The 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v.4.0) convening over 400 healthcare executives pushes the discussion to a higher level to center on the next generation of innovation and technology as defined through the analysis of a focused and growing set of best resources for innovation and creativity.

Many in healthcare discuss the tipping point, but 2008 promises to be the year when healthcare IT is truly enabled – and taken from concept to practice. Scheduled on the heels of a historic presidential election, WHIT v.4.0 is positioned to be this year’s must-attend innovation and technology conference for healthcare C-suite executives and thought leaders.

Recently Confirmed!
Scott McNealy Chairman and Co-Founder Sun Microsystems	Colin Angle Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder iRobot
Jeong H. Kim, PhD President Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
2008 Congress Chairmen
Mohan Nair Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Executive The Regence Group	John C. Wade Executive Director Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE); President, JCWade and Associates, LLC; Retired Vice President and former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke’s Health System
Keynote Speakers Confirmed to Date
George C. Halvorson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; Partners in Care Foundation 2008 Mathies Award Recipient	Newt Gingrich former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives; Founder, Center for Health Transformation
Peter Neupert Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation	Jim Carroll, Masters of Business Imagination (MBI) Leading International Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert, Columnist, and Author, "Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast"
Jason Hwang, MD Co-Author, The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, MD, and Jason Hwang, MD; Executive Director, Health Care, Innosight Institute
Speakers Confirmed To Date
Rob Webb Chief Executive Officer OptumHealth Care Solutions
Hospitals/Health Systems/Payers
Michael Blackman, MD Chief Medical Information Officer Berkshire Medical Center	Kate Christensen, MD Medical Director, Internet Services Group, Kaiser Permanente; Member, Northern California Institutional Review Board
Sandra Elliott Director, Aging and Senior Services Meridian Health	William A. Fera, MD Vice President of Medical Technologies University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Steven R. Garske Vice President and Chief Information Officer Children’s Hospital - Los Angeles	Maggie Gunter, PhD President and Executive Director Lovelace Clinic Foundation
Rod Hamilton Chief Information Officer UnitedHealth International	Crystal Hayling President and Chief Executive Officer Blue Shield of California Foundation
Vipul Kashyap, PhD Director, Clinical Programs CIGNA	Charles D. Kennedy, MD Vice President, Health Information Technology WellPoint, Inc.
John Kontor, MD Chief Medical Officer and Chief Informatics Leader Bon Secours Health System, Inc.	Greg Matthews Consumer Innovations Director Humana, Inc
Timothy McNamara, MD, MPH Medical Director, Center for Healthcare Informatics University of Kansas School of Medicine	Tami Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE Chief Quality Officer University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dawn Owens Chief Executive Officer OptumHealth	Jordan Schlain, MD Medical Director San Francisco On-Call Medical Group
Scott Shreeve, MD Chief Executive Officer Crossover Healthcare	Jay Srini, MS, MBA, FHIMSS Chief Innovation Officer, Insurance Services Division University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
GT Sweeney Senior Director, Clinical IT CIGNA	Henry Weil, MD Medical Director, Informatics Bassett Healthcare
Jack Wolf President and Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Health Information Technology; Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Montefiore Medical Center	Douglas Wood, MD Vice Chair, Department of Medicine; Chair, Health Care Policy Group Mayo Clinic
Brian Yount, MD, FAAP Assistant Professor, Program Director, Internal Medicine/Pediatric University of Oklahoma – Tulsa
Government/Policy
Pam Dixon Executive Director The World Privacy Forum	Richard O. Dolinar, MD Senior Fellow, Health Care Policy The Heartland Institute
Lori Evans Deputy Commissioner, Office of Health Information Technology Transformation New York State Department of Health	Valerie Fleishman Executive Director New England Healthcare Institute
Bethany Gilboard Director, Health Technologies Massachusetts Technology Collaborative	John C. Goodman, PhD President National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation	Bruce Mehlman Co-Chairman Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA)
Hon Pak, MD Director, Advanced Information Technology Group (AITG) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; Telemedicine & Advanced Research Center (TATRC) President, American Telemedicine Association (ATA)	Debbie Somers Senior Advisor, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Systems Social Security Administration
Frank Torti, MD, MPH, FACP Principal Deputy Commissioner and Chief Scientist U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Tony Trenkle Director, Office of e-Health Standards and Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Financial/Academic
Lawton R. Burns, PhD James Joo-Kin Kim Professor; Professor of Health Care Systems and Management; Chairperson, Health Care Systems Department; Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics, University of Pennsylvania; Co-author, The Business of Healthcare Innovation: How New Products Come to Market	Alan F. Dowling, PhD Adjunct Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; President, Global Health Associates
Frederick Frank Vice Chairman and Director Lehman Brothers Inc.	Bruce Metz, PhD Chief Information Officer Thomas Jefferson University
Frank Panaccio Vice President Fidelity Ventures	Mark Rothstein, JD Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine; Director, Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law University of Louisville School of Medicine
Technology Solutions
Alesha R. Adamson, MSc, CPHIMS Director, Open Source Solutions – Healthcare, Misys; Secretary, Texas Health Services Authority	Jeffrey Cunningham Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Informatics Corporation of America (ICA)
Tim Elwell Vice President, Open Source Solutions – Healthcare Misys	David Fletcher Director, Product Development Emerging Health Information Technology
Liz Hervatic Senior Director, Healthcare Business Development Alcatel-Lucent	Stanley Schoen, MD Chief Executive Officer Healinc
Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer American Well Systems	MaryAnn Stump, RN President, Consumer Aware; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Wesley Waite, Sr. Chief Operating Office LifeLinks	Allen R. Wenner, MD Vice President Primetime Medical Software
Dan Yost Chief Technology Officer MyLaptopGPS
Other Thought Leaders
Robert L. Coffield Health Care Lawyer Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC	Janne Rasmussen Consultant, Hospital and Health Care Industry MedCom International
Robert L. Siciliano Chief Executive Officer, IDTheftSecurity.com; Personal Security and Identity Theft Expert and Author, The Safety Minute: 01; Editorial Board Member, Bank Fraud & IT Security Report	Harry Wang Research Analyst Parks Associates

2008 Advisory Board Thought Leaders: