InSight Digital Summit 2020 Presented by Convergint Technologies

Blockchain | Business Process Management | Cloud | Corporate Development | CX | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Devops | Digital Health | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | International Business | Marketing | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Product Management | Sales Leadership | Smart Communities & Sustainablility | Southeastern Software Association | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech | Workforce Development | Young Professionals

November 17th-19th, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM CST Daily

InSight Digital Summit, hosted by Convergint Technologies, is an exclusive virtual trade show event. This fully immersive digital summit will allow for a traditional trade show experience live from the comfort of your own home or office.

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Atlanta’s LocatorX Recognized for “Creative Ways Companies are Giving Back During COVID-19”

Digital Health | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech

LocatorX, an innovative tracking technology provider, announced today that they were named the Gold Winner of “Company Response of the Year: Creative Ways Companies are Giving Back During COVID-19” from the 2020 Customer Sales & Service Awards

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Internova Travel Group adopts health security verification platform

Digital Health

In its continued global initiative to ensure consumers can travel with confidence and stay in a safe environment, Internova Travel Group has selected digital health company Sharecare and Forbes Travel Guide as health security verification partners to validate the procedures and protocols at more than 50,000 hotels booked through its systems. The dynamic solution will help the travel industry align on a common approach, consistent protocols, and an established system of health security, say company executives.

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Cooper’s Trellix Locate Helps Healthcare Facilities with Real-Time Location Capabilities

Digital Health | Infrastructure | Smart Communities & Sustainablility

Cooper Lighting Solutions, a TAG ‘Top 40’ innovative technology company 2020, launches new IoT healthcare platform with software partner Vizzia Technologies.

Peachtree City, Georgia-based Cooper is the American subsidiary of Signify; the largest lighting company in the world with $7Bn revenue.

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Advanced Technology Development Center Seeks Healthcare Technology Applicants for September 2020 ATDC Venture Showcase

Digital Health

Twelve Georgia-based healthcare technology companies will be selected to virtually pitch to venture capitalists and investors.

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Coalition of Startup Advocates Voice Strong Support for IGNITE American Innovation Act

Blockchain | Business Process Management | Cloud | CX | Data Science & AI | Digital Health | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | Marketing | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Product Management | Smart Communities & Sustainablility | Southeastern Software Association | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech | Young Professionals

A coalition of advocates for the startup ecosystem today expressed their strong support for the IGNITE American Innovation Act, introduced by Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN). The coalition organizations include: The National Venture Capital Association, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, TechNet, AdvaMed, Center for American Entrepreneurship, Medical Device Manufacturers Association, Angel Capital Association, and Technology Councils of North America.

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Google Awards $1 Million Grant to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine to Study Racial Impact of COVID-19

Digital Health | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Google.org has given $1 million to Morehouse School of Medicine to study racial disparities in COVID-19. The new partnership between Google.org and the Satcher Health Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine will also include a team of Google engineers and data scientists who will work full-time over the next six months to support the project.

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Now Accepting Applications for Pitch for Purpose Startup Competition

Blockchain | Cloud | CX | Data Science & AI | Digital Health | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Smart Communities & Sustainablility | Transportation Tech | Young Professionals

PITCH FOR PURPOSE is a startup competition celebrating social entrepreneurs and their ideas that will change the world. Finalists will get the opportunity to pitch their venture for a chance to win $15,000.

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Sharecare earns 13 Digital Health Awards for well-being engagement resources, snags top honors for COVID-19 efforts

Digital Health

Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced it was recognized in the Spring 2020 Digital Health Awards with 13 awards, including four top honors for the content, resources and programs it developed in rapid response to COVID-19. Hosted by the Health Information Resource Center, a national information clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields, the biannual Digital Health Awards recognize the world’s best digital health resources for consumers and healthcare professionals.

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Sharecare acquires MindSciences, fortifies platform with best-in-class digital therapeutics for anxiety, tobacco and overeating

Corporate Development | Digital Health

Sharecare has acquired MindSciences, the leader in evidence-based behavior change apps. Founded by renowned neuroscientist and behavior change expert, Dr. Jud Brewer, MindSciences provides best-in-class digital therapeutics that help people reverse unhealthy habits involving food, tobacco, stress and anxiety – which contribute to the most costly and widespread health issues in the United States. This acquisition builds on Sharecare’s existing partnership with MindSciences, through which its tobacco cessation program was made available to the digital health company’s payer, provider, government and employer group customers.

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Sharecare and Augusta University forge public-private partnership to accelerate Georgia’s recovery from COVID-19

Digital Health

Georgia-based health organizations launch Well-Being Georgia to educate, boost testing, track real-time status of pandemic on behalf of all Georgians

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Sharecare and National Alliance partner to connect employers and communities to improve health and well-being across U.S.

Digital Health

Digital health company Sharecare and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions announced a partnership designed to help employers develop data-driven strategies to positively impact the well-being of their employees and families and the broader communities in which they live, work and play.

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Money makes the cyber-crime world go round – Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report

Cloud | Data Governance | Devops | Digital Health | Information Security

“As remote working surges in the face of the global pandemic, end-to-end security from the cloud to employee laptop becomes paramount,” said Tami Erwin, CEO, Verizon Business. “In addition to protecting their systems from attack, we urge all businesses to continue employee education as phishing schemes become increasingly sophisticated and malicious.”

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Google Launches “Be Kind To Your Mind”

Digital Health

To coincide with Mental Health Month, Google is launching “Be Kind To Your Mind” in collaboration with the CDC to share practical tips and resources to help individuals take care of their well-being.

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Sharecare’s Flatten the Curve survey completed by 115,000 Americans in April, finds respondents in Hawaii experiencing most financial worry while those in Mississippi and Alabama report least

Digital Health

Comparative well-being analysis reveals 230% increase in anxiety across U.S. due to COVID-19

Survey also reveals more than 50% of Americans exhibiting healthier behaviors during pandemic

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Sharecare and Atlanta Police Foundation collaborate to protect and serve the health and well-being of Atlanta Police Department personnel

Digital Health

The Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced a collaboration to provide Atlanta Police Department personnel with direct, on-demand access to board-certified emergency medicine physicians for real-time COVID-19 screening and testing referrals. Available for free to all Atlanta Police Department sworn officers, Sharecare Virtual Care is an easy-to-use, secure telehealth solution that empowers people to safely and conveniently address their urgent healthcare needs related to COVID-19.

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Atlanta Startup, Trella Health, Releases COVID-19 Heatmap for Vulnerable Counties

Data Science & AI | Digital Health

In an effort to support the healthcare community and its fight against COVID-19, Atlanta startup and TAG ‘Top 40 Innovative Company’ recipient, Trella Health, has released a COVID-19 heatmap.

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Sharecare partners with IPsoft and NTT DATA to power free COVID-19 screening solution with conversational AI

Digital Health

Pisgah Health Foundation becomes Sharecare’s first Blue Zones Project partner to integrate and deploy interactive screener to help people get clinically validated guidance on COVID-19

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Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth

Digital Health

HIPAA-compliant Sharecare Telehealth – powered by Updox – available to U.S.-based healthcare providers for free through Sept. 1, 2020

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