Marc R. Benioff PITAC Co-Chair

Edward D. Lazowska, Ph.D. PITAC Co-Chair

PITAC Co-Chairs, Marc Benioff of salesforce.com and Edward Lazowska, University of Washington, invite you to attend the 2003 meeting of the PITAC on November 12, 2003 from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM EST via Webex or in person at Noesis-Inc., 4100 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, VA. At this meeting, the PITAC plans and interests will be outlined.

PITAC was established in 1991 to advise the President and other White House officials on how to invest US federal funds in information technology research and development. (Visit www.nitrd.gov/pitac for more information). Over the next 18 months, the PITAC will address such issues as biomedical research and health care delivery, homeland and cyber- security, IT for science, IT and education, and egovernment. The November 12 meeting will focus primarily on health care delivery. The draft agenda is attached. We need your input in order to provide the best advice we can concerning how IT can best serve health care delivery needs in the short term and in the future.

Registration is closed.

John H. Marburger, III, Ph.D. Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	Marc R. Benioff Chairman and CEO, Saleforce.com, Inc.	Edward D. Lazowska, Ph.D Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science, University of Washington
Welcome and Charge	PITAC Overview PITAC Co-Chairs-General overview of Current Action Plan, Subcommittees and their charges, Timetable, and Plans up to June 2005

Jonathan C. Javitt, MD, MPH Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Introduction of topic by Health Subcommittee Chairs

Elias A. Zerhouni, MD Director, National Institutes of Health Bringing medical knowledge to the bedside

Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D. Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration Use of health information technology for clinical trials, public health preparedness, and drug safety

Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, Ph.D., MHSA, FACP Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs with Introduction by The Honorable Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Health achievement through IT

Major General Kevin C. Kiley, MD Commanding General, North Atlantic Regional Command and Walter Reed Army Medical center Safeguarding health in the ambulatory setting

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Improving health care quality through IT

David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA Director of the center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians IT and the health care practitioner

David B. Nelson, Ph.D. Director, National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development Current NITRD investments related to health care

David H. Staelin, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT Health work plan discussion