2006 World Health Care Congress

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The 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress, co-sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2006 conference will convene over 1550 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. Renowned authorities and practitioners assemble to present recent results and to develop innovative strategies that foster the creation of a cost-effective and accountable U.S. health care system. The extraordinary conference agenda includes compelling keynote panel discussions, authoritative industry speakers, international best practices, and recently released case study data.

Recently Confirmed!

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John W. Snow
Secretary of the Treasury

"The Impact of Health Care Costs on the Economy"

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health

John B. Breaux
(D-LA) former U.S. Senator;
Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP

Mark B. McClellan , MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

"Innovation Vs. Access"

Employer/Purchaser Leaders

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	Thomas J. Donohue President and CEO US Chamber of Commerce

	Ivan Seidenberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Verizon Communications

	Sid Banwart VP, Human Services Division Caterpillar, Inc. Chair, Direct Pharmaceutical Purchasing Coalition HR Policy Association

	Jill Berger Vice-President, Health & Welfare Plan Management and Design Marriott International

	Jeffrey S. Bowen Vice President, Human Resources Operations International Truck and Engine Corporation

	John Butler EVP Administration and Chief Human Resources Officer Textron, Inc Regional Health Care Quality Reform Initiatives HR Policy Association

	Jeff Cava EVP, Human Resources and Administration Wendy's International

	Susan Chambers EVP, Risk Management and Benefits Administration Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

	Michael Critelli Chairman and CEO Pitney Bowes

	Tom Emerick VP, Benefits Design and Continuous Improvement Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

	John Engler President and CEO National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) former Governor, State of Michigan

	Robert Galvin, MD Director, Global Health Care General Electric

	Paul Grundy, MD, MPH Medical Director Global Occupational Health and Well-Being IBM

	Cecily Hall Director, US Benefits Microsoft Corporation

	Regina Hitchery Vice President, Human Resources Alcoa

	Bob Ihrie VP, Compensation and Benefits Lowe’s

	Annette King Director of Benefits Starbucks

	Peter Lee, JD President and Chief Executive Officer Pacific Business Group on Health

	Michele Schneider Director of US Benefits Avon Products, Inc.

	Ron St. Pierre Leader Benefit Strategy Center of Excellence Textron, Inc.

	Rick Stephens SVP Human Resources and Administration Boeing, Inc

	Andrew L. Stern International President Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

	Steve Wetzell Vice President, Health Care Initiatives HR Policy Association

Health Care Provider Thought Leaders

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	Robert Pearl, MD CEO The Permanente Medical Group

	Glenn D. Steele Jr., M.D., Ph.D. President and CEO Geisinger Health System; Chair, Section for Health Care Systems American Hospital Association (AHA)

	Gloria Austin CEO Brown & Toland Medical Group

	Howard Beckman, M.D. Medical Director Rochester Individual Practice Association (RIPA)

	Francis J. Crosson, MD Executive Director Permanente Federation Commissioner MedPAC

	Herbert Cushing, MD Chief Medical Officer Indiana University Hospital

	Laura L. Forese, MD, MPH Vice President/Chief Medical Officer New York Presbyterian Hospital

	Lillee Gelinas, RN, BSN, MSN, FAAN Vice President, Clinical Performance VHA, Inc.

	John Glaser VP and CIO Partners HealthCare

	C. Martin Harris, MD, MPH CIO and Chairman of the IT Division Cleveland Clinic Foundation

	John Hummel Former Chief Information Officer Sutter Health

	Michael M. E. Johns, M.D. Executive Vice President for Health Affairs CEO, The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare Chairman of the Board, EHCA, LLC Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine Emory University

	Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE Chairman and CEO Virginia Mason Medical Center

	Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, MACP Director, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; Immediate Past Chair, Board of Regents American College of Physicians

	Sharon Levine, MD Associate Executive Director The Permanente Medical Group

	Martha Marsh CEO Stanford Hospital and Clinics

	Robert S. Mecklenburg, MD Chief of Medicine Virginia Mason Medical Center

	Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO Johns Hopkins Medicine

	Franklin G. Moser, MD Director of Clinical and Interventional Neuroradiology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

	Ralph W. Muller CEO University of Pennsylvania Health System Commissioner MedPAC

	John C. Nelson, MD, MPH Immediate Past President American Medical Association

	David Paschall CIO Northern Arizona Healthcare

	Wayne A. Sensor Chief Executive Officer Alegent Health

	Jim Skogsbergh President and CEO Advocate Health Care

	Hugh C. Smith, MD Chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors The Mayo Clinic

	William Stead, MD Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Director, Informatics Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Member Commission on Systemic Interoperability

	Erik N. Steele, DO Family Physician; Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems

	Robert Steffel Executive Director Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge

	Paul Tang, MD Chief Medical Information Officer Palo Alto Medical Foundation Chair-Elect, AMIA Chair, Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety Institute of Medicine

	John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP Executive Vice President/ Chief Executive Officer American College of Physicians

	Micky Tripathi President & Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

	Charles Watts, MD Chief Medical Officer Northwestern Memorial Hospital

	David Wessner President and CEO Park Nicollet Health Services

	Eric Yablonka Vice President and Chief Information Officer University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System

	Gary Yates, MD Chief Medical Officer Sentara

	Thomas F. Zenty III President and Chief Executive Officer University Hospitals Health System (UHHS)

Payer/Health Plan Thought Leaders

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	William W. McGuire , MD Chairman and CEO UnitedHealth Group

	Ronald A. Williams President Aetna Inc.

