– Thu, Jun 7, 2012

Want to make it in the digital health sector? Qualcomm Life VP, Don Jones, responds to the tough questions during a special “Digital Health in the Hot Seat” session.

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 07, 2012

Living in Digital Times, the parent company for the Digital Health Summit, today announced the addition of Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, as a co-host of the Summer Digital Health Summit: Exploring the Rx for Success. The Summit, a two-day conference offering business and partnership advice in a thoughtful workshop-style setting, takes place on June 14th – 15th at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, CA.

Don Jones, vice president of Global Strategy and Market Development for Qualcomm Life, will deliver a unique keynote, “Digital Health in the Hot Seat,” fielding questions from leading health care venture capitalist and blogger Lisa Suennen and the audience.

“With Qualcomm Life at the forefront, San Diego has become a hotbed of innovation in the digital health arena. We are thrilled that they’ve joined us as collaborators for such an important event,” said Jill Gilbert, Co-Producer of the Digital Health Summit.

The two-day event promises a deeper dive into the rapidly evolving world of technology and health care. Summit events include workshop-style sessions coupled with high-level discussions addressing digital health products and services, start-up advice, partnership workshops, health networks and more. Industry leaders will share current realities, insights and solutions to the many challenges facing digital health businesses today.

“This event reinforces our belief that partnership and collaboration are essential to the long-term growth and success of digital health as a growing segment,” said Don Jones. “And data access becomes an essential part of the analytics based health solutions helping consumers become better managers of their own health.”

Additionally, the Summit has added three new, can’t miss sessions:

• New Doubleheader Session: Selling Successfully to Consumers AND Winning the FDA’s Approval with Stuart Blitz, Director of Worldwide Commercial Development, and Joe Flaherty, Senior Manager of Strategic Marketing from Agamatrix, a leading digital health company that has made extraordinary progress in selling their devices to the number one pharma company, retail store and mail-order company.
• Breaking Through the Funding Clutter with Jack Young, director of Qualcomm Incorporated’s Qualcomm Life Fund.
• Reality Check: Costs, Regulations and Other Headaches with Greg LePeter, legal counsel at Qualcomm Life and lead by Rock Health CEO, Halle Tecco

Other Summer Summit highlights to include:

• Frost & Sullivan will release their latest digital health industry findings: The Top 20 Telehealth Markets.
• Rock Health will sponsor the RX Start Up Series and publish their “lucky to get your hands on handbook” Rock Health’s Startup Elements.
• Unique opportunity to Ask the Analyst in a new and compelling session.
• VIP Networking Cocktail Event: Socialize with industry movers and shakers.

Register for the event by visiting the application online at http://summersummit.digitalhealthsummit.com/registration/ and follow us on Twitter @dhsummit to stay informed.

For more information about speaking opportunities, sponsorship, exhibit area or press credentials, contact Jill Gilbert at jill.gilbert(at)digitalhealthsummit(dot)com.

About Living in Digital Times

An umbrella group focusing on lifestyles, Living in Digital Times looks at digital solutions throughout life’s stages, providing opportunities to show and grow businesses through a deep understanding of the needs of life’s different segments.

With a commitment to creating new and exciting venues, Living in Digital Times produces conferences, exhibits, websites and projects throughout the year that provide forums to bring together stakeholders in the digital age. Most recently, the group produced six expos and conference summits at the 2012 International CES, including: Kids@Play Summit; Mommy Tech Summit; Silvers Summit; Digital Health Summit; FitnessTech Summit; and HigherEdTECH Summit.

Jessie Barrett
lotus823
732-212-0823

SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/living-digital-times-qualcomm-life-co-host-summer-184617747.html%3E