The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2009 conference will convene over 1,700 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies. Preliminary program information will be available in late June 2008.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Angela F. Braly President and Chief Executive Officer WellPoint, Inc. on “Post-Election - A New Era and Health Care and Money”	Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on “Evidence-Based Care”
Robert S. Galvin, MD Director, Global Healthcare General Electric Company on "The Employer/Wellness"	Jim Guest President and CEO Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports) on “Health Care and the Consumer”
Clarion Johnson, MD Global Medical Director, Medicine and Occupational Health Department Exxon Mobil Corporation on “Prevention”	Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD Chairman, CCHIT, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology on "Emerging Health IT Solutions Changing the Face of Health Care"
Edward D. Miller, MD Dean of the Medical Faculty CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on “Discovery”	Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA President and CEO California HealthCare Foundation on “Lessons Learned for Government and Industry from California’s Failed Experiment in Health Reform”
Charles W. Sorenson, Jr., MD EVP and COO Intermountain Health Care on “The Patient”	Andrew Webber President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health; Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence on “Payment”
Anne Wojcicki Co-Founder 23andme.com on “Consumerism – Responding to Changing Consumer Needs”
Confirmed Speaker List
John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare on “Leveraging Health IT to Close the Gap in the Variation in Care”	Robert J. Henkel, FACHE President, Healthcare Operations and COO Ascension Health on “Innovations to Deliver Patient-Centered Care”
Sir Bruce Keogh, MD Medical Director National Health Service on “UK’s Lessons Learned to Improve Physician Compliance and Quality”	Peter Lee Executive Director of National Health Policy Pacific Business Group on Health on “Strides in Quality Disclosure for Consumers”

WHCC was an overwhelming success in 2008. Over 1,700 delegates were present in Washington, DC to address the latest trends and challenges in the health care industry. Ninety-four percent (94%) of our executive delegates rated the overall speaker and presentation quality either good or excellent and ninety-four percent (94%) of the delegates also rated that the overall timeliness, utility and relevance of the sessions in the program agenda was excellent or good. See below for specific delegate testimonials. "I appreciated the brilliance of some of the individuals who attended and thought the speakers and topics overall were excellent."
— Ted Conklin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Carena, Inc.

"Very successful meeting due to high quality of speakers, diversity of topics, organization of tracks…"
— Gordon Norman, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Science & Innovation, Alere®

"High quality, thought provoking, yet practical sessions presented by our peers."
— Ronald H. Kirkland, MD, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Jackson Clinic; P.A. and Chair, American Medical Group Association

"This was an excellent event, and I often find that conferences offer little original thinking. Clayton Christensen provided excellent new insight, and George Halvorson is always worth hearing."
— Elizabeth L. Bewley, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.

"The Conference was structured and managed exceedingly well. It offered a great opportunity to interact with the leaders from different sectors of the industry. And, at the same time, the event witnessed a large number of delegates and eminent speakers."
— Shivinder M. Singh, MD, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited

"World Health Care Congress offered me an excellent opportunity to share ideas on healthcare with a wide variety of industry leaders."
— Jennifer Davis, Director, Office Management & Budget, State of Delaware

"Perhaps the best conference I've ever attended in terms of content and quality."
— Joe Paduda, Principal, Health Strategies Associates

"The future of healthcare is very exciting and its great to see it reflected at the WHCC."
— Grant Harrison, VP Integrated Consumer Experience, Humana

"Great meeting. There are so many different perspectives."
— James Dilling, Senior Administrator, Mayo Clinic

"This was one of the best meetings I have attended… Very useful and relevant."
— Jean Mayhugh, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Managed Care and Government, Novo Nordisk Inc.

"This is my new conference - money well spent and I'm glad I came!"
— Charles Foulks, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Interim Chairman of Medicine, Scott & White Clinic

"This event is excellent… I’ve had a great experience."
— David Barhoum, MS, Employer National Account Manager, Sanofi-Aventis

"I really enjoyed the Executive Retreat with Clayton Christensen – it was really terrific!"
— Babette Apland, Senior Vice President, HealthPartners