Educational Programme Sponsor

Thought Leaders

Ms Karin Johansson
State Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs,
Sweden
Ms Johansson has successfully combined an interest in healthcare ICT with an interest in public service throughout her distinguished career. In her first political assignment in 1993, she served as a political advisor to the Prime Minister's Office after which she returned to the ICT industry in 1994 as a Sales Director with France Telecom Sweden and later as a Sales and Marketing Director for Microsoft in 1996. Her experience delivering innovative and impactful technology solutions to the end-user community for nearly 10 years with France Telecom and Microsoft served as an important foundation when she was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of Healthcare and Social Welfare in October 2006.
Room A1 Tuesday, 4 November 11:45

Dr Michael Bainbridge PhD
Senior Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting for Health
United Kingdom
Voted 2007 UK Health ICT Champion by BTHealth Insider, Dr Michael Bainbridge solidified his status as a leader in the Clinical Informatics community. In his work as the director of Clinical Architecture, Assistive Technology and Clinical Decision Support teams for the UK's NHS Connecting for Health, Dr Bainbridge continuously delivers innovative hardware and clinical interface design for both clinicians and citizens. Embracing his expertise as both a former general medical practitioner and a medical informatics expert, Dr Bainbridge has paved the way for groundbreaking advances in the utilization of electronic medical records in the United Kingdom.
Room A1 Tuesday, 4 November 14:15

Dr Jeffery C Bauer PhD
Partner, Futures Practice, ACS Healthcare Solutions
USA
Dr Bauer, a prominent health futurist and medical economist, is a Chicago-based management consulting partner at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS). As leader of the futures practice of ACS Healthcare Solutions, he forecasts the future of healthcare and develops practical, creative approaches to improving the healthcare delivery system. Dr Bauer has more than 150 publications, including Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care (2008). His numerous academic achievements including being named a Ford Foundation Independent Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar (Switzerland), and a Kellogg Foundation National Fellow further demonstrate Dr Bauer's expertise in the field of healthcare ICT.
Room A1 Tuesday, 4 November 15:30

Dr David Atlan PhD
CEO, Phenosystems
Belgium
Grounded in a belief that collaboration between research and development groups and the end-user community is the key to meaningful technological advancement in healthcare, Dr David Atlan has actively participated in multiple European R & D projects since receiving his Masters and Doctoral degree in Physics in 1995. With that philosophy in mind, he co-founded and directed two independent product development companies: Crescential in 1999 and PhenoSystems, where he currently serves as CEO, in 2002. Prior to launching Crescential and PhenoSystems, Dr Atlan spent seven years as a Research and Development manager for Proctor and Gamble.
Room A1 Tuesday, 4 November 16:45

Professor Denis Protti BSc, MSc, FACMI
Founder, University of Victoria School of Health Information Science
Canada
Widely considered an icon in the field of healthcare informatics, Professor Denis Protti was the founder of Canada's University of Victoria School of Health Information Science in 1981. Dr Protti continued his work to advance the field of healthcare informatics when he helped to found both COACH and AMIA. In 1989, he was one of the first non-Americans elected to be a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. He has written hundreds of publications and has given even more presentations around the world. He regularly advises health care organizations and government agencies in both Canada and abroad.
Room A1 Wednesday, 5 November 09:30

Dr Ilias Iakovidis PhD
Deputy Head of Unit ICT for Health, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Belgium
In his work as Deputy Head of the ICT for Health unit of the European Commission, Ilias Iakovidis is responsible for advancing the European Union's (EU) research strategy on eHealth and health ICT and for engendering ever growing levels of international cooperation in relation to that research. Since 1993, Dr Iakovidis has initiated and collaborated on a series of research and development projects pertaining to biomedical informatics and electronic health records in an effort to address the continuously evolving challenges facing clinicians and ICT providers. In 2001, the American College of Medical Informatics named Dr Iakovidis as a fellow of the college in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of medical informatics.
Room A1 Wednesday, 5 November 10:45

Dr Vikram Kumar MD
CEO, Dimagi, Inc
USA
Dr Vikram Sheel Kumar is an engineer, physician and entrepreneur. From developing ways to hear clinical depression in a patient's voice to storing lifelong HIV/AIDS records on smart cards in Zambia, Dr Kumar has applied technology to solve some of the most important and interesting problems facing resource-poor countries today. He is the Chairman and co-founder of Dimagi Inc. a company that has dedicated itself to making software for public health and education projects in many parts of the world. He is a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded investigator and has won numerous awards.
Room A1 Wednesday, 5 November 16:00

Mr Dave Garets
President & CEO, HIMSS Analytics
Executive Vice President, HIMSS
USA
Dave Garets' professional experience with information technology spans nearly three decades. As President & CEO of HIMSSAnalytics, Mr Garets has driven the creation of the EMR Adoption Model® to benchmark medical records adoption in hospitals throughout the US and abroad. He draws on knowledge of the healthcare ICT industry that he has gained throughout his distinguished career in his continued efforts to revolutionise healthcare ICT. As a former hospital CIO and Vice President of Healthcare Industry Research and Advisory Services, Mr Garets offers a respected viewpoint on the current and future state of healthcare ICT.
Room A1 Thursday, 6 November 09:30

Mr Thomas W Smith
Chief Information Officer, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
USA
Thomas W Smith is the Chief Information Officer for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH) an integrated delivery network of three hospitals with more than 540 employed physicians, home care services, and a research institute. ENH was named one of America's 'Most Wired Hospital Systems of 2007' by Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine. Mr Smith employs more than thirty years of hospital administration and information systems management experience, including more than 20 years as a CIO at two different multi-hospital corporations to drive technological advancement at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. As a member of ACHE, CHIME and HIMSS, he is also committed to the role Healthcare Informatics plays throughout the United States.
Room A1 Thursday, 6 November 09:30

Dr Joan Guanyabens MD
Secretary of Strategy and Coordination, Department of Health, Catalonia
Spain
Dr Guanyabens has dedicated his career to expanding ICT use in the Spanish healthcare system serving successively as the Director of Organizational Development and ICT at the UDIAT Diagnostic Centre and then as Secretary of Strategy and Coordination of Catalonia's Government Health Department directing health strategy on IS and ICT. In an effort to further drive local and regional healthcare ICT use, Dr Guanyabens also participates on several municipal and private committees whose influence directly impacts his cause including the Barcelona City Council, the Asil Hospital Foundation, the Catalan Information & Health Forum, HL7-Canada and IHE-Spain Association. As both an MD and an MS in Hospital Management, Dr Guanyabens offers unique insight to ICT implementation projects.
Room A1 Thursday, 6 November 10:45