From Shanghai to Orlando: Looking Ahead to
IHPM’S 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL HEALTH & PRODUCTIVITY CONFERENCE
Trends, Issues, Solutions: Health & Productivity Management
in the USA and Abroad
Orlando, FL, April 4-6, 2011
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Around the World with IHPM
2010 has been a busy time globally for the Institute; in addition to expanding activities in China, there are conferences scheduled around the globe:
- 4th Annual Australia HPM Congress, August 9-11 in Melbourne - <Agenda>
- Inaugural New Zealand HPM Congress, August 13 in Auckland - <Agenda>
- HPM Roundtable Forum, September 2, 2010(tbc) in Mexico City hosted by DuPont Mexico
- International Corporate Health Forum, October 13-14 in Santiago, Chile - hosted by Promondo S.A.- <Agenda>
- 6th Annual European HPM Forum, November 30 & December 1 in London - hosted by Unilever and sponsored by Novartis.
Presentations include:
A Global Strategy for Health & Productivity - Unilever - Dr. John Cooper;
A UK Perspective on Health, Wealth & Productivity - Dame Carol Black
National Director for Health and Work;
HPM in the Americas and Asia including new survey findings from The Hong
Kong Hospital Authority - Sean Sullivan and Deborah Love;
International COPD Survey Results - Monica Fletcher;
Case Study from Croatia - VIPnet Telecom & Yvan Miklin;
Linking Health Risks to Workplace Performance - Zorianna Hyworon of
InfoTech and a leading employer like DuPont;
Building a Sustainable Program: Investing in Wellness Not Illness -
KPMG - Danni Hocking
Behavior Change in Workplace Cultures - Ted Borgstadt, Trestle Tree and
Joseph Leutzinger, PhD - Health Improvement Solutions
Changes That Last a Lifetime (CTLL) - Abbott;
British Petroleum – Dr. Richard Herron (tbc);
Vaccines & Pandemics - Novartis;
Positive Impact of Providing an Integrated Occupational Health Service
Onsite – Marianne Dyer, MD - Park Health;
From a Culture of Safety to a Culture of Health - Bill Bunn, MD, Navistar
International
A Presentation from Mars: European Trends and Policies in Health Care,
Lifestyle and Programs - Prezemek Duchniewicz - Mars Central Europe & Wolf Kirsten - International Health Coaching
Value-Based Health Programs at Multi-National Employers: Pitney
Bowes, Intel, Dow, and Procter & Gamble - Steve Priddy
former VP, HR FedEx
Health Care Reform Around the Globe - Chaired by Sean Sullivan, JD
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Sean Sullivan, President & CEO of IHPM will be chairing the session on the Role of the Individual Company in Making Better Health a Factor in National Economic Development, at the Life Sciences Innovation Forum of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) on September 18-19 in Sendai, Japan.
IHPM concluded its 8th trip to China since 2006 with a special Shanghai World Expo Health Forum of 3 Cities in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Dalian; sponsored and supported by the Chinese Medical Doctors Association (CMDA), the Ciming Health Checkup Management Group and local government organizations in each city like the Guangdong Province Health Department in Guangzhou.
Opening ceremonies included government representatives from the three cities followed with presentations by Sean Sullivan, JD & Deborah Love, IHPM, and global leaders Dr. Xiaohong Han, Founder of Ciming; Dr. Philip Hagen and Peter Streit of Mayo Clinic; Bill Motley and Linda Roberts of Abbott; Fiona Bao of The Dow Chemical Company; Zorianna Hyworon of InfoTech; H F Soo of Intel; and Dr. LinFeng Yu of Procter & Gamble.
IHPM now is preparing to begin research and development work with the Ciming Health Checkup Management Group. Attendees at this year’s 10th Annual event may recall seeing Dr. Bo Hu, Ciming's Chief Executive Officer. IHPM is partnering with Ciming in helping develop the Chinese market for health and productivity management and will be working out of Ciming's headquarters in Beijing and its regional offices in Dalian. Discussions also are taking place with the Guangdong Province Health Department about research and development work in South China.
As we look ahead to next year’s 11th Annual International Health & Productivity Conference in Orlando, April 4-6, 2011, IHPM will continue to push the boundaries of defining and increasing the value of employee health, for companies and nations alike. For the first time:
NEW! - Three Pre-Conference Academies
- Value-Based Health (VBH) featuring winners of IHPM’s 4th Annual VBH Awards – chaired by Steve Priddy, Director of Employer Relations for VBH – sponsored by sanofi-aventis;
- End-of-Life Issues for the Working Caregiver – chaired by Dr. Brent Pawlecki, Medical Director for Pitney Bowes and featuring presenters like Dr. Alberto Colombi, Medical Director for PPG Industries;
- Prevention in Value-Based Chronic Disease Management by the States – chaired by John Robitscher from the National Academy of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD).
General Session Topics and Themes will include :
- Global Health Care Trends: Updated – by Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director of Worldwide Health for Microsoft and a huge hit at our 9th Annual Conference two years ago in Scottsdale;
- Rewards and Punishments: Incentives and Work Force Engagement – a multi-employer panel discussion chaired by Randy Abbott, Towers Watson National Director;
- Mobile Messaging and Employee Engagement – an update on the growth of the newest and most dynamic technology for raising engagement and compliance to new levels;
- Demography is Destiny: National Health Care Consequences of an Aging Population – Speaker (tbc) from the annual “Boomers Conference;”
- “Two Pens “ Initiative – Dr. Wells Shoemaker, a star of this year’s Conference, shares interim results from IHPM’s Employer Initiative with the California Association of Physician Groups ;
- End-of-Life Issues for Working Caregivers: special panel Chaired by Dr. Brent Pawlecki, Medical Director for Pitney Bowes - in follow up to IHPM’s 2010 Conference – featuring the latest research findings and best corporate practices helping employees to manage the challenge of dealing with end-of-life issues for parents or other family members;
- Pushing the Measurement Curve: Debra Lerner, PhD., Director of the Program on Health, Work and Productivity at Tufts University Medical Center and IHPM’s global partner on health and productivity measurement, shares findings from her latest work on the impact of health issues on workplace performance;
- Depression and Productivity: Panel Discussion from IHPM’s Workplace Center for Behavioral Health focusing on the single greatest cause of lost productivity, or presenteeism, in the modern knowledge-based work force;
- Global “Epidemics” and Workplace Health: Employer and Provider Perspectives on Influenza, Diabetes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease;
- Examples of Employer Best Practices in Health and Productivity Management – Eastman Chemical, Pitney Bowes, PPG Industries, and Qualcomm;
- 11th Annual Winners of IHPM’s Corporate Health & Productivity Management Awards – sponsored by Aetna
The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress has lowered hotel room rates for 2011 with an early bird rate of $195!! Claim your room today to secure this rate. <click here to register for your stay>
For more information or to learn more about IHPM's initiatives please email deborah@ihpm.org or bonnie.jean@ihpm.org. We look forward to hearing from you. |
