Your Data and AI Summit Guide for Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Experience

The biggest event of the year in data and AI is upon us! As Industry Marketing Leader for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Databricks, I couldn’t be more excited for Data and AI Summit 2025, taking place in San Francisco, June 9-12. More than 20,000 data and AI leaders will descend on Moscone Center to take part in 700+ sessions, keynotes and training at the world’s largest data, analytics and AI conference.
We’re hearing from our customers across the healthcare and life sciences continuum, bringing together all of their data has never been more important. Now presents the opportunity to accelerate innovation, unlock collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes, from population to person. Let’s dive into what you can expect from the week.

Data and AI Summit: Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Experience

At Data and AI Summit, we’re fortunate to have an action-packed line-up of sessions and events as part of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Experience, spanning Tuesday, June 10 to Thursday, June 12. Let’s dive in.

Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Forum

Tuesday, June 10, from 4:00pm - 5:00pm, we’ll start the week off in style with the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Forum. 

You’ll hear from senior leaders from Takeda, Merck and Cencora on how they’re thinking about the transformative power of data and AI. Following the Forum, you’ll have an opportunity to network with hundreds of other industry peers at the Healthcare and Life Sciences Network Reception.

Healthcare Industry Breakout Sessions

On Wednesday and Thursday, tens of healthcare and life sciences thought leaders discuss how they’re thinking about industry challenges in the context of data. 

Healthcare providers and payers are doing more with less. You’ll hear from providers, payers, and digital health innovators who are using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to drive streamlining operations, improve provider quality, and deliver better patient outcomes. 

A few notable sessions to check out:

• Real-World Impact in Healthcare: How VUMC’s Enterprise Data Platform Supports Patient Care and Leading-Edge Research: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) stands at the forefront of health informatics, harnessing the power of data to redefine patient care and make healthcare personal. Learn how VUMC enables operational and strategic analytics, supports research, and ultimately drives insights into clinical workflow in and around the Epic EHR platform.
   
• BAYADA’s Snowflake-to-Databricks Migration: Transforming Data for Speed & Efficiency: Bayada is transforming its data ecosystem by consolidating legacy systems into a unified Enterprise Data Platform powered by Databricks, with real operational cost improvements.
   
• Evernorth - Breaking Silos: Cigna’s Journey to Seamless Data Sharing with Delta Sharing: As data ecosystems grow increasingly complex, the ability to share data securely, seamlessly, and in real time has become a strategic differentiator. In this session, Cigna will showcase how Delta Sharing on Databricks has enabled them to modernize data delivery, reduce operational overhead, and unlock new market opportunities, enabling Cigna to win contracts previously more difficult to achieve.

You can expect to hear from even more healthcare leaders, including Intermountain Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, PacificSource Health Plans, CVS Health, Redox, and beyond.  

Life Sciences Industry Breakout Sessions

Across the life sciences value chain, leaders are accelerating research & development (R&D) productivity, optimizing production across supply chain and manufacturing, and improving commercial effectiveness. I’m thrilled to hear from: 

• Novo Nordisk - Patients Are Waiting... Accelerating Healthcare Innovation With Data, AI and Agents: Novo Nordisk is pioneering insights generation approaches to clinical data management and AI. They’ll explore how their clinical trials platform FounData – built on Databricks – leverages data architectures and enables advanced AI applications.
   
• Eli Lilly - Transforming Bio-Pharma Manufacturing: Eli Lilly's Data-Driven Journey With Databricks: Eli Lilly is revolutionizing manufacturing with next-gen fully digital sites. Databricks-powered Global Manufacturing Data Fabric (GMDF) integrates data from various manufacturing systems into a unified data model, delivering actionable insights across several use cases such as batch release by exception, predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, process optimization and more.
   
• Bayer - Insights for All — Bayer Consumer Health’s Journey on Self-Service Analytics at Scale: Bayer’s Consumer Health division, known for products like Aspirin and Bepanthen, utilizes the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to develop reusable core data assets and scalable data products. This session showcases how this globally distributed platform supports cost-efficient dashboarding, ad hoc analytics, machine learning and AI solutions, empowering thousands of stakeholders worldwide.

We’re incredibly fortunate the week includes so many other thought leaders, including Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Insulet, Haleon, IQVIA, and more.

Visit the Industry Lounge on the Expo Hall Floor

Data and AI Summit is not just a great opportunity to hear from industry leaders - stop in throughout the week in the Industry Lounge on the Expo Hall floor. Our Healthcare and Life Sciences Team will be demoing our industry connectors for HL7, FHIR, DICOM, EDI, and how to get started with AI Agents. 

Get Registered

DAIS 2025 is shaping up to be the biggest yet, and I look forward to seeing you at this year’s Summit. We welcome you to join us. Check out full Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Experience here, and get registered today!