1. MedBiquitous Annual Conference 2011
Don Detmer, MD, MA
Chairman, Board of Directors

2. Welcome & Thank you for all you do for MedBiquitous!
Welcome to all, and thank you for attending. Thanks especially to our international colleagues who have traveled so far to be here today.

3. Executive Committee
Nancy Davis, Ph.D., National Institute for Quality Improvement and Education
Rachel Ellaway, Ph.D., Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Peter Greene, M.D., MedBiquitous
Jack Kues, Ph.D., University of Cinncinnati
Ross Martin, M.D., Deloitte Consulting LLP 
J.B. McGee, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
Terry Poulton, Ph.D., St. George's, University of London
Valerie Smothers, MedBiquitous
Michael Zarski, American Osteopathic Association
Thanks to the Executive Committee, which served as the program committee.

4. Conference Sponsors
We’d also like to thank the sponsors of this conference, the American Osteopathic Association, Decision Simulation, DLC Solutions, and doc.com for their generous support.

5. Webcasting
Several sessions will be recorded for webcasting after the conference
DLC will be webcasting several of the conference sessions after the meeting so that you can hear your favorite sessions again.

6. Wireless Network
Connect to JHU Guest Net

7. A Changing Environment
New leadership
New payment models
EMR incentives
Like every other industry, healthcare education faces a changing environment. There are changes in government, healthcare reform, incentives for meaningful use of EHRs, progress related to patient safety and quality, and new payment models such as Accountable Care organizations. As we strive to make healthcare more efficient and effective, we need models of education and assessment that are more efficient and effective as well, models that are based on performance data, that hold physicians accountable for their own performance and improvement.

8. We need to Connect the Dots!
And technology standards are essential to connect the dots in healthcare education and competence assessment.

9. Keynotes Sachin Jain MD, CMS Robert Galbraith, NBME
Reactor panels will follow each keynote

10. Breakouts Unconferences Innovation demonstrations Panel sessions
Influencing the environment to drive change in healthcare education
What does it mean to be learner centric in healthcare education IT?
Innovation demonstrations
Speed dating for healthcare education technologies
Panel sessions

11. Closing plenary
For our closing plenary, we have a presentation from Joel Farrell, chair of the MedBiquitous Technical Steering Committee, and his IBM colleague, xxx, about Watson, the computer that competed on Jeopardy. They will explore how the technologies in Watson could impact healthcare education and performance improvement.