BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alliance for SoCal Innovation - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alliance for SoCal Innovation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://alliancesocal.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Alliance for SoCal Innovation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T113729 CREATED:20260213T215024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T020558Z UID:7100-1773252000-1773259200@alliancesocal.org SUMMARY:Fundraising in Today's Market DESCRIPTION:🌟 Founders Spotlight: Journey to Success in SoCal 🌟 \n\n\n\n​​Location: Glendale (register to get venue details) \n\n\n\nJoin us for an inspiring evening in Glendale as the Alliance for SoCal Innovation highlights the founder journey through real stories of perseverance\, innovation\, and success. This evening is brought to you by Citizens Bank and the LA Tech Corridor (LATC). \n\n\n\n​​🎙️ Featured Speakers: \n\n\n\n\n​​Pablo Fernandez\, CEO & Founder of Glendale-based Big Rentals\, recently raised $2.8M in funding (LinkedIn)\n\n\n\n​Marcos Gonzalez\, Managing Partner\, VamosVentures (LinkedIn)\n\n\n\n\n​​🗣️ Moderator: \n\n\n\n\nJasmine Jiang\, SVP\, Sunstone Management (LinkedIn)\n\n\n\n\n​​This event is a must-attend for founders who plan to raise venture\, innovators\, and anyone passionate about the startup ecosystem. Gain invaluable insights from leaders who have navigated the challenges and triumphs of fundraising in today’s market. \n\n\n\n​​The event will also provide time to network over tasty food and beverages provided by our sponsors. \n\n\n\n​Agenda: \n\n\n\n​6:00p: Arrive and Check-in \n\n\n\n​6:20p: Welcome and Panel Discussion \n\n\n\n​7:00p: Networking Reception \n\n\n\n​8:00p: Program Concludes \n\n\n\n​​This event is part of the activities organized by the Glendale Growth Alliance\, a partnership between the Alliance for SoCal Innovation\, FoundersBoost and HackerFund\, and is funded by a State Grant awarded through the City of Glendale Economic Development Division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​​ 🔗 RSVP now to secure your spot and be part of the SoCal startup conversation! \n\n\n\n​This evening is sponsored by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​This event is in support of the SoCal Venture Pipeline program from the Alliance for SoCal Innovation which connects investor-ready startups seeking Seed and Series A funding with the right VCs that match their criteria. Learn more at our website. \n\n\n\n​The SoCal Venture Pipeline program is made possible by the generous underwriting of the following sponsors: URL:https://alliancesocal.org/event/fundraising-in-todays-market/ CATEGORIES:Alliance Events ORGANIZER;CN="Alliance for SoCal Innovation":MAILTO:info@alliancesocal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T183000 DTSTAMP:20260406T113729 CREATED:20260324T213332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T225026Z UID:7220-1774448100-1774463400@alliancesocal.org SUMMARY:Health Systems Innovation Council Meeting - Q1 2026 DESCRIPTION:Topic: Innovation Strategies featuring Hoag\, Rady Children’s Hospital\, and ARPA-H\n\n\n\nHosted by Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lead Sponsor\n \n\n \n \n \n \n From Strategy to Scale: IT Solutions Built for What's Next. Your vision\, powered by our top-tier talent.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nEvent Hosts\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Agenda\n \n \n \n 2:30 p.m.  Welcome by Haleh Armian\, Director of Biomedical Innovation Ventures at Hoag Hospital \n2:35 p.m.  Welcome by Mark Gamble\, Strategic Director\, Health Systems Innovation at the Alliance for SoCal Innovation: \n2:40 p.m.  Rapid-Fire Introductions \n3:10 p.m.  Presentations from Hoag and Featured Startups: \n    • Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki\, VP\, Clinical Research Administration\, CATALiST \n    • Ken Tang\, CEO\, Precidx \n    • Chris Freudiger\, CTO\, Invenio \n3:45 p.m.  Update on Innovation Venture Fund: Andy Wilson\, VP BD\, Keck Medicine of USC \n3:55 p.m.  Break \n4:05 p.m.  Sharief Taraman\, Attending Physician Rady Children’s Hospital and CEO of Cognoa \n4:20 p.m.  Dr. Bon Ku\, and Paul Sheehan\, Program Managers at ARPA-H \n4:50 p.m.  Interactive Council Discussion (Moderated by Andy Wilson & Mark Gamble) \n5:30 p.m.  Wine Reception \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Michael Brant-Zawadzki\, MD\n VP\, Clinical Research Administration\, CATALiST at Hoag Health System\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Michael Brant-Zawadzki\, MD\n VP\, Clinical Research Administration\, CATALiST at Hoag Health System\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Brant-Zawadzki is currently the Vice President of Clinical Research Administration\, Center for Accelerating Technology and Life Sciences Translation (CATALiST)\, and Addiction Services at Hoag Hospital.  