Why Partner
The Harvard Club of New York convening is not a standalone conference. It is the execution table for patient-powered AI in healthcare — bringing together physicians, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial professionals, health system leaders, and institutional partners to structure how patient-centered AI moves from evidence and alignment into financing, deployment, and scale. It builds on a patient participation framework first advanced through our Harvard Faculty Club work in 2016 and now reflected in the broader Harvard Medical School and BIDMC discussions around patient-powered AI.
Where the BIDMC / Harvard Medical School Patient-Powered Digital Health 2026 event advances evidence, co-design, and clinical validation, the Harvard Club convening focuses on capital formation, partnership architecture, reimbursement alignment, and real-world implementation.
We are assembling the organizations that will help define the patient participation layer of AI-enabled healthcare infrastructure before the market structure fully forms around it. Partners gain visibility, credibility, curated access, speaking and networking opportunities, and positioning inside the group shaping the execution layer for patient-powered AI in healthcare.
Harvard Club of New York | September 21, 2026
Financing and Structuring the Execution Layer for Patient-Powered AI in Healthcare
By partnering with the Harvard Club of New York convening, your organization gains:
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Visibility and credibility as a champion of trustworthy, patient-powered, business-ready AI in healthcare
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Direct access to decision-makers across health systems, life sciences, academia, government, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and healthcare finance
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Opportunities to shape the dialogue through speaking engagements, moderated discussions, investor roundtables, working groups, and tailored networking
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Access to post-convening outputs, including insight summaries, implementation frameworks, investor briefings, and partnership pathways
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Positioning inside the execution layer, where patient-powered AI moves from clinical alignment and research validation into financing, deployment, and scalable implementation
Takeaway
The Harvard Club of New York audience is a selective, execution-oriented community — comprising physicians, healthcare entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial professionals, health system leaders, academic innovators, and strategic partners.
Where the BIDMC / Harvard Medical School Patient-Powered Digital Health 2026 event convenes a balanced, practice-oriented community of researchers, data scientists, patient advocates, and frontline clinicians for evidence-driven discussion, co-design, and partnership formation, the Harvard Club of New York convening is designed as the next step: a capital, partnership, and implementation table where entrepreneurs, doctors, investors, and financial professionals structure how patient-powered AI is deployed.
Who Attends — Harvard Club of New York Convening
By Sector
Entrepreneurs & Healthcare Innovators — 30%
Founders, startup executives, digital health builders, AI healthcare entrepreneurs, and implementation-focused innovators developing patient-powered solutions, remote care models, workflow tools, and scalable healthcare platforms.
Physicians, Clinical Leaders & Health System Executives — 25%
Doctors, clinical executives, hospital leaders, medical directors, informatics leaders, and operational decision-makers focused on translating patient-centered AI into real clinical workflows and measurable outcomes.
Venture Capital, Investors & Strategic Capital Partners — 20%
Healthcare-focused venture capitalists, angel investors, family offices, corporate venture leaders, strategic investors, and capital partners interested in financing scalable healthcare AI implementation.
Financial Professionals, Payers & Reimbursement Leaders — 15%
Healthcare finance executives, payer representatives, revenue-cycle leaders, banking partners, reimbursement experts, and value-based care professionals focused on the economic infrastructure required to support deployment.
Academia, Government & Policy Leaders — 10%
Academic leaders, policy experts, government stakeholders, public-private partnership leaders, and institutional partners focused on governance, ethics, trust, and long-term system adoption.
Partnership Levels
Presenting Partner — $50,000
Includes all Diamond Partner benefits, plus:
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Premier positioning as Presenting Partner of the Harvard Club of New York convening
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Recognition in opening remarks and closing remarks
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Opportunity to participate in a featured executive conversation or keynote-style discussion
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Evening reception recognition
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Executive dinner with VIPs, investors, speakers, and strategic partners
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Priority access to private investor and partnership briefings
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Included registration for up to 8 individuals
Diamond Partner — $30,000
Includes all Gold Partner benefits, plus:
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“Named” networking reception in the exhibit or convening area
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Option to give brief remarks at the reception
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Front-row seating space at the convening
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Priority participation in private partner / investor discussions
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Included registration for up to 6 individuals
Gold Partner — $25,000
Includes all Silver Partner benefits, plus:
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Exhibit or partner table for organization’s use in the convening area
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Opportunity to participate in a working group or moderated discussion, subject to program fit
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Recognition in selected partner communications
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Included registration for up to 4 individuals
Solution Showcase Partner — $20,000
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20-minute demo or solution showcase session
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Exhibit or partner table
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Inclusion in selected program materials
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Included registration for up to 1 individual
Silver Partner — $10,000
Includes all Bronze Partner benefits, plus:
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Logo and acknowledgement on communication materials to participants
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Logo with link on event website or digital event page
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Logo on non-educational convening materials
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Included registration for up to 2 individuals
Bronze Partner — $5,000
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Logo on printed program
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Recognition as a convening partner
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Included registration for up to 1 individual
Academic / Nonprofit Partner — $3,000
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Logo on event website or digital event page
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Recognition as an academic or nonprofit partner
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Included registration for up to 3 individuals
BIDMC / Harvard Medical School Event
The BIDMC / Harvard Medical School Patient-Powered Digital Health 2026 event brings together patients, innovators, industry leaders, healthcare providers, and policymakers to shape the next generation of real-world, patient-centered solutions. Its audience is ideal for evidence-driven discussions, patient co-design, research validation, clinical evaluation, and partnership formation. DCI Network describes its work as bringing together leaders from academia, health systems, biopharma, technology, patient groups, regulators, and other stakeholders to co-design and pilot solutions, build multi-stakeholder roadmaps, and accelerate value from health data across digital health, biomedical informatics, real-world evidence, and AI.
The Harvard Club of New York convening focuses on the execution layer: the entrepreneurs, physicians, venture capitalists, financial professionals, health system leaders, and institutional partners who can finance, structure, and deploy patient-powered AI in real-world healthcare environments.
Together, the two convenings create a powerful sequence:
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BIDMC / Harvard Medical School — evidence, patient co-design, clinical validation, trust, ethics, and implementation science
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Harvard Club of New York — capital formation, partnership structure, entrepreneurial execution, reimbursement alignment, and deployment pathways
This allows partners to engage across the full arc of patient-powered AI in healthcare: from evidence and co-design to financing and implementation.
For More Information and Partnership Participation
For more information about the Harvard Club of New York convening and partnership opportunities, please contact:
Reginald C. Mbawuike
Non-Resident Fellow, Harvard University Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Kerry Murphy Healy Senior Fellow
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Babson Healthcare Entrepreneurship Center
RMbawuike@fas.harvard.edu
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