For Speakers

The purpose of this webpage is to provide Annual Conference speakers with information that can better help you prepare for your presentation at HIMSS09. This page will provide you with the following information:

• HIMSS staff contact information
• Slide and Presentation Guidelines/Deadlines
• Links to all required speaker forms

And, as we get closer to the conference:

• Onsite information

HIMSS Staff Contact Information

Gail Arnett - HIMSS Contact for:

• Venture Fair

Joanne Bartley - HIMSS Contact for:

• Physician’s IT Symposium
• CIO Forum

Adam Bazer - HIMSS Contact for:

• General Conference Speakers (this includes speakers scheduled to speak Sunday-Wednesday during education-only hours)
• E-Session Authors
• Roundtable Facilitators

Jeff David - HIMSS Contact for:

• Venture Fair

Mari Franks - HIMSS Contact for:

• Pharmacy IT Symposium
• Payor Symposium
• Financial Systems Symposium
• Clinical Engineers & IT Symposium
• Academic Forum

Marilyn Geary
Director of Annual Conference Education

Mallory Gott - HIMSS Contact for:

• HIE Symposium
• CPHIMS Review Course

Virginia Geoghegan - HIMSS Contact for:

• Product Pavilion Sessions

Gail Rice - HIMSS Contact for:

• Nursing Informatics Symposium
• Supply Chain Management Symposium
• Pre-Conference Workshops

Slide and Presentation Guidelines

For education speakers, please consult the following documents for slide and presentation guidelines:

Speaker/Author/Facilitator Presentation Material Types
Speaker Slide Guidelines
Annotated Briefing Example
Professional Paper Example
E-Session Guidelines
Presentation Review Worksheet

Slide and Presentation Deadlines

For Views from the Top Speakers, Synergy Session Speakers, Ambulatory Practicum Speakers, General Conference Speakers, E-Session Authors, and Roundtable Facilitators:
Monday, January 12th-Version 1 of presentation materials due to HIMSS for review
Friday, January 30th-Final version of presentation materials due to HIMSS*

*HIMSS requests your final presentation materials at this time so they can be included in our conference proceedings cd-rom, our online presentation portal, and our onsite printer stations.

For all Pre-Conference Symposia Speakers, Pre-Conference Workshops, and Academic Forum Speakers
Thursday, February 5th-Final version of presentation materials due to HIMSS

Session Schedule

Go to the education section of this website, and enter in the last name of the primary speaker for your session; then hit enter. Your session information, including the date and time of your session, will be returned with your search result. All dates/times are final.

Speaker Form Links

Your HIMSS contact should have already sent you the following links to our online speaker forms. If you have misplaced the email with those links, you can complete the forms here:

General Conference Speaker Forms
Pre-Conference Symposia Speaker Forms
Pre-Conference Symposia and Invited Speaker Disclosure Forms