Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
DAY 1
Pre-Conference Workshops

 Four workshops run in parallel — two for senior professionals and two for young professionals. Each is a two-hour applied session, not a lecture. Delegates leave with a concrete tool, plan, or practice they can use immediately. 

Workshops to be selected from:

Workshop 01
The AI-Ready Leader
Track: Senior Professional
Seats: 40
Time: 02:00 – 04:00 pm
AI is not coming for your job. But someone who knows how to work with AI might be. This workshop gives non-technical leaders in pharma and life sciences a practical framework for leading AI-augmented teams, evaluating AI-driven decisions, and integrating automation to drive efficiencies — not just talking about AI, but using it.
Workshop 02
The Commercial Brain
Track: Senior Professional
Seats: 30
Time: 02:00 – 04:00 pm
Designed for leaders from research, regulatory, clinical, and manufacturing backgrounds moving into cross-functional or enterprise leadership. Builds commercial fluency: P&L thinking, investment cases, portfolio strategy, and how to speak the language of the C-suite.
Workshop 03
Lead the Matrixed World
Track: Senior Professional
Seats: 40
Time: 02:00 – 04:00 pm
You are accountable for outcomes you do not fully control, to stakeholders you do not directly manage, across time zones and cultural contexts that were never designed for you. This workshop addresses the operating reality of virtually every leader in the room.
Workshop 04
The Reinvention Canvas
Track: Senior Professional
Seats: 30
Time: 02:00 – 04:00 pm
A guided working session where participants map their current leadership position, identify the shifts happening in their domain, and build a concrete 90-day reinvention plan grounded in the capabilities this new world demands.
Networking Session
High Tea & Networking
Audience: All delegates
Time: 04:00 – 05:00 pm
Day 2 
Main Summit Agenda
Opening Segment
Welcome & Opening
Format: Host
Time: 09:00 am
Duration: 5 mins
Session 01
The Floor Is Moving — And You're Still Standing
Format: Keynote
Time: 09:05 am
Duration: 25 mins
Session 02
Claim It Before They Name It
Format: HBA Talk
Time: 09:30 am
Duration: 15 mins
Session 03
The Reinvention Playbook
Format: Keynote
Time: 09:50 am
Duration: 25 mins
Session 04
She Leads from Here
Format: Panel Discussion
Time: 10:20 am
Duration: 20 mins
Session 05
The Hot Seat: Pressure, Decisions, and Staying You
Format: Audience Dialogue + Quiz
Time: 10:45 am
Duration: 30 mins
Tea Break — 11:15 am (15 mins)
Session 06
Influence Is Not a Title
Format: Keynote
Time: 11:35 am
Duration: 25 mins
Session 07
From Middle to Mandate
Format: TED-Style Personal Journey
Time: 12:05 pm
Duration: 10 mins
Session 08
Words That Win Rooms
Format: Panel Discussion
Time: 12:20 pm
Duration: 15 mins
Session 09
The Integrity Anchor
Format: HBA Talk
Time: 12:40 pm
Duration: 15 mins
Lunch Break — 12:55 pm (65 mins)
Session 10
Each One, Build One
Format: Panel + Leader Spotlights
Time: 02:00 pm
Duration: 30 mins
Closing
Summary, Contest & Closing Ceremony
Time: 02:30 pm
Duration: 45 mins
THE DURBAR
Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony