Health & MedTech Track

March 8-12, 2024

Addressing how technological and social changes are impacting one of the world’s largest industries, the Health & MedTech content will cover everything from patient-centric care and gene editing to health equity and 3D-printed human organs.

Featured Session: Crushing: The Burden of Diabetes on Patients

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Each year, SXSW calls upon its creative global community to help identify innovative new ideas and the visionaries behind them. The majority of Conference sessions are sourced and voted on by the SX community from PanelPicker®, along with input from SXSW Staff and the PanelPicker Evaluator Committee.

Health & MedTech Track Access: Platinum and Interactive Badges receive primary access to sessions in this track. Other badges receive secondary line access.

Stay tuned for programming announcements throughout the season.

About the SXSW Conference

The SXSW Conference provides an opportunity for global professionals at every level to participate, network, and advance their careers. Explore all 24 tracks of programming across a variety of formats including Keynotes, Featured Speakers, panels, workshops, and more.

Listen to 2023 Health & MedTech Track Sessions

While you await 2024 programming announcements, take a listen back through hundreds of Conference sessions from SXSW 2023.

2023 Sessions

Featured Session with Esther Perel: The Other A.I.: The Rise of Artificial Intimacy & What it Means for "Us" – SXSW 2023 – Photo by Karen Rowe

Driving Personal Health Forward: The Role of Apple Watch and iPhone

Since the release of the Health app in 2014 and Apple Watch in 2015, Apple has introduced a wide array of powerful and innovative features, across areas like heart health, mobility, sleep, mindfulness and menstrual health — including the breakthrough new temperature sensing capabilities for Apple Watch that enable retrospective ovulation estimates.

Apple’s VP of Health, Dr. Sumbul Desai, sits down with Women’s Health Editor-in-Chief Liz Plosser to share Apple’s approach to creating tools that empower people to lead healthier lives, with scientific validation and privacy at the core.