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March 14, 2025Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA

Bridging Law and Innovation: Effective AI Collaborations in Biomedicine

A half-day workshop held at the Microsoft campus in collaboration with Microsoft and Ogden Murphy Wallace, bringing together attorneys, clinicians, data scientists, researchers, compliance experts, and business leaders working in healthcare AI research and development.

Inspire • Educate • Collaborate

Workshop

Friday, March 14, 2025
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration and Networking

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

David SchoolcraftFounder, Digital Health Counsel; Partner, Ogden Murphy Wallace

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Keynote: Innovating Towards a Healthier Future

How AI will accelerate the iterative cycles of biomedicine, transforming both biological discovery and clinical delivery.

Jonathan CarlsonManaging Director, Microsoft Health Futures

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Panel: Legal and Regulatory Landscape for Biomedicine

Legal challenges, regulatory uncertainties, and the critical importance of self-regulation and industry-led coalitions.

Moderator

David SchoolcraftFounder, Digital Health Counsel; Partner, Ogden Murphy Wallace

Panelists

Emily SchlesingerAssistant General Counsel, Healthcare, Microsoft

Alya SulaimanChief Compliance and Privacy Officer & SVP of Regulatory Affairs, Datavant

Zach HarnedIP and Technology Transaction Attorney, Fenwick & West

William BartholomewPublic Policy Director, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Coffee and Networking Break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Panel: Enabling Effective AI Collaborations in Biomedicine

The critical ingredients for effective collaboration and deployment leading to impact at scale in AI-enabled health and biomedical research.

Moderator

Stephanie SimmonsDirector, Microsoft Health Futures

Panelists

Kathleen SullivanSenior Director, Microsoft Health Futures

Valerie CarricaburuDirector, Corp BD, Microsoft

Adina MuellerSr. Associate General Counsel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Tayab Waseem, MD, PhDPhysician and Researcher

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Q&A and Closing

Stephanie SimmonsDirector, Microsoft Health Futures

David SchoolcraftFounder, Digital Health Counsel; Partner, Ogden Murphy Wallace

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

Networking and Refreshments

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