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Clement Bezold is Chairman of the Board and Founder of the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) and it's for-profit subsidiary, Alternative Futures Associates (AFA). Dr. Bezold established IAF in 1977 to encourage "Anticipatory Democracy." In 1982, he started AFA to assist corporations in their strategic planning. Trained as a political scientist, he has been a major developer of foresight techniques - applying futures research and strategic planning methods in both the public and private sectors. As a consultant, Dr. Bezold has worked with a large variety of successful and growing corporations as well as governments and non-profit organizations. He has designed numerous workshops and projects to study future environments in a wide range of fields including health care, law and the courts, the environment, genomics, and science and technology.
Health care continues its growth in costs despite the recession in the US. Aging, technological advances, mobile communications, virtual space will be important in shaping health care. More important and harder to bring into focus are choices about values, payment systems, regulation and licensure, and self care. That's where scenarios come in. This presentation will present alternative futures for health care - what's likely, what's worse, and what are visionary options for the US, and the implications for health care providers and systems.