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The WHCC 10th Annual Life Sciences Summit convenes C-level and other senior executives from leading pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic companies, to identify new opportunities and emerging strategies to promote global medical innovation while maintaining quality and minimizing health care costs. Senior thought leadership discussions focus on business model transformation, industry collaboration strategies, comparative effectiveness research, drug delivery model innovation, and emerging markets opportunities. Panel sessions feature interactive dialogue from different industry perspectives and place an emphasis on getting all stakeholders more engaged to successfully collaborate in an era of reform.

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Robert E. Henry
President
Glendalough Productions, Inc.
Strategic Editor
Personalized Medicine in Oncology
Founding Editor-in-Chief
American Health & Drug Benefits
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Full Four Day Agenda
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
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5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Monday, April 8, 2013
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7:00 am - 7:00 pm
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8:00 am - 8:10 am
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8:10 am - 8:40 am
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8:40 am - 9:10 am
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Reactor Discussion |
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David Goldhill
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Game Show Network;
Author, Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father -- and How We Can Fix It
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Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus, Institute for the Future
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Avik Roy
Senior Fellow
Manhattan Institute;
Author
The Apothecary
Forbes
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9:10 am - 10:10 am
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What Role Does Health Care Have in Federal Debt Reduction Strategies?
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- Examine health spending as an important component of the fiscal outlook for both federal and state governments
- Explore promising approaches to reduce both the growth rate of health spending and the revenue lost to health care tax expenditures
- Discuss underlying, system-wide spending issues
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Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus, Institute for the Future
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Alice M. Rivlin , PhD
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program
Brookings Institution;
Co-Chair, Debt Reduction Task Force
Bipartisan Policy Center
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10:10 am - 11:10 am
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Partnering for Value – How Collaboration is Driving Change in our Health System
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- Explore critical success factors in delivering truly patient-centric care – Multi-sector innovation and collaboration
- Discuss critical pathways in transforming clinical practice to produce value – Increase quality, efficiency, and improve patient experience
- Highlight non-traditional partnerships that increase accountability and risk sharing to promote high quality care
- Analyze public and private sector leadership in driving to accountable care
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Gary Ahlquist
Senior Vice President, Global Health
Booz & Company
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Victor Dzau, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke University Medical Center and Health System;
Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University (USA);
Member, Board of Health Governors, World Economic Forum;
Chair, Global Agenda Council on Personalized and Precision Medicine, World Economic Forum
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Omar Ishrak
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Medtronic
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John Noseworthy, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mayo Clinic
Member, Board of Health Governors, World Economic Forum
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Brad Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBS NC)
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11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
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1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
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Business Model Transformation: Driving Innovation in an Era of Health Care Reform
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- Impact of recent reform, R&D; declines, and the effects of the patent cliff on the sustainability of the traditional blockbuster business model
- Visionary perspectives on critical changes needed to keep your commercial model nimble
- In-depth analysis of alternative models to address industry shifts to a customer centric approach
- Strategies for reconfiguring resources to maximize drug development innovation
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2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
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3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
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4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
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4:05 pm - 5:05 pm
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Engaging the Consumer - Creating Awareness and Partnership in Health Care |
- Review key strategies to motivate healthy behaviors and engage consumers throughout the care continuum
- effective methods to engage consumers in their daily health decisions
- Leverage the provider and health plan as key influencers to patient engagement
- creating a culture of informed and shared decision making that works
- Understand what health care can learn from other industries that are leaders in consumer engagement
- simplicity and engagement that lead to better outcomes and quality
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Stan Nowak
Chief Executive Officer
Silverlink Communications, Inc.
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John Donlan
Chief Operating Officer
Steward Health Care Network, Inc.
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5:05 pm - 6:05 pm
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Meet the Global Challenge of Developing Sustainable, Affordable Health Care Systems |
- Discuss strategies to contain the cost of delivering health care amid rising demand
- Develop resilient funding models sustainable over the long-term
- Explore mechanisms to improve the efficiency and productivity of health care delivery
- Analyze the shift of health systems from a sickness to a wellness focus to reduce downstream health costs
- Learn from international health systems
- Understand the global role of technology in enabling the delivery of sustainable health care
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T.R. Reid
Correspondent
NPR, PBS, The Washington Post
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Dr. Jason Cheah, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Agency for Integrated Care Pte Ltd, Republic of Singapore
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Patrick Jeurissen, PhD
Chief Strategy and Knowledge Management Group
Ministry of Health, Welfare & Sports, (The Netherlands);
Head of Celsus Academy of Sustainable Healthcare,
Raboud University Medical Center Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
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Steven J. Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine International;
Senior Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Muhammad Yunus
Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
Founder
Grameen Bank and Grameen Health
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6:05 pm - 7:05 pm
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7:05 pm - 8:35 pm
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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7:00 am - 7:00 pm
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7:00 am - 8:00 am
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8:00 am - 8:05 am
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8:05 am - 8:15 am
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8:15 am - 8:45 am
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8:45 am - 9:15 am
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9:20 am - 10:05 am
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10:05 am - 10:40 am
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10:40 am - 11:40 am
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Effective Collaboration Strategies to Optimize Market Access
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- Engage early with various health care stakeholders (payers, providers)
- Identify the right balance of products to meet payer needs
- Work together to identify opportunities for growth on unmet needs
- Explore ways to partner to reduce cost and maximize patient outcomes
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Robert E. Henry
President
Glendalough Productions, Inc.
