Now in its third year, The World of Health IT 2008 Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT 2008), which is being held in Copenhagen on November 4-6, will feature an exhibition hall with 60+ leading vendors, 100+ healthcare IT education sessions, numerous networking events and leading industry speakers. Keynote Speakers:
- Ms Viviane Reding
European Commissioner, DG Information Society and Media, Belgium
The architect behind the European Commission's drive for an information society, Commissioner Reding has been a vocal champion for the use of ICT to improve healthcare for all. Commissioner Reding's political career spans four decades, starting in 1979, when she became a member of the Luxembourg Parliament, to the present day. She has held a number of senior positions in the Luxembourg government and the European Parliament and was European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Media from 1999 to 2004, when she assumed her current role. - Professor Nicholas Negroponte
Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Lab, USA
One of the foremost futurists of our time, Professor Negroponte is highly sought after for his insight on how digital technology is defining our future. Author of the New York Times bestseller, Being Digital, Professor Negroponte was the driving force behind 'One Laptop per Child', a global project aimed at using connected computing to enable education in the most impoverished areas around the world. - Esko Aho
Former Prime Minister, Finland
President, SITRA, The Finnish Innovation Fund, Finland
Following his retirement from politics in 2003, Esko Aho has devoted his professional life to the promotion of innovation. As president of SITRA, the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development, Mr Aho continues to identify and support Finnish, cutting edge or world leading technology start-up companies. In 2004, he led a group of experts on a mission to reinforce the EU's research and innovation capability.
Thought Leaders:
- Ms Karin Johansson
State Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
Ms Johansson has successfully combined an interest in healthcare ICT with an interest in public service throughout her distinguished career. In her first political assignment in 1993, she served as a political advisor to the Prime Minister's Office after which she returned to the ICT industry in 1994 as a Sales Director with France Telecom Sweden and later as a Sales and Marketing Director for Microsoft in 1996. Her experience delivering innovative and impactful technology solutions to the end-user community for nearly 10 years with France Telecom and Microsoft served as an important foundation when she was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of Healthcare and Social Welfare in October 2006. - Dr Michael Bainbridge PhD
Senior Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting for Health, United Kingdom
Voted 2007 UK Health ICT Champion by BTHealth Insider, Dr Michael Bainbridge solidified his status as a leader in the Clinical Informatics community. In his work as the director of Clinical Architecture, Assistive Technology and Clinical Decision Support teams for the UK's NHS Connecting for Health, Dr Bainbridge continuously delivers innovative hardware and clinical interface design for both clinicians and citizens. Embracing his expertise as both a former general medical practitioner and a medical informatics expert, Dr Bainbridge has paved the way for groundbreaking advances in the utilization of electronic medical records in the United Kingdom. - Dr Jeffery C Bauer PhD
Partner, Futures Practice, ACS Healthcare Solutions, USA
Dr Bauer, a prominent health futurist and medical economist, is a Chicago-based management consulting partner at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS). As leader of the futures practice of ACS Healthcare Solutions, he forecasts the future of healthcare and develops practical, creative approaches to improving the healthcare delivery system. Dr Bauer has more than 150 publications, including Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care (2008). His numerous academic achievements including being named a Ford Foundation Independent Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar (Switzerland), and a Kellogg Foundation National Fellow further demonstrate Dr Bauer's expertise in the field of healthcare ICT. - Dr David Atlan PhD
CEO, Phenosystems, Belgium
Grounded in a belief that collaboration between research and development groups and the end-user community is the key to meaningful technological advancement in healthcare, Dr David Atlan has actively participated in multiple European R & D projects since receiving his Masters and Doctoral degree in Physics in 1995. With that philosophy in mind, he co-founded and directed two independent product development companies: Crescential in 1999 and PhenoSystems, where he currently serves as CEO, in 2002. Prior to launching Crescential and PhenoSystems, Dr Atlan spent seven years as a Research and Development manager for Proctor and Gamble. - Professor Denis Protti BSc, MSc, FACMI
Founder, University of Victoria School of Health Information Science, Canada
Widely considered an icon in the field of healthcare informatics, Professor Denis Protti was the founder of Canada's University of Victoria School of Health Information Science in 1981. Dr Protti continued his work to advance the field of healthcare informatics when he helped to found both COACH and AMIA. In 1989, he was one of the first non-Americans elected to be a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. He has written hundreds of publications and has given even more presentations around the world. He regularly advises health care organizations and government agencies in both Canada and abroad. - Dr Ilias Iakovidis PhD
Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium
In his work as Deputy Head of the ICT for Health unit of the European Commission, Ilias Iakovidis is responsible for advancing the European Union's (EU) research strategy on eHealth and health ICT and for engendering ever growing levels of international cooperation in relation to that research. Since 1993, Dr Iakovidis has initiated and collaborated on a series of research and development projects pertaining to biomedical informatics and electronic health records in an effort to address the continuously evolving challenges facing clinicians and ICT providers. In 2001, the American College of Medical Informatics named Dr Iakovidis as a fellow of the college in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of medical informatics. - Dr Vikram Kumar MD
CEO, Dimagi, Inc, USA
Dr Vikram Sheel Kumar is an engineer, physician and entrepreneur. From developing ways to hear clinical depression in a patient's voice to storing lifelong HIV/AIDS records on smart cards in Zambia, Dr Kumar has applied technology to solve some of the most important and interesting problems facing resource-poor countries today. He is the Chairman and co-founder of Dimagi Inc. a company that has dedicated itself to making software for public health and education projects in many parts of the world. He is a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded investigator and has won numerous awards. - Mr Dave Garets
President & CEO, HIMSS Analytics, Executive Vice President, HIMSS, USA
Dave Garets' professional experience with information technology spans nearly three decades. As President & CEO of HIMSSAnalytics, Mr Garets has driven the creation of the EMR Adoption Model® to benchmark medical records adoption in hospitals throughout the US and abroad. He draws on knowledge of the healthcare ICT industry that he has gained throughout his distinguished career in his continued efforts to revolutionise healthcare ICT. As a former hospital CIO and Vice President of Healthcare Industry Research and Advisory Services, Mr Garets offers a respected viewpoint on the current and future state of healthcare ICT. - Mr Thomas W Smith
Chief Information Officer, NorthShore University HealthSystem, USA
Thomas W Smith is the Chief Information Officer for NorthShore University HealthSystem (NUH) an integrated delivery network of three hospitals with more than 540 employed physicians, home care services, and a research institute. NUH was named one of America's 'Most Wired Hospital Systems of 2007' by Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine. Mr Smith employs more than thirty years of hospital administration and information systems management experience, including more than 20 years as a CIO at two different multi-hospital corporations to drive technological advancement at NorthShore University HealthSystem. As a member of ACHE, CHIME and HIMSS, he is also committed to the role Healthcare Informatics plays throughout the United States. - Dr Joan Guanyabens MD
Secretary of Strategy and Coordination, Department of Health, Catalonia, Spain
Dr Guanyabens has dedicated his career to expanding ICT use in the Spanish healthcare system serving successively as the Director of Organizational Development and ICT at the UDIAT Diagnostic Centre and then as Secretary of Strategy and Coordination of Catalonia's Government Health Department directing health strategy on IS and ICT. In an effort to further drive local and regional healthcare ICT use, Dr Guanyabens also participates on several municipal and private committees whose influence directly impacts his cause including the Barcelona City Council, the Asil Hospital Foundation, the Catalan Information & Health Forum, HL7-Canada and IHE-Spain Association. As both an MD and an MS in Hospital Management, Dr Guanyabens offers unique insight to ICT implementation projects.
The World of Health IT delegates will be able to obtain up to 15 European external CME credits, as set out by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).
The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists and its credits are recognised by the American Medical Association among other professional organisations.
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About World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition
The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition has been developed for leaders and experts in health IT from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). It has been designed for and by the healthcare IT community in the EMEA region: technology users, buyers, vendors, providers or healthcare regulators. Addressing the perspectives of clinicians, directors and other healthcare professionals, The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition offers educational sessions, vendor exhibitions, best practice exchange networking sessions and other professional development opportunities. The WoHIT Organising Committee comprises the EC (European Commission), HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), EUROREC (European Institute for Health Records), COCIR (European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry), EHTEL (European Health Telematics Association), HINE (Health Information Network Europe), and now EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics). For further information, please visit http://www.worldofhealthit.com.