Plenary Speakers
Plenary Sessions
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
AdvaMed 2008 will host daily public policy breakfast and lunch plenary discussions featuring well-known industry and/or policy leaders. Discussions will focus on relevant public policy issues affecting medical technology innovation. Open to Full Access registrants, as well as, the appropriate One-Day Access registrants.
Plenary Breakfast Series
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Monday Breakfast - Charlie Cook
Respected Authority on U.S. Elections and Political Trends Publisher, The Cook Political Report Political Analyst, the National Journal Group
Widely regarded as one of the nation's keenest minds on U.S. elections and political trends, Charlie Cook is the publisher of The Cook Political Report and a political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and is a political analyst for NBC News.
Tuesday Breakfast - Andrew Dillon
CBE, Chief Executive National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Andrew Dillon is Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical excellence.
He graduated from the University of Manchester in 1975 and has held a number of senior management positions in the UK National Health Service, including General Manager of the Royal Free Hospital and Chief Executive of St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, both academic centres in London. Andrew has been a member of the Council of the NHS Trust Federation and has contributed to national policy on the allocation of research and development funding in the NHS. He has been member of the UK Department of Health's International Panel and its Health Industries Task Force.
He helped establish NICE as its founding chief executive in 1999.
Wednesday Breakfast - Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Newt Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the "Contract with America" that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years. After he was elected Speaker, he disrupted the status quo by moving power out of Washington and back to the American people. Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a generation, and passed the first tax cut in 16 years. In addition, the Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
Newt described his vision of a 21st Century System of Health and Healthcare that is centered on the individual, prevention focused, knowledge intense, and innovation-rich in his book, Saving Lives & Saving Money. Here he makes the case for a market-mediated system that improves choice while driving down costs.
Plenary Lunch Series
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Monday Lunch - G. Steven Burrill
Chief Executive Officer, Burrill & Company
G. Steven Burrill has been involved in the growth and prosperity of the life science and MedTech industry for over 40 years. Mr. Burrill is one of the industry's most avid and sustained developers. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Pharmasset and is a member of eight other Boards of Directors. Prior to founding Burrill & Company in 1994, he spent 28 years with Ernst & Young, directing and coordinating the firm's services to clients in the life sciences, MedTech, high technology and manufacturing industries worldwide.
Mr. Burrill is a founder and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the National Medals of Science and Technology. He also serves as an advisor on the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, Purdue Discovery Park External Advisory Committee as well as the editorial board of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology.
Full advantage will be taken of the conference's Washington venue to secure prominent and relevant speakers for Tuesday and Wednesday's lunch plenary sessions.
AdvaMed 2007 keynote luncheon speakers included the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, CMS Acting-Administrator Kerry Weems, U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, and the Hall of Fame and NCAA championship UConn men's basketball coach, Jim Calhoun.