BioSTL 10th Annual Global Health Innovation Summit
Where Healthcare Leaders Meet the Innovations That Matter
October 6–7, 2026 | Washington University in St. Louis
Why Attend?
Discover Curated Innovation
Access a vetted pipeline of global health tech companies solving your most pressing clinical, operational, and financial challenges.
Structured BD Meetings
Pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with innovators matched to your organization's shopping list — no cold outreach required.
Thought Leadership
Keynotes, panels, and peer discussions on the innovation trends reshaping care delivery — AI, rural health, value-based care, and more.
Peer Network
Connect with 200+ senior healthcare executives across health systems, payers, PBMs, and academic medical centers.
Concurrent Rural Health Innovation Summit (Oct 7-8)
Dedicated programming on rural health transformation — RHTP, CMS, and Missouri/Kansas health system leaders in one room.
Agenda
Global Hubs Day (Invite-Only)
Tuesday, October 6, 8:15am-7:30pm CST
- Global Hubs Tour of St. Louis Healthcare Ecosystem
Summit Main Day
Wednesday, October 7, 7am-7:30pm CST
Registration Check In
Summit Kickoff
Fireside chat: How Henry Ford Innovation Transformed Henry Ford Health
Joseph Jankowski, Ph.D., Director, Henry Ford Health Innovations, Henry Ford Health System
Fireside chat: How Ochsner Health successfully transitioned from Fee for Service to Value Based Care
Dr. Lisa Fort, VP, Virtual Care Transformation, Ochsner Health
Innovator Pitches: “Ready to Scale” Innovators
Lunch
Innovator Pitches: “Ready to Scale” Innovators
Curated one-on-one meetings between innovators and the incumbents who flagged them as a fit for a current priority
Keynote Address: Congressman Mark Alford, Missouri District 4
Reception
Our Healthcare Buyer Platform
BioSTL Global connects innovators directly to the largest organized US healthcare marketplace — $550B+ in purchasing power across payers, providers, and PBMs.
Centene:
- Largest Medicaid & Exchange Managed Care Co. in USA
- $154B in revenue across 50 states
Evernorth / Cigna
- Leading Health Service Company: Payer-PBM
- $212B in revenue
Mercy
- Top-tier integrated health delivery network
- $11B revenue from 24 hospitals across 2 states
BJC / WashU
- Leading research center in cancer, infectious disease, liver disease, aging, brain disorders, heart/lung
- Innovation Center in STL
SSM Health
- $11.4B revenue from 23 hospitals across 4 states
Ascension
- Largest non-profit hospital system in USA
- $27.2B revenue from 151 hospitals across 22 states
WashU Medicine
- Most selective medical school in USA
- Top 5 academic-research
- #2 in 2024 NIH Funding
What Our Buyers Are Shopping For
- Strengthen the financial condition of healthcare delivery systems
- Building a sticky and longitudinal patient/member relationship
- Stitching together a fragmented care ecosystem: building an end-to-end patient care journey; shifting locus of care — Agentic, Virtual, Ambulatory, @Home
- Reaching and managing the unreachable, underserved, and high-utilizers
- Enabling seniors to age at home and transforming caregiving
- Transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based care
- Leveraging AI to enable all of the above pain points