	Edward Anselm, MD Acting Chief Medical Officer, Health Systems Delivery HIP Health Plan of New York

	Charles D. Baker President and CEO Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.

	H. R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow , MBA President and CEO Premera Blue Cross

	Stanley Borg, MD Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

	James F. Byrne, MD, MS Chief Medical Officer Priority Health

	David Cordani President CIGNA HealthCare

	Robin Downey Vice President and Head of Product Development Aetna

	Vicky Gregg President and CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN

	George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals

	H. Edward Hanway Chairman and CEO CIGNA

	Timothy J. Heady CEO UnitedHealth Pharmaceutical Solutions

	Kimberly Horn President and CEO Priority Health

	Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer and SVP CIGNA HealthCare

	Jacqueline Kosecoff, PhD, EVP Specialty Health Companies PacifiCare Health Systems Inc.

	Sam R. Nussbaum, M.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.

	Mark C. Rattray, MD National Medical Director UnitedHealthcare

	Robert Seidman, PharmD., MPH Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer WellPoint Inc.

	Donald D. Storey, MD National Medical Director for Aexcel Aetna

	Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Senior Vice President, Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement UnitedHealth Group

Government Officials

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	John W. Snow Secretary of the Treasury

	Abby Block Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	David J. Brailer Coordinator, National Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

	Siri Childs, Pharm D Pharmacy Policy Office Chief Health and Recovery Services Administration Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

	Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Administrator Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

	Barbara Hoffman Division Director Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	Robert Kolodner, MD Chief Health Informatics Officer Department of Veterans Affairs

	Mark B. McClellan , MD, PhD Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

	Barry M. Straube, MD Acting Director & Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

	Mark Trail Chief Medical Assistance Plans Georgia Department of Community Health

	Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD Acting Commissioner Food and Drug Administration

	Elias A. Zerhouni, MD Director National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Pharma, Biotech and Device Thought Leaders

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	J.P. Garnier, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer GlaxoSmithKline

	Pat Kelly President Pfizer US Pharmaceuticals

	Sir William Castell Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer General Electric Company Chairman GE Healthcare

	Paulo Costa Head of the Americas Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

	Joseph M. Feczko, MD Chief Medical Officer Pfizer Inc; President, Worldwide Development Pfizer Inc

	Dr. Victoria G. Hale, PhD Founder and CEO OneWorld Health

	Greg Simon CEO FasterCures / The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions

	Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D. President & Scientific Director TGen

	Chris Viehbacher President US Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline

International Thought Leaders

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	Sir Michael Rawlins Chairman National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - NICE

	Hong-Jen Chang former CEO and President Bureau of National Health Insurance CEO Taiwan Global Biofund

	Richard Alvarez President and CEO Canada Health Infoways

	Lisa K. Davis Acting Director of International Affairs AARP

	Naoki Ikegami, MD, MA Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Medicine Keio University

	David Nabarro coordinator for avian influenza, United Nations; Senior Policy Advisor to the Director General, Head of Crisis Management Team, and Executive Director, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments World Health Organization

	Alan O'Dell Managing Director Shouldice Hospital (Canada)

	Prathap C. Reddy, MD Chairman Apollo Group of Hospitals

	Ahmad Sharaf Senior Vice President, Healthcare & Energy Dubai Health Care City

	Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank

Perspectives Outside of Health Care

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	John J. Brennan Chairman and CEO The Vanguard Group

	Scott Cook Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee Intuit

	Ansbert Gadicke, MD Founder and General Partner MPM Capital Board Member National Venture Capital Association

	Peter J. Grua President HLM Venture Partners

	Jim Guest President Consumers Union

	William Hamman, MD, PhD Captain United Airlines Co-Director College of Aviation, Center of Excellence for Simulation Research, Western Michigan University

	Gail Shearer Director of Health Policy Analysis; Project Director Bestbuydrugs.com, Consumer Reports

	Ian Thorpe Australian Olympic swimmer & winner of 11 World Championships titles, 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals, & 9 Pan Pacific titles; Personal health record consumer

	Noel M. Tichy, PhD Director Global Business Partnership and Professor Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan

	David C. U’Prichard, PhD Venture Partner Care Capital LLC and Red Abbey Venture Partners

	Ron Winslow Deputy Editor, Health and Science The Wall Street Journal

Public Policy/Research Thought Leaders

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	Scott Wallace President and CEO The National Alliance for Health Information Technology

	Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D. Director, Center for Research on Quality in Health Care RAND

	Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy & Management Brandeis University

	Gerard F. Anderson, PhD Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management; Director, Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

	Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

	Steven B. Cohen, PhD Director of the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

	Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH Founder and CEO Health Technology Center

	Karen Davis President The Commonwealth Fund

	Susan Dentzer Health Correspondent and Head of the Health Policy Unit The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS

	Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director, Health Care Programs Markle Foundation

	Mark Gibson Director, Center for Evidence Based Policy Oregon Health Sciences

	John C. Goodman, PhD President & CEO National Center for Policy Analysis

	Dennis O'Leary, M.D. President and CEO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

	Christopher Queram President and CEO Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

	John Rother Director of Policy and Strategy AARP

	Henry E. Simmons, MD, MPH, FACP President National Coalition on Health Care

	Humphrey Taylor The Harris Poll Harris Interactive

	Marc Volavka Executive Director Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

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