Hear directly from healthcare industry and business strategy experts, with the opportunity to ask questions.
Tuesday, March 18
8:30 – 9:45am ET Opening General Session
Reaching Today’s Healthcare Professionals
Alok Patel, MD
Stanford Children's Hospital
Kick off the 2025 Executive Conference with keynote speaker Dr. Alok Patel, a board-certified pediatrician and medical contributor for ABC News. Dr. Patel will deliver an engaging and unforgettable session that explores the evolving landscape of healthcare professionals — who they are, where they practice, and effective strategies for reaching them.
10:15 – 11:00am ET
What’s Ahead For Healthcare 2025
Daniel Kuzmanovich
Managing Director
Advisory Board Company
Daniel Kuzmanovich got rave reviews for his insights at the 2024 Executive Conference — and he’s back! The Advisory Board studies and identifies the trends poised to make the biggest impact on the healthcare industry. In this session, get the latest on what’s ahead healthcare sites of care, policy and payment, and provider needs. You’ll take away strategies to prepare your organization for success in the years to come.
11:15am – 12:00pm ET
Supporting Health System Change
Amanda Chawla
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Stanford Health System
Chair, Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)
Amanda Chawla is on a mission to make healthcare supply chain smarter, more sustainable, and more resilient. To better serve the “healing hands” that care for patients, she has challenged her team to rethink and redesign all aspects of supply chain operations. She’ll talk about what she sees ahead for her organization and other health systems, and discuss how suppliers can help them achieve their vision.
1:15 – 2:00pm ET
The Economic Outlook for 2025
Peter Ricchiuti
Professor & Economic Forecaster
Tulane University, Freeman School of Business
Peter Ricchiuti is the business professor you wish you’d had in college! His humor and insight have earned him numerous teaching awards at Tulane University, where he created and runs the nationally acclaimed Burkenroad Reports student stock research program. Ricchiuti, who began his career with an investment firm, later managed Louisiana’s $3 billion investment portfolio while serving as the assistant state treasurer. A nationally recognized speaker, Ricchiuti has been featured in Barron’s, Kiplinger’s, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. You’ll gain insights for navigating the economic challenges ahead, and find yourself laughing along the way.
2:15 – 3:00pm ET
Creating Powerful Channel Partnerships
Laura Reline
VP, Supplier Management
NDC, Inc.
Dave Douglas
Director, Supplier Strategy
Owens & Minor
When manufacturers and distributors work as true partners, both companies benefit and the customer is better served. In this session, learn to build those strong collaborative partnerships. You’ll hear from four leaders on what characterizes the most successful partnerships, and what practices work against them.
3:15 – 4:00pm ET
Trade, Tariffs, And Geopolitics: What Healthcare Leaders Need To Know
Nicole Bivens Collinson
Managing Principal & International Trade & Government Relations Practice Leader
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. (ST&R)
Get the latest trade policy developments and what may lie ahead for the healthcare supply chain. Nicole Bivens Collinson is a commentator on trade matters on MSNBC, NPR and BBC, and is the lead professional on ST&R’s recent engagement as trade counsel to HIDA.
Independent Distributors Summit
2:10 – 3:10pm
30 Ideas In 60 Minutes
A panel of six CEOs share 5 ideas each on their key success strategies in both business and life. Learn more about the Independent Distributors Summit here.
Lance Brown
CEO & President
Rhino Medical Supply
Beverly Kuykendall
Chief Strategy Officer
AvMEDICAL
Hugo Jeffrey
Principal
Surgo Surgical Supply
Scott Quilty
Sr. Advisor, Commercial Strategy
Arrowhead Medical Supply
Sanjay Shah
CEO
AMSCO Medical
Mark Taylor
Founder & Owner
Master Medical Equipment
Wednesday, March 19
8:30 – 9:30am ET
Building A Peak Performance Culture
Shola Richards
Author, Leadership Consultant
9:45 – 10:30am ET
Cybersecurity And The C-Suite: What Senior Leaders Must Know
John Ford
Healthcare Cybersecurity Expert & Founding Partner
TRIFIDENT
Peter Wyner
Chief Information Officer
CME Corp.
It’s a given in today’s environment: Cybercriminals are targeting your company. Is your organization investing in the proper defenses? Do you have back-up plans to ensure that you can continue to service customers even if an incident occurs? Find out what strategies are critical, and what questions to ask your team to reduce the chances that a hacking incident or ransomware attack could cripple your business.
10:45 – 11:30am ET
Identifying And Capturing Market Opportunities
Andrew Lee
VP, Medtech
Clarivate
What market segments are experiencing above-average growth, and where are the pockets of sales opportunities? Find out in this update from HIDA data partner Clarivate. You’ll dig into the data to understand trends by provider segment and by product category.
1:30 – 3:15pm ET
Connecting Strategy With Sales Success In Healthcare
Thursday, March 20
8:30 – 9:30am ET
The Essential HIDA Update: Bring Your Questions
Kathryn DiBitetto
VP, Congressional Relations
HIDA
Christina Lavoie
Director, Policy
HIDA
Manpreet Kaur Sandhu
Director, Education & Industry Affairs
HIDA
Find out what’s happening now, and what’s ahead, for the issues that matter most to the medical distribution channel. HIDA staff experts will be on hand to answer questions about the key government affairs issues, market trends, and distribution challenges.
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