MY HEALTHCARE 2026
THE PROGRAM
One day. A more personal future.
October 29, 2026 · 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Your day, at a glance.
Program in development. Individual session timing to be announced.
Morning
Main Stage
A shared starting point: personalized health, prevention and the opportunities ahead.
Timing to be announced
Midday
Showcase & Networking Lunch
Experience innovation and meet the people building it.
Timing to be announced
Afternoon
Breakout Sessions
Choose your conversation: My Health, My Mind or My Business.
Timing to be announced
Throughout the day
Networking & Connection
Sometimes The Next Big Thing begins with the person sitting beside you.
Timing to be announced
Morning · Working themes
The main stage.
Opening Keynote
Dr. Charmaine van Schaik, MD
Chief of Staff, Southlake Health
From Healthcare to My Healthcare: What Should Better Healthcare Look Like?
Patient → physician → hospital → health system → future.
My Brain
Winnie Sun
What Can We Do Before It’s Too Late?
Alzheimer’s prevention. What can I know earlier? What can I change earlier? What can I prevent?
My Business · Main Stage
Hon Leong, MSc, PhD
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute · Associate Professor, University of Toronto · Co-Founder, YEX
What Does Healthcare Mean to My Business?
From science to business. From Canada to China. Where can entrepreneurs enter healthcare? How can innovation become a business? What can Canada and China build together?
Who Will Care for Me When I Am 80?
Government / LTC / Industry
Aging population. Home care. Long-term care. Caregiver burden. Technology. Workforce. Independence. Dignity.
Can innovation help us age better?
The journey
One Journey.
Seven Chapters.
01KNOW ME
What can biology, diagnostics, data and technology tell us about ourselves?
02PREDICT FOR ME
What risks can we identify earlier?
03PREVENT FOR ME
What can we change before disease begins?
04TREAT ME
What happens when treatment becomes more personalized and precise?
05LIVE BETTER
Brain health. Mental health. Lifestyle. Performance.
06AGE WITH ME
How can we live longer without simply being sick longer?
07BUILD FOR ME
What will entrepreneurs build around all of this?
That final chapter is what makes this The Next Big Thing rather than another healthcare conference.
My Healthcare Showcase
See the future.
Don’t just hear about it.
Lunch becomes part of the content.
No forest of booths. Small footprint. High interaction.
Showcase concepts · Participants to be announced
Know My Brain
Brain health / cognition
Know My Body
Diagnostics / biomarkers
Know My Heart
Cardiac innovation
My Health at Home
Remote monitoring / home healthcare
My MedTech
Device innovation
My Future
Healthy aging
Meet the Founder
Selected healthcare startup
If it can’t be experienced, demonstrated or meaningfully discussed, it doesn’t need a booth.
Afternoon breakouts · Potential topics
Choose your
conversation.
MY HEALTH
Prevention becomes personal.
- My Brain
- My Heart
- My Metabolic Health
- My Healthy Aging
- Prevention / Precision Health
MY MIND
The Entrepreneur’s Brain
- Stress & burnout
- Sleep
- Decision fatigue
- Performance & identity
A conversation connecting business leadership and wellbeing, with the Schulich community.
MY BUSINESS
What could you build?
- AI + Healthcare
- Building a MedTech company
- Commercializing healthcare innovation
- Selling into hospitals
- Investing in healthcare
- The business of healthy aging
The O Six question
A day that moves you forward.
WHAT SHOULD I KNOW?
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
WHAT COULD I BUILD?
Every session should answer at least one.
A prestigious speaker who answers none of the three?
Wrong speaker.
The experience · An emotional arc, not a session schedule
From curiosity
to possibility.
10 AM
Healthcare is enormous and complicated.
11 AM
Healthcare is changing.
12 PM
This is actually about me.
2 PM
There are things I can do differently.
3 PM
There are enormous problems still waiting to be solved.
4 PM
Maybe my business has a role here.
5 PM
My health. My opportunity. Our future.
Health × Science × Technology × Business × Community
The future of healthcare will not be built by healthcare alone.
MY HEALTHCARE
October 29, 2026 · The O Six Foundation
Greatness Together.