25th Annual Rural Health Conference
April 9, 2026
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Check-in, Breakfast and Networking Exhibitor setup |
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Welcome |
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Why AI Operating Systems Now Jiaqi Gong, PhD *Virtual option not available |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | National Science Foundation Program Director Jemin George, Innovation & Technology Ecosystems Division *Virtual option not available |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Break and Visit Exhibitors |
| 10:15am – 11:15am | Bahar Endowed Lecture in Internal Medicine Tapan Mehta, PhD |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | Eric Wallace, MD AI in Rural Healthcare |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Business and Clinical Intelligence: Leveraging AI to Augment and Scale Rural Healthcare David Box |
| 2:15pm – 3:15pm | AI Across Academic Medicine: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Education, Research, and Clinical Practice Jonathon Tyler Baccus, MD |
| 04:30pm – 06:00pm | Poster Presentations and Reception |
April 10, 2026
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 3:45pm | Poster Awards |
AI & Rural Resilience: Empowering Rural Healthcare
Jemin George, PhD
NSF Program Director
Yanli Wang, PhD
NIH/NLM Program Director
Lectures
Courtesy of Alabama AI Innovation Summit, “AI Operating Systems & Knowledge Infrastructure”
- April 9th: Jemin george, PhD, NSF Program Director
- April 10th: Yanli Wang, PhD, NIH/NLM Program Director