Record Attendance Expected for ABL Organization Event; Healthcare Innovators to be Honored at Sixth Annual Awards and Event

Over 120 executives and business leaders from healthcare, life science and venture capital industries have already registered to attend the 6th Annual Innovations in HealthcareSM Awards and Event, presented by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, on June 16th in Newport Beach, California. This will mark a record attendance for any ABL Healthcare Executives event to date. The afternoon session will include the presentation of the first-ever "Leadership in Innovation" Award to Leonard Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO of WellPoint. The ABL event will further honor California-based innovators who are dramatically improving the way healthcare is delivered, as it showcases companies and products that were selected by ABL's Technology Advisory Board from an array of organizations nominated for their innovative medical products, systems, processes and services. At the event's conclusion, attendees will vote for who among the nine Finalists will take home Platinum, Gold and Silver ABBY Awards.

Orange, CA (PRWEB) June 9, 2004 -- Over 120 executives and business leaders from healthcare, life science and venture capital industries have already registered to attend the 6th Annual Innovations in HealthcareSM Awards and Event, presented by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, on June 16th in Newport Beach, California. This will mark a record attendance for any ABL Healthcare Executives event to date.

The afternoon session will include the presentation of the first-ever "Leadership in Innovation" Award to Leonard Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO of WellPoint. Schaeffer will also address the topic of Leadership and Innovation," drawing from his years of success as a chief executive in the healthcare industry, including being named by BusinessWeek magazine as one of the "Top 25 Managers of the Year."

The ABL event will further honor California-based innovators who are dramatically improving the way healthcare is delivered, as it showcases companies and products that were selected by ABL's Technology Advisory Board from an array of organizations nominated for their innovative medical products, systems, processes and services. At the event's conclusion, attendees will vote for who among the nine Finalists will take home Platinum, Gold and Silver ABBY Awards. This year's Finalists are:
-Aperio Technologies, Inc., Dirk Soenksen, CEO - Vista, CA
-Applied Molecular Evolution, William Huse, M.D., Ph.D., CEO - San Diego, CA
-CardioDynamics, Michael Perry, CEO - San Diego, CA
-DestinationRx, Michael Cho, CEO - Los Angeles, CA
-Los Angeles Free Clinic, Abbe Land, CEO - Los Angeles, CA
-RelayHealth Corporation, Giovanni Colella, M.D., CEO - Emeryville, CA
-Resolution Health, Harry Soza, Founder - San Jose, CA
-Silverado Senior Living, Loren Shook, CEO - San Juan Capistrano, CA
teamed with InTouch Health, Yulun Wang, Ph.D., CEO - Goleta, CA
-WorkWell Systems, George Carpenter, CEO - Aliso Viejo, CA

ABL Organization is a membership organization for CEOs and Presidents of healthcare and technology firms. Attendance at Innovations in Healthcare is open to ABL Members, as well as senior executives of therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device and healthcare payers, providers, information and services firms.

For more information about this event, the nominees, and/or the ABL Organization, please contact Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization, at (714) 245-1425 or mimi@abl.org.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization:
For over 21 years, the ABL Organization (originally named the SO/CAL/TEN) has facilitated forums and leveraged connections enabling the continuing development of healthcare and technology chief executives. Through focused, confidential, monthly Round Tables and regularly-scheduled Conferences, Members help each other capitalize on market trends and generally assure they are well positioned for corporate and personal success.

About Leonard Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO of WellPoint:
Leonard helms the nation's second largest publicly traded healthcare company, with $21.2 billion in revenue, serving 15.4 million medical members, 46 million specialty members, and employing more than 20,000 associates in over 90 offices nationwide. Under Leonard's leadership, WellPoint has been selected by FORTUNE magazine as America's "Most Admired Health Care Company;" named to BusinessWeek's "BW50" ranking of top performing public companies in the S&P 500 ( #3 in 2004); named by Forbes magazine as America's best large health insurance company and one of America's Top Public Companies for Executive Women. Leonard was selected by BusinessWeek magazine as one of the "Top 25 Managers of the Year" and by Worth magazine as one of the "50 Best CEOs in America."