This Year Healthcare is THE Issue
The nation's broken healthcare system has reached the top of the political agenda. Everyone (consumers, patients, doctors, business, insurance companies, government) has a viewpoint on the priorities of healthcare reform. Everyone is a stakeholder.
The 10th Annual HBS Health Industry Alumni Conference is the ultimate forum in which to discuss and debate these critical issues.
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Do not miss the best networking opportunity in healthcare!
Hear From the Experts
This year's conference theme is Driving Healthcare Reform: Policy, Innovation and Finance. We have assembled leaders from each of these areas to provide their perspectives on how best to approach the complex issues of healthcare reform.
The Policy session will outline current government initiatives and their effect on business. We are in the process of inviting a major politician to keynote this session.
- A panel of experts from Marwood Group (an elite healthcare policy consulting firm headed by Ted Kennedy Jr. with great insights on policies and access to key lawmakers) will present an insider's perspective on which businesses will be the winners and losers from the Obama healthcare legislation.
- A CEO panel moderated by Ben Sasse, former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (2007-2009) including:
• Gary Gottlieb M.D., President, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Dr. Emad Rizk, President, McKesson Health Solutions
• Ben Lytle, Former Chairman/CEO, Anthem, Inc. and Axia Health
Management, LLC
• Executives representing patient rights and pharma/biotech
- Innovation sessions showcase individuals and companies that have flourished in this constantly changing industry. This session is also aimed at identifying the opportunities for innovation that will be created by healthcare legislation and what you will need to do differently to take advantage of them:
• Gary Pisano, Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor, Harvard Business School will
premier his book The Science Economy
• John Platt and associates from "What If - The Innovation Consulting
Company" on "how to do innovation", an experimental session on how to
create the behaviors that lead to innovation inside companies
- A panel discussion of innovative healthcare CEOs moderated by Kelly Victory, MD, former CMO, Whole Health Management will include:
• Norm Wu, MBA '80, CEO Qliance (primary care specialists)
• Paul Lasiuk, Founder/CEO, Healthy Interactions (multi-lingual health
information management platform)
• Ken Erickson, CEO, Healthplace America (surgery benefit management)
• Other panelists TBD
The Finance session will focus on the financing business opportunities/ventures created by healthcare reform. This session will also examine the monetary impact of healthcare legislation.
- Healthcare Finance panel which includes:
• Steven Harr, Managing Director, Global Biotech Research, Morgan Stanley
• Darren Carroll, CEO, Lilly Ventures
• David Milne, Managing Partner, Medical Technology, SV Life Sciences
• Mark Simon, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Amicus
Therapeutics (and former Managing Director, U.S. Head-Biotechnology,
Citigroup Global Markets)
Conference Fees
By Monday, September 21, 2009 (Early Bird)
Members: $595
Benefactors: $365
Patrons: $495
Nonmembers: $825
After September 21, 2009
Members: $775
Benefactors: $545
Patrons: $675
Nonmembers: $1025
Special Rates
Roundtable Leaders: $350
Spouse/Guest Meals Only: $265
HBS Faculty/Students: $185
This conference is dedicated to the memory of Harvard economist, Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 - 1950). To honor his legacy, F.M. Scherer, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government will present "Innovation and Growth: Lessons from Schumpeter's Concept of 'Creative Destruction' for the Obama Administration."
On Friday evening the Ellerin Award will be given to a deserving alumna/us who has made a significant difference in the healthcare industry. Saturday will showcase the always popular roundtables and for the second year in a row will be holding "Unleashing Harvard Innovations" on Saturday afternoon.
Join HBSHIAA and Save $200+
You can save over $200 on the conference early bird registration fee ($595 vs. $825 for nonmembers) by becoming a member of HBS Health Industry Alumni Association. The early bird pricing is good through September 21, 2009. After that date the conference will be $775 for members and $1025 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.hbshealthalumniconference.org/registration.htm#Registration
Membership in HBSHIAA complements your geographic club membership by providing direct access to other healthcare industry leaders while at the same time expanding the geographic reach of
your network.
To become a member of the association please go to http://www.hbshealthalumni.org.
Sign in with your HBS LEFA and password and then select Membership, Join.
Please email info@hbshealthalumni.org with any questions.
