The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2007 conference will convene over 1,800 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies.

Peruse an Unmatched Speaker Faculty of Over 140 Thought Leaders from All Industry Sectors Including: Employers/Purchasers, Health Plan/Insurers, Government, Health System/Hospitals, Group Practices, Pharma/Medical Device/PBM, International, Media, and Research/Public Policy

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Employers and Purchasers
Lee Scott President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	Craig R. Barrett Chairman, Intel Corporation Co-chairman, National Innovation Initiative Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC); Chair, UN Alliance
Steven A. Burd Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Safeway Inc.	Gerald L. Shaheen Group President Caterpillar Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Linda Dillman EVP, Risk Management, Benefits, and Sustainability (former CIO) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Fortune’s 2006 List of 50 Most Powerful Women	Carolyn Corvi Vice President and General Manager, Airplane Programs Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Michael Critelli Chairman and CEO Pitney Bowes Inc.	Jeff Cava Executive Vice President, Human Resources Wendy's International
Sally S. Welborn Senior Vice President - Corporate Benefits Wells Fargo & Company	Randall L. Johnson Director, Human Resources Strategic Initiatives Motorola
Catherine M. Baase, MD Global Director of Health Services The Dow Chemical Company	Lawrence Becker Director, Benefits Xerox Corporation
Scott H. Beeken Divisional Vice-President, Human Resources, Great American Insurance Company; Director, Human Resources, American Financial Group, Inc.	Jill Berger VP, Health and Welfare Plan Management and Design, Marriott International; Board member, The Leapfrog Group
Adam Bosworth Vice President Google, Inc.	Raymond J. Brusca, JD Vice President, Benefits The Black & Decker Corporation
George Chedraoui President, Bridges to Excellence; Global Well Being Services Leader, IBM Corporation	John Engler President and CEO National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) former Governor State of Michigan
Tom Feitel SVP, eCommerce & Chief Web Officer, Medco Health Solutions, Inc.	Tim Fliss Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Schneider National, Inc.
James (Jim) H. Goodnight, Ph.D CEO, SAS; Listed in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for all 10 years the ranking has existed	Bob Hartley Vice President, Global Compensation & Benefits Applied Materials Inc.
Peter Hayes Director of Associate Health & Wellness, Hannaford Bros.; Board of Governance, Care Focused Purchasing Initiative; Board member, The Leapfrog Group; Executive Board Member, Maine Health Management Coalition	Frederick A. (Fred) Hessler Managing Director, Health Care Group Citigroup
Julie Fasone Holder Corporate VP, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion and Public Affairs The Dow Chemical Company	Jon Kessler Chairman and CEO, WageWorks
Dan Levin Vice President and General Manager, Quicken Health Group Intuit	Andrew N. Liveris President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman; Member of the Board of Directors The Dow Chemical Company
Luis Machuca President and Chief Executive Officer, Kryptiq Corporation	Sean P. Madix Fund Administrator ECA & Local 134 IBEW Employee Benefit Plans
Jack Mahoney, MD Corporate Medical Director Pitney Bowes Inc.	Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation
Roger C. Merrill, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Perdue Farms Incorporated	Robert Moroni Independent Consultant; former Director - Health Care Plans General Motors
Peter Neupert Corporate Vice President for Health Strategy Microsoft Corp	Paul Prickett Director, Corporate Benefits Snap-on Incorporated
Leonard Quadracci, MD President QuadMed and QuadMed Corporate Health Services, a subsidiary of QuadGraphics	Matt Quinn Healthcare Alliance Manager NCR Corporation
Lonny Reisman, MD Chief Executive Officer ActiveHealth Management	Dennis Rivera President, 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East; Chair, SEIU’s Healthcare Division
Charles E. Saunders, MD Chairman and CEO Broadlane	David H. Sensibaugh Director, Integrated Health Eastman Chemical Company; Board of directors, CareSpark (RHIO of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia)
Ken Shachmut Senior Vice President, Safeway, Inc.	Robert Steffel Executive Director, HealthBridge
Rob Tazioli Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Connextions Health	Glen E. Tullman Chief Executive Officer Allscripts
Andrew Webber President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health; Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence	Dennis W. Wootan, CEBS Corporate Director, Benefits Analytic Services and International Programs, Northrup Grumman Corporation
Lynn Zonakis Managing Director, Health Strategy & Resources Delta Airlines
Health Plan and Insurers
Ronald A. Williams Chairman, CEO and President, Aetna Inc.	Larry Glasscock Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer WellPoint Inc.
