Over 1,400 CEOs and senior level executives from the nation's leading hospitals, health systems, medical groups and payers have attended WHIT since 2005. Will you being joining them in 2009?

Connect with renowned health care and technology leaders in an interactive setting to discover how your organization can evolve in an ever-changing information age. The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v.5.0) addresses precedent issues facing the industry today in regards to the future information technology to engage providers, payers and consumers in the next generation of health care delivery.

WHIT v.5.0 not only gathers thought leaders in this space to speak and to share their stories, but also provides delegates with networking opportunities through interactive discussions within the agenda and informal meetings during gala receptions and invitational dinners.

Just announced: Over the last three years, the World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit Series successfully hosted the Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability. Annually, the Summit addressed the role of interoperability to solve issues regarding patient safety, clinical quality, access to care, privacy, investment and ROI. Due to popular demand, the Summit will be combined with WHIT v.5.0 to provide an opportunity for delegates to attend ONE meeting to gain all the knowledge needed to understand the health care IT space.

1. Eye on the prize: President Obama's health care initiatives for wireless nation
2. Understanding the 3 IIIs: Informatics, Innovation, Interoperability
3. The Expansion of the Connectivity and New Media Movement: Where does your organization fit?
4. Military health and its relation to the health information technology movement
5. Understanding open source and why it matters sooner rather than later

To secure your seat, register now or sign up to receive a printed brochure

Speakers in 2008 included

2008 Congress Chairmen
Mohan Nair Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Executive The Regence Group	John C. Wade Executive Director Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE); President, JCWade and Associates, LLC; Retired Vice President and former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System
Keynote Speakers Included
George C. Halvorson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; Partners in Care Foundation 2008 Mathies Award Recipient	Newt Gingrich former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives; Founder, Center for Health Transformation
Peter Neupert Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation	Jim Carroll, Masters of Business Imagination (MBI) Leading International Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert, Columnist, and Author, "Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast"
Jason Hwang, MD Co-Author, The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, MD, and Jason Hwang, MD; Executive Director, Health Care, Innosight Institute	Jeong H. Kim, PhD President Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
Scott McNealy Chairman and Co-Founder Sun Microsystems	Colin Angle Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder iRobot