The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2009 conference will convene over 2,000 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.

Recently Confirmed!
Dan Ariely, PhD James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University; Visiting Professor, Media Laboratory, MIT; Author, Predictably Irrational	Jim Clifton Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gallup Organization
Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Steve Lampkin, FACPE Vice President, Benefit Services and Strategic Initiatives Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Shivinder Mohan Singh Managing Director Fortis Healthcare Limited and Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre	Richard Williams, MD Chief Health and Medical Officer NASA
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Catherine M. Baase, MD Global Director of Health Services The Dow Chemical Company	Bruce Bodaken Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Blue Shield of California
Angela F. Braly President and Chief Executive Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Will Cavendish, PhD Director of Strategy UK Department of Health
Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Robert S. Galvin, MD Director, Global Healthcare General Electric Company
Jim Guest President and CEO Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)	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
Clarion Johnson, MD Global Medical Director, Medicine and Occupational Health Department Exxon Mobil Corporation	Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD Chairman, CCHIT, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine	Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA President and CEO California HealthCare Foundation
Charles W. Sorenson, Jr., MD EVP and COO Intermountain Health Care	Andrew Webber President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health; Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
Anne Wojcicki Co-Founder 23andMe
Confirmed Speaker List
Linda Avey Co-Founder 23andMe	Elizabeth Bierbower Vice President of Product Innovation Humana
John M. Clymer President Partnership for Prevention	Timothy J. Crimmins, MD Vice President and Director, Health, Safety and Environment General Mills
Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Officer Kaleida Health System	Sharon S. Dunn, RN, BSN, MAS Practice Leader, Healthcare Behavioral Science Technology, Inc.
Steven J. Fox Vice President, Provider Network Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	William E. Gerardi, MD Executive Medical Director and Enterprise Clinical Programs, Policy and Technology Health Care Service Corporation
John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare	Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM Director of Healthcare, Technology and Strategic Initiatives, Global Wellbeing Services and Health Benefits, IBM; Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Robert J. Henkel, FACHE President, Healthcare Operations and COO Ascension Health	Roberta Herman, MD Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Services Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer CIGNA	Sir Bruce Keogh, MD Medical Director National Health Service
Jon Kingsdale Executive Director Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector	J.D. Kleinke Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Omnimedix Institute Author, Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century and Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System
Peter Lee Executive Director of National Health Policy Pacific Business Group on Health	Richard Magnuson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Group Health Cooperative
Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Barbara R. Spurrier Senior Administrator, The Center for Innovation and Health Transformation The Mayo Clinic
Michael Taylor Medical Director, Corporate Medical and Health Promotion Caterpillar	Jack Thiadens, MD, LLM Chief Executive Officer Martini Teaching Hospital Groningen (The Netherlands)
Nicholas Wolter, MD Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic; Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)

The 2008 Presidential Election and the impact on health care policy for payers, providers and employers Results from value-based benefit design proven to contain costs and to improve health status Comparative effectiveness methodologies and policy implementation for new therapies Delivery and service innovations that disrupt the health care market Next generation value-based purchasing and the escalating impact of performance-based payment for providers Models to achieve consumer engagement through targeted information and incentives for consumers Advances in health IT that improve the quality of care and produce a measurable ROI Pilot results of payment reform and future directions for regional roll outs Prevention programs offering valuable incentives to track health status and demonstrate ROI Chronic care models that prioritize disease interventions and produce a measurable return Post market surveillance strategies for new therapies Advances in personalized medicine and market developments Effective implementation of EMRs and PHRs to improve clinical and financial outcomes

WHCC was an overwhelming success in 2008. Over 1,700 delegates were present in Washington, DC to address the latest trends and challenges in the health care industry. Ninety-four percent (94%) of our executive delegates rated the overall speaker and presentation quality either good or excellent and ninety-four percent (94%) of the delegates also rated that the overall timeliness, utility and relevance of the sessions in the program agenda was excellent or good. See below for specific delegate testimonials. "I appreciated the brilliance of some of the individuals who attended and thought the speakers and topics overall were excellent."
— Ted Conklin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Carena, Inc.

"Very successful meeting due to high quality of speakers, diversity of topics, organization of tracks…"
— Gordon Norman, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Science & Innovation, Alere®

"High quality, thought provoking, yet practical sessions presented by our peers."
— Ronald H. Kirkland, MD, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Jackson Clinic; P.A. and Chair, American Medical Group Association

"This was an excellent event, and I often find that conferences offer little original thinking. Clayton Christensen provided excellent new insight, and George Halvorson is always worth hearing."
— Elizabeth L. Bewley, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.

"The Conference was structured and managed exceedingly well. It offered a great opportunity to interact with the leaders from different sectors of the industry. And, at the same time, the event witnessed a large number of delegates and eminent speakers."
— Shivinder M. Singh, MD, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited

"World Health Care Congress offered me an excellent opportunity to share ideas on healthcare with a wide variety of industry leaders."
— Jennifer Davis, Director, Office Management & Budget, State of Delaware

"Perhaps the best conference I've ever attended in terms of content and quality."
— Joe Paduda, Principal, Health Strategies Associates

"The future of healthcare is very exciting and its great to see it reflected at the WHCC."
— Grant Harrison, VP Integrated Consumer Experience, Humana

"Great meeting. There are so many different perspectives."
— James Dilling, Senior Administrator, Mayo Clinic

"This was one of the best meetings I have attended… Very useful and relevant."
— Jean Mayhugh, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Managed Care and Government, Novo Nordisk Inc.

"This is my new conference - money well spent and I'm glad I came!"
— Charles Foulks, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Interim Chairman of Medicine, Scott & White Clinic

"This event is excellent… I’ve had a great experience."
— David Barhoum, MS, Employer National Account Manager, Sanofi-Aventis

"I really enjoyed the Executive Retreat with Clayton Christensen – it was really terrific!"
— Babette Apland, Senior Vice President, HealthPartners