iGHP Special Lecture Series“Cloud and AI as drivers of technology innovation in the healthcare industry”

In recent years, the utilization of artificial intelligence technology in the medical field
has attracted much attention. In this talk, Arie Meir, PhD, a product manager with
Google Cloud team will present his team’s strategy and perspective on datamanagement, analytics and machine learning with specific focus on medical imaging.
Arie will share his observations on some of the challenges seen in this field as wellas the opportunities for innovation that these challenges introduce.
Join us in this talk to hear about the role of artificial intelligence in the future ofradiology, find out the truth about big (dirty) data and what does it take to really deidentify healthcare data. Questions from the audience are encouraged andappreciated.

Date & Time

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 17:00-18:05

Topic

Cloud and AI as drivers of technology innovation in thehealthcare industry

Venue

Institute for Global Health Policy Research, Bureau ofInternational Cooperation (Ground floor, Training Center
Building), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, TokyoAccess

http://kyokuhp.ncgm.go.jp/eng/aboutus/access.html

Language

English only (No Japanese interpretation will be available)

Admission

Free of charge and open to public.

Seating capacity50About the Speaker:

Arie Meir, PhD
Product Manager, Google CloudArie Meir, PhD, is a product manager with Google Cloud. Arie’s team is focusing on
building data management solutions for the healthcare industry. Arie has 15 years ofexperience working on the cusp of healthcare and technology with interests incomputational modeling, medical devices and medical imaging. In his role in Google
Arie is leading an engineering team building the next generation of cloud-based
imaging solutions. Before joining Google as a Product Manager, Arie worked for GE
Healthcare and Qualcomm in engineering leadership roles. Arie holds a B.Sc in
Computer Science from the Technion and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UC
Berkeley.

Report on “Cloud and AI as Drivers of Technology Innovation in the Healthcare
Industry” (September 18, 2018)
While artificial intelligence (AI) and Cloud seem to be buzz words these days, noone knows what the world may look like with the application of these technologies
nor where we are headed in the area of healthcare.
On September 18, 2018, in his talk titled, “Cloud and AI as Drivers of Technology
Innovation in the Healthcare Industry,” Dr. Meir shared with the audience theGoogle’s mission in healthcare and various initiatives Google Cloud is taking toshed a light on what future Google envisions for the healthcare industry.
Dr. Meir explained to the audience that with the introduction of electronic medical
imaging in the healthcare industry, there are now over two trillion medical images ayear globally that need to be stored for at least five to twenty-five years for legal
purposes. This number is doubling every five years, creating a massive data storage
cost for the healthcare industry. Google, with its mission to organize the world’s
healthcare and life sciences data by making it accessible, secure and useful, istackling this challenge by using their Cloud and deep machine learning technology
to manage data under one platform without compromising its security nor its
accessibility to those who need the data when they need it. In addition, Google’s
cloud platform will allow all the data that are currently in siloes to be managed under
one place and will allow for deep learning and advanced algorithm that offer insights
for future health policies.
With such technological advancements, Dr. Meir informed the audience that theconversation in the US is shifting from why cloud to how cloud. He also shared withthe audience several examples of start-up partners that are using AI deep learning
for telemedicine in Brazil or another that uses AI powered algorithm for detectingbone age and development deficiency of children.
The talk was well received by over 60 participants, who actively engaged in a Q&A
session with Dr. Meir.