sept 16–18, 2025
Whole HEalth
A New Hope For Health Care: Prioritizing Prevention, Living Healthier, & Spending Wisely
The Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Vermont (OCIH) is convening employers, HR leaders, healthcare practitioners, investors, insurers, and policy experts to explore innovative ways to scale an effective, evidence-based whole-person approach to healthcare. The focus: advancing prevention, cost efficiency, and access to health and wellness.
Objectives:
- Foster Collaborative Relationships: Build cross-sector partnerships, opening doors to knowledge and skill sharing, funding opportunities, and innovative frameworks.
- Advance Innovation: Identify barriers to scale and actionable strategies for implementing whole health economic models inside companies and beyond.
- Explore Economic Implications: Assess cost savings, value-based reimbursement models, and policy shifts that can drive adoption of Whole Health.
Lab Focus
The US healthcare system is badly broken. It is extraordinarily costly and provides fragmented care to a population in which the prevalence of chronic conditions is increasing steadily. Current investments prioritize treating disease above preventing it in a productivity-based reimbursement system, which incentivizes inefficient care pathways.
It is overdue for a health care system to reward value-based outcomes measured over the long term—one that prioritizes preventive and whole-health approaches and emphasizes efficacy in self-care, positive lifestyle changes, and non-pharmacologic treatment.
To drive real change in healthcare, we must redefine success by shifting incentives, adjusting reimbursement models, and recognizing the economic value of proactive, whole-person care. Employers, unlike the traditional healthcare system, have a direct incentive to maintain the health and wellness of their employees. Preventative, whole-person care is an incredibly valuable tool in achieving that goal. Scaling and adopting these approaches require interdisciplinary collaboration and meaningful partnerships between employers, health systems, policymakers, and insurers.
This track will convene a curated multi-stakeholder cohort for a truly unique experience that will explore working case studies from field leaders in HR, policy, economics, and medicine to unpack barriers to scale and adoption, uncover new solutions, and establish lasting partners.
Who Participates?
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach — Implementing new, meaningful whole-person healthcare care programs, in and outside of companies, requires collaboration across multiple sectors. In addition to field leading experts that will share case studies and stories of success and challenge, this track will deep dive with a cohort of 50 or less from:
- Employers Interested in Investing in Whole Health (HR and Organizational Development leaders, CEO’s, Founders, Executive Directors)
- Medical Experts & Practitioners (Integrative, Whole Health, and Conventional Medicine)
- Policy Leaders (Health system administrators, public health leaders, government, patient advocates)
- Technology leaders with accessible tools for scaling whole health (apps & platforms, supplements, bio-tech)
- Financial Experts (Health economists, impact investors, private equity, philanthropists, insurance executives)
Built In Partnership With:
The Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM unites practitioners, researchers, educators, and students to advance whole-person, evidence-based care. Through patient care, research, and education, we promote equitable, transformative healthcare that supports individuals, communities, and our planet. Our mission is to advance integrative health through education, clinical care, research, and policy, fostering a model of care that is inclusive, sustainable, and rooted in whole-person well-being.
sept 16–18, 2025
Climate Data
Satellite Tech, AI & Storytelling for More Impactful Earth Observation Data
Led by IBM, explore innovations in Earth observation, remote sensing, AI, and data processing while uncovering new ways to translate complex climate data into actionable insights that drive policy, risk management, and sustainability through better storytelling and creativity.
Objectives:
- Catalyze Connections: Link product leaders with diverse experts to expand data access, drive new applications, and foster lasting collaborations.
- Advance Innovation: Harness collective expertise to generate fresh insights, ensuring underrepresented voices shape the future of climate data.
- Turn Insights into Action: Uncover new strategies for transforming complex Earth observation data into practical tools for climate resilience and decision-making.
Lab Focus
From managing natural disasters, land-use monitoring and forest carbon accounting, to methane emissions detection, climate scientists and data engineers have put an incredible amount of rigor into creating aerial and satellite imaging technologies that are respected and understood by their peers; but there is still a deep need to help process and translate the vast amount of data collected into meaningful climate mitigation and adaptation stories that can help inform climate policy and manage risk.
Participants will explore technological breakthroughs while tackling a core challenge: bridging the gap between complex climate data and real-world decision-making. Through hands-on workshops and interactive discussions, we’ll identify adoption barriers and develop strategies for turning raw data into intuitive, user-friendly tools that drive climate action.
Product experts will come together with current and potential end users — data analysts, researchers and scientists from government agencies, universities, public utilities, transportation agencies, NGOs and beyond — to explore the tools in a series of unique, creative, hands-on workshops and experiences designed to improve access for these key users, connect new users to the products, and set the foundation for creative exploration into new and novel insights in environmental and earth sciences.
We'll focus on transforming Earth observation data into actionable solutions by leveraging AI foundation models and innovative storytelling and design with the goal of making remote sensing data more accessible for real-time monitoring, risk assessment, and sustainability insights for policymakers, businesses, and communities.
Who Participates?
Product experts will join current and prospective end users—data analysts, researchers, and scientists from government agencies, universities, utilities, transportation, NGOs, and more—in creative, hands-on workshops aimed at improving access, connecting new users, and laying the groundwork for novel insights in environmental and Earth sciences.
- AI Specialists & Product Leaders who develop and refine tools to enhance Earth observation data accessibility.
- Universities & Researchers who explore new applications for satellite and AI-driven insights in environmental science.
- Government Agencies & Public Utilities focused on climate policy, infrastructure, and sustainability.
- NGOs & Grassroots Organizations who provide real-world perspectives on climate challenges and data usability.
- Creatives & Storytellers who can support translating complex data into compelling narratives like UX/UI designers, data visualization artists, and content strategists.
Built In Partnership With:
IBM is at the forefront of AI and Earth observation, leveraging cutting-edge technology to transform climate data into actionable insights. Through advanced AI foundation models and expertise, IBM helps researchers, policymakers, and businesses harness satellite data for real-world impact. This partnership brings IBM’s leadership in AI-driven climate solutions together with diverse experts to expand access, drive innovation, and create meaningful applications for Earth observation data. By bridging the gap between science, technology, and storytelling, IBM is enabling a more informed and proactive approach to global climate challenges. This collaboration is designed for IBM, See Change, and other key partners to demonstrate the power of co-creation and deep listening. By creating a space where innovation thrives at the intersection of expertise and lived experience, the sessions will serve as a bold model for what’s possible when institutions and industries listen deeply to their users and act collaboratively.
sept 16–18, 2025
Material Innovation
Radical Collaboration: Building A New Future For Materials
At the intersection of innovation, collaboration, and real-world impact, Atlantic Packaging and the Ocean Plastic Leadership Network (OPLN) are joining forces to facilitate a bold new experience—bringing together the most forward-thinking voices in packaging, materials science, policy, and the global circular economy, to forge new relationships and accelerate innovation.
Objectives:
- See, evaluate, and engage with the most promising new materials coming to market
- Create a unique opportunity to intersect a cross-disciplinary cohort made up of leading material suppliers, material buyers, policy, environmental NGO’s, governments, global circular economy
- Workshop actionable recommendations to inform: The Global Plastic Pollution Treaty / National chemical regulation / Key conventions (Basel, Stockholm, Rotterdam) / Scalable transition pathways for safer materials
Lab Focus
This unique two-part track fuses two powerful initiatives:
FIRST LOOK: The Front Line of Packaging Innovation
First Look is a dynamic experience designed to accelerate the go-to-market journey for next-generation materials companies.
We’re activating the innovators. From lab bench to loading dock, early-stage companies need more than ideas—they need real packaging expertise, validation, and commercial pathways.
At First Look, we’ll introduce 6–8 alternative materials startups, each paired with an existing customer who will share why they’re betting on the solution—and how it’s performing in real-world conditions. It’s a rare chance to be the first to see, evaluate, learn from, and engage with the most promising new materials —before they go mainstream.
APLN: Alternatives to Plastics Leadership Network Stakeholder Convening
This session will bring together ~40 cross-sector leaders—from NGOs, governments, and academia to industry decision-makers and material innovators—to continue workshopping actionable recommendations to inform:
- The Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
- National chemical regulations
- Key conventions (Basel, Stockholm, Rotterdam)
- Scalable transition pathways for safer materials
Expect facilitated dialogues, collaborative problem-solving, and an exploration of how innovation, policy, and investment can align to shift the global packaging supply chain toward circularity and regeneration.
We are living at a moment of global convergence—where consumer demand, regulatory pressure, environmental urgency, and material science are creating a rare window of opportunity. But solving this challenge requires more than good ideas. It demands cross-disciplinary leadership, trusted partnerships, and operational know-how. In addition to field leading experts that will share case studies and stories of success and challenge, this track will gather a cohort of:
- Innovative material suppliers (biomaterials, circular solutions)
- Packaging buyers and other industry experts
- Material scientists and leading academic researchers
- Environmental NGOs
- Governments and other policy experts and influencers
Who Participates
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
We are living at a moment of global convergence—where consumer demand, regulatory pressure, environmental urgency, and material science are creating a rare window of opportunity. But solving this challenge requires more than good ideas. It demands cross-disciplinary leadership, trusted partnerships, and operational know-how. In addition to field leading experts that will share case studies and stories of success and challenge, this track will gather a cohort of:
- Innovative material suppliers (biomaterials, circular solutions)
- Packaging buyers and other industry experts
- Material scientists and leading academic researchers
- Environmental NGOs
- Governments and other policy experts and influencers
Built In Partnership With:
Atlantic Packaging is home to the most advanced research, testing, and monitoring equipment in the packaging industry. We believe in the interconnectedness of health and sustainability, where fostering healthy individuals, a thriving planet, and a resilient supply chain converge to shape a better future for all.
Ocean Plastic Leadership Network is a stakeholder learning bridge. Through neutral and inclusive convenings, expeditions, development tracks, treaty dialogues, and stakeholder education we bridge divides, measure sentiment, and accelerate collaboration.
