
2026 Symposium
June 9-10
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH

Keynote: From Data to Impact: Transforming Public Health Through Informatics and Innovation
Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD

Human Values Project: The AI Supporting Public Health
June 9 – Speaker Session
Simmons University
- AI Human Values: Focus on Public Health
- Panel: Regional HHR Networks supporting public health
- Panel: Use Case using secure enclaves
- Clinical Trials: Protocol complexity and misalignment between pharma and academic medical centers slow studies down – and what can we do differently to fix it.
- Next-Generation i2b2 data extraction
- Enabling Data Science Workflows with i2b2
June 10 – i2b2 Workshops
Simmons University
A half‑day, hands‑on workshop will introduce participants to the redesigned i2b2 platform for cohort discovery and data analysis, with guided exercises using the new query tool, OMOP integrations, and the SHRINE federated query network.
Attendees will learn core concepts for organizing EHR data, building and analyzing cohorts, querying multiple data models, and running distributed network queries. The session is designed primarily for novice users but valuable for all experience levels, offering practical training led by the i2b2 development team. Also, learn the recent features in 1.8.2 and 1.8.3




