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!
Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank and Grameen Health (Bangladesh); (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)	Edward Hanway Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CIGNA Corporation
Henrick H. Lund, PhD Professor, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller Institute for Production Technology, University of Southern Denmark; Head, AdapTronics Group; Founder, LEGO Lab	Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA, Capt, USPHS Chief, Officer of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Director Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer HCA, Inc. / Hospital Corporation of America	Carl E. Walz, (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; (Awarded four NASA Space Flight Medals, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and a NASA Exceptional Service Medal)
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Dan Ariely, PhD James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University; Visiting Professor, Media Laboratory, MIT; Author, Predictably Irrational	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, Health and Wellbeing UK Department of Health	Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Jim Clifton Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gallup Organization	Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs; On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
Robert S. Galvin, MD Director, Global Healthcare General Electric Company	Jim Guest President and Chief Executive Officer 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; Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Tim Rothwell Chairman, Pharmaceutical Activities, sanofi-aventis, US; Board of Directors, PhRMA; Member, Evidence-Based Medicine Roundtable at The Institute of Medicine and the CEO Roundtable on Cancer	Devi Shetty, MD Chairman Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (India)
Shivinder Mohan Singh Managing Director Fortis Healthcare Limited and Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre	Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer California HealthCare Foundation
Charles W. Sorenson, Jr, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Intermountain Health Care	Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group
Daniel L. Vasella, MD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Novartis AG	Andrew Webber President and Chief Executive Officer, 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
Mara G. Aspinall former President, Genzyme Genetics; Visiting Lecturer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School	Linda Avey Co-Founder 23andMe
Elizabeth (Betsy) Barbeau, ScD, MPH Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness Health Dialog	Bonita Lynn Beattie, PT, MPT, MHA Vice President, Injury Prevention, Center for Healthy Aging National Council on Aging
Lori Beer Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Elizabeth L. Bewley President and Chief Executive Officer, Pario Health Institute; former Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
Elizabeth Bierbower Vice President of Product Innovation Humana	Stephen J. Boccuzzi, PhD, MBA, FAHA Vice President - Evidence Based Medicine sanofi aventis - US
Jennifer Christian-Herman, PhD Vice President, National Integrated Health Improvement Health Net	Richard Chung, MD Senior Vice President, Health Services Division Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii
John M. Clymer President Partnership for Prevention	John H. Cochran, MD, FACS Executive Director The Permanente Federation
Simon P. Cohn, MD, MPH Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente; Former Chair, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Member, Board of the American Health Information Community (AHIC)	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Lifespan Corporation
Timothy J. Crimmins, MD Vice President and Director, Health, Safety and Environment General Mills	Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Officer Kaleida Health System
Karen Davis, PhD President, The Commonwealth Fund; Board of Directors, Geisinger Health System; Panel of Health Advisors, Congressional Budget Office; 2006 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award	Sharon S. Dunn, RN, BSN, MAS Practice Leader, Healthcare Behavioral Science Technology, Inc.
Robert Epstein, MD Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Medco Health Solutions, Inc	Colin Evans President and CEO, Dossia Consortium; former Director, Digital Health Policy and Standards, Intel
John A. Fallon, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	Steven J. Fox Vice President, Provider Network Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, MD Director General, Indian Council for Medical Research, India; Member, Scientific Board, Grand Challenges in Global Health	William E. Gerardi, MD Enterprise Clinical Programs, Policy and Technology Health Care Service Corporation/BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare	Julian M. Goldman, MD Director, CIMIT Program on Interoperability and the MD PnP Program Massachusetts General Hospital
Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Jeffrey Gruen, MD, MBA Director PRTM
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM Director, Healthcare Transformation, 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
Joan Kennedy President, Health Management Corporation (HMC); Senior Vice President, Wellpoint, Inc.	Sir Bruce Keogh, MD Medical Director National Health Service
Beth Keyser Vice President, Employer Market Healthways	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	David L. Lacey, MD Senior Vice President, Discovery Research Amgen
Steve Lampkin, FACHE Vice President, Benefit Services and Strategic Initiatives Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D. Charles H. Weinman Endowed Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Innovation Mayo Clinic
Peter Lee, JD Executive Director of National Health Policy Pacific Business Group on Health	Ben R. Leedle, Jr President and Chief Executive Officer Healthways
Alfred (Al) Lewis, JD Founder and President Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International	Richard Magnuson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Group Health Cooperative
Matthew J. Narrett, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Erickson Health	Sam Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer WellPoint, Inc.
John M. Parrish Executive Director The Erickson Foundation	Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Geisinger Ventures, Geisinger Health System
Joel S. Policzer, MD, FACP, FAAHPM Senior Vice President and National Medical Director VITAS Innovative Hospice Care	Joshua Riff, MD, MBA Medical Director, Clinics Target Inc.
Dennis Rivera Chair, SEIU Healthcare Service Employees International Union (SEIU)	Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer American Well Systems
David A. Shore, PhD Associate Dean; Director, Forces of Change Program and Founding Director, Trust Initiative Harvard University, School of Public Health	Dan Spirek Executive Vice President and Chief Solutions Officer TriZetto
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)	Sean Tunis, MD, MSc. Founder and Director Center for Medical Technology Policy
Barbara A. Walters, DO, MBA Senior Medical Director Southern NH Community Group Practices, Dartmouth-Hitchcock	Richard Williams, MD Chief Health and Medical Officer NASA
William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs	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. "The solution to our health care problems is emerging at this ambitious Congress."
— Del Meyer, MD, Pulmonologist; Editor & Founder, MedicalTuesday E-Newsletters

"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