InterSystems DEVCON2008

Keynotes and Guest Speakers

Opening Sessions
Presentations by InterSystems senior executives will address our strategic directions and product plans. There will also be preview demonstrations of some exciting features planned for future releases of Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare.

The InterSystems Innovator Awards Presentation
The InterSystems Innovator Awards honor developers who use our technology in new ways to create unique applications and integrated solutions for their markets. This year, we have restructured the Innovator Award Program so that Caché-based and Ensemble-based solutions will compete head-to-head. In addition to the usual cash awards, finalists will have their innovative solutions profiled in a white paper to be printed in ComputerWorld magazine.

Bill Laberis, a VP at ComputerWorld will head the panel of industry analysts who will pick the winning solutions. Laberis will present the InterSystems Innovator Awards and the Student Caché Innovator Award. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 3rd, 2008.

"Connecting Patients, Payers, and Providers"
Speaker: John D. Halamka, MD, MS, is Chief Information Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN), CEO of MA-Share, Chair of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), and a practicing Emergency Physician.

"Security:  What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why"
Guest Speaker: Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier.