June 12th NHS Confederation Annual Conference – Special Session in Second Life - attendance free to SL residents

Note 1: This event will be broadcast in Second Life and requires residents to be familiar with attending video events in Second Life (you will require the latest version of Quicktime, Second Life client, a suitable headphone or speaker and please keep your microphones muted during the event).

Note 2: conference takes place in UK with local time = BST=GMT+1 which means conference starts 1.30am SL time

Imperial College London and the NHS Confederation would like to invite you to take part in an exclusive event that on previous occasions has been closed to members of the public – an opportunity to learn about and debate the most effective ways to achieve good local leadership in the National Health Service, and will provide a unique overview of the health service as a whole.
 
The Local Leadership: A National Service Conference has been organised by the NHS Confederation and will be broadcast to you live in SL directly from ACC in Liverpool on Friday the 12th of June starting at 9:30 BST (UK Time = 1.30am SLT). Please arrive at 09.00 BST for a video and sound check.

Your questions will be posed to the speakers and panels at the RL conference in Liverpool.

You are also invited to tour Imperial College London’s Postgraduate Medical School and the project that received a Special Mention in the Linden Lab Prize 2009: http://lindenlab.com/lindenprize/finalists/clinical

The event will be held at http://slurl.com/secondlife/National%20Health%20Service/133/113/26

Local Leadership: a national service
Annual Conference and exhibition 2009
SPECIAL SESSION IN SECOND LIFE: Friday 12th June 2009 only

OVERVIEW:

9.00am BST / 1.00am SLT: Videos prior to start of conference
9.30am BST / 1.30am SLT: Can president Obama fix the US Health System?
10.30am BST / 2.30am SLT: 1st Tour of Medical School Island and Videos rerun
11.00am BST / 3.00am SLT: 2nd Tour of Medical School Island and Videos rerun
11.30 am BST / 3.30am SLT: Panel Discussion - Just how tough is it going to get?
12.15 BST / 4.15am SLT: Plenary – Practical Wisdom
13.00 BST / 5.00am  SLT:  Conference closes

DETAILED PROGRAMME:

9.00 BST (UK Time) / 1am SLT Video/Sound Check  - PLEASE ARRIVE PROMPTLY

Please ask Milesy Mighty or Shukran Serendipity for help if you cannot see or hear the movies:

9.00 – 9.30 We are screening videos as a warmup to the later panel session
‘Just how tough is it going to get’. The conference begins at 9.30.

Video 1 - How can the NHS best prepare to overcome the financial crisis?
Video 2 - What should remain sacred throughout the cost cutting process?
Video 3 - How can local leaders help to guide the NHS through the financial squeeze?

9.30 – 10.30 BST  Simon Stevens, United Health Presents:
Can president Obama fix the US Health System?

The optimism that greeted President Obama’s victory will meet its greatest challenge in trying to fix the broken USA health system.  Simon Stevens – Tony Blairs advisor now works in the USA and is involved with this effort.  Come and hear his perspective on whether this is a change we can believe in.

10.30 – 11.30 BST (UK Time)   Tours of Medical School Island
We will also rerun the movies ahead of the next session.

11.30 – 12.15 BST   Panel Discussion - Just how tough is it going to get?
What are the main risks and challenges that local leaders will have to contend with over the next 2-3 years?
How can they prepare for these and ensure that their organisations are resilient in the face of an increasingly challenging environment.  Are different responses required by commissioners and providers?  What impact will a change in government have?
This session asks a panel to look forward and debate the issues that local leaders will need to address with the audience.

•    Mark Britnell, Director for Commissioning and System, Management, Department of Health
•    Mike Farrar, CBE, Chief Executive, NHS North West
•    Karen Jennings, National Secretary for Health, UNISON
•    Michael O’Higgins, Chairman, Audit Commission
•    Barbara Young, Chair, Quality Care Commission

12.15 BST (UK Time)    Plenary – Practical Wisdom
Barry Schwartz, Professor of Social theory and social action, Swathmore College, Pensylvania, USA

Believing that the ‘choice problem’ is relevant in every corner of modern society, his book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less says that too many choices can paralyze people into inaction and cause them to be dissatisfied with even good decisions. He has written 10 books and more than 100 articles for professional journals. He has lectured to audiences as large as 5000, among them the British and Dutch governments and business audiences representing industries as diverse as healthcare, supermarkets, e-commerce and the military.

13.00 BST (UK Time)    Conference closes
Please note: This programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances.


Who will be attending?
This is an invaluable event for all leaders in the health service including:

    * chief executives
    * chairs
    * non-executive directors
    * executive directors
    * providers and commissioners
    * professional executive
    * committee chairs
    * senior NHS managers aspiring to board level
    * senior executives from commercial and independent service providers
    * leaders in national health