Event

How can innovators move from startup to scale in today’s environment? In this panel, established companies and successful startups will share learnings and experiences along their path to impact, including how collaborations with local leaders helped turn an idea into a thriving business. These established companies and successful startups will share learnings and experiences along their path to impact, including how collaborations with local leaders helped turn an idea into a thriving business.

​Each of the featured speakers represents the greater Pittsburgh region, which is rapidly becoming a national hub for human health innovation. Home to large integrated health systems, academic medical centers, startups, venture groups, and data science leaders, Pittsburgh is a model for effective cross-functional collaboration.

​What attendees can expect:

• ​Fostering an Ecosystem for Startup Success: What makes a region ideal for your startup? Discover how to identify the right environment to launch and scale your venture. Using Pittsburgh as a case study, explore the key elements of a thriving regional innovation ecosystem—including access to funding, mentorship, clinical integration, and strong cross-sector collaboration across life sciences, healthcare, and technology.
• ​Founder Perspectives: Hear from Abridge about the company’s journey from concept to scale, and how regional collaboration and support helped transform a bold idea into a nationally recognized AI platform that is revolutionizing clinical documentation and improving provider-patient communication.
• ​Leading Health System + AI Startup: Dive deep into how UPMC combined its real-world data platform, Ahavi, with startup Penguin AI to accelerate discovery and improve patient outcomes.
• ​Innovating from Pilot to Scale: Explore real-world examples of how innovation moves from pilot to system-wide adoption, improving efficiency and patient experience.
• ​Payer-Provider Deployment in Action: Glance inside the Highmark Health enterprise-wide collaboration with Abridge to shift the paradigm on prior authorization at the point of conversation.

​Please note that you must be registered for HLTH 2025 in order to participate in the luncheon.

​Hosted by the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance and Pittsburgh Region Next is Now.

​Register today, and don’t forget to add the event to your in-app schedule.

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