Austin MedTech Connect Summit 2026

Austin MedTech Connect brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, clinicians, investors, and industry leaders to foster collaboration and accelerate healthcare innovation across Central Texas. Where Central Texas health tech meets capital.

The Summit is our flagship gathering: a full day of candid discussion, real relationships, and a room full of leaders who are actively shaping healthcare.Thursday, November 12 · 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

On stage

9:15 AM — From first check to growth round

Emma Cartmell (Create Health Ventures), Andrew Adams (Oak HC/FT), Garheng Kong, MD, PhD (HealthQuest Capital), Marta G. Zanchi, PhD (Nina Capital)

9:45 AM — Enterprise health innovation

Bharat Sundaram (Hallmark), Feby Abraham, PhD (Entelix Health), Sharon Alvis (Sendero Health Plans)

10:15 AM — Healthcare leaders get real about technology adoption

Jeffrey Shilt, MD (Texas Children's Central Texas), Nicholas Yagoda, MD (CommUnityCare Health Centers), Tom Lee, MD (Galileo)

11:15 AM — Fixing how employers pay for health care with Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban , Zain Kazmi, Rick Peters, MD

2:00 PM — Austin Life Science Innovation Awards

Four categories, presented live on stage

2:30 PM — Beyond the doctor's office

Irfan Alam (FrontRow Health), Jonathan Swerdlin (Function Health)

3:00 PM — Healthcare AI, learning from the best

Galym Imanbayev, MD (Lightspeed), Khan Siddiqui, MD (HOPPR), Sahir Jaggi (Forus), Marta G. Zanchi, PhD (Nina Capital)

3:30 PM — Augmenting the human

Osamah Choudhry, MD (Medivis), Aadeel Akhtar, PhD (PSYONIC)

Plus the Founder Quickfire, twenty-five founders with sixty seconds each and no slides, in two rounds, and a mixer from 4:30 to 6:00 PM when the room stays open.

One-to-one meetings

Every ticket comes with access to our event app. See who else is coming, open anyone's profile and send them a meeting request. On the day, come to the meeting area. Fifteen tables run from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, thirty minutes each. Walk up at your time and find your table.

Who attends: healthcare founders and entrepreneurs, investors and advisors, clinicians and care leaders, health system and medtech executives, digital health innovators, and the broader Central Texas health tech community.

Thank you to our innovation partner Island, and to Green Room, Husch Blackwell and Epic Media Works for supporting this community. Hosted at MedtoMarket, Inc. in Austin.