Healthcare Symposium- The Synergy Between Innovation and Wellness

Healthcare Symposium-The Synergy Between Innovation and Wellness

Tuesday, March 27

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial

100 West 26th Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Liberty Memorial

Agenda for the Day:

Key Issues To Be Addressed

Health care issues and best management practices

Driving Innovation and wellness in our community

How wellness Impacts Innovation and vice a versa

Discovering and integrating healthcare Technologies

8:00  Breakfast and Networking

8:30   Kick off Lori Mallory, Kansas City Internal Medicine

Opening Remarks, Frank Ellis, Swope Health Services

8:45  TEDMED Talk, Nancy Fox, Deffenbaugh Inc.

9:00  Introduction of keynote speaker, Carolyn Watley, CBIZ

9:05 Keynote, Dr. Dee Edington Author of Zero Trends

9:45  Break 

10:00 

Panel Industry Innovators  

How industry becomes innovators in their fields. How are they changing the standard, moving the needle, and creating a new workforce.

Danette Wilson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City

Dr. Roy Jensen, Kansas University Medical Center

David Miller, Nueterra International    

 Polly Thomas, CBIZ

Eric Morgenstern  (moderator) Morningstar Communications   

10: 45 Ron Rowe, The Blue KC Exchange: A New way to Fund Small Employer Health Plans

11:00   TedMED Talk, McCownGordon Construction

11:10  High Growth Innovators in Healthcare  

Dr. David Nill, Cerner

Nick Franano, Novita Therapeutics

Maria Flynn – Orbis Biosciences

Leo Johns- BigIris

Linda Ward (moderator) Center for Practical Bioethics

11:50 TedMED Talk, Matt Condon, Athletic Rehabilitation Center

Noon adjourn