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Save the Date
November 3-4, 2022, Fetzer Center, ICHITA and IT Forum Joint Conference
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 health 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.
Want to know more?
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
Registration
Register early to take advantage of discounts. Early bird rates end October 10.
- Regular Registration (Academia / Industry)—$199; $249 after Oct. 10.
- Non-WMU Student Registration—$99; $149 after Oct. 10.
- Registration (Online Research Presentation*)—$99
- Student Registration (Online Research Presentation*)—$49
- WMU faculty, staff and students—Registration fee waived.
*For articles accepted for presentation at the conference for which authors could not visit in person due to global events. Selected articles will be included in the conference transaction and will be available online.
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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Richard Hook
Executive vice president and CIO at Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
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David Hummelberg
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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Todd Mora
Program director at WMU's Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness
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Peter J. Pearce
Principal at Baker Tilly
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David Polidori
Senior vice president of engineering at Rocket Mortgage
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Ray Ribble
CEO and founder of SPHER, Inc.
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Paul Vitantonio
Manager of information technology at Bronson Healthcare Group
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Sima Yazdani
Senior manager of data and analytics, knowledge discovery at Cisco
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, November 3
2 to 5 p.m.—Welcome , Workshops and Student Competitions
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.—Career Connect with Keynote Presentation at 6:30 p.m.
7:30 to 8 p.m.—Reception in Fetzer Center lobby
Friday, November 4
7:15 to 7:55 a.m.—Registration and Continental Breakfast
8 to 8:25 a.m.—Welcome Messages by WMU President and WMU Haworth Dean
8:30 to 10:10 a.m.—Keynote Presentations, Kirsch Auditorium
10:10 to 10:30 a.m.—Coffee Networking Break
10:30 to 11:55 a.m.—Concurrent Presentations and Workshops
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Conference Luncheon and Special Presentation, Banquet Room (1035), 40th Anniversary Announcements
1:30 to 2:20 p.m.—Special Presentations
2:30 to 3:20 p.m.—Keynote Presentation, Kirsch Auditorium
3:20 to 3:40 p.m.—Coffee Break and Networking
3:40 to 4:30 p.m.—Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation of Healthcare and Finance: The Role of Blockchain, Fintech and AI
4:30 to 5 p.m.—Closing Remarks and Raffle, Kirsch Auditorium
