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RELEASE: 12/15/2005
The Healthcare Innovation and Convergence Summit Announces Keynote
Roster
Healthcare Innovation and Convergence Summit 2006 DARIEN,
Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2005--The Healthcare Innovation and
Convergence Summit (Health IC) will take place January 23-25, 2006 in New
York City.
The five keynote speakers at the top of the Health IC faculty roster offer
diverse and thought-provoking perspectives on key aspects of convergence
in healthcare.
-- IBM Healthcare's visionary leader Caroline Kovac will describe the
opportunities in life sciences market -- technology, genomic, e-health,
pharmaceutical, and agri-science industries.
-- Medtronic's president Bill Hawkins charts the stunning opportunities in
medical devices and biomedical engineering.
-- The founder of the Genetics Policy Institute Bernard Siegel will
outline the ethical, legal and regulatory issues in stem cell research.
-- Stanford's Walter Bortz presents his insight into the important issues
of aging and wellness of the developed world's mature populations.
-- And Cambridge University's Aubrey de Grey extends the discussion by
describing science's eventual cure for aging itself, leading to life spans
of a thousand years or longer.
The Health IC Summit explores disruptive innovations in healthcare, new
developments that change the value proposition in the medical field, often
quite dramatically. A three-day, four-track conference program of
seminars, panels, and roundtables covers new science, technology and
business approaches to stem cells and regenerative medicine, innovative
patient care, medical informatics and a finance forum.
Other esteemed conference presenters at Health IC include:
-- Stephen J. Ubl, President & CEO, AdvaMed
-- G. Steven Burrill, Chief Executive Officer, Burrill & Company
-- Stephen Herrara, News Editor, Nature Biotechnology
-- Daniel Callahan, Co-Founder/Director, International Programs, The
Hastings Center.
-- Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept.of Biomedical
Engineering & Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
-- Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Sciences, MIT
Media Lab
-- Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief, Technology Review
-- Christopher Scott, Author "Stem Cell Now," Journalist and Executive
Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Program in Stem Cells and
Society
-- Michael Goldberg, General Partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
-- Matt Eyring, Managing Director, Innosight
For complete information visit: www.healthicsummit.com
For complimentary press registration visit: http://www.healthicsummit.com/press_reg.asp
or contact Laila Hawe at lhawe@divcom.com
Diversified Business Communications, based in Portland, Maine, provides
information and market access through trade exhibitions, magazine
publishing, and online resources on four continents. Other products in the
healthcare portfolio include the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Expo
and Primary Care Today. For more information, visit:
www.divbusiness.com
KEYWORDS: HEALTHCARE, MEDICINE, CONFERENCE, REGENERATIVE MEDICINE,
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