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Schedule of Events

 

Friday, April 13th

8:00 am: Welcome by Camille Sobrian, COO, CONNECT

8:10 am: Introduction to the Conference by Rob McCray,
Managing Partner, Triple Tree LLC

8:20 am: Keynote - Paul Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, QUALCOMM,
‘Wireless Perspectives’

8:40 am: Keynote - Ted Torphy, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President, Corporate Office of Science & Technology, Johnson & Johnson,
‘Disrupting the Healthcare Industry: How Information Technology is Changing the Game’

9:00 am: Panel A - Cell Phones – The Ultimate CRM Platform?

  • A large majority of the U.S. population carry cell phones during all their waking hours. As personal communications and computing devices that are increasingly used for search and purchase functions, mobile phones may be the ultimate customer relationship management tool. This panel will explore how the life sciences industry can use this powerful new point of connection with consumers.

    Moderator – Rick Carlson, JD, Clinical Professor, Policy Programs, Senior Advisor, Resource Center for Health Policy, Department of Health Services, Affiliate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, School of Public Health,
    University of Washington

10:00 am: Networking Break

10:30 am: Panel B - Can Wireless Silicon Replace Your Doctor?

  • The healthcare needs of the U.S. population, especially baby boomers, are rapidly increasing demand for services at a time when the growth of physicians and nurses is declining and baby boomer clinicians are retiring or leaving the services sector to take less demanding jobs. How far can technology carry us in improving the ability of the healthcare system to increase its efficiency?

    Moderator –Sundeep Karnik, MD, Director of Strategy, Medtronic

11:30 am: Lunch

12:00 Noon: Keynote - Geoffrey A. Moore, Author, Managing Director, TCG Advisors, and Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Introduction by Wain Fishburn, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Geoffrey Moore is the author of five best-selling books: Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, Living on the Fault Line and Dealing With Darwin. He has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his professional career. The U.S. healthcare system is facing disruption and must learn how to leverage new technologies to maintain and enhance quality and efficiency.

1:00 pm: Special Presentation by Jim Sweeney, CEO, CardioNet

Introduction by Rob McCray, Managing Partner, Triple Tree LLC

Jim Sweeney is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in the healthcare industry, with companies including Caremark, McGaw, Inc. and numerous start-ups. Jim will provide an overview of the steps he has taken in building CardioNet to be arguably the first successful pure play wireless health company.

1:30 pm: Panel C - Can Phones Prevent Infection?

2:30 pm: Panel D - Mobile Virtual Presence – The End of the
Waiting Room Experience?

  • Key technologies and the bandwidth available from both fixed and mobile systems are enabling the creation of workable mobile presence platforms. One such system is use in over a hundred hospitals to extend the reach of some of the most highly trained physicians in the country. Our panel will discuss the promise of these developments and how far we can go to eliminate the waiting room experience whether it is in an Emergency Department or Family Physician's office.

    Moderator – Nat Findlay, VP and General Manager, Cardinal Health

3:30 pm: Networking Break

3:45 pm: Panel E - What Can Healthcare Learn From Hollywood?

  • Wireless health solutions that leverage mobile phones (the ‘ultimate CRM tool’) offer for the first time the opportunity to monitor the health of millions of individuals during their normal daily activities. Success in improving health will derive not just from monitoring, but from influencing individuals to change their behavior. The entertainment industry understands how to attract and engage consumers on a consistent basis and this panel will bring some ‘Hollywood” to healthcare.

    Moderator – Rob McCray, Managing Partner, Triple Tree LLC
    • Roger Gould, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
      UC Los Angeles
    • Ron Pion, MD, Principal, The Pion Group
    • Jay Feldman, President and COO, IHS-Online, Inc.
    • Conrad Riggs, Partner, Mark Burnett Productions
    • Lucinda Bassett, CEO, Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety

4:45 pm: Paul Jacobs, QUALCOMM and Ted Torphy, Johnson & Johnson -
'What Did We Learn?'

5:30 – 7:30 pm: Networking, Cocktails, and Wireless Demos

This hosted reception represents an opportunity to initiate conversation and solidify relationships with other participants. In addition, wireless life sciences solution providers will demonstrate their technologies. Expected presenters include:

MediaFlo (QUALCOMM)
CardioNet
IntelliDot
Vocera
myca
SoundID
Awarepoint
inGeo (QUALCOMM)
BeWell Mobile
BiancaMed
Bones in Motion

Lusora
Sensei
Alaris
BodyMedia
Triage Wireless
Amigo Therapy
PhiloMetron
Konami
InTouch Health
FitSense
Tiba Medical

 

Saturday, April 14th - Roundtables

8:00 am: Opening and Welcome by Camille Sobrian, COO, CONNECT and
Rob McCray, Managing Partner, Triple Tree LLC

Depending on the Interest of Attendees, roundtable discussions on the following topics will be offered:

11:00 am:  Adjourn

Participation at the Summit is by “invitation only.” If you are a C-level executive in a wireless life sciences technology company, please contact Karen Winston, program manager, at Kwinston@connect.org.

 


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