Healthcare IT: Telemedicine and Its role in redefining care delivery

Time: 10:15am
Moderator: Lyle Berkowitz, MD, Medical Director of Clinical Information Systems for Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Director, Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program

The spread of high speed internet and the advent of telemedicine techniques - videoconferencing, remote monitoring, patient portals, and other communication platforms - have the potential to redefine the delivery of medicine. This panel will discuss telemedicine as a business model, the value proposition for various stakeholders, and the economic and integration challenges. The discussion will provide valuable insight and perspective into how telemedicine technologies can potentially reduce costs, increase access, and improve patient outcomes. Telehealth is redefining healthcare delivery - providing proactive, patient-centered care that transcends the boundaries of time and location.

• Janell Moerer, VP Business Development at Via Christi Health, Inc
• Jonathan Schaffer KSM '01, MD, Managing Director, eCleveland Clinic of the Cleveland Clinic
• Hayes Abrams, Senior Director of Enterprise Health Care Management, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma
• Dan Malven KSM '93, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Analyte Media

Institution to Industry: Commercializing Technologies

Time: 10:15am
Moderator: Professor Alicia Loffler, PhD, Executive Director, Innovation and New Ventures Office, and Associate Vice President for Research, Northwestern University

The Institution to Industry panel will discuss the evolving institutional process and structure associated with commercializing ideas out of the lab and clinical settings . The panel expects to explore the challenges with the "tech" transfer process of bringing technologies into the business world and the role of commercialization and innovation groups in this process.

• Patrick McCarthy, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Medical Faculty Director of NUvention, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Bob Creeden, Managing Partner, Partners Innovation Fund
• Daniel Behr, Director of Technology Ventures, Allied Minds, Inc.
• Alan Bentley, Director of Commercialization, Cleveland Clinic Innovations

Delivery of Products: Unleashing the Power of Social Media in Healthcare

Time: 12:00pm
Moderator: Gurpreet Singh MBA '03 , Partner and Vice President, Diamond, Management & Technology Consultants

What is the role of Social Media in healthcare in a regulated environment? Does social media provide an opportunity for stakeholders including providers, payers and pharmaceutical/biotechnology firms to collaborate with the common goal of better patient outcomes in a cost effective manner? What are some tools and technologies being piloted by these stakeholders today? Is there a business case for technological innovations that improve patient outcomes for pharmaceutical/biotechnology firms?

• Ben Lei, Associate Director, eMarketing, Marketing Communications Genentech
• Philip Settimi, MS, MD, Senior Vice-President, Global Marketing and Corporate Strategy & Chief Marketing Officer Hill-Rom
• Imran Haque, Head of Multi Channel Marketing, Pfizer Animal Health
• Keith Renouard , Chief Enterprise Architect, Hospira

Venture Capital: Funding Healthcare Innovation

Time: 12:00pm
Moderator: John Hession , Partner, Cooley LLP

Venture capital plays an integral role in driving growth and innovation in the healthcare space. Panelists will discuss healthcare venture capital trends, investment themes receiving funding and driving innovation.

• Steve Gullans, PhD, Managing Director, Excel Venture Management
• Nicole Walker, KSM '00, Director - Venture Investments, Abbott Biotech Ventures
• Timothy Bryant, Partner - General Counsel, Adams Street Partners
• Mark Colella, KSM '02, Principal, 5AM Ventures
• Erich Wolff, Associate - Corporate Development, Medtronic

Provider Operations: Innovation within healthcare systems

Time: 2:30pm
Moderator: Professor Sarang Deo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Sustainable improvements to clinical processes (and hence outcomes) often require enterprise-wide operations management strategies - lean, six sigma, and continuous process improvement have become integrated in many of the nation's best hospitals. This panel will compare and contrast innovative approaches leading healthcare systems have taken, the challenges they've faced, and the keys to success to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of providing care.

• Charles Runge KSM '81, Senior Vice President Planning & Service Line Management, Froedtert Health. Senior Vice President, Clinical Services, Froedtert Hospital
• David Perry KSM '88, Vice President Marketing and Communications, Seattle Children's
• Matt Cook, Principal, The Chartis Group
• Kim Barnas,Vice President Hospital Operations, ThedaCare

Emerging Markets: Market Entry Challenges in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

Time: 2:30pm
Moderator: Craig Shimasaki KSM '05, PhD, CEO of the BioSource Consulting Group

The panel will broadly explore the opportunities, challenges and strategies involved in successfully launching medical products in emerging markets, whether those products are pharmaceutical molecules, prosthetic knees or diagnostic services. Some interesting questions that the panel could address include:

• How are the challenges in emerging economies different from the more traditional markets? With regards to Regulatory Approval / Revenue Models / Local Competition, how do models for emerging economies compare to those for the United States?
• How does the lack of insurance coverage and consumers' ability to pay change a firm's strategy? Specifically, should one go after market share or concentrate on small niche strategies?
• How does one navigate the issues of intellectual property sanctity and local competitors?
• Does a service model make more sense than a product model?
• How does a firm approach the product development process for an emerging market?

• Dr Villoo Morawala-Patel, CEO of Avesthagen Inc.
• Y.S. (Yoo Seok) Hong, Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development, Eli Lilly and Company-Emerging Marketing Business Unit
• Hooman Bahmandeji KSM '94, CEO, MedSphere Inc
• Tiffany Clarke, Global Project Manager (HIV/AIDS Blood Analyzers), Beckton Dickinson