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group	Mark B. Ganz President and CEO The Regence Group
Mary Beth Bolton, MD SVP and CMO Health Alliance Plan	Tracy L. Bahl CEO Uniprise, a UnitedHealth Group Company
Mark T. Bertolini EVP and Head of Aetna Regional Businesses Aetna, Inc.	David Cochran, MD SVP, Strategic Development Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Charles M. Cutler, MD Chief Medical Director, National Accounts Aetna, Inc.	Darnell Dent CEO Community Health Plan of Washington
George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals	Troyen Brennan, MD Chief Medical Officer, Aetna, Inc.
Bruce Bodaken Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Shield of California	Rick Click Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Molina Healthcare Inc.; Global Technology Leader, eBay; former CIO, Commercial Avionics Division, Honeywell International
Thomas A. Curtin, Jr. Vice President, Marketing, Sales & Business Development Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Region	Martin G. Foster President Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Alissa Fox Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Policy Blue Cross Blue Shield Association	Robert S. Gregory, RPh, MS, MBA Head of Clinical Programs, Aetna Pharmacy Management Aetna, Inc.
Roberta Herman, MD Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Services Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Daniel J. Hilferty President and Chief Executive Officer AmeriHealth Mercy
Thomas Kempa VP, Health Strategies CIGNA Healthcare	Charles D. Kennedy, MD VP, Health Information Technology & Research, WellPoint, Inc. Founding Commissioner, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
Peter Meade Executive VP Corporate Affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield MA	Richard J. Migliori, M.D. Executive Vice President, Commercial Services Group (an affiliate of UnitedHealth Group)
Rose Mongillo, RPH Manager Pharmacy Services, ConnectiCare Inc. & Affiliates	Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.
John Prince Chief Executive Officer Exante Financial Services	Tom Sackville Chief Executive, International Federation of Health Plans; former British Minister of Health
Andrew M. Slavitt CEO Ingenix	Simon Stevens CEO, OVATIONS, A UnitedHealth Group Company; former President, UnitedHealth Group International
MaryAnn Stump, RN President Consumer Aware; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota	Brian Sweet Chief Clinical Pharmacy Officer, WellPoint, Inc.
Elizabeth Bierbower Vice President of Innovation Humana
Government
Ron Wyden, (D-OR) United States Senator	Phil Bredesen Governor State of Tennessee
Linda Springer Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC)	Andrew von Eschenbach, MD Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs U.S. Department of Defense; Member, American Health Information Community (AHIC)	Nancy Atkins Commissioner, Bureau of Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Chair of the Executive Committee, National Association of State Medicaid Directors; Voting Member, Medicaid Commission
Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Administrator Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry	Carl Hendricks Chief Information Officer, Military Health System Department of Defense
Steve Hill Administrator Washington State Health Care Authority	Barbara S. Hoffman Division Director, Chronic Care Improvement Program Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
B. Tilman Jolly, MD Associate Chief Medical Officer for Medical Readiness, Office of the Chief Medical Officer Department of Homeland Security	Jon Kingsdale Executive Director Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
Herb B. Kuhn Acting Deputy Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Michael Kussman, MD Acting Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Gerald W. Parker, DVM, PhD, MS Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Michael T. Rapp, MD, JD Director, Quality Measurement & Health Assessment Group, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Barry M. Straube, MD CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Thomas Valuck, MD, JD Director, Special Program Office for Value-Based Purchasing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gary Christopherson former Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration; former Senior Advisor to COO, CMS; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, DoD
Health System and Hospitals
Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD Chief Executive Officer and President Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty; CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Rated #1 Hospital by U.S. News & World Report since 1990
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice-President - Quality, HCA Healthcare; Co-Chair Electronic Health Record Workgroup, American Health Information Community (AHIC), Department of Health and Human Services; Commissioner, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)	Robert E Nesse, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Mayo Health System
Brent C. James, MD Vice President for Medical Research and Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare	David Abelson, MD VP and Chief Medical Information Officer Park Nicollet Health Services
David M. Barrett, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Lahey Clinic	William F. Bria II, MD CMIO, Shriners Hospitals for Children; President, Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems; Editorial Boards of Healthcare Informatics and Modern Healthcare
E. Dale Collins, MD Associate Professor of Surgery and Director, Comprehensive Breast Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	Larry Goodman, MD CEO Rush University Medical Center; President, Rush University
