Techlandia Summit Day Two: Health + Wellness
Hosted virtually from Portland, Oregon, the Techlandia Summit '21 is a series of programs designed to foster collaboration on focused topics that deliver better community outcomes through improved infrastructure and quality of life, efficient service delivery, sustainable and equitable growth, and long-term resilience.Participants and thought leaders explored ways to improve the shared health, wellbeing, security, and prosperity of citizens through the deployment of data-driven and regionally appropriate services. This collaboration took place during a daily keynote and panel. The topic of Day Two was Health + Wellness, with a focus on improving human health and wellness outcomes and expanding access through the equitable development and implementation of innovative programs and technologies.KEYNOTE PANELAddressing and Supporting Mental Health in the WorkplaceBetween a global pandemic and historic social unrest, the events of the past year shone a spotlight on a number of long-simmering issues and greatly exacerbated others. The mental health of entrepreneurs and executives who now face increasing pressures from stakeholders inside and outside of their organizations is one of these issues.This panel features a discussion between leading mental health professionals and high-performing executives who have grappled with mental health issues. They shared telltale warning signs, as well as strategies and tips for navigating stressful situations and seeking help.FIND THE CONVERSATION HEREADDITIONAL RESOURCESBRANDON SHELTON'S WHY TRUST & EMPATHY MATTER ONE MINUTE DIAGNOSISCRISIS TEXT LINETHE WARM LINEFEATURINGModerator
Dr. Ben MichaelisCo-FounderThe Decency ProjectPanelists
Pamela BrownEmployee Learning & Development ManagerSalesforce
Brandon SheltonFounder & Managing PartnerTask Force X Capital Management
Reggie WidemanChief of Staff, Head of StrategyLyticsPANELEquity and Resiliency in Public Health: Lessons Learned from the Past YearFrom unequal access to healthcare information to wide disparities in the availability and quality of care across populations and geographies, the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare shortcomings of our current health system.The panelists in our second session of Techlandia Summit: Health + Wellness shared perspectives from an urban-serving public health system, a rural-serving healthcare network, and a leading early-disease-detection biotech company. And what they learned from their research and front-line experience, and offer tangible recommendations for improvements that can be made to our healthcare to ensure outcomes that are more equitable and efficacious.FIND THE CONVERSATION HERE FEATURINGModerator
Vanessa VassallSenior ResearcherCenter for Black InnovationPanelists
Eric Fung, MD, PhDVP of Clinical DevelopmentGRAIL, Inc.
Rosalee LocklearField Services Program ManagerOregon Office of Rural Health
Terralyn WileySenior Program SpecialistMultnomah County
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