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CIMIT Innovation Congress 2009
Accelerating Healthcare Solutions Through Technology
October 27 - 28, 2009 • Back Bay Events Center • Boston, MA

CIMIT Innovation Congress 2009, October 27-28, 2009

    

 

 




Solutions to today's healthcare challenges
require innovative approaches in the delivery of care, more collaborative relationships between patients and primary care teams, technology innovations that reduce costs, and improved care for the injured soldier.

The CIMIT Innovation Congress is the premier event catalyzing innovations in medical device technology. It's the only place where academia, government, industry, and the military convene to learn and network with national leaders who are shaping tomorrow's healthcare solutions.

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Register online to attend.

Keynote Speakers (Invitations in Progress)

Susan Axelrod – President, C.U.R.E., Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy Confirmed
Michael J. Harsh – Chief Technology Officer, GE Healthcare Confirmed
   
Kathleen Sibelius – Secretary of Health and Human Services Invited
Eric Schoomaker – US Army Surgeon General Invited
Eric Schmidt – Chairman and CEO, Google Invited
Craig Mundie – Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Invited

Conference Program offers day-long tracks in three critical areas:

» Transforming Patient Care through IT

  • Health 2.0 and the Participating Patient
  • Care Anywhere: Designing Integrated Care Across the Continuum
  • Emergent Care Preparing For New Threats

» Caring for the Injured Soldier

  • On the Battlefield: Early Trauma Care including Evacuation
  • Transitioning Home
  • Long Term Care

» Introducing New Technologies into Clinical Care

  • Future of Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • Strategic Pathways to Commercialization
  • New Frontiers: Inhalation Technologies

» View Conference Agenda.

Hall of Innovation: Poster Competition

CIMIT is sponsoring a poster competition in concert with the CIMIT Innovation Congress. The poster session will feature interdisciplinary research and provide an opportunity for investigators to compete for recognition and prizes while showcasing their work. The CIMIT Innovation Congress convenes leaders from academia, industry and government to explore how new technology innovations can drive change in healthcare.

» Now accepting abstracts. Learn more.

Flybridge Capital Partners Stay in MA ProgramTen scholarship opportunities are available for student registrations through Flybridge Capital Partners Stay in MA program. To be considered for a scholarship, you must be a full-time student currently registered at a Massachusetts university or college and selected as a finalist in the CIMIT poster competition. Deadline to enter the poster competition is September 4, 2009. At the close of the poster competition, ten poster finalists that meet all scholarship criteria will be randomly selected to receive a scholarship. Scholarship recipients will be notified via email after September 14, 2009 with instructions.

CIMIT Exploratorium 2009

The Exploratorium is the hallmark of the CIMIT Innovation Congress — where technology innovation comes to life. Unlike any other exhibit hall, the Exploratorium highlights interactive, hands-on demonstrations of emerging technologies by both interdisciplinary teams from academia and their visionary counterparts from industry. If you are interested in exhibiting at the Exploratorium 2009, please contact Sean Kennedy.

» Take a Virtual Tour of the 2008 Exploratorium.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Increase your organization’s visibility with the CIMIT Consortium Institutions and CIMIT-supported investigators by becoming a sponsor of the Innovation Congress 2009. At the CIMIT Innovation Congress, you reach an even blend of representatives of the academic, government, military, industry and non-profit sectors from the most influential hospitals, laboratories, tech companies and institutions working in healthcare.

» Learn more.

Event Volunteers

The CIMIT Innovation Congress provides a unique experience to learn and network with national leaders who are shaping tomorrow's healthcare solutions. There are several opportunities to volunteer at the CIMIT Innovation Congress.

» If interested, please contact DeAnna Grosbaum at dgrosbaum@partners.org.

2009 Sponsors

Air Liquide


BBN Technologies DARPA


BioStar Group Invest Northern IrelandMasimo

 

OlympusThird Rock Ventures

 

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