AI Impact Accelerator Opening Symposium: Unlocking the Opportunity in AI

Event Date: 4/14/2025 - 4/15/2025

Event Overview

4/14/2025 - 4/15/2025
Irving, Texas
This meeting is limited to Health Plan Alliance members participating in the 2025 AI Accelerator and invited guests.

In today’s fast-paced healthcare landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how organizations operate, enhancing patient care, and improving overall efficiency. As AI technologies continue to evolve, healthcare providers face an opportunity to streamline processes, reduce costs, and save valuable time, all while improving patient outcomes. However, integrating AI effectively into healthcare settings comes with its own set of challenges—from establishing clear and ethical governance standards to selecting and integrating the right solutions into existing workflows.

Our Opening Symposium maps the course for a year-long drive to unlock the power and potential of AI in all facets of member organizations. Participants will come away from this event with new insights into the role AI can play in their organizations.

This day-long program is filled with opportunities to learn from experts, collaborate with peers, and set a course to accelerate your AI strategy and implementation. Talks by respected thought leaders and practitioners will spark conversations about the applications, pitfalls, and promise of AI in healthcare. Working sessions will lay the foundation for smart strategy and thoughtful implementation. Peer collaboration and networking forge the relationships and knowledge-sharing that accelerate learning and deliver successful outcomes.

The session will cover strategies for successfully integrating AI into healthcare organizations, overcoming common challenges, and preparing their organization to leveraging AI to the fullest. Most of all, this symposium will lay the foundation for the work ahead, readying participants to build and execute an AI strategy that delivers excellence in all aspects of healthcare delivery and improved patient outcomes.

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Agenda

04/15/2025 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Networking Breakfast Be sure to let us know if you have dietary restrictions.
04/15/2025 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Symposium Opening Speaker(s): Joe Lastinger, HPA President Frances Cairns, Founder and CEO CR Strategy Partners
04/15/2025 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Expert Speaker: From Disruption to Transformation - The Leadership Imperative of AI Participants will understand that they can become champions of AI in their organizations. The talk will consider: Embracing technology disruption to drive business transformation. AI is additive to business strategy. How to build a stable strategy amid constant change. How to create an AI-ready culture in their organizations. Speaker: Charlene Li, Founder and CEO Altimeter
04/15/2025 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Setting the Agenda Participants will understand the basics of the "unconference" format and be able to use these tools during the accelerator. Speaker: Chris Shipley, Partner CR Strategy Parners
04/15/2025 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Time to refill your cup and stretch
04/15/2025 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Aligning Your AI Strategy to Your Strategic Plan This session will help attendees develop an approach to prioritizing projects and getting buy-in and alignment from exec sponsor through implementation team. How do you build a strategic plan? What is being used right now for scalable impact? How is strategic planning being done? How to invest and when. Speaker: Carlos Pardo Martin, Partner McKinsey & Company
04/15/2025 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Building An AI Operating Model: A Case Study Participants will understand operating principles for change management, be able to assess current state and readiness, and see a clear example of how it is done - with AI Tools. Speaker(s): Diana Benli, Chief Product Officer, TriZetto Cognizant Health Frances Cairns, Founder and CEO CR Strategy Partners
04/15/2025 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
UnConference Lunch Catered Luncheon, Lightly Structured Discussions to Facilitate Peer-to-Peer Learning
04/15/2025 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Time to refill your cup and stretch
04/15/2025 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Template to Build Your AI Strategy Participants will understand the fundamentals of and begin developing their strategic plans, identifying and prioritizing domains and use cases for early wins and ROI. Speaker: Amy Yee, Thought Leader \| Fractional CDTO \| Podcaster at Wired for Change
04/15/2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
People, Process, Potential: AI Opportunity Mapping Lab Participants will be guided through a workshop to identify the specific elements of their strategic plan and prioritize use cases across the next 12 months. Facilitator: Amy Yee, Thought Leader \| Fractional CDTO \| Podcaster at Wired for Change
04/15/2025 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Where Do We Go from Here Participants will have an understanding of next steps and of their "homework" assignment for the next module. Speaker(s): Chris Shipley, Partner Frances Cairns, Founder and CEO CR Strategy Partners