Co-Sponsors:

The Wall Street Journal is the leading business newspaper, providing in-depth national and international coverage of the markets, the economy, industries, politics and regulation. And because business doesn't only influence one's career, the consumer-focused Personal Journal section analyzes how the day's news affects the business of time-pressed readers' lives. Just as it has for over 110 years, The Wall Street Journal continues to publish respected and useful news, making it the most influential and trusted newspaper in the nation.

Daniel Henninger, Deputy Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Laura Landro, Assistant Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Ron Winslow, News Editor, Health and Science, The Wall Street Journal
Mike Waldholz, News Editor and Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Scott Hensley, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

CNBC is the recognized global leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 175 million homes worldwide, including more than 86 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Fort Lee, N.J., and also includes reports from CNBC news bureaus worldwide. Additionally, CNBC viewers can manage their individual investment portfolios and gain additional in-depth information from on-air reports by accessing www.cnbc.com. CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia Pacific are services of NBC and Dow Jones & Company. Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Media Village Web site at www.nbcmv.com/cnbc.

Platinum Sponsor:

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world. As a leading professional services firm to the health industry, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Health Consulting practice offers the breadth and depth of capabilities necessary to provide healthcare organizations with an integrated, full-service approach to redesign their continuum of care. http://www.us.cgey.com/health

Gold  Sponsor:

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of management consulting for businesses and governments for more than 80 years. Booz Allen combines strategy with technology and insight with action, working with clients to deliver results today that endure tomorrow. With 12,000 employees on six continents, the firm generates annual sales of $2.2 billion. Booz Allen provides services in strategy, organization, operations, systems, and technology to the world's leading corporations, government and other public agencies, emerging growth companies, and institutions.

To learn more about the firm, visit the Booz Allen Web site at www.boozallen.com. To learn more about the best ideas in business, visit www.strategy-business.com, the Web site for strategy+business, a quarterly journal sponsored by Booz Allen.

Silver  Sponsor:

Broadlane helps healthcare providers reduce costs and improve operating performance through business process support services, enabling them to better focus on delivering quality patient care.

Broadlane began by introducing a new model for addressing fundamental business problems in healthcare organizations. Our roots in hospital operations enabled us to focus on the supply chain from a new perspective, combining innovative technology with best-practice business process expertise in strategic sourcing, contracting and procurement. And by taking accountability for these processes, leveraging economies of scale and working in close partnership with our provider customers, we are proud to have delivered significant and sustainable benefits.

A key aspect of our customer relationships has been our recognition of the importance of providers - physicians, nurses and associated professionals - in driving business and purchasing decisions, and in sharing responsibility for the outcomes. Now we are building upon that bond with healthcare professionals to broaden the scope of our aspirations in addressing fundamental provider issues with new business approaches and innovative technologies that have a dramatic effect on cost, efficiency and service www.broadlane.com