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The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress recently concluded in Washington, D.C., and featured dynamic presentations from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Mike Leavitt and Safeway Foods Chairman and CEO, Steve Burd. More than 1,700 senior-level executives from throughout the health care industry attended this exclusive event. The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress will be held April 14-16, 2009

Please visit www.worldhealthcarecongress.com for information for the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress!

Feedback on the 2008 World Health Care Congress
WHCC was an overwhelming success in 2008. Over 1,700 delegates were present in Washington, DC to address the latest trends and challenges in the health care industry. Ninety-four percent (94%) of our executive delegates rated the overall speaker and presentation quality either good or excellent and ninety-four percent (94%) of the delegates also rated that the overall timeliness, utility and relevance of the sessions in the program agenda was excellent or good. See below for specific delegate testimonials.

Reactions from 2008 WHCC Delegates
"World Health Care Congress offered me an excellent opportunity to share ideas on healthcare with a wide variety of industry leaders."
Jennifer Davis, Director, Office Management & Budget, State of Delaware

"The future of healthcare is very exciting and its great to see it reflected at the WHCC"
Grant Harrison, VP Integrated Consumer Experience, Humana

"The Conference was structured and managed exceedingly well. It offered a great opportunity to interact with the leaders from different sectors of the industry. And, at the same time, the event witnessed a large number of delegates and eminent speakers."
Shivinder M. Singh, MD, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited

"Great meeting. There are so many different perspectives."
James Dilling, Senior Administrator, Mayo Clinic

Keynote Speakers
 
Clayton M. Christensen - Speaker Photo Clayton M. Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
 
Denis Cortese - Speaker Photo Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic
 
Delos  (Toby) Cosgrove - Speaker Photo Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 
Susan Dentzer - Speaker Photo Susan Dentzer
Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs;
On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
 
Gregory J Downing - Speaker Photo Gregory J Downing, D.O., Ph.D.
Senior Advisor and Project Director, Personalized Health Care Initiative, Office of the Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Elliott S. Fisher - Speaker Photo Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
 
Justin Fox - Speaker Photo Justin Fox
Editor At-Large
TIME
 
Jacob Goldstein - Speaker Photo Jacob Goldstein
Health and Medicine Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
 
James Hagedorn - Speaker Photo James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
 
Grant Harrison - Speaker Photo Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.
 
Scott Hensley - Speaker Photo Scott Hensley
News Editor
The Wall Street Journal
 
Mike Leavitt - Speaker Photo Mike Leavitt
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 
Mark McClellan - Speaker Photo Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform;
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
 
Thomas P. Miller (McCain Advisor) - Speaker Photo Thomas P. Miller (McCain Advisor)
Resident Fellow
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
 
Ian Morrison - Speaker Photo Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus,
Institute for the Future
 
Peter Neupert - Speaker Photo Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft, Inc.
 
Hans Rosling - Speaker Photo Hans Rosling, MD, PhD
Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Co-Founder, Gapminder
 
George P. Shultz - Speaker Photo George P. Shultz
Former U.S. Secretary of State;
Author, A Citizen’s Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform
 
Joanne Silberner - Speaker Photo Joanne Silberner
Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk
National Public Radio
 
Paul Speranza - Speaker Photo Paul Speranza, JD, LL.M.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets
 
John Tooker - Speaker Photo John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
American College of Physicians
 
Reed V. Tuckson - Speaker Photo Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
 
Andrew Webber - Speaker Photo Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health;
Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
 
Cecil B. Wilson - Speaker Photo Cecil B. Wilson, MD
Immediate Past Chair
American Medical Association
 
Employers
 
John Agwunobi - Speaker Photo John Agwunobi, MD, MPH, MBA
EVP Professional Services
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 
Raymond J. Brusca - Speaker Photo Raymond J. Brusca, JD
Vice President, Benefits
The Black & Decker Corporation
 
William B. Bunn - Speaker Photo William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity
International Truck & Engine Corporation
 
Steven A. Burd - Speaker Photo Steven A. Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Safeway Inc.
 
George Chedraoui - Speaker Photo George Chedraoui
Treasurer, Bridges to Excellence;
Global Well Being and Health Benefits Leader, IBM Corporation
 
Pam French - Speaker Photo Pam French
Director, Benefits and Integration
The Boeing Company
 
Robert Gross - Speaker Photo Robert Gross
President and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Healthcare Bank
 
Paul Grundy - Speaker Photo Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Director of Healthcare, Technology and Strategic Initiatives, Global Wellbeing Services and Health Benefits, IBM;
Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
 
James Hagedorn - Speaker Photo James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
 
Cecily Hall - Speaker Photo Cecily Hall
Director, US Benefits
Microsoft Corporation
 
Benjamin H. Hoffman - Speaker Photo Benjamin H. Hoffman, MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Waste Management, Inc.
 
