DETROIT, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A unique global conference
focusing on the future of healthcare will convene in DetroitJune 8 - 10, 2009.
The HealthQuake Summit will present an opportunity for leaders from around the
world to gather and explore the ongoing and future seismic "tremors" in the
healthcare industry in the areas of business, policy, and science/technology
that will make the industry virtually unrecognizable in the coming years.
Featured speaker will be world-renowned surgeon Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard of
the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France. Dr. Dubernard is associated with
many medical firsts, including the first hand transplant (1998) and the first
human face transplant (2005). Partnering agencies for the Summit include the
Detroit Medical Center (dmc.org), the World Technology Network (wtn.net), the
Institute for Alternative Futures (altfutures.com), and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Science magazine (aaas.org).
According to Executive Producer/Director, James P. Clark, HealthQuake
represents a truly unique opportunity as the one of the most crucial
industries in the world adjusts to the ramifications of such seismic shifts as
simplification; automation and robotics; postmodern medicine; globalization;
the defeat of chronic disease, and longevity. "Healthcare over the course of
the coming years of the early 21st Century will be nothing like it is today.
The healthcare landscape will be unrecognizable one way or another," Clark
said. "HealthQuake will help us all be prepared and show us how to best take
advantage of the enormous changes already in process or soon to come."
The HealthQuake Summit will be held at the Detroit Marriott June 8 - 10, 2009.
For more information, visit www.healthquake.org
SOURCE Detroit Medical Center
Annessa Carlisle of Detroit Medical Center, +1-313-520-8697