Strategic Editor
Personalized Medicine in Oncology
Founding Editor-in-Chief
American Health & Drug Benefits
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Michael Hirsch
Senior Director, Market Access
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc
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11:40 am - 12:40 pm
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Using Clinical Data and Outcomes Research More Effectively
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- Model a real world evidence question that shows value to payers
- Explore best practices on how to successfully structure studies
- Manage open access efforts among different stakeholders
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Robert E. Henry
President
Glendalough Productions, Inc.
Strategic Editor
Personalized Medicine in Oncology
Founding Editor-in-Chief
American Health & Drug Benefits
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12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Adaptive Licensing: Innovation for Drug Delivery Models |
- Compare current regulatory approval model to alternative model
- Examine potential advantages for the implementation of adaptive licensing in the US market
- Explore adaptive licensing pilot projects to measure feasibility, challenges, and benefits to stakeholders
- Identify business model changes needed in the delivery process to optimize market access and deliver better outcomes
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Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH
National Medical Director for Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy
Aetna Inc
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Thomas Unger, PhD, MBA
Executive Director, Development Operations
Pfizer Inc.
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Closing the Translational Gap: Melding Point of Care with Regulatory Compliance
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- Integrating PBRNs to enhance eafety, efficacy, and promote patient centricity
- Formulating a robust point of care model to augment Phase III and Phase IV trials
- Shortening the drug approval process without compromising quality, efficacy, and safety
- Cost efficient recruitment, improved pharmacovigilance and pharmacosurveillance
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Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH
Director of Health Policy
PEARL at NYU
Advisor
National Research Network at AAFP and Board Member
DARTNet Institute
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Frederick A. Curro, DMD, PhD
Director
PEARL Practice Based Translational Network and Director Regulatory Affairs Bluestone Center for Clinical Research
New York University
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4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
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4:05 pm - 5:05 pm
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Health Care Transformation through Technology Innovation
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- How is Health IT currently leveraged to create a connected, clinically integrated next generation care model?
- EMR, HIE, Cloud, and analytics that improve the quality and affordability of care
- remaining challenges in financing, scalability, and home-grown solutions
- What are the obstacles and opportunities around keeping health information secure?
- How can mobility solutions be used in this new model?
- disruptive and social innovations that advance health care
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Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
Founder and Executive Director, Center for Connected Health
Partners HealthCare;
Past President and Board Member
American Telemedicine Association
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Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Information Officer, AT&T;; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
George Washington University
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Emad Rizk, MD
President, McKesson Health Solutions
Author of The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers;
2011’s 50 Most Influential Physician Executives (Modern Physician)
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Bryan Sivak
Chief Technology Officer
US Department of Health and Human Services
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5:05 pm - 5:35 pm
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Building Care Innovations for This Time and Place
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- Building a network of innovation centers and agendas to provide better patient-centered care and improved outcomes
- Sharing a complete, online clinical library with real-time access to medical journals, textbooks, and care protocols
- Investing in future care including the world's largest DNA database to prevent, diagnose, treat, and research genetic-based diseases
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5:35 pm - 6:35 pm
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6:35 pm - 8:00 pm
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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7:00 am - 2:00 pm
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7:00 am - 8:00 am
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8:00 am - 8:10 am
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8:10 am - 9:10 am
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Health Care as a Strategic Business Imperative
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- Understand strategic investments in health and differing approaches to employee coverage
- commitments to coverage and shifts toward defined contribution
- Explore innovative wellness initiatives and outcomes
- incentivize employees to take responsibility for their health care
- gauge how greater access and on-site medical care impacts productivity
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John Torinus
Chairman Serigraph Inc.; Author, The Company that Solved Health Care; Co-Chair
Milwaukee Task Force on Health Care Cost Concerns
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9:10 am - 9:55 am
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9:55 am - 11:05 am
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11:05 am - 12:05 pm
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Reengineering of the American Health Care Workforce – Aligning with the Needs of an Integrated System
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- What must the health care workforce look like to meet the needs of an integrated system?
- trends re-shaping the health care workforce (e.g., shift to more cost-effective outpatient care, emphasis on primary care physicians)
- policies, laws, and regulatory issues that prevent health systems from getting to the right size and avoiding overlap
- The mindset for a successful workforce – accepting the loss of autonomy
- fully leverage technology including better systems and smart devices
- increase comfort-level when collaborating in a team environment
- Define the role of academic medical centers in an integrated health care system
- AMC’s as training sites for a new workforce
- how should medical training evolve to meet needs?
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Arthur Garson, Jr., MD, MPH
Director, Center for Health Policy, University Professor
University of Virginia; Chairman, The Grand-Aides Foundation
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Robert Pearl, MD
Executive Director and CEO
The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente
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12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
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1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
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Person-Centricity: Leveraging Technology and Connectivity to Bend the Sickness Curve |
- Understand what PCMH and person-centric health can teach us about saving time, money, and lives
- Discover innovations that disrupt by getting the whole person, not just his or her skin, in the game
- Reduce costs by integrating smart technology to promote interaction between a person and his health care team
- Aggregate, structure, and share otherwise elusive behavioral, activity, and wellness information via the EHR
- Monitor and prescribe healthy behavior activities and solutions
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Tracey W. Gaudet, MD
Director, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation
Veterans Health Administration
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Kevin A. Dorrance, MD, FACP
Chief, Internal Medicine, Assistant Deputy Commander, Medical Services
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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Rain Henderson
Deputy Director, Clinton Health Matters Initiative
William J. Clinton Foundation
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Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH
Director of Health Policy
PEARL at NYU
Advisor
National Research Network at AAFP and Board Member
DARTNet Institute
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2:05 pm
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