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BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), will host its sixth annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on December 6 and 7, 2006, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in
The two-day conference features more than 80 companies, covering five categories:
o Biotechnology
o Medical Technology
o Healthcare Services
o Pharmaceuticals
o Private Companies
The complete list of participating companies is included in the agenda*, which can be found at: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/showAgenda.aspx?id=162.
Highlights of the conference will include keynote addresses on each day of the two-day event that will focus on trends and challenges facing the healthcare industry. Mark McClellan, former Administrator for the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) and former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will be the keynote speaker on December 6. Dr. David Brailer, who recently completed two years of service as the nation's first National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and who is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CareScience Inc., will provide the December 7 address.
The conference will be moderated by four BMO Capital Markets analysts:
o Erik Chiprich (Healthcare Services)
o Robert Hazlett (Pharmaceuticals)
o Thomas Shrader, PhD (Biotechnology)
o Joanne Wuensch (Medical Technology & Devices)
The conference will be web-cast live and archived on the BMO Capital Markets website: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/healthcare2006.
(Please note – the keynotes addresses will not be web-cast).
Media interested in attending should contact Patrick O'Herlihy at (312) 293-8905 or Kevin Windorf at (212) 885-4111.
About BMO Capital Markets
A member of BMO Financial Group, BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets has more than 2,000 employees and operates in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide.
For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.
*Agenda subject to change.