Online registration ends soon for Medical Main Street's INNO-VENTION 2014

Online registration ends soon for INNO-VENTION 2014, Southeastern Michigan's premier health care and life science conference. The event, now in its third year, is set for Oct. 21-22 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Along with the Medical Main Street Network, INNO-VENTION 2014 will build valuable relationships and productive collaborations in the region and globally. Register online at MedicalMainStreet.com. The $149 price includes a networking reception, the conference and luncheon. INNO-VENTION 2014 includes: - Pre-conference networking reception. - Hands-on interactive medical technologies in Demonstration Alley. - Expanded Commercialization Competition, during which entrepreneurs pitch new investment opportunities to potential investors. - Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s Pure Michigan Business Connect-matchmaking with purchasing agents from major health care providers. - Concurrent industry break-out sessions on Intellectual Property, Accountable Care Organizations, Wellness and Mobile Health Care. - The INNO-VATOR of the Year Award luncheon. - Discussion on future trends in health employment. "This is a very popular event and it's gotten bigger every year, with last year's conference drawing more than 600 people," Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said. Krischa Winright, chief information officer for Priority Health and vice president of information technology for Spectrum Health, will be the keynote speaker. Winright will present "Digital Web & Mobile Experience: What Does It Really Mean for Healthcare?" INNO-VENTION 2013 attracted more than 600 health professionals, clinicians, investors and suppliers. A global audience of more than 95,000 people was reached through social media in the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada. Part of this year's conference will be live streamed. Patterson created Medical Main Street in 2008. The Medical Main Street board includes Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Beaumont Health System, Beckman Coulter Molecular Diagnostics, Crittenton Hospital, DMC, Ferndale Laboratories, Henry Ford Health Systems, Housey Pharmaceuticals, McLaren Health Care, MichBio, State Rep. Gail Haines, R-Waterford, Oakland Community College, Oakland University, Oxus Inc., Priority Health, Rockwell Medical Technologies, St. John Providence Health System, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and Stryker. For additional information on how to get involved, conference sponsorships and programming from INNO-VENTION 2014, visit MedicalMainStreet.com. Published: Fri, Oct 03, 2014