The Innovation for Day One Conference will include oral and poster presentations on a diverse range of topics related to our four conference tracks; Maternal Health Innovation, Digital Health Innovation, Commercialization, Scale and Sustainability, and Newborn Innovation.

To give attendees further insight into our 2024 conference, we have included a PDF highlighting our sessions and speakers at a glance. To view our full event schedule, click here.

Sessions at a glance

Session Keynotes


Maternal Innovation

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Amy Cannon

Jhpiego


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Tore Lærdal

Laerdal Medical & Laerdal Global Health | "The mother-newborn dyad"


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Juliane Sempionatto

Rice University

Digital Health

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Josh Bress

Global Strategies | "Scaling Newborn Care through Clinical Decision Support Software"


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Ranjani Ramamurthy

Global Health Labs | "Intelligent Assistance: AI-augmented devices and tools for global health"


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Nimmi Ramanujam

Duke University | "The development of an ethically sound, robust algorithm for cervical cancer screening and diagnosis"

Commercialization, Scale and Sustainability

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Patricia Coffey

PATH International | "The science and art of commercialization and scaling up”


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Noah Mataruse

UNICEF | "UNICEF's experience in sustainably scaling innovations in LMICs"


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Lina Sayed

Gradian Health Systems | "Sustaining Commercialization: A Day in the Life of Gradian Health Systems"

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Robert Scharar

FCA Corp | "Capitali$ing on Ideas"

Newborn Innovation

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Gregory Dajer

MTTS Asia | "Scaling Innovation through Cooperative Efforts: Neonatal Intensive Care"


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Anne CC Lee

Brown University | "Small Babies, Big Impact: Innovation to Identify Vulnerable Newborns"

Panel Discussions


FQHC Leadership – Addressing maternal health in underserved communities in the U.S.

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Luz Maria Garcini

Rice University | Moderator


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Charlene Flash

Avenue360 & Baylor College of Medicine


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Esperanza Galvan

Harris Health System

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Marlen Trujillo

Spring Branch Community Health Center

USAID SL@B Alumni – Reflecting on progress made & challenges remaining

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Karen Clune

Youth-Impact | Moderator


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Brent Moellenberg

We Care Solar | Saving Lives at Birth - A Reflection 12 Years Post-Project.


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Maria Oden

Rice University


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Roger Rasool

FREO2 Foundation | "Innovate by lighting candles of opportunity"

Market Access – Going from launch to scale

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Kara Palamountain

Keynote Speaker | Northwestern University


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Audrey Battu

Clinton Health Access Initiatives (CHAI) | "From Innovation to Impact: Understanding the Role of Government and Demand Driven Strategies"


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Sashi Kumar

Phoenix Medical Systems | "Innovating Affordable Indigenous Equipment for Use at Scale in the Care of Mothers and Babies"

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Dick Oranja

Hatch Technologies


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Noah Perin

VIA Global Health

RMNCH Donor Panel - What are donors looking for?

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Stephen Bayer

Rice University | Moderator


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Aparna Kamath

Grand Challenges Canada


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Kristen Molyneaux

MacArthur Foundation