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The 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2006 conference will convene over 1550 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation’s largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies. Renowned authorities and practitioners assemble to present recent results and to develop innovative strategies that foster the creation of a cost-effective and accountable U.S. health care system. The extraordinary conference agenda includes compelling keynote panel discussions, authoritative industry speakers, international best practices, and recently released case study data.

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John W. Snow
Secretary of the Treasury

"The Impact of Health Care Costs on the Economy"

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director
National Institutes of Health

John B. Breaux
(D-LA) former U.S. Senator;
Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP

Allan Hubbard
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council, The White House

Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution;
Former Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS);
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

"Innovation Vs. Access"

Employer/Purchaser Leaders

	Thomas J. Donohue President and CEO US Chamber of Commerce

	Ivan Seidenberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Verizon Communications

	Sid Banwart VP, Human Services Division Caterpillar, Inc. Chair, Direct Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition HR Policy Association

	Jill Berger VP, Health and Welfare Plan Management and Design, Marriott International; Board member, The Leapfrog Group

	William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity International Truck & Engine Corporation

	John Butler EVP Administration and Chief Human Resources Officer Textron, Inc

	Jeff Cava Executive Vice President, Human Resources Wendy's International

	Susan Chambers EVP, Risk Management and Benefits Administration Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

	Susan M. Colburn Vice President - Benefits Design AT&T Inc.

	Michael Critelli Chairman and CEO Pitney Bowes Inc.

	Lisa K. Davis Acting Director of International Affairs AARP

	Tom Emerick VP, Benefits Design Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

	John Engler President and CEO National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) former Governor State of Michigan

	David K. Etheridge Director, Human Resources City of Dallas

	Robert Galvin, MD Director, Global Health Care General Electric

	Paul Grundy, MD, MPH Medical Director Global Occupational Health and Well-Being IBM

	Cecily Hall Director, US Benefits Microsoft Corporation

	Regina Hitchery Vice President, Human Resources Alcoa

	Bob Ihrie VP, Compensation and Benefits Lowe’s

	David Kasper Vice President, Human Resource/Employee Benefits Waste Management, Inc.

	Annette King Director of Benefits Starbucks

	Peter Lee President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health; Board member, National Quality Forum; Co-chair, Pilot Expansion Work Group, AQA/HQA

	John Rother Director of Policy and Strategy AARP

	Michele Schneider Director of US Benefits Avon Products, Inc.

	James T. Schultz Senior Vice President, Employee and Customer Engagement Waste Management, Inc.

	Ron St. Pierre Leader Benefit Strategy Center of Excellence Textron, Inc.

	Rick Stephens SVP, Human Resources and Administration Boeing, Inc

	Andrew L. Stern International President Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

	Steve Wetzell Vice President, Health Care Initiatives HR Policy Association

Health Care Provider Thought Leaders

	Robert Pearl, MD CEO The Permanente Medical Group

	Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD President and CEO Geisinger Health System

	Gloria Austin CEO Brown & Toland Medical Group

	Howard Beckman, MD, FACP Medical Director, RIPA Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester

	Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD Executive Director, Permanente Federation; Chair of the Governing Board, AMGA; Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices

	Herbert Cushing, MD Chief Medical Officer Indiana University Hospital

	Larry S. Fields, MD President American Academy of Family Physicians

	Laura L. Forese, MD, MPH Vice President/Chief Medical Officer New York Presbyterian Hospital

	Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Director of Regional Informatics Programs Vanderbilt University Center for Better Health

	Lillee Gelinas, RN, BSN, MSN, FAAN Vice President, Clinical Performance VHA, Inc.

	John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare

	C. Martin Harris, MD, MPH CIO and Chairman of the IT Division Cleveland Clinic Foundation

	Michael M. E. Johns, M.D. Executive Vice President for Health Affairs CEO, The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare Chairman of the Board, EHCA, LLC Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine Emory University

	Gary Kaplan, MD Chairman and CEO Virginia Mason Medical Center

	Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, MACP Director, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; Immediate Past Chair, Board of Regents American College of Physicians

	Sharon Levine, MD Associate Executive Director The Permanente Medical Group

	Martha Marsh CEO Stanford Hospital and Clinics

	Robert S. Mecklenburg, MD Chief of Medicine Virginia Mason Medical Center

	Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty; CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Rated #1 Hospital by U.S. News & World Report since 1990