Gerard Van Grinsven President and CEO, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital; former VP and Area General Manager, Ritz Carlton Hotel	Bruce Hamory, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Geisinger Health System
Ken Hanover President & Chief Executive Officer Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati	Beth Hartquist, MD Chief, Primary Care Administration Park Nicollet Health Services
James Hereford Executive Vice President, Strategic Services & Quality Group Health Cooperative	James H. Hinton President and CEO, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Gary Kaplan, MD Chairman and CEO Virginia Mason Medical Center	Kenneth J. Matzick President and CEO, Beaumont Hospitals
William G. Plested, MD President-Elect American Medical Association (AMA)	John Rex-Waller CEO National Surgical Hospitals
James L. Rosenzweig, MD Director, Disease Management Joslin Diabetes Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School	Kenneth A. Samet, CHE President and Chief Operating Officer, MedStar Health; Member, Board of Directors, American Hospital Association (AHA)
Michele Serbenski Executive Director, Corporate Effectiveness & Customer Satisfaction Bronson Methodist Hospital; 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient	Pat Skarulis CIO Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mark Smith, MD Chairman of Emergency Medicine and Director ER One Institute at Washington Hospital Center/MedStar Health	Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD President and CEO Geisinger Health System
Hugh Straley, MD President, Group Health Permanente; Medical Director, Group Health Cooperative; Vice-Chair, Puget Sound Health Alliance; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington	Paul Terry, PhD President and CEO Park Nicollet Institute
Warner Thomas President and COO Ochsner Health System	Daniel Varga, MD Chief Medical Officer SSM HealthCare - St. Louis
John C. Wade Former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System Vice President, Executive Director, Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE)	Stephen Williams President and CEO Norton Healthcare
Nicholas Wolter, MD Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic; Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)
Group Practices
Mark A. Kelley, MD Executive Vice President, Henry Ford Health System; Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Medical Group	Stephen L. Badger Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA); Member, American College of Healthcare Executives; Voted "Medical Practice Executive of the Year" in 2006 by Medical Group Management Association
Ron Bangasser, MD Director, Wound Care Department, Redlands Community Hospital; Director, External Relations, Beaver Medical Group	Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP Vice President Practice Advocacy and Improvement, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy American College of Physicians
C.R. Burke Chief Executive Officer St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare	Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD Executive Director, Permanente Federation; Chair of the Governing Board, AMGA; Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices
Larry S. Fields, MD President American Academy of Family Physicians	Douglas E. Henley, MD EVP and CEO American Academy of Family Physicians
George (Buddy) Hickman Senior Vice President & CIO, Albany Medical Center	Howard Jones, Jr., MD Honorary Chairman, Foundation for the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Norfolk, VA; Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Professor Emeritus, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA Vice President, USF Health, Dean, USF College of Medicine	Jerry L. Miller, MD Founder and President, Holston Medical Group
James R. Morrow, MD VP and CIO, North Fulton Family Medicine; Commissioner, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)	Douglas Allen, MD, MMM Chief Medical Officer Greater Newport Physicians IPA
Pharma, Medical Device and PBM
Joseph M. Feczko, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Pfizer Inc	Elizabeth L. Bewley Vice President, Strategic Planning Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
Spencer Borden IV, MD, MBA Director of Employer Outcomes Research Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.	Judith A. Cahill, CEBS Executive Director Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD President, Institute of Medicine	Ed Giniat U.S. Leader, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals KPMG
Joseph M. Hogan President and CEO GE Healthcare	Nancy Lurker Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Novartis
Richard L. Manning, PhD Senior Director of Economic Policy Analysis, Corporate Affairs Division, Pfizer, Inc.	Thomas McNulty, PharmD Chief Clinical Officer Ancillary Care Management (ACM)
Raul Perea-Henze, MD, MPH Senior Director, Global Medical & Health Affairs; Chief of Staff for the Chief Medical Officer Pfizer Inc.	Lori A. Queisser SVP, Global Compliance and Business Practices Schering-Plough former VP and Chief Compliance Officer Eli Lilly and Company
Wayne A. Rosenkrans, Jr., PhD Scientific and Medical Strategy Director, External Scientific Affairs, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals	Gary Rosenthal Chief Financial Officer Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Tracey Shobert Vice President of Business Development Aetna Pharmacy Management (APM)	Laurie F. Smaldone, MD Vice President, Strategy and Issues Management, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Mesfin Tegenu, RPh, MS SVP, Pharmacy Services AmeriHealth Mercy/PerformRx	Ed Weisbart, MD, C.P.E. Chief Medical Officer Express Scripts, Inc.
