Main Conference Agenda

When available, presentations and links to podcasts are posted below.

Podcasts are provided courtesy of Federal News Radio.

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6:45am-8:00am

Conference Check-in, Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast

8:00am-8:10am

Welcome Remarks

Dan Matthews, Conference Chair, AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Day & VP, Lockheed Martin

8:10am-8:40am

Opening Keynote: Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure

Tim Young, Deputy Administrator, Office of e-Government and Information Technology, U.S. Office of Budget and Management
LINK TO PODCAST

8:40am-9:40am

Surveillance
Recent outbreaks such as E. coli and Salmonella require the adoption of an effective early warning and communication system to provide actionable intelligence and situational awareness to emergency service end-users. Find out what tools and techniques agencies are interested in pursuing.

Jack Guzewich, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Food Defense Communication and Emergency Response, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Dr. Art Liang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Heather Park, Senior Analyst, National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security

9:40am-9:55am

Networking Break

9:55am-10:25am

Morning Keynote: America at the Ready

Dr. Jon R. Krohmer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
LINK TO PODCAST

10:25am-11:25am

Emergency Preparedness 
The post-9/11 era, where bioterrorism, chemical and radiation threats, and mass casualties are real threats, has made it more important for federal, state and local agencies to coordinate efforts to respond to real-time public health emergencies. Participants will discuss progress made in this area and what impediments lay ahead.

CDR Duane Caneva, MD, Director, Medical Preparedness Policy, White House Homeland Security Council

Capt. Malcolm Johns, Deputy Director, Early Detection Division, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and Biodefense, Office of Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Maribeth Love, Deputy Director of Logistics, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, Office of Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

11:25am-12:00am

Networking Break

12:00am-1:30pm

Luncheon Keynote:  Caring for America’s Wounded Warrior

Brigadier General Gary Cheek, Director, Warrior Care and Transition, Assistant Surgeon General for Warrior Care and Transition, U.S. Army
PRESENTATION (PDF)
LINK TO PODCAST

1:30pm-2:00pm

Networking Break

2:00pm-2:30pm

Afternoon Keynote: Sharing & Caring Across America

Vish Sankaran, Program Director, Federal Health Architecture, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
LINK TO PODCAST

2:30pm-3:30pm

Information Sharing
Whether federal agencies are sharing information “horizontally” across the same level of government or “vertically” between federal, state and local governments, there is a need to develop data sharing capabilities that support real-time analysis.  Participants will address both the technological and cultural challenges to info sharing and analysis and strategies for overcoming both.

Henry Chao, Chief Technology Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Steven Phillips, Director, Specialized Information Services, Associate Director, National Library of Medicine,  National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Mary Ann Rockey, Program Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Acquisition, Military Health System, U.S. Department of Defense

3:30pm-4:00pm

Closing Keynote: Cross-Community Empowerment

Dr. Terry Cullen, Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PRESENTATION (PDF)
LINK TO PODCAST

Small Business Program (runs concurrently with main conference agenda)

Small Business Making Sense of Health IT: The morning plenary sessions will look at the IT vision of various agencies and how small businesses fit it, real and planned opportunities within each agency for small businesses and the best way for a small business to interact with agencies.

9:00am-9:30am

9:30am-10:00am

10:00am-10:30am

10:30am-11:00am

11:00am-11:30am

1:30pm-2:00pm

2:00pm-3:25pm