2026 HBA India Leadership Summit

The HBA India Leadership Summit (ILS) 2026 brings together senior and aspiring leaders across healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, CROs, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) at a defining moment for the industry. As India's GCCs evolve from executing global mandates to shaping them, and as AI continues to transform roles, decision-making, and organizational structures, leaders must develop capabilities that extend far beyond their functional expertise.

Centered on the theme "Command the Shift," ILS 2026 is more than a leadership conference—it is a leadership capability platform designed for professionals who have proven themselves within their disciplines and are ready to lead at the next level. The summit focuses on equipping leaders with the skills, language, mindset, and networks needed to lead AI-augmented teams, navigate matrixed global environments, influence across functions, and operate with greater commercial, financial, and strategic fluency.

The theme reflects a powerful leadership mindset: to command is not to control, but to lead with clarity, intention, and courage amid constant change. As industries restructure, AI reshapes the workplace, and the future of healthcare and life sciences continues to evolve, the leaders who succeed will be those who embrace reinvention, build influence across boundaries, speak the language of business, and bring others with them.

Through thought-provoking discussions, practical insights, executive learning experiences, and meaningful networking opportunities, participants will explore seven critical leadership and capability pillars: Command the Room, Reinvent Your Path, Lead Without a Map, Influence Without Authority, Build Your Circle, Own Your Story, and Lead in the Age of AI & GCCs.

Attendees will leave ILS 2026 with more than inspiration. They will gain actionable skills they can apply immediately, relationships that will support their growth for years to come, and the confidence to lead through disruption rather than react to it. The summit is designed to help leaders not only prepare for the future of healthcare, life sciences, and GCCs—but to actively shape it.

Agenda

11th Sept: 1:30pm to 3:30pm Workshops/Masterclass (4 simultaneously running sessions) followed by High Tea from 3:30pm to 4:15pm
Venue: Amgen India premises in Hyderabad

11th Sept: 7:30pm onwards Networking Dinner
Venue: Novotel HICC in Hyderabad
12th Sept: 9am to 6:00pm Main Summit Day
Venue: Novotel HICC in Hyderabad

HBA India extends a special thank you to our generous sponsors:

Novartis: Platinum
Amgen : TBD
ZS: Keynote+Gold
Kvalito: Bronze
BMS: Networking Dinner
Indegene: Fireside chat
Eli Lilly: Gold
Pfizer: Gold

Additional Event Information

Online registration deadline: 5 September 2026
Event is open to: HBA Members and Non-members
Onsite (walk -in) registration: Is NOT Allowed

Featured Speakers

Mary Stutts
CEO, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association

Event Sponsor

Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
HBA Members	$71.50
Nonmember plus HBA Membership		$121.50

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.