2009 Archive: Conference Schedule

Friday, November 6, 2009

Registration and continental breakfast beginning at 7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.  Introduction: Chris Puto, Dean, Opus College of Business  
Dave Durenberger, Former U.S. Senator

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.  Keynote Speaker:  
George Halvorson, Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals       

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.  Operational Innovations Panel Presentations:
Lou Cornacchia, President & CEO, Doctations, Inc.
Garisson Bliss, Pres. & CEO of Qliance Medical Mgmt
Marcus Osborne, Director of Health Clinics Design & Development, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

11:15 a.m. – Noon  Panel Discussion/Q&A

Noon – 1:15 p.m.  Lunch/Networking
"A Software Solution to Rising Costs"
Jim Catalino, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lawson Healthcare

1:15 – 2:45 p.m.  Provider Panel Presentations:
Ken Paulus, President & CEO, Allina Health System
Diane Gross, Vice President/General Counsel, Poudre Valley Health System (2008 Baldrige award winner)
Edward Shultz, Director of Information Technology Integration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.  Panel Discussion/Q&A

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Keynote Speaker:  
Thomas Huntley, Minnesota House of Representatives

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