WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress kicks off today (April 21) in Washington, D.C. with health care policy advisors for U.S. Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain, all of whom will be featured on the Presidential Health Care Agenda forum. The advisors will present and compare both candidates' health care reform plans, the prospect of universal coverage and fiscal stability of Medicare. more»

WOBURN, MA – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt will deliver a keynote address on “Building a Health Care System Based on Value” at the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 21-23, Washington, D.C. His remarks highlight a three-day roster of more than 225 speakers and a delegation of 1,800 CEOs and senior-level executives from all sectors of health care. Secretary Leavitt will deliver his address on Wednesday, April 23, 11:30 a.m., immediately followed by a press conference. more»

Xerox, Black and Decker, EMC, IBM, Healthways to join roster of senior level executives for Employer SVP, HR and Corporate Medical Director Summit to promote latest in employee health, reducing costs and improving productivity.

WOBURN, MA. – Rick Stephens, SVP of Human Resources and Administration at Boeing Corp, will join top human resources and employee benefits leaders from Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and Xerox, to address the latest challenges facing health care and the workplace at the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 21-23 in Washington., D.C. – Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. more»

WOBURN, MA. – Developing countries are not only progressing at the same rate in health as countries traditionally considered to be more developed, but are progressing at a quicker rate in some cases, says Dr. Hans Rosling, professor of International Health at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, who will begin the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress with a dynamic visual presentation of the state of health care mobilization around the globe. more»

WOBURN, MA. – As the baby boomer generation heads into retirement age, the demand on the Medicare system continues to increase and changes loom through health care reform in 2008-2009, the 4th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicare will convene 250 industry leaders May 15-16, 2008 in Alexandria, Virginia to feature perspectives affecting all key-stakeholders. more»

World Congress, the leading producer of global healthcare conferences, announced today that it will host the 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management, January 24-25 in Las Vegas. This Summit will convene industry leaders to present innovative solutions for the acceleration of financial returns, the containment of costs and control of waste, the implementation of integrated IT systems, the streamlining of supply chain management processes and the critical push towards stakeholder collaboration in the healthcare industry. more»

World Congress, the leading producer of healthcare conferences, presents the 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress in Washington D.C. on Jan 30 – Feb. 1, 2008. Convening more than 450 senior executives from the nation’s largest employers, the Congress provides employers with practical solutions to improve overall value of employee health, increase productivity and achieve cost-containment targets. more»