3rd Annual 2011 mHealth Summit Announces Conference Program

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

What: The 2011 mHealth Summit, presented by the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) in partnership with the mHealth Alliance, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (mHIMSS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

When: December 5-7, 2011

Where: The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National, Harbor, Washington, DC Area.

Register: http://mhealthsummit.org/register.php

Shaping the Future of Mobile Health

The world's largest mobile health event, the mHealth Summit returns with an expanded program and 30,000 square feet of exhibit space. This year's innovative program is packed with four super sessions, 80 concurrent sessions, and special sessions developed with input by leading industry experts and business leaders such as:

• B2 Group
• Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security (MDISS)
• Deloitte
• mHealth Regulatory Coalition
• Vodafone
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• UnitedHealth Group
• Ashoka
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Wireless-Life Health Sciences Alliance
• GBC Health

Keynote Speakers

Eight visionary keynote speakers join an impressive speaking roster of mHealth leaders and luminaries:

• Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Surgeon General of the United States
• Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
• Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm
• Sangita Reddy, Executive Director of Operations, Apollo Hospitals Group
• Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• John Stratton, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, Verizon
• Dr. Eric Topol, Vice Chairman, West Wireless Health Institute
• Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Four super sessions:

• The Value Proposition of mHealth
  • Moderated by Charlotte Howard, Health Care Correspondent, The Economist.
  • Panelists include
    • Donald Casey, CEO, West Wireless Health Institute
    • Richard Migliori, EVP, United Health Group
    • Xavier Williams, SVP, AT&T
    • Raj Shah, Chairman & CEO, CTIS, Inc.
    • Patricia Wise, VP, HIS, HIMSS

• Mobile Health in the Clinical Enterprise
  • Moderated by Patrick Muldoon, President, HealthAlliance Hospital
  • Panelists include
    • Krishnan Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
    • Russell Glasgow, Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
    • Joseph C. Kvedar, Director, Center for Connected Health
    • Donna Ramos-Johnson, Chief of Technology Operations, DCPCA
    • Eric Yablonka, VP & CIO, University of Chicago Medical Center

• The New Wireless Paradigm in the Medical Device Industry
  • Moderated by Tom Wheeler, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners
  • Panelists include
    • Paul Coss, Segment Director, Wireless Technology, Philips Healthcare
    • Michael Kremliovsky, Scientist, Medtronic, Inc.
    • Tom Watlington, CEO, Sotera Wireless
    • Andrew M. Flanagan - National Vice President, SAP - US Healthcare Practice

• Global Policy and Regulatory Perspectives of mHealth
  • Moderated by Joseph Smith, Chief Medical & Science Officer, West Wireless Health Institute
  • Panelists include
    • Joseph McCannon, Senior Advisor, CMS
    • William Maisel, Deputy Director, FDA
    • Gwendoline Ramokgopa, Deputy Minister, The National Department of Health
    • Lourdes Motta Murguia, PPAL
    • Ariel Pablos-Mendez - Assistant Administrator, Global Health Bureau - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Eighty Concurrent Sessions Across 14 Tracks in Critical Topic Areas

Sessions will engage attendees in a world-class program that examines all of the parameters, issues and challenges that mobile technology holds for delivering high-impact, sustainable solutions that are changing the playing field for health by enabling millions of people to be reached in the United States and internationally.

Event Highlights

• Expanded Exhibit Floor - 300 exhibitors covering 30,000 square feet
• Special Pavilions
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pavilion
  • Qualcomm Wireless Health Pavilion
  • mHIMSS HIT mHealth Vendor Pavilion, where 16 vendors will demonstrate how wireless technology can improve healthcare delivery and quality of patient care.
  • Digital Media Pavilion
• M-Enabling Summit - a co-located event hosted by G3ict, the FCC and the ITU, featuring mobile and wireless technologies for seniors and persons with disabilities.
• Mobile Health Venture Fair - connecting innovative companies with investors: http://mhealthsummit.org/program_special_mhealth.php
• FierceMobile-sponsored Executive Breakfast: Powering the Care Models of Tomorrow: http://mhealthsummit.org/program_special_care.php
• Designing Mobile Experiences for Healthcare Consumers Workshop: http://mhealthsummit.org/program_special_experience.php
• Start Up Mobile Health Pavilion

A cornerstone of this year's exhibit floor, the StartUp Pavilion will showcase 40 of today's most innovative seed and early stage companies impacting mobile health. The pavilion is a collaborative effort developed by Blueprint Health, Healthbox, Rock Health, and StartUp Health.

This year's event will draw more than 2000 attendees from across 40 countries to engage with the speakers in more than 100 sessions. Join leaders from across key sectors of government, industry, academia, providers, technology innovation, not-for-profit, and the private sector at the international forum for building sustainable mHealth solutions.

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For more information on the conference program visit www.mhealthsummit.org.

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• @mHealthSummit: www.twitter.com/mhealthsummit

The event will be open to credentialed media. For press registration, please contact:

• Bridgid Myers: 301-402-0114, [email protected]

About the mHealth Summit

The 2011 mHealth Summit, presented by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), in partnership with the mHealth Alliance, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (mHIMSS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the leading conference advancing cross-sector collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes. The 2011 mHealth Summit, to be held December 5-7 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, will connect leaders in government, private sector/industry, academia, and not-for-profit organizations to advance discussion and decision-making related to the intersection of mobile technology, health research, and policy in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.mhealthsummit.org.

About the mHealth Alliance: www.mhealthalliance.org

About mHIMSS: www.himss.org

About the Foundation for the NIH
Established by the United States Congress to support the mission of the NIH — improving health through scientific discovery in the search for cures— the Foundation for the NIH is a leader in identifying and addressing complex scientific  and health issues. The Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) charitable organization that raises private-sector funds for a broad portfolio of unique programs that complement and enhances the NIH priorities and activities. For additional information about the Foundation for NIH, please visit www.fnih.org.

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