Schedule

6th Annual Healthcare Conference

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“New Healthcare Paradigm: Technology, Value, Emergence”

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November 6, 2009

Registration Coffee Reception
8:00 to 9:00am

Opening Remarks
9:00 to 9:15am
  • Cliff Cramer, Adjunct Professor and Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program, Columbia Business School
  • Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
  • Robert Essner, Executive-in-Residence, Columbia Business School; Retired Chairman/ CEO of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Keynote Speaker
9:15 to 10:00am
  • Fred Hassan, Chairman and CEO, Schering-Plough Corporation

Concurrent Morning Panels
10:15 to 11.30am

Biopharmaceutical Panel: “Biopharma Outlook – Drugs, Deals, Downsize, Diversify?”

Healthcare Venture Capital and Private Equity Panel: “Venturing into the New Healthcare Environment”

Payor, Provider & HCIT Panel: “Impact of Proposed Healthcare Reform – Payor/ Provider Strategies and Technology Solutions”

Keynote Speaker
11:45 to 12:30pm
  • Michael Barber, Vice President & Head of Healthymagination, GE Corporate; Former Chief Technology Officer, GE Healthcare

Conference Lunch
12:30 to 1:30pm

Concurrent Afternoon Panels
1:45 to 2:45pm
Healthcare M&A Panel: “Where Deals Are Getting Done, and Future Outlook”

Medical Devices & Diagnostics Panel: “Growth and Innovation in an Increasingly Challenging Regulatory & Competitive Environment”

Emerging Markets Panel: “Opportunities and Challenges for Global Healthcare Companies in BRIC and Other Regions”

Keynote Speaker
3:00 to 3:45pm
  • Alex Gorsky, Worldwide Chairman, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Johnson & Johnson

Networking and Career Fair
3:45 to 5:00pm