	Franklin G. Moser, MD Director of Clinical and Interventional Neuroradiology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

	Ralph W. Muller CEO University of Pennsylvania Health System Commissioner MedPAC

	John C. Nelson, MD, MPH Immediate Past President American Medical Association

	David Paschall CIO Northern Arizona Healthcare

	Wayne Sensor Chief Executive Officer Alegent Health

	Jim Skogsbergh President and CEO Advocate Health Care

	Hugh C. Smith, MD Chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors The Mayo Clinic

	William Stead, MD Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Director, Informatics Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Member Commission on Systemic Interoperability

	Erik N. Steele, DO Family Physician; Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems

	Robert Steffel Executive Director, HealthBridge

	Paul Tang, MD Chief Medical Information Officer Palo Alto Medical Foundation Chair-Elect, AMIA Chair, Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety Institute of Medicine

	John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP Executive Vice President/ Chief Executive Officer American College of Physicians

	Micky Tripathi, PhD President & Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

	Charles Watts, MD Chief Medical Officer Northwestern Memorial Hospital

	David Wessner President and CEO Park Nicollet Health Services

	Janet S. Wright, MD, FACC Trustee American College of Cardiology

	Eric Yablonka Vice President and Chief Information Officer University of Chicago Medical Center

	Gary Yates, MD Chief Medical Officer Sentara

	Thomas F. Zenty III President and Chief Executive Officer University Hospitals Health System (UHHS)

Payer/Health Plan Thought Leaders

	William W. McGuire , MD Chairman and CEO UnitedHealth Group

	Gail Amundson, MD, FACP Medical Director Quality, Measurement and Provider Incentives HealthPartners Health Plan

	Edward Anselm, MD Acting Chief Medical Officer, Health Systems Delivery HIP Health Plan of New York

	H. R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow , MBA President and CEO Premera Blue Cross

	Stanley Borg, MD Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

	Gail Boudreaux EVP for External Operations Health Care Service Corporation

	Bruce M. Bullen Chief Operating Officer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

	James F. Byrne, MD, MS Chief Medical Officer Priority Health

	David Cordani President CIGNA HealthCare

	Robin Downey Senior Vice President and Head of Product Development Aetna, Inc.

	Robert J. Greczyn Jr. President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Chairman, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare

	Vicky Gregg President and CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN

	George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals

	Edward Hanway Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CIGNA Corporation

	Kimberly Horn President and CEO Priority Health

	David Joyner Senior Vice President, Network Management Blue Shield of California; Board member, Integrated Healthcare Association

	Jeffrey Kang, MD Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA President, eHealth Initiative

	Jacqueline Kosecoff CEO, Ovations Pharmacy Solutions a UnitedHealth Group Company

	Antonio P. Linares, MD, FAAFP Regional Vice President and Medical Director, Anthem National Accounts West Region WellPoint Inc.

	Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.

	Mark C. Rattray, MD Consultant, CareVariance; former National Medical Director, UnitedHealthcare

	Robert Seidman, PharmD., MPH Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer WellPoint Inc.

	Scott Spiker CEO Destiny Health

	Donald D. Storey, MD National Medical Director for Aexcel Aetna

	Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group

Government Officials

	John W. Snow Secretary of the Treasury

	Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD Director, National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health

	Abby Block Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	David J. Brailer, MD, PhD Former and First National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Founder Health Evolution Partners

	John B. Breaux (D-LA) former U.S. Senator; Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP

	Siri Childs, Pharm D Pharmacy Policy Office Chief Health and Recovery Services Administration Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

	Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

	Joel W. Cohen, PhD Director, Division of Social and Economic Research Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

	Steven B. Cohen, PhD Director of the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

	Susan K. Cummins, MD, MPH Executive Director, Drug Safety Oversight Board, CEDR The Food and Drug Administration

	David Durenberger (R-MN 1978-1995) U.S. Senator; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy

	Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Administrator Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

	Barbara S. Hoffman Division Director, Chronic Care Improvement Program Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	Allan Hubbard Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council, The White House

	Robert M. Kolodner, MD Chief Health Informatics Officer Veterans Health Administration

	Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Visiting Senior Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Former Administrator, CMS Former Commissioner, FDA

