See You at “Healthcare Gets Personal” on Thursday in Kendall Square

Xconomy Xchange: Healthcare Gets Personal

We are all set for another great event in Boston. “Healthcare Gets Personal” is about the convergence of genomics, analytics, and portable/wearable devices in driving healthcare, personal medicine, and behavior change.

It’s all taking place at Google’s offices in Kendall Square (4th floor), from 4-6 pm on Thursday, Dec. 12, and it’s going to be a fantastic crowd. We have just a few tickets left, which you can still pick up here, but not for much longer.

Here’s the full agenda. You may have already read about Harvard genomics pioneer George Church’s opening chat with Third Rock Ventures’ Alexis Borisy. Here are a few other highlights to preview:

—Akili Interactive Labs’ Eric Elenko will show off snippets of a new video game designed to improve multitasking and slow down cognitive decline. Believe me, you won’t want to miss this.

—Anita Goel (Nanobiosym), Rony Sellam (Segterra), and Ben Schlatka (MC10) will chat with my colleague Curt Woodward about bringing new technologies to market amid regulatory issues and other environmental factors in healthcare.

—Robert Goldberg (Neumitra) and Ben Rubin (Revv) will talk with me about the emerging opportunities and challenges for startups in wearables, health monitoring, and behavior change.

Hope to see you all there; be sure to bring your questions.

Author: Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003. Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.