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 HIMSS10.

The speaker ready room will be located in room B403.

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

Joanne Bartley - HIMSS Contact for:

• Physicians' IT Symposium
• Payer Symposium
• PHR Symposium
• Interoperability Workshop
• Reducing the Risk of Healthcare IT Purchases Workshop
• ARRA Certified EHRs Workshop
• Medical Banking Bootcamp and Institute

Deborah Caruso - HIMSS Contact for:

• Venture Fair

Mari Franks - HIMSS Contact for:

• Pharmacy IT Symposium
• Clinical Engineering Symposium
• Financial Systems Symposium
• Privacy and Security Workshop
• Achieving Meanigful Use Workshop
• Academic Forum
• HIE Symposium
• Improving Processes and Achieving Quality Using Best Practices from the Davies National Awards of Excellence Workshop

Marilyn Geary - Director of Annual Conference Education and Contact for:

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

Virginia Geoghegan - HIMSS Contact for:

• Product Pavilion Sessions

Gail Rice - HIMSS Contact for:

• Nursing Informatics Symposium
• Supply Chain Symposium
• Process Improvement Workshop
• Project Management Workshop
• New to the HIT Field Workshop
• Healthcare IT Leadership Workshop

Slide and Presentation Guidelines

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

Speaker Slide Guidelines (Presentation Slides)
Speaker Slide Guidelines (Webinar)
E-Session Guidelines
Speaker/Author/Facilitator Presentation Worksheet
Roundtable Facilitator Presentation Preparation Worksheet
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 11th-Version 1 of presentation materials due to HIMSS for review
Monday, January 25th-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
Monday, January 25th-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.

AV

The following is considered standard equipment for all conference session rooms, and will be provided (at no charge):

• One standard setup of a lectern with lectern light and lectern microphone
• One lavaliere microphone (wired, not wireless)
• One laser pointer
• One LCD projector
• One projection screen

Each presentation room will be equipped with a computer. You will not need to bring your laptop to the conference to run your presentation.

If you plan on running a product demo or video as part of your presentation, please be aware that this will require additional equipment which will incur additional expenses not covered as part of the standard AV package listed above.

There is an additional charge for any AV equipment NOT listed as part of the Standard Equipment.

PLEASE NOTE: Charges for any additional equipment are the speaker’s responsibility.

To order additional AV equipment, please request an order form from your HIMSS education department point of contact.

Disclosure Forms

All speakers must sign a HIMSS10 conference disclosure form. If you have not already completed a form, please contact your HIMSS education department point of contactwho will provide one to you.