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<p>Q2 HBA Think Tank Subscriber Exchange</p>

Q2 HBA Think Tank Subscriber Exchange

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Think Tank Thought Exchange: Sustained Health

When: 17 June, 2026- 10-11AM ET
Where: Virtual

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Healthcare and life science systems are operating under increasing pressure, from workforce shortages and digital acceleration to evolving models of care delivery. Sustained health is no longer a support initiative; it is foundational to resilient healthcare and life science systems, sustainable workforce participation, and long-term organizational performance.

This exchange will explore how organizations can embed sustained health into workforce strategy, leadership, and care infrastructure. Drawing on Think Tank data, expert insights, and collaborative discussion, participants will examine practical approaches to strengthening resilience, retention, engagement, and sustainable performance across the future of healthcare and life science delivery.

Participants will:

  • Review key findings from the latest Think Tank survey on workforce pressures, resilience, and organizational support systems
  • Hear from a featured thought leader on designing environments, policies, and operational structures that sustain workforce health
  • Engage in a subscriber discussion to identify opportunities for integrating sustained health principles into leadership strategy, workforce infrastructure, and future care models

By the end of the session, participants will leave with actionable insights to advance sustained health as a foundation for resilient and future-ready healthcare and life science systems.

Featured Speakers

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Sabine Hutchison
CEO and co-Founder
Seuss+

Sabine Hutchison is the CEO and co-Founder of Seuss+, author of Beyond the Ladder, and founder of The Ripple Network. A scientist-turned-entrepreneur, she has built a career defined by reinvention—from chemist to CEO to global advocate for women’s leadership and health.

At Seuss+, she helps biotech and pharma sponsors navigate the complexities of clinical development, guiding them to select the right partners, streamline operations, and build trust-based collaborations that accelerate results.

She also created The Ripple Network, a community where women strengthen their speaking skills and expand their impact. A dedicated HBA EMEA volunteer for more than a decade—including serving as EMEA President—Sabine continues to champion solutions that close health impact gaps.

Her work is rooted in a simple belief: your career doesn’t have to follow someone else’s rules. With clarity, courage, and the power of reinvention, you get to define what success means—and how you want to create it.

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Diana Lagalante
Senior Communication and Change Manager
Roche

Diana Lagalante is an accomplished healthcare leader with over 20 years of experience across different pharma industries. Based near Basel, Switzerland, she brings a global outlook shaped by her Swiss-Italian roots and multicultural background.

At Roche, where she has spent the past ten years as Senior Communication and Change Manager, Diana has led major transformation initiatives, driving innovative communication strategies and cultural change. Passionate about inclusion, she founded the HBA Community at Roche with the support of Roche Pharma CEO Teresa Graham and Patient Partnership Lead, Rebecca Vermeulen, creating a strong platform to advance gender equity and empower women in healthcare.

A longtime HBA volunteer and Past EMEA Engagement Board Director, Diana has held multiple leadership roles at HBA, including co-leading the first Women’s Health “Missing X” event in 2022, which inspired the Gender Health Summits that followed. She now co-leads the Inclusive Health Initiative as Health and Wellness Committee Lead, championing solutions to close health impact gaps.

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Bettina Zimmerman
Corporate Sustainability Strategy Lead
Roche

Purposeful, transformational and servant senior healthcare executive, with previous cross-industry experience from strategy consulting, consumer goods and financial services. 

Corporate Sustainability Strategy Lead with cross functional leadership experiences from general management, commercial, access, public policy, system shaping, business development and transformation.

Both strategic and execution driven, agile leader to create impact and transform realities for people, business and the planet.

Proven track record of leadership of a successful turnaround, cultural transformation and crisis management.

Passionate about bringing positive change to people’s lives through challenging the status quo, public private partnerships and sustainable, innovative digital and technological solutions, catalyzed by helping teams reach their full potential.

Worked and lived in three continents, in developed and emerging countries and speaks six languages.

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