Conference Summary 9:00-9:15      Opening Remarks: Brian Day MD - President, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)                   Ian Stewart - Chair, Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) 9:15-9:45      Opening Speaker: "What Big Picture Issues in Health Care Are Starved for Information?"                   The Honourable Wilbert Keon MD, Senator 9:45-11:00     Session I: Current Methodologies & Estimates of Output & Outcomes in Health Care                   Chair:                 Richard Van Loon (CSLS)                   Presenters:         Andrew Sharpe - Executive Director, CSLS                                            Michael Wolfson - Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada                                            Ana Aizcorbe - US Bureau of Economic Analysis 11:00-11:15   Break 11:15-12:30   Session II: New Approaches to the Measurement of Health Output & Outcomes                   Chair:                 Owen Adams - Assistant Secretary General, Research, Policy & Ethics, CMA                   Presenters:         Frank Lichtenberg - Columbia University                                            Robert Evans - University of British Columbia 12:30-1:00     Lunch Presentation in the MacDonald Room: The Value of Measuring Health Outcomes                   David Cutler - Harvard University (via videoconference)                   Lunch 2:00-3:30      Session III: Visions for Better Measures of Health Output & Outcomes                   Chair:                 Andre Picard - Public health reporter, the Globe & Mail                   Presenters:         William G. Tholl - Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, CMA                                            Glenda Yeates - President & CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information                                            Ian Bowmer MD - Vice-Chair, Health Council of Canada                                            Sarah Muttitt MD - Vice President Innovation and Adoption, Canada Health Infoway 3:30-3:45      Break 3:45-5:00      Session IV: Translation Visions for Better Measures of Health Output into Reality                   Chair:                  Brian Day MD - President (elect), Canadian Medical Association (CMA)                   Presenters:         Jack Triplett - Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute                                            David Zussman - Jarislowsky Chair, Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa                                            William Robson - President & CEO, the CD Howe Institute