The HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition has had some big-name keynote speakers over the years, pulling from the ranks of politics, big tech and even the White House.

At HIMSS17 in Orlando, keynote speakers include John Boehner, former speaker of the US House of Representatives; Ginni M. Roomette, chairman, president and chief executive officer at IBM; Robert Herjavec, cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur and author and Kevin O’Leary, investor and innovator;

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The following gallery highlights some of the best quotes from HIMSS keynote speakers over the years.

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"The sort of magic in creating new solutions is you have to understand everything that you’re interpreting from the customers, but also – at the ingredient level – what’s happening. The magic is putting those together and creating the winning solution for the future."

- Dell CEO Michael Dell at HIMSS16.

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"Your focus on health IT is such a big part of how this story ends."

- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at HIMSS14.

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"The insurance companies are not trying to make providers rich."

- Karl Rove, former senior advisor to George W. Bush, at HIMSS13.

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"You need to starting treating (medical errors) as inexcusable."

- Former US Airways Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who famously landed his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River, at HIMSS10.

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"We spent the first year developing policy. Now we begin the process of implementation."

- Then National Coordinator for Health IT, David Blumenthal, MD, at HIMSS10.

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"It's up to the IT industry to step up to its role to build the tools to advance healthcare to the next level."

- Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at HIMSS07

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