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U.S. Medicine Forum for Federal Decisionmakers

"The Future of Technology in Medicine..."

26 April, 2000
The Army and Navy Club
Washington, D.C.
Host: Mr. Ray Suarez, PBS national correspondent, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer

8:30 AM: Session opens, welcome by U.S. Medicine Chairman, Frank Best

Keynote: Dr. T. Garthwaite, Acting Undersecretary for Health, Veterans Affairs

Panel Presentation/Discussion: "Technology - Where can we go? How do we get there?"
Panel Chair: RADM Michael Cowan, Chief of Staff, OASD (HA)
- Mr. David Brooks, Sr. Vice President SAIC Corporation
- Mr. David McIntyre, President & CEO TRIWEST Healthcare Alliance

10:30 - 11:00 Break

Keynote: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine; Project Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

11:45 - 1:15 Lunch, and conversation

Panel Presentation/Discussion: "Technology, and Cost"
Panel Chair: Dr. Michael J. Ackerman, Director, Office of High Performance Computing and Communications, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, NLM
- Dr. Seth Bonder, CEO Vector Research, Inc.
- Dr. Fred A. Cecere, Medical Director DYNCORP/FMAS

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 3:30 Concluding Remarks

Reception