
Are We All Ready for the Future?
19.10.2026 | Lago Events, Rishon LeZion
Healthcare is entering a new era, with AI and other emerging technologies advancing faster than their implementation in clinical practice. Being ready for the future means enabling healthcare professionals and organizations to evaluate, adopt, and apply new technologies effectively, while industry develops solutions grounded in real clinical needs.
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How do we bring innovation into real clinical settings?
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How do healthcare organizations adopt new technologies responsibly?
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How do physicians, companies, researchers, and investors work together to move ideas into practice?
The ISoH-Tech Summit agenda is designed around these questions, bringing together the people shaping healthcare from across the innovation landscape.
Tentative Agenda
8:00–9:00 Registration, Breakfast & Exhibition
Meet fellow participants and our exhibiting partners, and start the day with new connections across healthcare and industry.
9:00–9:50 Opening & Keynote
The Force of Play: Accelerating Healthcare Adoption Through Gaming Technology and AI
Sam Glassenberg
Founder, Level Ex, now Relevate Health Games
Head of Strategic Healthtech Initiatives, Sheba ARC
Introduced by Dan Shwarzman, CEO and Co-Founder, embARC Ventures
9:50–10:05 Opening Address
Hedva Voliovitch, MD, PhD, MBA
Chair, Israeli Society for HealthTech
10:05-10:35 Future Healthcare and the Hospital in Transformation
A Complete Technology Metamorphosis?
Ziv Ofek
Chief Future Health & Care Officer, Sheba Medical Center
Shai Lee Spigelman
CEO, Health Corporation, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
Shira Greenfeld, MD
Chief Innovation Officer, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
A dynamic, interactive session examining whether healthcare’s next version is already here and how hospitals are responding.
10:35-11:15 Coffee Break & Exhibition
11:15-12:00 Health AI Panel – the Healthtech Ecosystem
Symphony or Discord?
Kobi Katz
VP and Chief of the Technology Division, Maccabi Healthcare Services
Additional panelists – TBD
A candid discussion between key players about where innovation and AI are creating harmony across healthcare, where friction remains, and what must happen to deliver value in practice.
12:00-12:30 Health-System Leadership Interview
From Strategy to Care: Staying Patient-Centered in Upgrade Mode
Leaders of Israel’s community health system will discuss how national healthcare organizations can implement innovation and set global standards while keeping patients at the center.
12:30-12:45 Industry Meets Medicine (I)
BigTech
A fast-paced encounter between emerging technologies and clinical reality.
12:45-14:10 Lunch, Exhibition & Discussion Tables
Fill up your plates and create new opportunities for collaboration - through both informal networking and facilitated discussions.
14:10-14:40 Hospital Leadership Interview
Opening Doors: Facilitating HealthTech Innovation in Medical Practice
Prof. Orly Weinstein
CEO, Sheba Negev
Dr. Maor Maman
Director, Emek Medical Center
Additional participants – TBD
Hospital leaders explore what it takes to open complex healthcare environments to AI and innovative solutions vying for a role in improved patient care.
14:40-15:20 Industry Meets Medicine (II)
Biotech & Pharma, Medical Devices, Digital Health
Additional encounters between industry innovation and medicine, placing technologies under the lens of clinical need, practical application, and real-world implementation.
15:20-15:45 Keynote
Commanding Through the Unexpected
E.D., Deputy Squadron Commander in the Israeli Air Force
An inspiring personal perspective on resilience, leadership, and decision-making as a woman in command, when the unexpected becomes reality, and with lessons extending beyond crisis into the future of healthcare.
16:00-17:00 ISoH-Tech Partner Community and Alumni Cocktail Reception
Invitation only