Events

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Startup Boston Week returns September 21–25 for a week of virtual learning, content and networking with entrepreneurs from the New England startup community and beyond. SBW2020 takes place over 5 days withmore than 70 events and 200 speakers.

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Structural racism pervades all facets of society, from education, to housing, to law enforcement. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that result from this systemic and structural racism. The Petrie-Flom Center has asked leading scholars in law, public health, history, sociology, and other fields to explore these issues for a digital symposium on the Bill of Health blog. The focus of the symposium is to unpack how critical race theories and other strands of racial justice scholarship can inform health care, public health, and other areas of law to improve health outcomes among minorities.

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Join Michael Fenn, PhD, and Troy Norris, MBA, as we look at how to perform a stakeholder analysis and map this to a value proposition for each stakeholder group. We will also discuss concepts of market analyses and customer segmentation. Finally, we will provide a Customer Demand worksheet and look at demand curves for different applications, indications, and therapeutic areas.

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Harvard Health Innovation Network is hosting our first Health Care Innovation webinar, an event designed to connect people across the Harvard healthcare network around a current topic. Sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the event will feature an in-depth conversation with Travis McCready, JD, former President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and currently launching Upshift Innovation, and Lesley Solomon, MBA, Chief Innovation Officer at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Our target attendees are researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, students and others across the Harvard system interested in health care innovation and entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear about the state of innovation in the Boston area!

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Join Ann DeWitt, General Partner at The Engine, and hear her discuss ‘tough tech’ and what she looks for when funding life science startups. We will discuss The Engine, a local investment firm and deep tech incubator, and the model they use to support ventures at the interface of science and engineering. We will also talk about qualities that often define the most successful scientist-entrepreneurs and the challenges faced by ventures solving the world’s most difficult multidisciplinary problems. Finally, we will learn about the scientific and technological advances that Ann finds most promising and capable of dramatically enhancing medical science and human health.

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If you're new to the biotech/pharma industry or if you are simply looking for additional resources and ways to network with others who are also interested in this topic, please sign up for this casual group discussion. Cara Sterling and Frank Sutter from the HCI will be leading the discussion.

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Alumni from the biotech and pharma industries discuss their experience and offer career advice for students. Join and learn more about this industry.

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Betsy Edwards from Career & Professional Development (CPD) will share the most recent information available on planning for summer internships in health care, securing full-time offers, and many other career-related questions.

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Health Care Investing Week is September 28-October 2. If you're looking for additional resources and ways to network with others who are also interested in this topic, please sign up for this casual group discussion. Cara Sterling and Frank Sutter from the HCI will be leading the discussion.

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A panel of alumni will share their health care experience as it relates to VC, investment management, BD and PE and the career opportunities for MBAs.

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Patents are vital for moving new inventions and discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace. However, securing strong patents worldwide is expensive and difficult. One of the most common pitfalls is to treat patents as a commodity or an expense where costs should be minimized, rather than as a significant value driver for the business. This workshop with Tani Chen, Sc.D., J.D., Counsel, Wolf Greenfield, will not only look at the basics of patenting, but take a hands-on approach to thinking about patent claims, and how the right claim strategy can lead to higher valuations by investors or partners.

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HBS Professor Regina Herzlinger will lead a discussion with Vivian Lee who is the president of Verily Health Platforms and a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School. They will discuss COVID-19's effect on digital technology and how Verily has responded to the crisis. They will also reflect on health care/medical education and the ability to respond to new environments. Vivian will also discuss her new book and the lessons learned from leading change. Please register.

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Hosted by Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, the 2020 Global Conference on Regulatory Science will convene academic scientists and physicians, international regulators, industry experts and patient groups to explore emerging topics at the intersection between regulatory science and therapeutic development. The first in an annual series of conferences, a key aim is to advance and sustain a dialogue between academic investigators active in the field and government and industry groups for whom the evaluation, regulation and marketing of medical products is a central concern. The two-day conference will include plenary presentations, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and a poster session.

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Care Delivery settings have had to drastically shift operations and strategy in light of the pandemic. The challenges faced by provider organizations is unique and the leadership approaches vary. HBS Professor Trevor Fetter will lead a discussion with Ann Lucena (MBA 2012), CEO of San Ramon Regional Medical and Eric Evans (MBA 2004), CEO Surgery Partners. They will discuss the toughest moments they’ve faced thus far, the greatest learnings they’ve had, and who they see as the heroes during this time. This hour-long discussion will also include a Q&A for participants to engage with Trevor, Ann and Eric. Please register.

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The 21st HBSHAA Annual Conference will be held virtually. Conference will include innovative panels and keynotes along with unique networking opportunities. All HBSHAA Members have complimentary access to the conference for this year, but you must register!. We will update our site with more details on the speakers and topics in the weeks ahead, so check back frequently.

Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East (2036) 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA

Join us as we bring together federal-level government regulators of artificial intelligence technologies in North American, European, and Asian jurisdictions to highlight efforts around the globe to appropriately regulate the use of AI technologies in health care. The assembled regulators will discuss their initiatives in this area along with the challenges of regulating this unique and rapidly developing field.