HHS IDEA Lab Innovation Day

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is holding its HHS Innovation Day on May 15th, 2017 at the Hubert Humphrey Building in the Great Hall from 9:00am-3:00pm. The day will feature presentations from teams across HHS who are using entrepreneurial methods like design thinking and lean startup to improve how their office or agency delivers on the HHS mission. The day will also feature a panel on deploying creative thinking to improve work in government, and innovative speakers from government and the private sector.

Updated Agenda:

Morning 9:00am - 12:00pm (Livestream will be offered: https://www.hhs.gov/live/live-1/index.html#7585)

• 9:00am-9:10am Intro for Keynote Speaker, Sanjay Koyani, Acting Executive Director for Innovation, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• 9:10am-9:25am Opening remarks, John Bardis, Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• 9:25am-11:10am Lightning presentations from the current HHS Ignite Accelerator teams
• 11:10am-12:00pm Guest speaker Mickey McManus, MAYA Chairman and Principal. McManus is a pioneer in the field of collaborative innovation and human-centered design

12:00pm-1:00pm Break for lunch

Afternoon 1:00pm - 3:00pm (In-Person Only)

• 1:00pm-2:00pm Design thinking training session led by Dr. Dean Chang, Associate Vice President for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland
• 2:00pm-3:00pm Panel discussion “Envisioning An Innovative HHS” featuring:\

• Amy Wilson (Moderator), Presidential Innovation Fellow, General Services Administration
• Mitra Ahadpour, Director of the Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• April Oh, Health Scientist at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Adam Wong, Senior Innovation Specialist at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Registration information:

This event is free and open to the public. Join us for all or some of the day!

Please do register to reserve a spot so we have a chair for you, and if you can't make it in person, register for the livestream to receive the link on the day of the event. For non-govies, this is especially important, so that we make sure you can easily enter the building.

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If you have issues registering or questions about the event, please email [email protected].

We hope to see you there!

-Office of the Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services