The World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT Congress) is a global forum presenting innovative technological advances and thought leadership in the use of technology to transform healthcare practice and enable better access, quality, safety, and greater cost effectiveness in the delivery of healthcare. As the independent voice in transforming healthcare through technology – the congress maintains accurate and balanced content by providing diverse perspectives based on the first-hand experience of leading payers, providers, and policy makers -- providing you with the objective information and the leading case studies needed to make sound management, purchasing and investment decisions.

Featured Speakers Confirmed to Date Include:
NT Cheung, MD Executive Manager, Health Informatics Division Hospital Authority of Hong Kong	Asif Ahmad Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Diagnostic Services Duke University Health System and Duke University Medical Center
Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin Director, AgeLab Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Patricia Alafaireet, MHA Director of Applied Health Informatics Lindberg Center - University of Missouri
Adam Darkins, MB, ChB. MPHM, MD, FRCS Chief Consultant for Care Coordination Department of Veterans Affairs	Tom Ague COO St. Clair Hospital
Dr. Robert P. DiLaura Director of Research Informatics Cleveland Clinic	Karen Titlow Chief Operating Officer The Leapfrog Group
Dan Drawbaugh CIO University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Joe Frassica, MD Chief Medical Officer, Holtz Children's Hospital Chief Medical Information Officer, Jackson Memorial Hospital Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Jeff Frieling CIO West Tennessee Healthcare	Richard Granger Director General, IT National Health Service, United Kingdom
Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA National Coordinator Bridges To Excellence	Maggie Gunter, PhD President and Executive Director Lovelace Clinic Foundation
Lori L. Hack Interim CEO CalRHIO	John D. Halamka, MD, MS CIO, Harvard Medical School CIO, CareGroup Health System CEO, MA-SHARE Chair, Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
Tonya Hongsermeier, MD, MBA Corporate Manager for Clinical Knowledge Management and Decision Support, Partners HealthCare	Wayne Jenkins, MD, MPH Medical Director and VP for Medical Affairs MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando
Vipul Kashyap, PhD Senior Medical Informatician, Clinical Knowledge Management, Clinical Informatics Research & Development Group, Partners HealthCare System	David Lee, MD Vice President Indiana HSA Indiana Health Care Management Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation	Steve Margolis, MD, M.Med, FCS, BSIS, MBA Chief Medical Informatics Officer Orlando Regional Healthcare
Neil A. Martin, MD Chief, Division of Neurosurgery UCLA School of Medicine	Bruce Metz, PhD CIO Thomas Jefferson University
Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSPH Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Epidemiology Services New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene	Jerome A. Osheroff, M.D. Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Thomson Micromedex
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD President & CEO Indiana Health Information Exchange	Charles Parker VP and CTO Doctors' Office Quality - Information Technology (DOQ-IT), MassPRO
David Ross, ScD Executive Director Public Health Informatics Institute	Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Physician Director for Anesthesia Engineering & Technical Support Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School Co-Leader, Massachusetts General Hospital OR of the Future Project
Dean F. Sittig, PhD Director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics Northwest Permanente, PC Kaiser Permanente - Permanente Medical Groups Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University	Alberto Sanna, PhD Director, e-Services for Life & Health, Scientific Institute and University H San Raffaele; Project Manager, Personalized Information Platform for Life and Health Services (PIPS)
Sue Schade, MBA Chief Information Officer Brigham and Women's Hospital	Richard Schaeffer CIO St. Clair Hospital
Chris Stevens VP & CIO Billings Clinic	Joseph L. Ternullo, JD, CPA Associate Director, Telemedicine, Partners HealthCare System
Catherine M. Szenczy SVP and CIO MedStar Health System	John C. Wade Former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System Vice President, Executive Director, Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE)
Richard J. Zall Partner Proskauer Rose	Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP Vice President Practice Advocacy and Improvement, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy American College of Physicians
Dr. Tobias A. Knoch Head, Biophysical Genomics Head, Erasmus Computing Grid, Erasmus Medical Center	Victor Plavner, MD Chairman, Maryland/D.C. Collaborative for Healthcare Information Technology
Jay Srini Vice President of Emerging Technologies University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Peter Walgemoed , BSc, MBA Carelliance BV The Netherlands