Q. So the conferences sound great, how do I sign up?
That’s easy! Please visit each conference registration site or take a look at the Pricing and Fine Print pages for each event as well. Once you are ready you can register for the regular admission ticket OR for those who qualify, the Academic or Government rate. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions and see the below questions if you would like to apply for the start up rate or as a volunteer.
Q. Can my company/organization sponsor or exhibit?
Absolutely! There are a variety of sponsorship opportunities to promote your organization at a Health 2.0 Conference and we also always have a buzzing exhibit hall. So far many companies have found this a great and relatively cost-effective way to get involved and introduce themselves and their services to the community. If you’re interested please read over our options for each individual conference, fill out the application form, and we will then get back to you shortly to confirm sponsorship or exhibition details.
If you have additional questions or concerns please send us an email and we will get back to you.
The conferences also attract members of the national and health care press and bloggers, including our multi-media friends at ICYou who have done such a fabulous job covering the conferences so far.
Q. I/my friend/my CEO knows more about this than anyone on earth/has the coolest Health 2.0 site in history to demo and just has to be on a panel!
Indu and Matthew now spend most of their and effort figuring out great companies with amazing technology and great panelists. But there is no way we can accommodate everyone. Instead, please fill out the speaking application under the desired conference, but please keep it gentle, or at least funny! We’ll keep these interesting people, ideas and companies in mind and consider them for our webinars, podcasts, interviews, and future participation in conferences.
One note, we are not a pay-for-play conference. It may be hubris but we think that we know a fair bit about the space and hope that our choices provide some “value-add”.
There’s also a policy/code of conduct for speakers and demoers. After some audience feedback, and to fit in with our internal organization, we’re a little rigid about enforcing it. Much, much more information about all of this is here.
Q. I’m speaking; Is it OK for me to bring a colleague or two?
Speakers & demoers come for free—after all we are making them work. Unfortunately if each speaker brought one friend, our economics would go south in a hurry. Anyone else from their organization can of course sign up as a regular attendee. There are slightly different rules for sponsors. Email us if you have questions or want to discuss.
Q. I’d love to come but I’m working for an unfunded start-up and have already maxxed out my credit cards/ I’m a student/ my dog ate my checkbook: can you help?
We have had great success with letting students and others volunteer to work at the conference—this is actually not an attempt for us to save money (because we give seats to them that could have gone to paying customers) but we feel it gives a great opportunity for people entering the community to see what Health2.0 is about. To apply to volunteer, complete the appropriate form for the event you wish to volunteer at and we’ll be in touch with you closer to the conference date.
We also have a special rate for a very limited number of unfunded start-ups (and we mean unfunded, not those of you who are on Series C!). We invite one applicant per approved start up from a list that you need to join by filling out this form. If you have some other special issue, please contact us directly.
Q. Are you the only people doing this?
Running this conference series exactly? Yes. Talking or presenting about Health2.0, err – no.
Even back in 2007 Hungarian then medical student, now doctor, Berci Mesko had a blog on Medicine2.0, and here’s the Health 2.0 wiki originally set up by Johannes Ernst. The 2007 HealthCare Unbound conference (at which Matthew was a panelist on PHRs) was another to feature a session on Health 2.0 led by David Kibbe, who’s on our advisory board too, and we’ve presented at several others including the Connected Health Summit (from Partners in Boston). We do have very friendly relationships with many other conferences and organizations all trying to help move that health care hairball forward. (There are also some knock-off conferences that we’re not quite so happy about, but then again imitation is flattery!)
And Matthew particularly has been out on the circuit talking about Health 2.0 for a while now, while Indu continues to work away with entrepreneurial Health 2.0 folks behind the scenes. Sometimes they even tell each other what they’re each up to (but not that often!).
And of course if you really want to stay in touch, here’s the real time Twitter feed about all things Health 2.0
Q. Our organization is interested in finding out more about Health 2.0/needs some consulting advice about strategy in this area. In order to satisfy lots of requests, Health 2.0 now has a group doing reports, developing a database of companies, and doing consulting. The group is called Health 2.0 Advisors and it’s run by Marco Smit.
Q. I have come up with the most brilliant ever conceived of idea for a new Health 2.0 startup. If funded my idea will revolutionize healthcare/eradicate the national deficit/cure [disease name here.] Do you know somebody who can help find me funding? Yes, we know some VCs. Email us about said idea and we’ll see if we can help.