	Julie Sapp Senior Policy Analyst Office of the Governor, State of Wyoming

	Pete Stark (D-CA) U.S. Representative; Ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee

	Barry M. Straube, MD CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	Mark Trail Chief Medical Assistance Plans Georgia Department of Community Health

	Andrew von Eschenbach, MD Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

	Elias A. Zerhouni, MD Director National Institutes of Health

Pharma, Biotech and Device Thought Leaders

	J.P. Garnier, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer GlaxoSmithKline

	Pat Kelly President Pfizer US Pharmaceuticals

	Sir William Castell Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer General Electric Company Chairman GE Healthcare

	Paulo Costa President and CEO Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

	Joseph DiCesare, RPh, MPH Head, Health Economics & Outcomes Research Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

	Joseph M. Feczko, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Pfizer Inc

	Dr. Victoria G. Hale, PhD Founder and CEO OneWorld Health

	Timothy J. Heady CEO UnitedHealth Pharmaceutical Solutions

	Russell C. Ring Senior Vice President - Government Relations Caremark Rx, Inc.

	Greg Simon CEO FasterCures / The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions

	Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D. President & Scientific Director TGen

	Chris Viehbacher President US Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline

International Thought Leaders

	Sir Michael Rawlins, MD Chairman National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

	Hong-Jen Chang Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Taiwan Global Biofund; former Chief Executive Officer and President, Bureau of National Health Insurance

	John Burns Senior Vice President, Investment Programs Management Canada Health Infoways

	Richard Granger Director General, IT National Health Service, United Kingdom

	Naoki Ikegami, MD, MA Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Medicine Keio University

	David Nabarro, MD Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza United Nations

	Alan O'Dell Managing Director Shouldice Hospital (Canada)

	Prathap C. Reddy, MD Chairman Apollo Group of Hospitals

	Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)

Perspectives Outside of Health Care

	John J. Brennan Chairman and CEO The Vanguard Group

	Scott Cook Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee Intuit

	Ansbert Gadicke, MD Founder and General Partner MPM Capital Board Member National Venture Capital Association

	Peter J. Grua President HLM Venture Partners

	Jim Guest President and CEO Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)

	William Hamman, MD, PhD Captain United Airlines Co-Director College of Aviation, Center of Excellence for Simulation Research, Western Michigan University

	Astro Teller CEO Body Media

	Noel M. Tichy, PhD Director Global Business Partnership and Professor Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan

	David C. U’Prichard, PhD Venture Partner Care Capital LLC and Red Abbey Venture Partners

Public Policy/Research Thought Leaders

	Scott Wallace President and CEO The National Alliance for Health Information Technology

	Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D. Director, Center for Research on Quality in Health Care RAND

	Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., Sol C. Advisor on Health Care Policy for Sen. Barack Obama Dean and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandeis University; Chair, The Health Industry Forum

	Gerard F. Anderson, PhD Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management; Director, Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

	Joseph R. Antos, PhD Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy American Enterprise Institute

	J. Lyle Bootman, PhD Dean, College of Pharmacy; Executive Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic (HOPE) Research, The University of Arizona

	Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA President and CEO National Quality Forum

	Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH Founder and Chief Executive Officer Health Technology Center

	Karen Davis President The Commonwealth Fund; 2006 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award

	Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director, Health Program Markle Foundation

	Harold (Hank) Gardner, MD Founder and President, Human Capital Management Services; Chairman, Health as Human Capital Foundation

	Mark Gibson Director, Center for Evidence Based Policy Oregon Health and Science University

	John C. Goodman, PhD President National Center for Policy Analysis

	Brad Holmes Vice President, Research Director Forrester Research

	Len M. Nichols, PhD Director, Health Policy Program New America Foundation

	Dennis O'Leary, M.D. President and CEO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

	Chris Queram President & CEO Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

	Professor Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University

	Gail Shearer Director of Health Policy Analysis, Consumers Union; Project Director, *Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs*

	Henry Simmons, MD, MPH, FACP President, National Coalition on Health Care

	Humphrey Taylor Chairman, The Harris Poll Harris Interactive

	Marc Volavka Executive Director Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

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	Susan Dentzer On-Air Correspondent with The NewsHour PBS

	Gerald F. Seib Washington DC Bureau Chief The Wall Street Journal

	Ron Winslow Deputy Editor, Health and Science; Senior Medical and Health Care Writer, Wall Street Journal

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