Agenda

Sessions are 75 minutes and designed with neuroscience principles: with built-in integration time after each session to reflect, connect, and engage.

Wed, April 15

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Opening Party

For Speakers and Partners + All-Access, Founder, Executive, and Investor Pass holders

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Thu, April 16

7:00 AM–4:00 PM

Registration Opens

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Thu, April 16

7:15 AM–8:15 AM

Morning Movement Session

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Thu, April 16

8:00 AM–9:00 AM

Breakfast + Networking at MDD Partner Cafes

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Breakfast and beverages provided to badge holders at a discount

Thu, April 16

9:15 AM–10:30 AM

What we’ve built and what comes next - orienting on wellbeing

The Culture and Future of Wellness

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9:15 – 9:20 / Opening Introduction

🎤 Myk Likhov (Wellist)

9:20 – 9:45 / Redefining Wellness Standards & New Dimensions of Growth‍

Complete view of Wellness — integration and cross-pollination for a well future.‍

🎤 Michael Fishman (Consumer Health Summit) 📋 Keynote

9:45 – 10:15 / The 2025 Wellness Report: Redefining Wellness Standards

Movements reshaping the wellness economy in 2026 and beyond.

🎤 Eric Falardeau (McKinsey) 📋 Presentation

Thu, April 16

9:15 AM–10:30 AM

The mindset of YES. Opportunities in 2026 and beyond

Capital Session I - Investment

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9:15 – 9:20 / Opening Introduction

🎤 Alhia Chacoff-Berger (Wellist)

9:20 – 9:45 / Signal vs Noise Flow Map: Where Investment Is Going

The platforms institutional capital will actually touch.

🎤 Jay Galluzzo, Nick Zaldastani 🔥 Fireside chat

9:45 – 10:15 / An Investor Brainslice — A Day in the Life and What We Look For

Life of an investor: how we look at investment, opportunity, and process.

🎤 Tom Aarts, Ryan Riley, Jay Galluzzo, Nick Zaldastani (Mod) 🎙️ Panel

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Thu, April 16

10:30 AM–11:15 AM

Break, Network & Lounge Spaces

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Thu, April 16

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

What’s being asked of brands is changing

New Market Variables and the Consumer

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11:15 – 12:00 / Bridging Brand and Experience with Equinox

Experiences are now table stakes. Wellness-centered place-making is the new consumer baseline.

🎤 Marc Mastronardi (Equinox), Mod TBA 🔥 Fireside chat

12:00 – 12:30 / What Kind of Relationships Are Consumers Looking For with Brands?

What consumers seek as society collectively moves into wellbeing.

🎤 Tino De Martino (Soho House), Katie Kaps (Higher Dose), Mod TBA 💬 In conversation

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Thu, April 16

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

The friction and the opportunities at the convergence

Where Wellness and Healthcare Meet

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11:15 – 11:55 / Treating Your Health as an Investment Portfolio

Democratization and sovereignty in healthcare. Prevention and optimization frameworks.

🎤 Jonathan Leary (Remedy Place) 🎙️ Mod: Ivan Galanin (Adipeau) 🔥 Fireside chat

11:55 – 12:30 / Endogenous Repair: The Missing Infrastructure Behind Recovery + Resilience

Credibility and trust as well-being becomes a crucial part of healthcare.

🎤 Ryan Riley (StemRegen), Christian Drapeau (StemRegen), Mod: Ivan Galanin (Adipeau) 🔥 Fireside chat

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Thu, April 16

12:30 PM–2:00 PM

Lunch (Networking)

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Thu, April 16

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

A new frontier for living well

Longevity Unpacked

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2:00 – 2:40 / From Virality to Validity: Trends and Standardization of Claims

Bio-age testing, peptides, NAD, GLP-1s, wearables — debunking misinformation.

🎤 Dr. Halland Chen, Dr. Kien Vuu, Mod: Chris Mirabile (Novos) 💬 In conversation

2:40 – 3:15 / Supplementation Without the Hype: Curation, Safety, and Responsible Showcases

Vetting devices and supplements: aligning demos with evidence tiers.

🎤 Rachel Ash, (Pure Essentials), TBA 🎙️ Mod: Chris Mirabile 💬 In conversation

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Thu, April 16

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

Content, algorithms, and the new frontier

Media and the New Attention Economy

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2:00 – 2:40 / Where Influence Happens: Mastering the Brand Ecosystem

How creators and companies partner to drive well-being through story.

🎤 Cassandra Bankson, Gary Lipovetsky, Case Kenny 💬 In conversation

2:40 – 2:15 / The New Order of Content

Automation, authenticity, digital twins, and staying human.

🎤 Cassandra Bankson (Mod), TBA 🔥 Fireside chat

2:55 – 3:15 / The AI Content Revolution

🎤 Cassandra Bankson (Mod), TBA 🔥 Fireside chat

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Thu, April 16

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

Roundtables and workshops

VIP Program at the Moore

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Thu, April 16

3:15 PM–4:00 PM

Break, Network & Lounge Spaces

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Thu, April 16

4:00 PM–5:15 PM

Building environments that improve and optimize life

Next-Gen Real Estate & Hospitality

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4:00 – 4:40 / Wellness That Pays: Design, Operations, and the ROI Case

Wellness real estate by the numbers. Retention, pricing power, operational efficiency.

🎤 Rachel Hogden (IWBI), Kimberly Lewis (IWBI), Mod: Jay Siano (Sabre) 💬 In conversation

4:40 – 5:15 / The New Wellness Asset Class: Hospitality, Residential, and Fitness Converging

Integrated platforms that extend dwell time, lifetime value, and brand ecosystems.

🎤 Kane Sarkan (The Well), Alfredo Bateller (SHA Wellness) Mod: Jay Siano (Sabre) 🎙️ Panel

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Thu, April 16

4:00 PM–5:15 PM

Healthy culture = great impact

Leadership & Stewardship

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Thu, April 16

4:00 PM–5:15 PM

Media & creator Meet-up + roundtables and workshops

VIP Program at the Moore

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Thu, April 16

5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Media Pass Only

Media & Creator Meetup

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Thu, April 16

7:30 PM–9:30 PM

Exec + Investor Passes

Dinners By Invitation

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Fri, April 17

7:00 AM–4:00 PM

Attendee Support Opens

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Fri, April 17

7:15–8:15 AM

Morning Movement Session

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Fri, April 17

8:00 AM–9:00 AM

Breakfast + Networking at MDD Partner Cafes

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Fri, April 17

9:15 AM–10:30 AM

Mindsets that scale capital

Capital Session II: Venture Growth & Capital

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9:15 – 9:50 / Well-being in the Age of Expansion: Holding Integrity as the Industry Scales

🎤 TBA, Mod: Jay Galluzzo 🔥 Fireside chat

9:50 – 10:30 / M&A in the Age of Meaning: From Entrepreneurial to Institutional

🎤 Roland Peralta (Nutrafol), TBA, Mod: Jay Galluzzo 💬 In conversation

Fri, April 17

9:15 AM–10:30 AM

Building human-centered technologies at scale

AI, Data & Tech: the Intelligence Layer

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9:15 – 9:50 / Frameworks for AI Adoption: Consumer and Business Deployment

🎤 Eric Litman, TBA, 📋 Talk (30 min) + Prompt (5 min) 💬 In conversation

9:50 – 10:30 / Building, Running and Scaling in the Age of AI 🔥 Fireside chat

🎤 TBA

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Fri, April 17

10:30 AM–11:15 AM

Break, Network & Lounge Spaces

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Fri, April 17

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

The new growth engines of wellness

Strategies, Models, and Growth

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11:15 – 11:40 / Evolution: Media, Consumer and Product at the Intersection

🎤 Colleen Wachob (mindbodygreen), Jason Wachob (mindbodygreen), David Stewart (Superage), Mod: Brian Von Ancken (Wellness Growth Mastermind) 🎙️ Panel

11:40 – 12:05 / Scaling: Empowering Brick-and-Mortar and Scaling Nationwide

🎤 Neha Govindraj (Bonside), Jay Siano (Sabre), Mod: Brian Von Ancken (Wellness Growth Mastermind) 🎙️ Panel

12:05 – 12:30 / Luxury — Accessibility and When Luxury Benefits Well-Being

🎤 Alfredo Bataller (SHA Wellness) TBA, Mod: Mod: Brian Von Ancken (Wellness Growth Mastermind) 💬 In conversation

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Fri, April 17

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

From fringe to framework: how wellness becomes infrastructure

Civic and Institutional Adoption

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11:15 – 11:40 / From Anecdote to Access: How Wellness Moves from Remedy to Reimbursable Care

🎤 Nick Chamas (Eight Sleep), Sam O'Keefe, (Flex), Mod: Sean McManus 🎙️ Panel

11:40 – 12:05 / Generation Regeneration: Regenerative Placemaking as Civic Innovation

🎤 Tony Cho, TBA, Mod: Sean McManus 💬 In conversation

12:05 – 12:30 / Workplace Wellness: The Economic Burden and Opportunity

🎤 TBA, Mod: Sean McManus 🔥 Fireside chat

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Fri, April 17

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

Where the real consumer lives: women talking female economy

The Business of Femme

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11:15 – 11:40 / The Female Economy: Where Capital Meets the Fastest-Growing Market in Wellness

🎤 Jody Levy, Katie Kaps, Dr. Lindsay Bira, Sylvia Benito, Angelica Fuentes, Neha Govindraj, TBA

11:40 – 12:05 / Female Leadership for the Future

‍🎤 Panelists (above)🎙️ Mod: TBD

12:05 – 12:30 / 2% Is Not a Strategy: Funding Women-Led Wellness as the Next Major Growth Sector

🎤 Panelists (above)🎙️ Mod: TBD📋 Panel (20 min) + Prompt (5 min)

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Fri, April 17

11:15 AM–12:30 PM

Consciousness beyond the machine

Human Evolution

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Fri, April 17

12:30 PM–2:00 PM

Lunch (Networking)

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Fri, April 17

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

3 minutes. The right signals. We like dolphins more than sharks.

The Dolphin Pod – A Wellist Startup Showcase

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2:00 – 3:15 / The Whale Tank — A Wellist Startup Showcase

4 companies with < 3 min pitches each.

🐬 Judges: TBA

🎙️ Mod: MC: Jody Levy (former CEO Summit)

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Fri, April 17

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

Scaling mental, emotional & spiritual wellbeing

The Loneliness Economy

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2:00 – 2:35 / The Loneliness Economy: How Disconnection Drives Demand — and How to Respond Responsibly

🎤 Lisa Miller (Columbia University) TBA, Mod: Sebastian Naum

2:35 – 3:15 / Intergenerational Bridges, Ancient Wisdom + A Talk and Practice on Purpose

Ancient wisdom, leadership in today's market, and protecting against ego inflation.

🎤 Chezard Ameer (Mesh) , Swami Chidananda Mod: Sebastian Naum / Transcendental Practice + Purpose Practice

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Fri, April 17

2:00 PM–3:15 PM

Executive Pass Only

Executive Alliances

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Fri, April 17

3:15 PM–4:00 PM

Break, Network & Lounge Spaces

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Fri, April 17

4:15–5:15 PM

The collective inquiry: integrating the questions that matter

Closing Synthesis

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