EconHealth: One Week And Counting; Registration Still Open; Video Preview

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By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 14 Mar 2008 05:30 PM PST

EconHealth, our first seminar on the Economics of Health Media, takes place next Thursday afternoon, March 20, at TheTimesCenter in mid-Manhattan from 1:30-5:00 p.m., kicked off by a keynote interview with Steve Case, the chairman of Revolution, LLC and co-founder of AOL (NYSE: TWX). Three panels follow:

-- Competition for Attention:  How do established health sites try to stand out from the pack? How have old-line publishers moved beyond shovelware? What are portals doing to grab users’ attention? What are they doing to adapt to changing times and increased competition—health portals vs. portals with health vs. old-line publishers vs. niches vs. service providers and more? How do they get the attention of advertisers and marketers? Panelists: Stephanie Dolgins, VP-Women’s & Lifestyle, AOL; Marjorie Martin, SVP, General Manager, About.com Health; David Kang, SVP and Editorial Director, Rodale Interactive Services; David Kramer, CEO, Digitas Health. Moderator: Chris Schroeder, CEO and president, The HealthCentral Network.

-- Emerging Models: HealthContent & Web 2.0:  Broadband video, search engines, merging medical info with personal medical data, ad networks, and social media— efforts to mesh health and Web 2.0 abound.  What’s working? What’s not? What’s next? Panelists: Raj Amin, CEO and co-founder, HealthiNation; Steven H. Krein, CEO and co-founder, OrganizedWisdom; Daniel Palestrant, CEO, Sermo; Dean Stephens, president & COO, Healthline. Moderator: Michael Mason, Health Editor, NYTimes.com

-- Deals: Rollups, Investments, Start-ups & More: The health-and-wellness media space is one of the hottest around when it comes to M&A and venture capital investments. What are buyers and investors looking for? How long can that continue? Panelists: Esther Dyson, EDventure; John Lambros, Managing Director, Savvian; Morris R. Levitt, Managing Director-Life Sciences, DeSilva+Phillips; Benjamin Wolin, CEO, Waterfront Media/EverydayHealth. Moderator: Rafat Ali, publisher and co-editor, ContentNext Media/paidContent.org

A lot of the people who have tickets easily could be on one of the panels so the questions and comments from in front of the stage should add a great deal.

Speaking of tickets, you can still register here

Meanwhile, our video partners Scribe Media have posted a stage-setting interview with Mark Bard, president of NYC-based Manhattan Research, focusing on trends in patient and doctor use of the Internet and emerging health media business models. It might also be worth your while to stop by there before you register.

Platinum sponsors: Desilva & Phillips and About.com Health; Gold sponsor: The HealthCentral Network

EconHealth: New Speakers Added: Digitas Health, AOL, Sermo, Healthline, HealthiNation, Rodale & More

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By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 06 Mar 2008 12:04 AM PST

We’ve added a batch of new speakers in the last few days:

Raj Amin, CEO, HealthiNation; Stephanie Dolgins, VP-Women’s & Lifestyle, AOL; David Kang, SVP and Editorial Director, Rodale Interactive Services; David Kramer, CEO, Digitas Health; John Lambros, Managing Director, Savvian; Marjorie Martin, SVP, General Manager, About.com Health; Daniel Palestrant, CEO, Sermo; Dean Stephens, president & COO, Healthline.

The conference site is live now, with the schedule, details about the panels and bios/pix of the speakers. 

Space is limited at TheTimesCenter (a great venue that I had the chance to test during a Times Talks session on politics Wednesday night) and tickets are selling briskly so don’t wait ‘til the last minute.

Platinum sponsors: DeSilva & Phillips and About.com Health. For underwriting, please e-mail our advertising side at advertising AT contentnext.com.

Ticket Registration Opens: Economics of Health Content Seminar, March 20th, NYC

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By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 25 Feb 2008 11:17 PM PST

Ticket sales are now open for our Economics of Health Content Seminar, March 20th at the lovely new TimesCenter in NYC. EconHealth is set against the backdrop of changing economics of the health content market as health information, news and research move online and mobile, and consumer-driven health care becomes a bigger phenomenon.
To provide a more intimate discussion environment, EconHealth will have a lower ticket cap than our usual conference and mixers...so go ahead and grab them now. The half-day event takes place in the afternoon.

The format is simple: one keynote Q&A and three panels. We’re excited to feature Steve Case as the keynote—the co-founder of AOL (NYSE: TWX) is chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, parent company of Revolution Health.

Panel topics:
-- Competition for Attention: Health portals vs Portals with Health vs Oldline Publishers vs Service Providers
-- Emerging models: search engines, merging medical info with personal medical, ad networks, social media
-- Deals: Health and wellness media M&A and venture capital investments

Other confirmed speakers include:
-- Esther Dyson, EDventure
-- Marjorie Martin, GM-Health, About.com
-- Chris Schroeder, CEO and president, The HealthCentral Network
-- Benjamin Wolin, co-founder and CEO, Waterfront Media/EverydayHealth
-- Dean Stephens, president and COO, Healthline

We’re still refining the program, so send us your suggestions to me at rali AT paidcontent.org. For underwriting, please e-mail our advertising side at advertising AT contentnext.com.

Platinum sponsors: Desilva & Phillips and About.com Health.