International
Tadataka Yamada, MD President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Will Cavendish, PhD Director of Strategy UK Department of Health
Joseph M. Feczko, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Pfizer Inc	April Harding, PhD Visiting Fellow Center for Global Development
Jason Yap Chin Huat, MBBS, MMed, FAMS, MBA, CISSP Director (Healthcare Services), Singapore Tourism Board	Arne Kverneland Head, Department of Health Informatics National Board of Health, Denmark
Sangita Reddy Executive Director (Operations) Apollo Hospitals Group	Tom Sackville Chief Executive, International Federation of Health Plans; former British Minister of Health
Curtis J. Schroeder Group CEO Bumrungrad International (Thailand)	Simon Stevens CEO, OVATIONS, A UnitedHealth Group Company; former President, UnitedHealth Group International
Medhin Zewdu Tsehaiu, PhD Special Assistant to the Minister Ministry of Health of the FederalDemocratic Republic of Ethiopia	Ciro R. Ugarte, MD Regional Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief, Pan American Health Organization
Howard Zucker, MD, JD Assistant Director-General, Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals World Health Organization
Media
Mary Agnes Carey Associate Editor CQ HealthBeat, Congressional Quarterly, Inc.	Susan Dentzer On-Air Correspondent with The NewsHour PBS
Nina Easton Washington Bureau Chief, FORTUNE	Justin Fox Editor At-Large TIME
Vanessa Fuhrmans Staff Reporter, Wall Street Journal	David Gergen Editor-at-Large, U.S. News & World Report; Professor & Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Jim Guest President and CEO Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)	John K. Iglehart Founding Editor, Health Affairs; National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine
Wally Kennedy Journalist & Anchor, NCI Talk	Philip Musgrove, PhD Deputy Editor, Health Affairs
Gail Shearer Director of Health Policy Analysis, Consumers Union; Project Director, Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs	Alden Solovy Executive Editor, Hospital & Health Networks and H&HN;’s Most Wired Magazine; Associate Publisher, Journals of the American Hospital Association
Ron Winslow Deputy Editor, Health and Science; Senior Medical and Health Care Writer, Wall Street Journal
Research, Public Policy and others
Michael E. Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Harvard Business School	Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
John Wennberg, MD Director, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School; Principal Investigator, Dartmouth Atlas Project	William D. Novelli CEO AARP
Brian Allen Financial Analyst, Obstetrics & Gynecology Department University of Iowa and Founder & President, Allen Consulting, Inc.	Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM Vice-President & Chief Patient Safety Officer, The Joint Commission; Co-Director, Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety
Charley Beever Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton	Richard M. J. Bohmer, MD Associate Professor of Business Administration, Technology and Operations Unit, Harvard Business School
Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD Professor of Public Health; Director, Health Management Program; Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine	John Capobianco President and Chief Operating Officer, MEDecision, Inc.
Nancy Chockley President and CEO NIHCM Foundation	Karen Davis President The Commonwealth Fund; 2006 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award
Rick Edmunds Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton	John C. Goodman, PhD President National Center for Policy Analysis
Phyllis E. Greenberger, MSW President and CEO Society for Women's Health Research	Stuart Guterman Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future The Commonwealth Fund
Melvin F. Hall, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Press Ganey Associates, Inc.	Richard A. Kahn, PhD Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association
Linda L. Kloss CEO AHIMA	David Knott, PhD Senior Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton
Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD Director, Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston; Henderson Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Technology; Director, Countway Library of Medicine; co-Director, HMS Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School	Peter Lee President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health; Board member, National Quality Forum; Co-chair, Pilot Expansion Work Group, AQA/HQA
John (Jack) C. Lewin, MD Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology (ACC); former CEO, California Medical Association	Arnold Milstein, MD Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health; National Health Care Thought Leader, Mercer Health and Benefits; Chair, IHA P4P Steering Committee
Ian Morrison Futurist and Author; President Emeritus, Institute for the Future	William B. Munier, MD, MBA Acting Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Margaret E. O'Kane President National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)	Robin Osborn, MBA Vice President and Director, International Program in Health Policy and Practice The Commonwealth Fund
Susan Penfield Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton	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
Presley Orelle Reed, Jr., MD, FACOEM, FAADEP, CIME Founder and Chairman Reed Group	Professor Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University
David A. Shore, PhD Director, Forces of Change Program and Founding Director, Trust Initiative Harvard School of Public Health	Henry Simmons, MD, MPH, FACP President, National Coalition on Health Care
Humphrey Taylor Chairman, The Harris Poll Harris Interactive	Joe Taylor Vice President of Enterprise Business Process, Managed Health Care Delivery, Health Care Services Corporation
Scott Thompson President Healthcare Practice The Benfield Group	W. Edward Wood Special Advisor to the Chairman The Clinton Foundation
John M. Clymer President Partnership for Prevention

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