CHI announces its speaker lineup for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum

California Healthcare Institute today announced its speaker lineup for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum to be held Nov. 5, at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco Hotel, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This annual statewide conference brings opinion leaders from the science, business and public sectors together to discuss critical opportunities and issues facing the biomedical community. The forum allows for the confluence of the private and academic research sectors with policy makers to ensure that innovation will continue to benefit Americans in the future.

Confirmed speakers include futurist and author Ian Morrison, Ph.D.; Alan M. Garber, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., M.D., director, center for health policy and center for primary care and outcomes research, Stanford University; Michael Goldberg, partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher; Hans Bishop, president, specialty medicine, Bayer HealthCare LLC; Robert B. Hance, president, Abbott Vascular; Carl W. Hull, president and chief executive officer, Gen-Probe Incorporated; Michael A. Mussallem, chairman and CEO, Edwards Lifesciences; John C. Martin, Ph.D., chairman of the board and CEO, Gilead Sciences; and Mark D. Smith, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO, California HealthCare Foundation.

“We have brought together a great cross section of our industry’s leaders for this year’s forum,” said David L. Gollaher, Ph.D., president and CEO of CHI. “This impressive group of speakers represents a well-balanced forum to discuss the intersection of science, business and policy, which ultimately affects our industry’s ability to continue to innovate in California.”