TMC Innovation Institute director Erik Halvorsen welcomes attendees.

Nadia Morris, of AT&T's Connected Health Foundry, speaks on a panel with Sante Ventures' Casey Cunningham (left) and Mini Kahlon of UT's Dell Medical School (right).

Ed Jung of Intellectual Ventures told attendees of his firm's mission and projects.

We hope lots of new and fruitful connections were made.

Scott Parazynski, former NASA astronaut, talked about innovating in extreme environments like space and Antarctica.

Health IT startups made up the exhibition.

Andrew Scharf of OurCrowd dove into alternative funding models.

Health IT startup Seremedi was a Disruptors sponsor.

The conference also featured time for networking among attendees.

More networking.

The discussions featured many questions from the audience.

Morris Miller of Xenex demonstrated the company's disinfecting robot.

Jeff Reichman (left), Rise's Nick Kennedy, and Joseph Kopser (right) of moovel discuss innovation in transportation.

Cognitive computing investor Manoj Saxena speaks with Xconomy Texas's Angela Shah about artificial intelligence.

Mercury Fund's Dan Watkins hosted a chat with Ron DePinho of MD Anderson about the hospital's efforts to cure cancer.

Bob Metcalfe fields questions from the audience.

About 200 people attended Disruptors, one of our biggest events in the state.

Attendees connected with each other in breaks.

Chip Davis of Houston Ventures (left), Alex Rozenfeld of Climate Impact Capital, and Kirk Corbun of Surge Ventures (right), debated ways to fund energy innovation.

The DEC's Trey Bowles (left); Atul Varadhachary of Fannin Innovation Studio; Tech Wildcatters' Gabriella Draney Zielke (far right) speak with HTC's MaryAnne Maldonado (far left.)

The forum featured speakers from many sectors of the Texas economy.

Xconomy thanks our platinum sponsor and host, the Texas Medical Center. Photo courtesy: Texas Medical Center