FAQ about the Conference
Q. So the conferences sound great, how do I sign up?
That’s easy! Please visit each conference registration site or take a look at the Pricing and Fine Print pages for each event as well. Once you are ready you can register for the regular admission ticket OR for those who qualify, the Academic or Government rate. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions and see the below questions if you would like to apply for the start up rate or as a volunteer.
Q. Can my company/organization sponsor or exhibit?
Absolutely! There are a variety of sponsorship opportunities to promote your organization at a Health 2.0 Conference and we also always have a buzzing exhibit hall. So far many companies have found this a great and relatively cost-effective way to get involved and introduce themselves and their services to the community. If you’re interested please read over our options for each individual conference, fill out the application form, and we will then get back to you shortly to confirm sponsorship or exhibition details.
If you have additional questions or concerns please send us an email and we will get back to you.
The conferences also attract members of the national and health care press and bloggers, including our multi-media friends at ICYou who have done such a fabulous job covering the conferences so far.
Q. I/my friend/my CEO knows more about this than anyone on earth/has the coolest Health 2.0 site in history to demo and just has to be on a panel!
Indu and Matthew now spend most of their and effort figuring out great companies with amazing technology and great panelists. But there is no way we can accommodate everyone. Instead, please fill out the speaking application under the desired conference, but please keep it gentle, or at least funny! We’ll keep these interesting people, ideas and companies in mind and consider them for our webinars, podcasts, interviews, and future participation in conferences.
One note, we are not a pay-for-play conference. It may be hubris but we think that we know a fair bit about the space and hope that our choices provide some “value-add”.
There’s also a policy/code of conduct for speakers and demoers. After some audience feedback, and to fit in with our internal organization, we’re a little rigid about enforcing it. Much, much more information about all of this is here.
Q. I’m speaking; Is it OK for me to bring a colleague or two?
Speakers & demoers come for free—after all we are making them work. Unfortunately if each speaker brought one friend, our economics would go south in a hurry. Anyone else from their organization can of course sign up as a regular attendee. There are slightly different rules for sponsors. Email us if you have questions or want to discuss.
Q. I’d love to come but I’m working for an unfunded start-up and have already maxxed out my credit cards/ I’m a student/ my dog ate my checkbook: can you help?
We have had great success with letting students and others volunteer to work at the conference—this is actually not an attempt for us to save money (because we give seats to them that could have gone to paying customers) but we feel it gives a great opportunity for people entering the community to see what Health2.0 is about. To apply to volunteer, complete the appropriate form for the event you wish to volunteer at and we’ll be in touch with you closer to the conference date.
We also have a special rate for a very limited number of unfunded start-ups (and we mean unfunded, not those of you who are on Series C!). We invite one applicant per approved start up from a list that you need to join by filling out this form. If you have some other special issue, please contact us directly.
Q. Are you the only people doing this?
Running this conference series exactly? Yes. Talking or presenting about Health2.0, err – no.
Even back in 2007 Hungarian then medical student, now doctor, Berci Mesko had a blog on Medicine2.0, and here’s the Health 2.0 wiki originally set up by Johannes Ernst. The 2007 HealthCare Unbound conference (at which Matthew was a panelist on PHRs) was another to feature a session on Health 2.0 led by David Kibbe, who’s on our advisory board too, and we’ve presented at several others including the Connected Health Summit (from Partners in Boston). We do have very friendly relationships with many other conferences and organizations all trying to help move that health care hairball forward. (There are also some knock-off conferences that we’re not quite so happy about, but then again imitation is flattery!)
And Matthew particularly has been out on the circuit talking about Health 2.0 for a while now, while Indu continues to work away with entrepreneurial Health 2.0 folks behind the scenes. Sometimes they even tell each other what they’re each up to (but not that often!).
And of course if you really want to stay in touch, here’s the real time Twitter feed about all things Health 2.0
Q. Our organization is interested in finding out more about Health 2.0/needs some consulting advice about strategy in this area.
In order to satisfy lots of requests, Health 2.0 now has a group doing reports, developing a database of companies, and doing consulting. The group is called Health 2.0 Advisors and it’s run by Marco Smit.
Q. I have come up with the most brilliant ever conceived of idea for a new Health 2.0 startup. If funded my idea will revolutionize healthcare/eradicate the national deficit/cure [disease name here.] Do you know somebody who can help find me funding?
Yes, we know some VCs. Email us about said idea and we’ll see if we can help.