HB8 Dine-Around Week: Discovering Your Path

Event description
Join HBA San Francisco board members Rosa Lau and Michelle Lerman for an engaging conversation on career goals.

At this jointly hosted dinner event, Rosa and Michelle will share their personal journeys, strategies for goal setting and continuing the path and the role the HBA has played. The discussion will center on the shifting healthcare landscape, each individual's role in the broader landscape and will offer ideas on building and achieving your personal objectives.

Rosa was introduced to the biotechnology industry as a publication designer for a subsidiary of Cardinal Health where she quickly embraced the field and discovered a wealth of career possibilities. Rosa explored an opportunity at Thoratec, a medical device manufacturer, now owned by St. Jude Medical. This successful and engaging experience brought her a vast skillset in the device-manufacturing environment. In 2005, she started her career at Roche Molecular Systems, where she currently works to implement internal business processes. Rosa also serves on the HBA San Francisco board of directors as director at larch, membership.

Michelle is a consultant and case team leader at Health Advances, a strategy research and consulting firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Health Advances partners with senior executives and investors on their highest-stakes strategic decisions. Michelle leads the day-to-day activities on consulting projects that help clients realize growth opportunities worldwide for healthcare technologies, products and services. This engaging experience has provided her a "birds-eye-view" of the healthcare industry. She is also on the HBA San Francisco board of directors as director at large, membership.

HB8 Supper Clubs bring together small groups of eight HBA members and potential new members for a casual dinner at a local, midprice San Francisco bay area restaurant, hosted by an HBA board member or healthcare leader. In this intimate setting, you and up to seven other great women will have an opportunity to get to know each other in an informal, social environment and learn more about the HBA and share your experiences.

Predinner beverages will be from 6:00 to 6:30 PM to give you an opportunity to network with all your fellow diners. Dinner will then start at 6:30 PM. Out of respect for your fellow diners, please do your best to arrive on time. Also, do remember to bring business cards to take full advantage of the networking opportunities.

We'll take care of the restaurant reservation and logistics while you bring your curiosity and enthusiasm. You don't know exactly who you will meet, but it's guaranteed that you will meet some amazing women.

Note: This event costs $10 for members ($15 after the early bird deadline) and $15 for nonmembers ($20 after the early bird deadline) to cover administrative and chapter fees (charged at registration). Cancellations are appreciated at least 24 hours in advance. This would allow time to notify the next person on the waitlist. You are responsible for the cost of food and beverages. If possible, please bring cash (including small bills) to make splitting the check easier.

Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 PM   Arrival and informal networking
6:30 - 8:30 PM   Dinner and roundtable conversation

Event location
Five at Hotel Shattuck Plaza
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-225-6034

Directions

Special instructions: Close to BART station at Telegraph. Parking lot at Allston Way, across the street from the restaurant.

Registration information
Event is open to: HBA members and nonmembers
Online registration deadline: October 17, 2016
Onsite (walk-in) registration: Is NOT allowed

Member rate:
$10 until October 12, 2016
$15 after October 12, 2016

Nonmember rate:
$15 until October 12, 2016
$20 after October 12, 2016

Space is limited to 8 registrants.

Cancellations/refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes
If yes, requests must be submitted in writing to events@hbanet.org by October 17, 2016; no refunds are available after this date.

Event questions/support
- Chapter contact for event: Rosa Lau at rosa.lau@roche.com or 510-366-3614
- Membership questions: membership@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 1
- Online registration assistance: events@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 3

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Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
Regular registration	$15.00 / €13.00	$20.00 / €17.00

Members receive up to 50 percent discount

Event Policies

Photography Policy
By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, videotaped, and/or audio-taped during the meeting and hereby give permission for your image, voice, or survey comments to be used in education, training, promotion, and/or trade and communications media by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association in any and all media throughout the world, without restriction as to frequency or duration of usage.

COVID-19 Policy
The HBA requires that all persons who participate in in-person events do so at their own risk and that each participant agrees to the following agreement before taking part in the activity and urges all participants to act in such a manner as to protect their own safety and the safety of others.

By registering for this event, I fully understand that my participation in the program is purely voluntary. I desire to participate and agree to act reasonably and prudently under the circumstances. I further understand that any HBA volunteers participating in the activity will act individually and will not represent the HBA. As a condition to my participation the activity, I waive and release the HBA and their officers, employees, and agents from any claim that I may have for any damage to property or injury to my person that may result in whole or in part from my participation.

Special Needs Policy
The HBA will make reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with special needs can enjoy all of its programs. Contact us if you require special accommodations for this event.