Digital Transformation of Healthcare and Finance:
The Role of Blockchain, Fintech and AI
The conference brings together business leaders, academics, administrators and students from across the globe to exchange ideas and discuss challenges and opportunities—including the latest business, technology and healthcare trends. You are invited to attend the 2022 joint conference that focuses on recent advances in healthcare IT and financial technology (fintech), both of which will substantially impact businesses and society.
The joint ICHITA and IT Forum conference, hosted by the Department of Business Information Systems at the Haworth College of Business, provides a setting for educators, students, professionals, employers and state and local governments to interact and exchange ideas about technology-related topics. It is designed to be a bridge between academia and practicing professionals. You are cordially invited to join us for this conference exploring the potential of blockchain, fintech and artificial intelligence.
- Thursday, November 3: Pre-conference gathering
- Keynote speakers.
- Plenary sessions.
- Career connect and networking, coordinated with the Zhang Career Center
- Event project management and agile development workshop
- Business analytics case competition
- Cryptocurrency student panel discussion
- Industry and academic speakers
- Business Information Systems 40th anniversary celebration
- Best research awards
- Best practices, case analyses and research findings.
- Opportunities for selected papers to be published in the special issue of the American Journal of Business.
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Topics
- Healthcare analytics and big data
- Pandemic planning and management
- Smart health and well-being technology
- Augmented reality in healthcare
- Community EMR interoperability
- Health information exchange and interoperability
- Telehealth and telemedicine solutions
- Privacy and security issues in healthcare
- Wearable devices: design, adoption and outcomes
- Big data, blockchain and fintech
- Regulatory challenges in fintech
- Value creation in the blockchain economy
- Internet of things
- The business value of blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- Prediction markets
- Digital payment solutions
- Crowdfunding and crowdsourcing
- High-frequency algorithmic trading
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15 Years of conferences
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2 days Nov. 3 - 4
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250+ Number of attendees
Speakers and moderators
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Kenyon Arens
Group vice president of Cloud Native at Oracle
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Sunday Bonifas
Faculty specialist at Western Michigan University
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Meghan Cole
Vice president for analytics and program management at Bronson Healthcare Group
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Dr. Zagdbazr "Zag" Davaadorj
Assistant professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
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Richard Hook
Executive vice president and CIO at Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
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David Hummelberg, B.S.'85
Retired financial services and information technology executive, public speaker and philanthropist
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Javed Husain
Co-founder of Streamline Healthcare Solutions
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Mei Lim, B.B.A.'93
Senior IT Product Manager (Applications) at MESSA
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Todd Mora
Program director at WMU's Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness
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Dr. Reza Mousavi
Associate professor of business information systems at WMU
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Peter J. Pearce, B.B.A.'92
Principal at Baker Tilly
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David Polidori, B.B.A.'03
Senior vice president of engineering at Rocket Mortgage
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Dr. Alan Rea
Professor and co-director cybersecurity programs at WMU
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Ray Ribble, B.S.'84
CEO and founder of SPHER, Inc.
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Dr. Matt Ross
Assistant professor of finance at WMU
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Dr. Remzi Seker
Vice president for research and innovation at WMU
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Dr. Carrie Song
Assistant professor of business information systems at WMU
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Cindy Swiantek, B.S.'84
Vice president of sales at Vision Integration Technologies
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Paul Vitantonio
Manager of information technology at Bronson Healthcare Group
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Sima Yazdani, B.S.'82
Senior manager of data and analytics, knowledge discovery at Cisco
