In June 2011 the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) introduced its Investing in Innovation (i2) Initiative to accelerate eHealth innovation nationwide. Five months later, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) Innovation Center announced $1B in new funding to support health innovation projects across the country. In support and recognition of these historic events, World Congress is proud to announce the World Congress eHealth Innovation Conference – New England, scheduled to take place on March 15, 2012 in Cambridge, MA, together with Boston considered the largest medical marketplace in the U.S..

The Conference is now soliciting applications from health IT entrepreneurs nationwide. Ten (10) finalists (chosen by a World Class Advisory Council (see below) made up of leading regional healthcare decision-makers) will be matched with ten (10) regional providers and payors for a series of educational and match-making sessions with the end goal of standing up eHealth innovation pilots across the six New England states (ie., Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont). The first fifty (50) applicants will be eligible to be considered. A limited number of tickets will also be made available to the public to participate in this historic event.

Online Application Fee & Deadline:  There is a one time, non-refundable $100.00 application fee. If chosen to participate, this fee will be applied towards an applicant’s Participation Fee (see below). As stated above, the first fifty (50) applications received will be eligible for review by each member of our elite Advisory Council (see below), an excellent stand-alone marketing opportunity itself!  The NEW deadline to apply is COB Friday, January 27th. To apply online, please visit: www.worldcongress.com/eHealth/Application.

Participation Fee: If you apply before the January 27th deadline, we will discount the $1000.00 participation fee by 50%! ($500).  The Participation fee includes: 1) event tickets for two ($495 each, General Admission), 2) live audience presentation, 3) media support and 3) three “Deep Dive” meetings plus networking sessions with leading healthcare decision-makers (again, please see our Advisory Council below).

For more information regarding the World Congress eHealth Innovation Conference - New England please contact world congress by email at: [email protected] or call 800-647-7600.

Advisory Council

James R. Albert VP/CIO Jordan Health Systems, Inc.	Shaun T. Alfreds Chief Operating Officer HealthInfoNet	Leon Barzin Director, Health Information Technology MA Medical Society
David Briden Chief Information Officer Exeter Health Resources	Ray Campbell Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Christine Carr Trade Commissioner - ICT & Clean Tech Consulate General of Canada Boston
Vincent J. Fabiani Partner HLM Venture Partners	Dan Feinberg Director, Graduate Health Informatics Program Northeastern University	Vincent Finn Trade Commissioner for HIT & Life Sciences Consulate of Canada in Philadelphia
Naomi Fried, PhD Chief Innovation Officer Children's Hospital	Larry Garber, MD Medical Director for Informatics Fallon Clinic/SAFEHealth	Larry Gilbert Director of Outreach and Business Development Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL)
David G. Gilbertson Chief Executive Officer Health Information Technology Exchange Connecticut	Allan Harold Goroll, MD Professor of Medicine Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital	Paul Hanlon Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Richard W. Kubica CIO Hartford Hospital	Joseph C. Kvedar, MD Director, Center for Connected Health Partners HealthCare	Gregory S. LeGrow Director, eHealth Innovation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Jeffrey Loughlin Executive Director New Hampshire Regional Extension Center	Deane Morrison Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services Capital Region Health Care	Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Medical Director Northeast Business Group on Health
Charles Podesta Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Fletcher Allen Health Care	Jenna Rose Director Sandbox Industries	Richard Shoup, PhD Executive Director MA eHealth Institute
Micky Tripathi, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)	Marshall Votta Vice President of Network Development NaviNet, Inc.	Amy Zimmerman HIT Coordinator Rhode Island