2026 Bridge2AI Fall All-Hands Meeting & Open House
📝 Event Description
The 2026 Bridge2AI Fall All-Hands Meeting & Open House brought together the Bridge2AI consortium and the broader biomedical research community for a two-day meeting at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Yael Bensoussan, Dr. Azra Bihorac, and Dr. Alex Bui.
The NIH Common Fund's Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program was established to address a key gap in biomedical research by generating new "flagship" datasets collected and processed with AI modeling in mind, along with best practices for machine learning analysis. Alongside these datasets, the program developed software, standards, tools, best practices, and training materials for workforce development.
This fall meeting highlighted the significant advances and breakthroughs made by the program teams. As an Open House, it invited attendees to connect with consortium members, discover new resources, and gain hands-on experience with the datasets, tools, and processes driving the future of biomedical AI. More information about the program and its resources is available on the Bridge2AI portal.
💡 Our Role / Contribution
Bhavesh Patel represented the AI-READI project (Salutogenesis Grand Challenge) in two sessions on Tuesday, October 20:
Consortium Briefings – Showcase of Achievements (9:25–11:15 AM, Plaza Ballroom) Bhavesh will deliver a 15-minute briefing on AI-READI's achievements, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A.
Grand Challenge Data Challenge / Hands-On Activity (1:30–4:30 PM, Truman Room) Bhavesh will co-lead the AI-READI hands-on workshop with Dr. Cecilia Lee, giving participants practical experience working with the AI-READI dataset. The workshop will walk participants through training a vision foundation model (DINOv3) to detect Diabetic Retinopathy from color fundus photos.
More details are available in the event agenda available here.
📍 Location
Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
🗓 Date and Time
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 8:45 AM – 6:30 PM ET
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · 8:45 AM – 4:30 PM ET