2020 Schedule At-a-Glance

Please note this schedule is preliminary and will be updated as the program is finalized.

All times listed are in ET.

TUESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER

24-Hour Access

• HBA HUB
  • Access content to feed your Brain, Being, Brand
  • HBA Affinity Groups
• Get Social
  • Set Up Your Attendee Profile

10:00 AM

• Pre-Conference Mega Sessions - Gain the maximum value that this conference has to offer by starting strong. Attend a pre-conference mega session to start the conference with greater confidence, enhanced skills and new connections. This year’s mega sessions include:
  • Creating Your Personal Vision Statement
  • Racial Inequalities at Work: How to Demonstrate Leadership and Accountability for Change
  • Shifting the Focus from Problems to Possibilities using Appreciative Inquiry
  • Leading Teams Through Uncertainty

12:00 PM

• Select Regional Meetups
  • European Regional Meetup
  • Mid-Atlantic Meetup

1:00 PM

• Keynote: A Conversation with Minda Harts

2:00 PM

• Continue the Conversation with Minda Harts and Jhaymee Tynan, HBA board member
• Spotlight Session - featuring 

2:45 PM

• Regional Meet-Ups
  • New England Meet-up

4:00 PM

• Cocktails and Conversation - Be sure to stock up on the ingredients for our Signature Cocktail!

 

WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER

24-Hour Access

• HBA HUB
  • New content available daily
  • Access content to feed your Brain, Being, Brand
  • HBA Affinity Groups
• Get Social
  • Set Up Your Attendee Profile

7:00 AM

• Namaste with the HBA
• Virtual 5K

10:15 AM

• Breakout Sessions:

  • Ignite Your Personal Brand: Market Your MAGIC

  • Career Growth – Balancing In-Person and Virtual Networking Strategies

  • The Good, The Bad and The Blind Spots: Targeting Beyond Unconscious Bias

  • Time to Unlock Your Mindset: Strategic or Tactical?

  • Leveraging Health Technology for our Post Covid-19 Future

11:30 AM

• Keynote Session - Panel  20/20 - The Vision of Work 

1:00 PM

• Breakout Sessions:

  • Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Gender: What You Need to Know to Advance Your Career

  • Negotiate Like a Boss: How to be a Fierce Self-Advocate

  • Leading With Influence: Cultivating Game Changing Ideas Into Reality with Design-Thinking

  • Leading by ABC: Using Alignment, Buy-In and Consensus to Improve Results and Engagement

  • Building the Pharmaceutical Voice in the Future Health Ecosystem

2:15 PM

• Regional Meetups
  • Midwest Region
  • Pacific Region
  • Southeast Region
  • Southwest Region

3:00 PM

• Get Social! It's Wine-down Wednesday! 

 

THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER

24-Hour Access

• HBA HUB
  • New content available daily!
  • Access content to feed your Brain, Being, Brand
  • HBA Affinity Groups

7:00 AM

• Namaste with the HBA

10:30 AM

• Spotlight Session - featuring 
• Breakout Sessions:

  • From Pigeon Holed to Promoted: A Proven Roadmap to Expand Responsibility, Increase Leadership Impact and Create Your Next Level Opportunity

  • Moving Beyond the Fears of Failure, Disappointment and the Unknown

  • Enabling Successful Change–High Performance and Remote Work

  • Diversity and Inclusion Aren’t the Same Thing: Tips for Using Your Voice To Be a True Ally to Your Marginalized Workforce

  • MedTech Industry Innovation Through Convergence and Advanced Research

11:30 AM

• ACE Awards Show

12:00 PM

• Meet the individual ACE winning companies in dedicated small group breakouts to get your questions answered

12:45 PM

• Breakout Sessions:

  • Interpersonal Persuasion: How to Sell Your Ideas Graciously

  • Making Data Come Alive Through the Techniques of Storytelling

  • GRACE under Pressure: Make This Your Finest Hour

  • Creating the Workplace of the Future with EQi

  • Building Gender Equity in Your Company's Culture

2:00 PM

• Keynote: Shift Your Brilliance: Lead Differently Featuring Simon T. Bailey

3:30 PM

• Conference concludes