Friday 2/13/09: Get your applications in soon – preference is given to early applicants and HIMSS corporate members
Upon notification of acceptance, all firms must respond with confirmation and also submit a presentation fee of $350 USD. All presenting companies must also attend one of the coaching webinars to be eligible to participate. Payment is due no later than March 15, 2009. All companies will receive an invoice.
Questions? Contact Kathy Shaw, Director, Corporate Relations, HIMSS, at kshaw@himss.org or 734-477-0853
No later than Friday, February 27, 2009
Weeks of March 2 &
March 9, 2009
(tentative)
7:30 to 9:00 a.m. - Registration and Networking breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Company presentations
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Networking Lunch
*Schedule subject to change at any time
Complete your application now >>
Don't miss the deadline!
Opportunity is knocking at HIMSS09 in Chicago. You've invested the time, creativity and money to build your HIT business — now is the time to connect with investors who can help take your organization to the next level.
The HIMSS09 Health IT Venture Fair in collaboration with Blank Rome will put growing companies together with investors to help build the next generation of healthcare IT products and services.
Gain a competitive edge by speaking directly with investors who want to be part of healthcare IT companies like yours. Venture capitalists, investment bankers, private equity firms and others — they have the money, you have the vision. Mark your calendar for Chicago, Saturday, April 4. This premier event is scheduled one day before the HIMSS09 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago.
This is your opportunity to develop relationships with key executives from the investment community who can help your company grow and achieve its potential. Simply complete the application and executive summary to be considered. The application deadline is 1/30/09–get started today so you won’t miss that date!
All applications are put through a review selection process. Upon notification of acceptance, all firms must respond with confirmation and also submit a presentation fee of $350 USD. All presenting companies must also attend one of the coaching webinars to be eligible to participate. Payment is due no later than 10 days after attending the webinar. All companies will receive an invoice.
View the online application and executive summary >>
For questions, please contact Kathy Shaw, Director, Corporate Relations for HIMSS, at 734-477-0853 or kshaw@himss.org.
HIMSS and Blank Rome LLP are collaborating on this event to enable emerging companies to increase their visibility among the healthcare IT investment community. HIMSS and Blank Rome encourage companies that meet the following criteria to apply:
In addition to the criteria listed in the application, selection will be based on presenting a variety of companies representing a wide cross-section of market needs, product offerings, stage of development, company size, and total funding required to appeal to the wide range of investors expected to attend. Commitment of the company's top executive to participate in the HIMSS09 Health IT Venture Fair will also be considered.
What benefits will you get from participating in the HIMSS09 Health IT Venture Fair?
Who will you meet from the investor community?
Venture capital firms, private equity players, investment bankers, Wall Street analysts and other investors specializing in the funding of emerging companies in the healthcare IT space, as well as representatives from investment divisions of large healthcare and IT corporations.
About HIMSS
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.
About Blank Rome
Blank Rome LLP is a Diamond Level Corporate Sponsor of HIMSS. Our Health IT Team provides a wide array of services in connection with emerging business/venture capital, private equity, middle-market transactions for large-cap companies and troubled companies as well as the health regulatory, intellectual property and government contracting issues that impact Health IT companies. Blank Rome advised on and closed over 65 reportable corporate transactions with aggregate deal value in excess of $7 billion in 2005. Approximately $400 million of transaction value was dedicated to the health and information technology industries in 2005.
The Blank Rome Health IT Team also provides advice in compliance, intellectual property protection and litigation, government contracting and government relations, through Blank Rome Government Relations LLC.