Formerly\, he was Hoag’s Senior Physician Executive\, facilitating business and strategic relationships with specialist clinicians\, overseeing a platform for programmatic care that integrates specialized services with population health. He also served as the Executive Medical Director of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute\, where he held the Sandi and Ron Simon Endowed Chair\, helping Hoag transform health care strategy\, focusing it on specific health conditions using a program driven\, physician led\, multi-disciplinary team approach\, measured by patient focused outcomes. \nDr. Brant-Zawadzki has a BA from Stanford\, and earned his MD from the University of Cincinnati\, graduating first in his class. He trained in diagnostic radiology and in interventional neuroradiology at Stanford. He spent six years in the Department of Radiology at UCSF\, he also held an Adjunct Professorship at Stanford until 2023. Dr. Brant-Zawadzki has authored over 250 papers\, numerous textbooks\, serves on a variety of editorial boards for professional journals and sat on numerous professional organization boards and committees. He lectures internationally. He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology\, and is a Gold Medal recipient from the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine\, and from the American Society of Neuroradiology. \nHe earned the Certificate in Leadership for Health Care Transformation from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business. He is a founder of\, and consultant to\, a number of companies in the biotech and radiology fields. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ken Tang\n CEO at Precidx\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ken Tang\n CEO at Precidx\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kenneth Tang is the CEO and Co-Founder of Precidx\, a healthcare data optimization company building the performance and data access layer for digital pathology and medical imaging. Through its Precidx Optimization Platform (POP)\, the company enables faster access\, reduced storage costs\, and scalable infrastructure for large-scale imaging datasets while preserving native files. \nPrecidx is working with leading health systems and industry partners to enable scalable digital pathology infrastructure. \nKenneth holds an M.S. in Biotechnology\, Enterprise from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from the University of California\, Irvine\, and has conducted research in quantitative imaging at UCSF and UCI. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Freudiger\, Ph.D.\n CTO at Invenio\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Freudiger\, Ph.D.\n CTO at Invenio\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n18+ years of experience in biomedical imaging and medical device innovation\nCo-inventor of stimulated Raman histology (SRH) at Harvard and technology leader behind the NIO Laser Imaging System\nLed development of Invenio’s imaging platform and AI capabilities from early innovation through clinical implementation\nExperienced in translating advanced imaging and artificial intelligence into practical tools for hospital workflows\nWorked closely with leading physicians and health system partners to support early adoption and commercialization\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sharief Taraman\, M.D.\n Attending Physician at Rady Children's Hospital and CEO at Cognoa\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sharief Taraman\, M.D.\n Attending Physician at Rady Children's Hospital and CEO at Cognoa\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Sharief Taraman\, is dual board-certified in Neurology with special qualifications in Child Neurology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Clinical Informatics from the American Board of Preventive Medicine. \nDr. Taraman was the former Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at Rady Children’s Health Orange County and University of California-Irvine. He remains an active member of the medical staff and the Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence\, Information\, Investigation\, & Innovation Institute at CHOC. \nHe is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics and UC Riverside School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry & Neurosciences as well as an Affiliate Professor at Chapman University\, Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering. \nRecognized globally as an innovator and specifically an advocate in the field of pediatrics\, Dr. Taraman has been involved with the development of multiple FDA designated breakthrough devices\, awardee of the prestigious National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation grant and is an advisor to Board of Directors for the International Society for Pediatric Innovation. \nCurrently\, he is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognoa and formerly served as the Chief Medical Officer leading the clinical trials that led to the FDA authorization of Cognoa’s lead product\, Canvas Dx\, the first and only FDA authorized AI based diagnostic device for autism for children 18-72 months old with concern for developmental delay. \nDr. Taraman is active in the community having previously served as a past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Orange County Chapter\, board member of AAP-California\, and committee member for the development of the AAP National CHILD health registry. He continues to volunteer on the Irvine Unified School District Medical Advisory Board\, with the Capistrano Unified School District and Girl Scouts of Orange County. \nDr. Taraman graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Michigan having majored in Biochemistry. He completed his medical education at Wayne State University School of Medicine and went on to complete residency training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology at the Detroit Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Michigan. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bon Ku\, M.D.\, MPP\n Program Manager\, Resilient Systems at ARPA-H\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bon Ku\, M.D.\, MPP\n Program Manager\, Resilient Systems at ARPA-H\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDr. Bon Ku joined ARPA-H in August 2023 from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University\, where he served as an associate dean and the Marta and Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine and Design. Ku also worked as the director of the Health Design Lab\, where his research focused on the medical applications of 3D printing and different ways in which to help design healthier communities. He also currently serves as a practicing emergency physician. \nKu holds a doctorate in medicine from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in public policy from Princeton University. He is an internationally renowned speaker and has been featured at high-profile events such as SXSW and TEDx. Ku’s work toward redesigning health care has been featured in popular venues including CNBC and The New York Times. Ku is also the co-author of Health Design Thinking and the host of Design Lab Podcast. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Paul E. Sheehan\, Ph.D.\n Program Manager\, Resilient Systems at ARPA-H\n View Bio \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Paul E. Sheehan\, Ph.D.\n Program Manager\, Resilient Systems at ARPA-H\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Paul Sheehan joined ARPA-H in February 2023 from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)\, where he was a Program Manager in the Biological Technologies Office. His research at that time focused on leveraging developments in synthetic biology to detect and address threats to human health\, including novel pathogens in the environment and microbial imbalances in the gut. \nBefore joining DARPA\, Sheehan spent 16 years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory where he worked first as a research scientist and then as the head of surface nanoscience and sensor technology. He holds a doctorate in chemical physics from Harvard University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Research Council. His papers have received over 18\,500 citations and have been spotlighted in outlets such as the Economist and the New York Times. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Health Systems Innovation Council Members\n \n \n \n Andrew Goldfrach\, CEO\n\nArrowhead Regional Medical Center \nGeoffrey Hall\, CEO \nAlex Jawharjian\, COO \nCalifornia Rehabilitation Institute \nKelly Linden\, President and CEO \nCasa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare \nBryan Croft\, EVP & COO \nCedars-Sinai \nNaser Mohammad\, CEO \nCentinela Hospital Medical Center \nOmkar Kulkarni\, VP\, Chief Transformation Officer | Chief Innovation Officer \nChildren’s Hospital LA (CHLA) \nHarlan Levine\, President\, Health Innovation and Policy \nCity of Hope \nMick Zdeblick\, CEO \nAnthony Russell\, CAO\, Ambulatory Medicine \nCommunity Memorial Healthcare \nKaty Bazylewicz\, Chief Marketing Officer and VP Population Health \nCottage Health \nJeremy Zoch\, President and CEO \nDignity Health\, Northridge Hospital Medical Center \nCarolyn Caldwell\, Hospital President and CEO \nDignity Health\, St. Mary Medical Center \nJohn Corman\, President \nHuntington Hospital \nTad Funahashi\, Chief Innovation Officer \nKaiser Permanente \nCamille Applin-Jones\, SVP & Area Manager \nKaiser Foundation Hospitals \nTJ Malseed\, CIO \nAlen Oganesyan\, Assoc. Chief Information Officer \nKeck Medicine of USC \nManeesh Goyal\, COO \nMayo Clinic Platform \nMichael Torgan\, Chief Transformation Officer \nMission Community Hospital \nKent Hoyos\, VP & Chief Information Officer \nPomona Valley Hospital Medical Center \nBernie Klein\, CEO \nProvidence Holy Cross \nMatt Bader\, Chief Strategy Officer \nProvidence St. Joseph Health \nJohn Chapman\, President and CEO \nSan Antonio Regional Hospital \nNana Deeb\, CEO \nSouthwest Healthcare\, Palmdale Regional Medical Center \nKhurram Mir\, Director of Innovation \nUCI Health \nJennifer McCaney\, Chief of Innovation \nUCLA Health \nArmand Dorian\, CEO \nUSC Verdugo Hills Hospital \nSteven Shapiro\, SVP for Health Affairs \nUSC Health \nAndy Wilson\, Vice President\, Business Development Health Affairs \nUSC \nGus Valdespino\, President and CEO \nValley Presbyterian Hospital URL:https://alliancesocal.org/event/hsic-meeting-q1-2026/ CATEGORIES:Alliance Events ORGANIZER;CN="Alliance for SoCal Innovation":MAILTO:info@alliancesocal.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR