PORTENT 2026 Annual Meeting
We are excited to invite you to the PORTENT 2026 Annual Meeting on July 9–10, 2026 at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. This year’s program is designed to go beyond presentations and truly focus on deployment, scale, and real-world impact for point-of-care technologies in nutrition, infection, and cancer.
Meeting Agenda
Day 1 – Thursday, July 9, 2026
12:00 – 12:30 PM Welcome and Introduction
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lecture #1: Coverage and Reimbursement for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Speaker: Susan Rowinski, Rowinski Group
2:00 – 2:30 PM Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM Weill Cornell Medicine Tour
In parallel: PORTENT Leadership and External Advisory Board Meeting
3:30 – 4:30 PM Break, Flex Time, and Technology Showcase Set-Up
4:30 – 6:30 PM Technology Showcase
Location: Griffis Faculty Club at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
521 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065
6:30 – 7:30 PM Dinner (Closed session; by invitation only)
Location: Griffis Faculty Club
Day 2 – Friday, July 10, 2026
8:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast, Social Time, and Day 2 Kick-Off
8:30 – 10:00 AM Lecture #2: Usability and Adoption Strategy for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Speaker: Emily Gerth-Guyette, PATH
10:10 – 11:30 AM 1:1 Discussions with Experts
Individual team meetings with NIH, External Advisory Board members, PORTENT leadership, and other invited experts
Location: Rooms BB314 and BB316
11:30 – 12:15 PM Break, Lunch Pick-Up and Site Visit Preparation
12:15 – 1:00 PM Travel to Urban Clinic
Address: 53 West 23rd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010
1:00 – 2:00 PM Visit to Urban Clinic – HIV/Internal Medicine Clinic
Please respect patient privacy. Photography and recording are not permitted in patient care areas.
2:00 – 3:00 PM Travel to Harlem Biospace
Address: Harlem Biospace Mink, 1361 Amsterdam Avenue – Suite 530, New York, NY, 10027
3:00 – 4:30 PM Visit to Harlem Biospace
4:30 – 5:00 PM Closing Discussion
5:00 PM onward Optional Dinner and Informal Discussion for Participants remaining in New York
Hotel Accommodation
The Helmsley Medical Tower Guest Facility at New York-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center (0.1 miles from the conference venue): Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To make a reservation, please call (212) 774-5700. When booking, kindly mention that you will be attending a conference at the Belfer Medical Research Building, Weill Cornell Medicine, and that Julietta Vicente, Operations Manager of the Guest Facility, has approved reservations for our guests.
Loews Regency New York Hotel (0.9 miles from the conference venue):
Guests may make reservations online here or by calling the Loews Reservations Center at 1-800-235-6397 (toll-free) or 615-340-5778. Please mention that you are booking as part of the PORTENT group and provide the code POR709. The group rate is available only until June 10, 2026.
These options are provided for convenience. You are welcome to make alternative arrangements at other hotels.
