By any measure, Health:Further -- Nashville's first full-scale health care industry innovation conference -- was a major success. More than 600 participants were left wanting more after the late-August event, and the buzz still lingers.
Now the event's sponsor, business accelerator Jumpstart Foundry, is branding the event as a yearly offering and moving forward with plans for a bigger conference in 2016. To be held at Music City Center Aug. 23-24, the next Health:Further will be supplemented during the year by half-day quarterly mini-conferences.
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