It looks as though SXSWi has finally recognized the need for formal healthcare dialog through the addition of a healthcare track in 2011. The Accelerator track will apparently be expanded to include health products. Now how cool is that? If you attended SXSH or SXSWi in 2010, the writing was on the wall: Social health needs to be on the table in mainstream forums.
If you have a panel proposal in mind keep your eye on the panel picker page which is live today. There is a drop-down box for the category for this panel/presentation of your submission – make sure you categorize as ‘health.’ An advisory panel for Health is being formed under the leadership of Tom Stitt and Reed Smith who have helped facilitate this important break with Hugh Forrest and SXSWi leadership.
More details as they develop.
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Wow this is great! Looking forward to it.
Incredibly excited!
I think you meant the work "breakthrough," not "break." Break makes it sound like this was something not wanted by the organizers of SXSWi (and nothing could be further from the truth, given that health topics have been a part of SXSWi since its inception).
This is a good thing! Going to follow-up.