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Sunday April 22, 2007

1:05 pm -
1:45 pm
The World’s Top 10 Diseases - Impacts and Actions for the Developed and Developing World
Tadataka Yamada, MD
President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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5:30 pm
Competition in Health Care - Challenging Incentives and Market Dynamics
Sponsored by:
    
Moderator
John K. Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs;
National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine

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Michael E. Porter
Bishop William Lawrence University
Professor
Harvard Business School

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Reactor Panel
Ronald A. Williams
CEO and President
Aetna Inc.

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

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Monday April 23, 2007

1:30 pm -
2:30 pm
Employer CEO and Purchaser Mandate - Delivering on Affordable, Quality Health Care
Sponsored by:
    
Moderator
Paul E. Steiger
Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal;
Vice President, Dow Jones & Company

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Gerald L. Shaheen
Group President, Caterpillar Inc.;
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Linda Springer
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC)

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Industry Reactors
Larry Glasscock
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
WellPoint Inc.

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Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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2:40 pm -
3:40 pm
Impacts of CMS' Drive to Deliver Quality to Medicare and Commercial Populations
Payer CEO TBA
Industry Reactors
William D. Novelli
CEO, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP);
Board of Directors, National Coalition on Health Care
4:20 pm -
5:20 pm
Delivering on Expectations for Transformative Health IT
Senior Official from Department of Health and Human Services TBA
Reactor Panel
William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense; Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC)
Linda Dillman
EVP, Risk Management, Benefits, and Sustainability (former CIO), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Fortune’s 2006 List of 50 Most Powerful Women

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Brent C. James, MD
Vice President for Medical Research and Executive Director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Health Care

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5:15 pm -
6:00 pm
In Pursuit of Transparency in Health Care Delivery
  Stephen J. Hemsley
President
UnitedHealth Group
Reactor Panel
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Tuesday April 24, 2007

8:00 am -
9:00 am
Consumerism - Providing Choice through Technology
Senior Executives TBA
Craig R. Barrett
Chairman, Intel Corporation;
Co-chairman, National Innovation Initiative;
Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC);
Chair, UN Alliance

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Adam Bosworth
Vice President
Google, Inc.

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Franklin D. Raines
Vice Chairman of the Board, Revolution Health;
former Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae;
former Director, Office of Management and Budget for President Clinton
Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President for Health Strategy
Microsoft Corp

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2:20 pm -
3:20 pm
The Business Imperative: Finding a Brighter Future for Health
Moderator
Justin Fox
Editor At-Large
FORTUNE
Andrew N. Liveris
President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman; Member of the Board of Directors, The Dow Chemical Company

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Industry Reactor
Joseph M. Hogan
President and CEO
GE Healthcare

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Senior Executive Panelists TBA
3:30 pm -
4:00 pm
Universal Access – Political Challenges and Results to Date
Governor TBA
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