CLEVELAND CLINIC TO HOST NATIONAL MEDICAL INNOVATION SUMMIT
-- TOP CEOs, FDA COMMISSIONER, CMS ADMINISTRATOR AND MORE -- --Oct. 7-9, 2003 - Cleveland, OH InterContinental Hotel --
 www.ClevelandClinic.org/innovations

The most high-powered clinical gathering of medical technology leaders ever convened will take place at The Cleveland Clinic, October 7-9, at the 2003 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit. This unprecedented event brings together the CEOs of the world's largest medical technology companies, the Commissioner of the FDA, the Administrator of the CMS, top venture capitalists, thought leaders and world-renowned physicians for two and a half days of intense analysis and discussion. The focus will be THE NEED FOR SPEED - how to turn innovation into action and responsibly translate new technologies into the safest, most effective patient care.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Abbott Laboratories, CEO Miles White
C.R. Bard, CEO Tim Ring
Battelle Memorial Institute, CEO Carl F. Kohrt, Ph.D.
Baxter, CEO Harry Kraemer Jr.
Beckman Coulter, CEO John P. Wareham
BD, CEO Edward J. Ludwig
Biomet, CEO Dane Miller, Ph.D.
Edwards Lifesciences, CEO Michael A. Mussallem
Genta, CEO Raymond P. Warrell Jr., M.D.
Invacare, CEO A. Malachi Mixon, III
Johnson & Johnson, CEO Bill Weldon
Medtronic, CEO Art Collins
Siemens Medical Solutions, CEO Erich Reinhardt, Ph.D.
STERIS, CEO Les Vinney
Stryker, CEO John Brown
FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
CMS Administrator Tom Scully
as well as managing partners of Domain Associates, Versant Ventures, Three Arch Partners and other venture leaders, national media and world-renowned physicians.

TO REGISTER ONLINE:
To register online for the Summit, go to: www.ClevelandClinic.org/innovations
Register by September 1 to receive the Early Bird Rate
Space is limited - please register now.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Summit attendees will include top-level industry executives, entrepreneurs, investors, innovation leaders and clinicians.

"If you have any interest in innovation and the future of medicine, you need to be at this event," says Joseph Hahn, M.D., Chairman of CCF Innovations, The Cleveland Clinic's technology commercialization arm. "It will be the most important discussion ever held on new ways to deliver advances to the patients who need them, and how to do so in the quickest, safest, most intelligent way."

LOCATION OF THE EVENT:
The event will be held at The Cleveland Clinic (ranked among the top 5 hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey), in the state-of-the-art MBNA Conference Center at The Cleveland Clinic InterContinental Hotel.

BACKGROUND:
"This is the first time a gathering of such prominent industry leaders has occurred in a patient care setting," Dr. Hahn said. "As one of the best and largest health care centers in the world, The Cleveland Clinic is the most exciting possible environment for this event."

The October Summit has been themed "From the Bench to the Boardroom to the Patient Bedside: The Need for Speed." Presenters will address the epochal changes under way in medical science. For three straight years, revolutionary developments in genomics, pharmaceuticals and personalized medicine have driven record investment across the health sciences. Ernst & Young calls it "a race against the clock" - not only to innovate, but to secure access to capital, protect intellectual property, and find a way through the regulatory tangle that separates new discoveries from global markets and the patient care arena.

TOPICS AT THE 2003 CLEVELAND CLINIC MEDICAL INNOVATION SUMMIT WILL INCLUDE:
-- Convergence in Medical Innovation
-- Making Medical Innovation Available: Patient Access to New Technology --The Role Of Venture Capital In Improving America's Health --Financial Relationships Among Industry, Scientific Investigators, And Academic Institutions --Medicare Policy and New Technology --Personalized Medicine --Responding to the World's Increasing Demand for Biomedical Innovation --The Future of Biomedical Innovation…..and much more

In a special bonus attraction, Summit attendees will receive an exclusive first look at provocative new global cross-industry analysis of health sciences innovation - "Innovation and Integration." It is being created especially for the Summit by the global health sciences consultancy of Ernst & Young.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT:
AMA-PRA and CLE credit approved. Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Legal Education credits will be available for those who attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Call 800-238-6750 or visit www.ClevelandClinic.org/innovations for further information or to register. Space is limited.