP, Policy Quality Patient Safety &
Public Health at Federation of American Hospitals – US
Moderator: Dr. Shani Pery, Director of Business Development, ARC
Innovation | Sheba IMPACT
13:30 – 14:30
Chair: Benny Ben-Lulu, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Sheba Medical
Center and CTO at ARC
Moderator: Ariel Weiss, Head of Remote Care Hub at ARC
Podcast Pop-up (short & punchy ~10mins interviews
Spot on: AI Agents at the Bedside
Spot on: Capital for Care
Spot on: Deep Techs for Health
Spot on: Patient Need Next!
Spot on: Wearables That Think
Spot on: Health Without Borders
Spot on: Policy-Savvy Startups
Spot on: Cross-sector Roadmaps
and counting…
14:30 – 15:00
Main Plenary Hall | 15:00 – 17:00
15:00 – 15:02
15:02 – 15:10
Avner Halperin, CEO, Sheba IMPACT – Israel
15:10 – 15:20
A Moment of Wonder!
15:20 – 16:00
Live DEMO by Munjal Shah, Co-founder & CEO at
Hippocratic.Ai – US
Moderator: Ziv Ofek, Founder & President at MDClone
Dr. Sidney Klajner, President, Albert Einstein – Brazil
Dr. Alejandro Berlin, Clinician-Scientist, Radiation Oncology,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – Canada
Dr. Alan Forster, Director, Clinical Performance, Transformation
and Innovation McGill University Health Center – Quebec, Canada
16:00 – 16:30
Moderator: Dr. Nadav Shimoni, Managing Director at Arkin
Digital Health – US
Eric Langshur, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at
Abundant Venture Partners – US
Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wireVentures – US
Dr. Stephen Klasko, Executive in Residence, General
Catalyst and ARC North American Ambassador – US
16:30 – 16:50
Keynote by Sam Glassenberg, Healthcare Entrepreneur,
Technologist, Game Developer – US
16:50 – 17:00
MC, Mentalist and Telepathy Artist –Ran Gafner, Live
Intermission Experience!!!
Same time, same vibe, next year
ARC Summit TLV 2026 awaits!