PRESENTS
Inside the Pharmacy Ecosystem
The pharmacy ecosystem has problems worth solving.
Do you know where they are?
The U.S. pharmacy ecosystem is a trillion-dollar market filled with operational complexities, costly inefficiencies, and persistent challenges. Join key industry leaders for an insider’s look at how medications, information, and money flow through the ecosystem. Discover where AI innovators can find opportunities to solve meaningful problems and create real business value.
Wednesday, February 17, 2027 | San Francisco, CA
Understand the system, find the friction, and discover the opportunities.
Despite decades of investment in technology, healthcare continues to struggle with rising costs, fragmented systems, and barriers to getting medications into patients’ hands.
For AI innovators, these persistent challenges represent opportunities.
Learn how the pharmacy ecosystem really works, where some of its most frustrating friction points exist, and which problems may be ripe for AI-driven solutions.
Key insights
How medications, information, and money move through the pharmacy ecosystem
Who the major players are, how they interact, and what drives their decisions
Where operational bottlenecks, financial incentives, and patient access challenges create points of friction unaddressed by current solutions
Which persistent industry problems may present opportunities for AI innovation
Explore the trends putting more stress on the ecosystem versus less
Three industry perspectives, one connected ecosystem
Faculty panel discussion: Where are the opportunities for AI?
Inside Pharmacy
Presented by Harry Travis
How the pharmacy ecosystem works
Explore pharmacy business models, specialty pharmacy, medication delivery, and the operational challenges affecting patients, providers, and pharmacies.
Inside Pharma
Presented by Valerie Sullivan
How pharmaceutical products reach the market
Understand commercialization, market access, distribution, and the decisions that influence how therapies reach patients.
Inside PBMs
Presented by Bryan Odegard
How pharmacy benefits shape the system
Examine formularies, pricing, benefits, reimbursement, and the complex relationships that influence medication access.
Connect the three perspectives, identify persistent friction points, and explore where technology could make a meaningful difference.
Inside the Pharmacy Ecosystem faculty
Go beyond the industry overview with insights from the people who know how the business really works
Perspective: Inside Pharmacy
Harry Travis
President, The Travis Group, LLC
Harry Travis is a senior healthcare executive with more than 35 years of experience across the US pharmacy, insurance, and broader healthcare markets. As President of The Travis Group, he provides strategic consulting and executive coaching to US and international clients in pharmacy, digital medicine, and medical technology. A sought-after keynote speaker at national pharmacy conferences, he addresses how technology and AI are reshaping the practice and business of pharmacy. His executive background includes leadership roles at CVS Caremark, Aetna, and Accredo Medco.
Perspective: Inside Pharma
Valerie Sullivan
Seasoned Board leader with deep leadership expertise in the healthcare ecosystem, frequently tapped by PE/VC firms and/or companies to guide executives to maximize revenue and improve patient outcomes. Trusted advisor to companies across scale points to help them unlock the next level of growth. Known for ability to elevate executive teams, guide growth, mitigate risk, and drive consensus in highly critical periods. Proven CEO and commercial executive with repeated P&L growth at small-to-large, public, matrixed organizations.
Perspective: Inside PBMs
Bryan Odegard
Senior Healthcare Executive with technology and operations background developed through extensive consulting and business leadership experience. Focused on innovation, market-leading strategy, technology products and flawless execution. A proven track record delivering major corporate initiatives, product launches, improved operational excellence, and P&L management. Continuously meets objectives varying in scale, spanning organizations and industries. Increasing scope of leadership demonstrated throughout career including developing highly-functioning teams. Goal-oriented and results-driven accomplishments with a focus on making strategy real.
Bonus session: Inside AI interpretability and making AI more reliable
Presented by Cyril Gorlla
Co-Founder and CEO, CTGT | LinkedIn profile
Building powerful AI solutions is one challenge. Making them reliable, trustworthy, and adaptable to the needs of highly regulated industries is another.
Join Cyril Gorlla for an exploration of AI interpretability and how greater understanding and control of AI systems can help organizations deploy solutions with confidence.
Cyril left his research at Stanford at age 23 to co-found CTGT, an AI technology company backed by Gradient, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator. His research background includes work on efficient AI training and machine learning applications developed in collaboration with Intel®.
Inside the Pharmacy Ecosystem event agenda
8:00 AM | Welcome and Networking
Arrive, grab a coffee, and meet fellow innovators, industry leaders, and members of the RxRoundtable Academy faculty before the program begins.
8:30 AM | Understanding the Pharmacy Ecosystem
Harry Travis opens the program with an inside look at how the U.S. pharmacy industry operates, including the key players, business models, and the movement of medications, information, and money through the system.
10:00 AM | Inside Pharmacy Benefit Management
Bryan Odegard explores the role of PBMs in managing prescription drug benefits, including formularies, pricing, reimbursement, and the complexities that influence medication access and costs.
12:00 PM | Lunch and Conversation
Continue the morning’s discussions over lunch and connect with faculty and fellow attendees.
1:00 PM | The Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Perspective
Valerie Sullivan takes us inside the pharmaceutical industry to explore how therapies are commercialized and brought to market, including the challenges of distribution, market access, and patient delivery.
2:30 PM | Connecting the Dots: Faculty Panel and Q&A
Bring your questions to the faculty as we connect the three industry perspectives, examine persistent friction points, and discuss where AI innovation could make a meaningful difference.
3:00 PM | Bonus Session: Inside AI Interpretability
Cyril Gorlla, Co-Founder and CEO of CTGT, explores how AI interpretability can help organizations better understand, control, and deploy AI systems with greater reliability and confidence, particularly in highly regulated industries.
5:00 PM | Reception and Meet the Faculty
Wrap up the day with an informal reception, continue conversations with the presenters, and connect with other attendees exploring opportunities across healthcare and AI.
Built for the people building what’s next
This interactive session is designed for AI and technology professionals who are:
Developing or evaluating solutions for healthcare and pharmacy.
Making decisions about product development, investment, or commercialization.
Looking for underserved problems and opportunities for innovation.
Seeking a better understanding of the market they're entering or expanding within.
Ideal for: AI founders, product and technology leaders, healthcare innovators, commercial decision-makers, and investors.
Find your next opportunity in the pharmacy ecosystem
Inside the Pharmacy Ecosystem is an interactive educational experience you won’t want to miss. Register today!
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2027
Time: 8AM - 7PM PST
Location: [Venue name and address], San Francisco, CA
Registration: $750 per person, limited capacity
Early bird registration: $500 if registered by November 30, 2026