Dr. Kim will co-present with George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. Both will join 400 healthcare technology leaders, including Peter Neupert, vice president of the Microsoft Health Solutions Group, Scott McNealy, chairman and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Newt Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation and Colin Angle, CEO and co-founder of iRobot.
As president of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Dr. Kim oversees one of the world’s most renowned research institutions. Under Dr. Kim’s leadership Bell Labs has sharpened its focus in producing best-in-class inventions, technologies and innovations that not only meet the critical business needs of customers today , but also change the ways people will communicate in the tomorrow.
“Many of the information and communication challenges that the healthcare industry faces mirror those encountered by other sectors of the economy,” noted Dr Kim. He referenced several examples such as implementing and leveraging sensor networks, filtering massive amounts of distributed data, and getting the right information to the right person at the right time. “In providing solutions for these challenges, our scientists are architecting innovations that hold great promise for the future of our healthcare systems.”
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Kim to WHIT,” said conference director Mary Young. “Bell Labs is one of the world’s foremost research institutions, and we are eager to hear Dr. Kim’s insights on how technology can improve health care.”
WHAT: The 4th Annual World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT 4.0)
WHEN: December 8-10, 2008
WHERE: Washington D.C., Mandarin Oriental Hotel
PROGRAM AGENDA: www.whitcongress.com
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WHIT 4.0 will address the next generation of innovation and technology as defined through the analysis and a focused and growing set of best resource for innovation and creativity. Healthcare provider, payer, government and technology executive decision makers will have the unique opportunity to learn how to position themselves to challenge existing assumptions, highlight new innovation spaces, clarify and build on opportunities and choreograph their organizations’
About WHIT 2008
The Congress convenes senior executives from providers, payers, regulators and government, and focuses on the next generation of innovation and technology that will impact health care. Previous participants include Steve Case, co-founder of America Online and Revolution Health, Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and Adam Bosworth, formerly of Google.
