Online presentation materials

We are pleased to provide the following materials from the 6th Annual SAS Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Conference.

This exciting event assembled thought leaders and executives from across our industry. And we’re sure you will find their presentations on the new insights and intelligence needed for true transformation of today’s health system to be very enlightening.


Speaker Videos

  Welcome Address – Kecia Serwin, General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, SAS

  Planning for the Stimulus - Achieving Meaningful Use of Healthcare IT – John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  21st Century Translational Science – John E. Niederhuber, MD, Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  Thriving in Today's Economy: Not Just Surviving – Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, SAS

  An Executive Perspective: Analytics and the Future of Healthcare  –

  • Moderator: Jason Burke, Worldwide Director of Health and Life Sciences, SAS
  • Panelist: Ron Fitzmartin, PhD, MBA, Vice President, Informatics and Knowledge Management, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Panelist: John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Panelist: Patrick A. McIntyre, Vice President of Healthcare Analytics, UnitedHealth Group

   SAS® Fraud Framework, Featuring Social Network Analysis  – Richard J. Pro, Health Plans Principal, SAS HLS Global Practice 

Speaker Presentations

Planning for the Stimulus - Achieving Meaningful Use of Healthcare IT – John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (PDF: 764KB)

21st Century Translational Science – John E. Niederhuber, MD, Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI) (PDF: 5.54MB)

Thriving in Today's Economy: Not Just Surviving – Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, SAS (PDF: 7.4MB)

SAS Fraud Framework for Healthcare, Featuring Social Network Analysis   – Richard J. Pro, Health Plans Principal, SAS HLS Global Practice (PDF: 1.67MB)