E.J. Holland Jr. - Speaker Photo E.J. Holland Jr.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications
EMBARQ
 
Dianne Kiehl - Speaker Photo Dianne Kiehl
Executive Director
Business Health Care Group
 
Kate Kohn-Parrott - Speaker Photo Kate Kohn-Parrott
Director - Integrated Health Care & Disability
Chrysler LLC
 
Scott J. Kornhauser - Speaker Photo Scott J. Kornhauser
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Healthation, Inc.
 
  Alan R. May
Vice President, Human Resources Strategy, Compensation and Benefits
The Boeing Company
 
Sandra McCullough - Speaker Photo Sandra McCullough
VP, Patient Information Systems
Sharp Health Care
 
Omid Moghadam - Speaker Photo Omid Moghadam
Executive Director, Dossia Corporation;
Director, Personal Health Records Programs
Intel Corporation
 
Harriet P. Pearson - Speaker Photo Harriet P. Pearson
VP, Regulatory Policy & Chief Privacy Officer
IBM Corporation
 
Laurel Pickering - Speaker Photo Laurel Pickering
Executive Director
New York Business Group on Health
 
Josiah Pritchard - Speaker Photo Josiah Pritchard
Administrator, Contract and Payer Relations
Mayo Clinic
 
Roy Schoenberg - Speaker Photo Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
American Well Systems
 
Paul Speranza - Speaker Photo Paul Speranza, JD, LL.M.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets
 
  Michael Stout, MD
President and CEO
UCI Medical Affiliates
 
Delia Vetter - Speaker Photo Delia Vetter
Senior Director, Benefits and Programs
EMC Corporation
 
Ted von Glahn - Speaker Photo Ted von Glahn, MS
Director, Performance Information and Consumer Engagement
Pacific Business Group on Health
 
Andrew Webber - Speaker Photo Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health;
Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
 
Payers/Health Plans
 
Phyllis S. Anderson - Speaker Photo Phyllis S. Anderson
Vice President, Marketing
Humana, Inc.
 
Joanne Armstrong - Speaker Photo Joanne Armstrong, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Director
Aetna
 
Elizabeth Bierbower - Speaker Photo Elizabeth Bierbower
VP, Product Innovation
Humana, Inc.
 
David Boucher - Speaker Photo David Boucher, M.P.H., FACHE
Assistant Vice President, Health Care Services
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
 
David Cochran - Speaker Photo David Cochran, MD
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
 
Craig Dolezal - Speaker Photo Craig Dolezal
Principal and Senior Consultant
Hewitt Associates
 
Robin Downey - Speaker Photo Robin Downey
Senior Vice President and Head of Product Development
Aetna, Inc.
 
Mark B. Ganz - Speaker Photo Mark B. Ganz
President and CEO
The Regence Group
 
Robert Greczyn - Speaker Photo Robert Greczyn
President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina;
Board Member and Former Chair, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
 
Vicky Gregg - Speaker Photo Vicky Gregg
President and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN
 
George C. Halvorson - Speaker Photo George C. Halvorson
Chairman and CEO
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
 
Grant Harrison - Speaker Photo Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.
 
Jeffrey Kang - Speaker Photo Jeffrey Kang, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA;
President, eHealth Initiative
 
Charles D. Kennedy - Speaker Photo Charles D. Kennedy, MD
Vice President, Health Information Technology & Research
WellPoint, Inc.
 
Lance Lang - Speaker Photo Lance Lang, MD
National Vice President, Clinical Quality Officer
Health Net, California
 
Richard J. Migliori - Speaker Photo Richard J. Migliori, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Business Initiatives and Clinical Affairs
Enterprise Services Group, UnitedHealth Group
 
Steven B. Miller - Speaker Photo Steven B. Miller, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Express Scripts Inc.
 
Jeff Munn - Speaker Photo Jeff Munn
Principal, Strategy and Design Leader, Health Management
Hewitt Associates
 
Matthew J. Narrett - Speaker Photo Matthew J. Narrett, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Erickson Health
 
Robert E Nesse - Speaker Photo Robert E Nesse, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare
Mayo Health System
 
Sam Nussbaum - Speaker Photo Sam Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
WellPoint, Inc
 
Ken Patric - Speaker Photo Ken Patric, MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee
 
Edmund Pezalla - Speaker Photo Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH
National Medical Director, Aetna Pharmacy Management
Aetna, Inc.
 
David W. Plocher - Speaker Photo David W. Plocher, MD
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Business Intelligence, Informatics and Pharmacy Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
 
Charles (Chad) Pomeroy - Speaker Photo Charles (Chad) Pomeroy
VP, Consumer Innovation
WellPoint
 
James Roosevelt Jr. - Speaker Photo James Roosevelt Jr.
President and CEO
Tufts Health Plan
 
  Duncan Ross
Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Benefits Group
Blue Shield of California
 
Richard Safeer - Speaker Photo Richard Safeer, M.D., FAAFP
Medical Director, Preventive Medicine
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
 
  Andrew Schuyler, MD
Executive Medical Director
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
 
Anna-Lisa Silvestre - Speaker Photo Anna-Lisa Silvestre
Vice President, Online Services
Kaiser Permanente
 
Thomas Simmer - Speaker Photo Thomas Simmer, MD
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Health Care Value and Provider Affiliation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
 
David A. Stumpf - Speaker Photo David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD
National Medical Director, Physician Engagement and Improvement, UnitedHealth Clinical Advancement
UnitedHealth Care
 
Bruce Sturm - Speaker Photo Bruce Sturm
Senior Vice President
Erickson Advantage Health Plan
 
John Toussaint - Speaker Photo John Toussaint, MD
President and CEO
ThedaCare
 
Reed V. Tuckson - Speaker Photo Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
 
Jody Voss - Speaker Photo Jody Voss
Vice President, Business Development
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
 
Providers
 
Babette Apland - Speaker Photo Babette Apland
Senior Vice President, Health and Care Management
HealthPartners
 
James E. Barr - Speaker Photo James E. Barr, MD
Medical Director
Partners in Care, Inc.
 
Charles L. Bennett - Speaker Photo Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP
Buehler Professor of Geriatrics and Economics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management
 
Steve Bonner - Speaker Photo Steve Bonner
President and CEO
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
 
Kate Christensen - Speaker Photo Kate Christensen, MD
Medical Director, Internet Services Group, Kaiser Permanente; Member, Northern California Institutional Review Board
 
Giovanni Colella - Speaker Photo Giovanni Colella, MD
President, CEO, and Founder, Maria Health;
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, RelayHealth (Acquired by McKesson)
 
Samantha Collier - Speaker Photo Dr. Samantha Collier
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President
HealthGrades
 
Edward (Ted) Conklin - Speaker Photo Edward (Ted) Conklin, MD
Chairman, Chief Medical Officer and Founder
Carena
 
Denis Cortese - Speaker Photo Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic
 
Delos  (Toby) Cosgrove - Speaker Photo Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 
Francis J. (Jay) Crosson - Speaker Photo Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD
Senior Medical Director, Permanente Federation;
Chair of the Governing Board, AMGA;
Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices
 
Susan DeVore - Speaker Photo Susan DeVore
Chief Operating Officer
Premier, Inc.
 
James Dilling - Speaker Photo James Dilling
Senior Administrator
Mayo Clinic
 
L. Allen Dobson - Speaker Photo L. Allen Dobson, MD
President & CEO, Cabarrus Family Medicine;
Former Assistant Secretary, Health Policy and Medical Assistance, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
 
Evan Falchuk - Speaker Photo Evan Falchuk
President and COO
Best Doctors
 
Rushika Fernandopulle - Speaker Photo Rushika Fernandopulle, MD
CEO
Renaissance Health
 
Larry S. Fields - Speaker Photo Larry S. Fields, MD
Past President
American Academy of Family Physicians
 
Elliott S. Fisher - Speaker Photo Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
 
Web Golinkin - Speaker Photo Web Golinkin
President and CEO, RediClinic LLC
President, Convenient Care Association
 
Gary L. Gottlieb - Speaker Photo Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA
President
Brigham and Women's Hospital
 
Mark Graber - Speaker Photo Mark Graber, MD, FACP
Chief of Medical Service, VA Medical Center Northport;
Principal Investigator, National Patient Safety Foundation
 
Bruce R. Grindrod, Jr. - Speaker Photo Bruce R. Grindrod, Jr.
President, Developing Enterprises and Erickson Health
Erickson Retirement Communities
 
Hyung Tai Kim - Speaker Photo Hyung Tai Kim, MD
Vice President, Research & Development
Ascension Health