Federation of American Hospitals
2021 FAH Conference and Business Exposition
June 6 – 8, 2021
Preliminary
Schedule of Events

Saturday, June 5

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Registration

Location: Delta D Lobby

Sunday, June 6

Noon – 6:30 pm

Registration

Location: Delta D Lobby  
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Conference Orientation

Location: Delta A Ballroom

 

Moderator:

Dennis Daar, Managing Partner, Medical Strategies International, LLC

 

Presenters:

Kathryn Carpenter, VP, Sourcing, Contracting, Clinical Strategy and Implementation, CommonSpirit Health

Chuck Fontana, AVP, Corporate Healthcare, Allergan

Cathy Florek, VP, Supply Chain Board & GPO Sourcing Operations, HealthTrust

Kerry Price, SVP, Operations, Federation of American Hospitals

Stacey Verbick, National Accounts Director, Beckman Coulter

 
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

GPO Breakout Sessions

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

 

Locations:

HealthTrust – Delta B Ballroom

Premier – Delta D Ballroom

Vizient – Delta C Ballroom

 

*(Each GPO will repeat their session 3 times)
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Breaking through as a Small Business

Location: Delta A Ballroom

 

Moderator:

Dennis Daar, Managing Partner, Medical Strategies International, LLC

 

Presenters:

Luis Arguello, President, DemeTech

Kathryn Carpenter, VP, Sourcing, Contracting, Clinical Strategy and Implementation, CommonSpirit Health

Cathy Florek, VP, Supply Chain Board & GPO Sourcing Operations, HealthTrust

Chris Hammelef, President, Commercial Lighting Division, Electric Mirror  

         
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Location: Magnolia Courtyard

Monday, June 7

7:00 am – 6:30 pm

Registration

Location: Delta D Lobby

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

Location: Delta A Lobby

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Buyer/Supplier Private Business Meetings

Location: Governors and Presidential Ballrooms
8:15 am – 9:30 am

FAH Opening Session

Washington Update

Chip Kahn, FAH President and CEO

Corris Boyd Award

Heartbeat of Healthcare Award

Location: Delta A Ballroom
9:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Education Sessions

 

Pivoting from a Pandemic – What Now? Re-inventing Capital Planning and Acquisition (Capital Equipment)

Location: Delta B Ballroom

Moderator:

Omosede E. Ogiamien, Partner, Risk, Financial Advisory, Deloitte

 

Panelists:

Dan DeLay, System SVP, Supply and Services Resource Management, CommonSpirit Health

Rebecca Gayden, VP, Sourcing Operations, Vizient

Bob Taylor, SVP Supply Chain, RWJ Barnabas Health

                                          

Looking Towards the Future: Purchased Services in a Post Pandemic World (Purchased Services)

Location: Delta C Ballroom

Moderator:

Brent Petty, Chief Relationships Officer, Healthcare Business Media

 

Panelists:

Chris Gormley, VP, CEO Conductiv, Premier

Keith Gregory, Principal, Vizient

Les Popiolek, CEO, Valify

 

COVID-19 and its Impact on Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical)

Location: Delta D Ballroom

Moderator:

Myla Maloney, VP, Strategy and Commercial Operations, Applied Sciences, Premier, Inc.

 

Panelists:

Jessica L. Daley, BS, MA, PharmD, RPhVP, Strategic Supplier Engagement – Pharma, Premier, Inc.

Brian Moran, Pharm.D., MBA, VP, Pharmacy HealthTrust

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM, Associate VP, Clinical Resources, Vizient, Inc.

 

 
11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Plenary Session with lunch

Focusing on the Future: Voters on Health Care

Location: Delta A Ballroom

Speaker:

Phillip Morris, Partner, Locust Street Group
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Buyer Reverse Exposition

Location: Governors and Presidential Ballrooms
4:15 pm – 5:45 pm

Plenary Session

Beyond the Pandemic – How providers are preparing for the next disruption?

Location: Delta A Ballroom

Moderator:

Eric O’Daffer, Research VP, Supply Chain, Gartner

 

Panelists:

Trina Kaylor, Pharm.D., VP, Clinical Operations, HCA Supply Chain, HCA Healthcare

Gaurav Puri, VP, Americas Supply Chain, Medtronic

Mark Welch, SVP, Novant Health
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Reception

Closing Reception – Featuring Live Entertainment

Location: Delta A Ballroom and Lobby

Tuesday, June 8

7:00 am –12:30 pm

Registration  

Location: Delta D Lobby
7:00 am – 8:00 am

Buyer/Supplier Private Business Meetings

Location: Governors and Presidential Ballrooms
7:00 am – 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

Location: Delta A Lobby
8:15 am – 9:15 am

Closing Session

What COVID-19 teaches us about the future

Location: Delta A Ballroom

Speaker:

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM, Healthcare expert and Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
9:30 am – Noon

Buyer Reverse Exposition

Location: Governors and Presidential Ballrooms