Connections 2009
Real-World Strategies for Today’s Challenges

2009 Annual Conference and Exhibits
September 30–October 3, 2009 ~ Orlando, FL

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Don’t miss your best opportunity to get connected to the strategies, tactics, and solutions you need to successfully navigate today’s complex and complicated environment.

Now more than ever, as a healthcare strategy professional you can take the lead and show your organization how to implement creative ideas that save significant dollars and can offer considerable ROI.

Join us this fall in Orlando at Connections 2009 to network with other healthcare leaders and acquire the tools you need to plot your course through these uncertain economic times and map and secure your organization’s future.

At Connections 2009 you will:
• Receive information on current healthcare strategy trends, issues, and best practices.
• Take away lessons learned from experts in healthcare communications, marketing, physician relations, planning, and public relations.
• Network with colleagues from around the country.
• View the latest marketplace solutions in SHSMD’s ever-expanding Exhibit Hall.

We’ve tailored this year’s Annual Conference to bring you the best in education and networking. You will experience presentations by noted thought leaders in general and concurrent sessions designed to give you new ideas and skills that will pay off immediately back at the office.

Over four exciting days, you will trade ideas with your peers and learn from today’s foremost leaders and thinkers. You will have the opportunity to evaluate your current practices, all while you build a powerful community of colleagues, business partners, and friends.

This year’s 66 concurrent sessions, 4 general sessions, 10 optional workshops, and numerous networking events promise to develop your career and boost your organization’s success. Explore essential topics such as quality and patient satisfaction, innovative new media, physician relations, economic challenges, and healthcare’s future under the Obama administration.

Connections 2009 is all about ROI—Return on Ideas—and it’s about innovative programming and once-in-a-lifetime experiences for you. So take the first step toward getting connected, and make plans now to join us in Orlando, FL, September 30–October 3. See why the SHSMD Annual Conference is the place to CONNECT.

Why Should You Attend?

1. Network with your peers and leaders from all segments of healthcare.
2. Share your ideas and visions at interactive workshops and round-tables.
3. Learn from leaders in the field. Sixty-six concurrent sessions in eight interdisciplinary tracks give you invaluable access to the most distinguished faculty in healthcare strategy today.
4. Explore new and innovative solutions at the general sessions, with speakers and topics to intrigue, inspire, and entertain you.
5. Delve into healthcare’s hottest topics at any one of the 10 optional workshops designed for in-depth learning.
6. Exchange ideas with conference speakers before the conference through online discussions on SHSMD’s Knowledge Community. Tell them in advance what you need to know!
7. Evaluate the latest products, programs, and services in the largest Exhibit Hall dedicated to healthcare marketing, communications, and planning.

Customize Your Learning Experience
SHSMD’s Annual Conference educational programming has been organized into eight tracks to make your conference experience as meaningful as possible. The extraordinary faculty and practitioners who are a part of the program offer a mix of lecture, discussion, casework, group problem solving, and real-world application. Whether you are looking to develop new skills, enhance your existing knowledge, or simply want a career boost, Connections 2009 has been designed so you can create a customized schedule that fits your own educational needs.