Brought to you by Fedcap, Digital Health Hub Foundation, and StartUp Health

Civic Health Forum: A Health Moonshot for the 99%

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 • 1-7pm ET
Civic Hall • 124 E. 14th Street • New York, NY

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What to Expect

The inaugural Civic Health Forum brings together healthcare providers, policymakers, investors, AI leaders, and founders for a half-day convening at Civic Hall in New York City, organized around one question: How do we keep people healthy before they enter the healthcare system?

The event combines strategic conversations with curated innovation spotlights and networking designed to move beyond dialogue toward partnerships, investment, and real-world deployment. Co-hosted by Fedcap, Digital Health Hub Foundation, and StartUp Health.

Speakers

Agenda

12:30pm ET: Registration Opens (1st Floor Lobby)

1:15pm ET: Co-host Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Mark Goldstein, Chairman & Founder, DHHF

  • Unity Stoakes, Co-founder, StartUp Health

  • Jay Varma, MD, SVP & CMO, The Fedcap Group

  • Sara Holoubek, Founding Partner and Executive Advisory, Luminary Labs

1:30pm ET: Building the Rails: The Systems That Power Innovation

  • Susan Monarez, PhD, Former Director, CDC; Founding Deputy Director, ARPA-H

  • Girish Nadkarni, MD, MPH, Chief AI Officer, Mt. Sinai Health System

  • Nirav Shah, MD, Senior Scholar, Stanford University; Founder, Civic Stratum

  • Moderator: Jay Varma, MD, SVP & CMO, The Fedcap Group

2:00pm ET: Innovator Spotlights

  • Farhaneh Ahmadi, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, eddii (Cardiometabolic Moonshot)

  • Soner Haci, CEO & Co-founder, PONS (Cancer Moonshot)

  • Avanlee Christine, CEO & Founder, Avanlee Care (Caregiving Moonshot)

2:15pm ET: Provider-Led Innovation: Redesigning Care From Within

  • Kevin Chen, MD, MHS, AVP of Design & Evaluation, NYC Health + Hospitals

  • Anaïs Rameau, MD, Chief of Dysphasia & Director of New Technologies, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Gillian Sandler, Managing Director, Strategic Ventures, Northwell Health

  • Moderator: Sara Holoubek, Luminary Labs

2:45pm ET: Innovator Spotlights

  • Kimberly Seals Allers, Founder, Irth (Women's & Children's Health Moonshots)

  • James Piacentino, CEO, Thrive Genetics (Addiction Moonshot)

  • Kavi Misri, CEO & Founder, Hibiscus Health (Cardiometabolic Moonshot)

  • Brant Herman, CEO & Founder, Dentistry.one (Oral Health Moonshot)

3:00pm ET: Networking Break

3:30pm ET: The Future of Civic Health

  • Daniel Kraft, MD, Founder, NextMed Health, Digital.Health & Continuum Health Ventures

4:00 pm ET: Catalyzing Change: Founder-Led Innovation

  • Terry Huang, PhD, MPH, Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health; Founder, Firefly Innovations

  • Rafael Lopez, CEO & Founder, Diagnostikare

  • Elina Onitskansky, CEO & Founder, Ilant Health

  • Moderator: Logan Plaster, Managing Director, StartUp Health

4:30pm ET: Innovator Spotlights

  • Nicole Cook, CEO & Founder, Alvee (Access to Care Moonshot)

  • Raj Amin, CEO & Co-founder, Arcade Therapeutics (Mental Health Moonshot)

  • Bill Uniowski, CEO & Co-founder, Zinnia (Alzheimer's Moonshot)

4:45pm ET: Fireside Chat: The Convergence: AI, Evidence, and the Future of Prevention

  • Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, Editor in Chief, JAMA & the JAMA Network; Professor, UCSF

  • Moderator: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health

5:15pm ET: Closing Remarks

5:30-7:00pm ET - Networking Reception (3rd Floor)

All programming takes place on the 2nd Floor unless where noted. For attendees commuting via NJ Transit, please review their service advisories as there is a World Cup match at MetLife, beginning at 3pm ET, that may affect normal travel.

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What Is Civic Health?

We invest billions optimizing sick care while far less capital goes toward preventing illness in the first place. Civic Health is a new international platform headquartered at Civic Hall bringing together investors, AI innovators, healthcare providers, payors, and policymakers to accelerate scalable solutions that improve health outcomes before people require medical intervention.

Launched by The Fedcap Group in partnership with Digital Health Hub Foundation and StartUp Health, Civic Health will convene quarterly assemblies and standing councils focused on AI and health infrastructure, capital deployment, and scalable innovation. The inaugural Civic Health Forum on June 16, 2026, is the first step.