Second Annual eHealth Developers’ Summit

November 14-16, 2001, Aptos, CA

The Second Annual Summit was successfully convened with more than 120 peer executives from more than 100 key technology and health-related corporations, start-ups, academic institutions, health care organizations, investors, foundations, non-profit organizations, and government agencies participating. The Summit was hosted at Seascape Resort in Aptos, CA.

Summit Details

Executive Summary of Summit Summary Report
Entire Summit Summary Report (PDF format)
Summit Agenda (PDF format)
Summit Participant List
Summit Press Release
Press statement from Mark Roman, IBM
Presenters' PowerPoint Slides

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Second Annual Summit Sponsors

5.0 Sponsors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation, National Cancer Institute, WK Kellogg Foundation
4.0 Sponsor: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services
1.0 Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

Second Annual Summit Planning Committee

Cynthia Baur, US Department of Health and Human Services
Simon Budman, Inflexxion, Inc.
James Chung, Beansprout Networks, Inc.
Connie Dresser, Bernard Glassman, National Cancer Institute
Tom Eng, eHealth Institute (Chair)
Sam Karp, California HealthCare Foundation
Tim Kieschnick, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente

Feedback from Summit Participants

Here is what Summit participants said about the meeting:

“Best meeting I have been to in more than 20 years.”

“…a truly informative and productive event. It was a pleasure to hear top-notch presenters, as well as the audience, deliver well-considered and realistic commentary on our industry and solutions for the future. It was long on insight and short on hyperbole; and none of us has time for the latter.”

“I get invited to attend and participate in more meetings than I can manage and have cut back significantly …because most of the meetings are not worth the trouble. Your meeting is a striking exception to that rule…”

“Outstanding organizational effort. Great group of attendees—very stimulating.”

“A wonderful venue for networking and interactive learning. Truly an excellent event.”

“Excellent range and caliber of speakers and participants.”

“Thank you...for the wonderful opportunity to present my ideas and meet so many interesting people…it was superbly organized in every respect.”

“The mix of attendees you invited was both unique and productive in terms of idea generation and exchange.”

“Best food of any conference I have ever attended.”