VHA Innovation Experience
The 2021 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Experience (iEX) Virtual Series provided Veterans and the public a unique opportunity to experience and celebrate how VHA innovation, collaboration, and technology are breaking boundaries, forging the future of Veteran health care, and most importantly, changing and saving Veteran lives.
Event was even more exciting and engaging in the sharing of best practices, networking, and discovering new ideas that are making a real difference in Veteran lives. Through expert panels, a new pitch competition, and hallmark conference sessions, the virtual series allowed participants to interact with some of the Nation’s premier innovators and thought leaders from government, industry, and academia who are transforming how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) thinks about, delivers, and connects innovation to solving Veterans toughest challenges.
iEX Marquee Event (Oct. 27-28, 2021)
The fourth annual VHA Innovation Experience brought back everything attendees have come to expect from one of the leading health care innovation events of the year, including the iEX Talks, iEX Demos, and a revamped VHA Shark Tank Competition that will delivered live results for boundary-breaking innovators from across the country.
Virtual iEX Lead-In Events
Breaking Boundaries Collaboration Challenge
August 26 – 27, 2021
Hosted by VHA IE and Founder Institute on August 26-27, 2021, this event featured a pitch competition in which innovators had a chance to collaborate with the VA to advance their solution to the next stage of development.
Forging a Healthier Future: Post Pandemic Care
September 15, 2021
COVID-19 has provided the opportunity to re-imagine a post-pandemic world in which we are all healthier — as individuals and entire populations. On September 15, 2021, leaders within VA and industry had an in-depth conversation on what healthcare looks like in our new normal.
Breaking Boundaries: Using Innovation to Advance Health Equity
October 13, 2021
Innovation can advance health equity and create the conditions in which everyone has an equal opportunity to live longer, healthier lives. On October 13, 2021, innovators who champion health equity by addressing inequalities in their community and within VA came together to discuss.