Communications

Health Care Markets Emerging Commercial Opportunities Conference

For the Attention of Hospital CEOs, Board Chairs, OHA Board of Directors and CACN Members

From Warren DiClemente, Vice President, Operations and Educational Services

As you know, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) offers a number of educational conferences each year that are designed by and for our members, and aim to share best practices and information about industry-wide trends and issues that are important to hospitals.

As part of its commitment to highlight relevant issues in health care and bring thought-provoking speakers and presentations to its members, the OHA will be holding an important conference on Monday, May 30 and Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This conference will bring health care and business leaders together for a session devoted to helping health care vendors understand and market to the health care sector. Designed to provide vendors with insight into the health care industry, this conference will share strategies on how to more effectively market commercial services to hospitals and health care organizations. It will also deliver solutions on how to foster enhanced partnerships between health care and business leaders for the alignment of long-term strategies.

To ensure the program is as informative as possible, the OHA has secured some excellent speakers, including:

  • The Honourable Joe Cordiano, Minister of Economic Development and Trade
  • Hilary Short, President and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association
  • Dr. Alan Bernstein, President and CEO, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • The Honourable Gary Filmon, Corporate Director and Business Consultant, Former Manitoba Premier
  • Dr. Leslie Levin, Senior Medical Advisor, Head, Medical Advisory Secretariat, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Peter Finkle, Director, Hospitals Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Julian Fantino, Commissioner of Emergency Management, Province of Ontario
  • Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, Chief Executive Officer, MaRS Discovery District
  • Allison Stuart, Director, Emergency Management Unit, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care


Given the quality of our speakers, the relevance of the topic, and the opportunity to network and share information with your peers, I encourage you to participate in what promises to be an informative and insightful session. For information about the conference agenda and registration, please visit the OHA website at www.oha.com/conferences, or contact Isabella Wai at 416-205-1354 or iwai@oha.com