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2026 ACCE CE-IT Symposium
Title: Future-Ready Healthcare: From Evolution to Revolution
Date/Time:
March 09, 2026, from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM.
Location:
Venetian Las Vegas/Level 3/LIDO 3103-3104
Sponsors:
TBD
Description: Healthcare technologies continue their rapid evolution. From new AI applications to the latest cybersecurity tools, these new technologies are reshaping the healthcare delivery environment. These disruptors have the potential to solve complex healthcare technology challenges and provide new innovative solutions. How to best implement and manage the adoption of these new technologies? How to integrate the solutions with your existing environment and tools? How to ensure cybersecurity risks are addressed?
Join this annual ACCE CE-IT Symposium" Future-Ready Healthcare: From Evolution to Revolution" to learn more!
During this symposium we will explore:
- Roles and responsibilities for Managing Emerging Technologies
- AI and its Applications in Healthcare Technology
- Cybersecurity Tools
- Integrated Medical Technologies and Solutions
- Implementation and Management Best Practices
Join us to examine the crucial role of Clinical Engineering, IT, and clinical application teams in managing the implementation and successful adoption of these complex technology solutions. Our line-up of industry experts will share their latest insights and first-hand experiences in leading successful implementation of these technology solutions and tools!
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the rapidly evolving healthcare technology landscape!
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8:30AM
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Opening |
8:40AM - 9:40AM
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How Public/Private Partnerships can help you! – learn about the Health Sector Coordinating Council
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From obtaining free guidance on cutting edge issues to learning about how other organizations tackle challenges – come learn about what the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group has to offer. Learn about our initiatives, best practice guidance, how we work to inform our government partners, and what we can do for you. |
Samantha Jacques, Vice President of Clinical Engineering at McLaren Health
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9:40AM - 10:30AM
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Uncovering 'Invisible' Medical Devices: How a cyber ecosystem can help
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An ecosystem of cybersecurity tools helped improve the visibility of a hospital system's connected medical devices by 60%. This is achieved by integrating cybersecurity tools with a medical device security management platform (MDSM) over a few quarters. This largely helped to understand the risks associated with the hospital and provided an opportunity to address them.
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Mahesh Chintakunta, Sr. Director Cybersecurity Ops, RUSH
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| 10:30AM - 10:45AM |
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| 10:45AM - 11:30AM |
Advancing Secure, IT-Ready Medical Devices: A Mayo Clinic & Siemens Collaboration
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Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) increasingly need medical devices that integrate seamlessly with modern cybersecurity and network management tools. Mayo Clinic's HTM program has been advocating for this shift, pressing manufacturers to design equipment that functions more like contemporary IT assets. Many manufacturers have expressed concerns about feasibility, risk, and regulatory complexity—but Siemens has become the first to break new ground.
In this session, Siemens will demonstrate a next-generation ultrasound platform engineered to operate within standard IT frameworks, enabling native compatibility with enterprise cybersecurity controls, patching workflows, and endpoint management tools. Mayo Clinic will share how both organizations collaborated to test, validate, and prove these capabilities in real clinical and technical environments.
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Bill Riley, Sr Security Engineer, Mayo Clinic
Ernest Liu
Siemens Healthineer
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| 11:30AM - 12:00PM |
HIMSS Changemaker in Health Awards |
| 12:00PM - 1:00PM |
LUNCH |
1:00PM - 1:45PM
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The Learning Hospital: AI as a Partner in Clinical Engineering |
The phrase Artificial Intelligence (AI) stimulates the imagination and spans the spectrum of great societal progress and scientific discovery to fear of being outsourced by large language model chatbots or worse being subjugated like in science fiction movies. AI is rapidly transforming the healthcare technology landscape, reshaping how medical devices are managed, maintained, secured, and integrated into clinical workflows.
This presentation will explore how AI enhances medical device performance, supports predictive maintenance, strengthens cybersecurity, and improves patient safety. Key topics include foundational AI principles, machine learning in medical devices, data quality and interoperability, regulatory considerations, ethical challenges, and the evolving role of the clinical engineer in an AI enabled healthcare system. It will attempt to bridge the perspectives of clinical engineering, information technology, and frontline clinical practice—highlighting that no AI is risk-free and how collaboration across these domains is essential for safe and effective AI adoption.
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Perry Kirwan
Executive, Clinical Engineering eQuip - Center for Clinical Technology Management, Sutter Health
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| 1:45PM - 2:00PM |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
PANEL DISCUSSION: Future-Ready Healthcare: From Evolution to Revolution |
Panel discussion with the speakers
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