The Donaghue Foundation 2009 Conference
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:00am – 2:00pm         Hartford Marriott Farmington - Farmington, Connecticut

BEYONDEUREKA!
Innovation in the quest for better health:
Patient-driven transformation in research, technology and treatments
PROGRAM AGENDA
  8:00am -  9:00am REGISTRATION - Continental Breakfast
  9:00am - 11:00am WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Lynne Garner, PhD
Trustee & President, Donaghue Foundation

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Alejandro (Alex) Jadad, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, FCAHS
Chief Innovator and Founder, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation
“Will we be able to innovate in time? Meeting the health care expectations of the Obama generation”

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sharon F. Terry, MA, President & CEO, Genetic Alliance
“Participants at the center: Accelerating the pathway from research to health”

11:00am - 11:20am BREAK
11:20am - 12:15pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ben Heywood, Co-Founder, President, PatientsLikeMe
“The power of sharing with patients like you: Transforming research, treatments, and care”  
12:15pm - 12:50pm BOX LUNCH BREAK
12:50pm -  2:00pm INTRODUCTION OF PANEL DISCUSSION
Amy R. Lynch , Vice President, Bank of America
Trustee, Donaghue Foundation

KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION WITH AUDIENCE Q & A
Alejandro Jadad, MD
Sharon F. Terry
Ben Heywood
Moderator: Nancy C. Yedlin, MPH, Vice President, Donaghue Foundation 

MEETING ADJOURNS
 2:00pm - 3:00pm RECEPTION
Foyer
 
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