The 2026 Summit brings the whole ecosystem into one curated day: founders, investors, clinicians, and executives shaping the future of healthcare across Texas.
A single track from breakfast to close, so nobody has to choose between two rooms — with the 1-1 meeting tables running alongside from 10 to 4.
| Time | Session | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Doors open |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome | |
| 9:15 AM | Panel From first check to growth round | Emma Cartmell · Andrew Adams · Garheng Kong, MD, PhD · Marta G. Zanchi, PhD |
| 9:45 AM | Panel Enterprise health innovation | Bharat Sundaram · Feby Abraham, PhD · Sharon Alvis |
| 10:15 AM | Panel Healthcare Leaders get real about technology adoption | Jeffrey Shilt, MD · Nicholas Yagoda, MD · Tom Lee, MD |
| 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 11:15 AM | Panel Fixing How Employers Pay for Health Care with Mark Cuban | Mark Cuban · Zain Kazmi · Rick Peters, MD |
| 11:45 AM | Quickfire Founder Quickfire, round one | Sixty seconds each, no slides |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch | Meeting tables stay open |
| 2:00 PM | Awards Austin Life Science Innovation Awards | Four categories, presented live |
| 2:30 PM | Fireside Beyond the doctor’s office | Irfan Alam · Jonathan Swerdlin |
| 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 3:00 PM | Panel Healthcare AI, learning from the best | Galym Imanbayev, MD · Khan Siddiqui, MD · Sahir Jaggi · Marta G. Zanchi, PhD |
| 3:30 PM | Showcase Augmenting the human | Osamah Choudhry, MD · Aadeel Akhtar, PhD |
| 4:15 PM | Quickfire Founder Quickfire, round two | The second group of founders |
| 4:30 – 6:00 PM | Mixer and networking | Closing remarks, then drinks and the room stays open |
Investors, health system leaders, clinicians and founders, on the same stage all day. Nobody has to choose between two rooms.
More speakers announced in the days before the Summit.
Austin MedTech Connect's flagship gathering is a full day of candid discussion, real relationships, and a room full of leaders who are actively shaping healthcare, not just talking about it. Last year's conversations ranged from the healthcare workforce crisis and the future of AI infrastructure to healthcare affordability featuring Mark Cuban and leaders from UT Health, plus leading investors on where health tech is headed next.
The people building healthcare and medtech companies, from first product to scale.
The capital and guidance behind the next generation of health tech in Texas.
Care leaders and health system and industry executives putting innovation to work.
The conversations on stage and the networking throughout the day. This is the room you'd be joining.
Every ticket comes with the Summit app. The room is only as useful as the conversations you plan, so this is where you plan them.
Browse every attendee, what they do and what they are working on, weeks before the day.
Open someone’s profile, send a meeting request and agree to a time between you.
Fifteen tables run all day, thirty minutes each, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Walk up together at your time.
Our event app runs on Whova
Sign in with the email address on your ticket. Meeting requests only work in the phone app, so the browser version is for browsing rather than booking.
At the 2026 Summit, we'll put a spotlight on the people making the biggest impact on health in Central Texas, from first-time founders to established labs, recognized live on stage in front of the entire ecosystem.
Reserve your seat for a single, highly curated day with the people building the future of healthcare in Texas.