From Auto Manufacturing to Digital Health, the Journey of a Top Healthcare IT Executive

Event description
Join HBA Boston on Thursday, September 8 at 5:30 PM for an evening with Adriana (Andi) Karaboutis, executive vice president, technology, business solutions and corporate affairs at Biogen. This is the first of many events in a new focus area of “women in healthcare information technology”. The discussion will focus on the evolving importance and role of information technology in the healthcare industry and will be moderated by Buket Grau, vice president, asset executive at Biogen; she current serves as HBA president, HBA Boston president and founder of the Women in Science.

Come hear Ms. Karaboutis’ story about how she navigated her career through different industries and into successive leadership positions:
    • Her experience and perspective on sponsors and mentors throughout her career
    • Advice and lessons learned for women in healthcare IT, such as how to gain visibility, become more relevant and be
      recognized as creating value
    • Her thoughts on leadership and the changing role and impact of IT in healthcare on industry and careers

Adriana has been at Biogen since 2014, but has extensive corporate experience outside the healthcare industry – holding numerous executive positions at Dell, General Motors and Ford Motor Company for over two decades. The evening’s discussion will focus on how she applies that experience to her current role at Biogen, where she oversees information technology, digital health and data sciences, global public affairs, government affairs, public policy and patient advocacy. She and her teams are responsible for unlocking new insights from commercial, clinical and scientific data and leveraging those insights to effectively communicate Biogen's corporate value proposition to all relevant audiences. Additionally, Ms. Karaboutis is on the board of directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and serves on the Babson College advisory board for the center for women’s entrepreneurial leadership.

Our sponsor for this event is Biogen, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in the discovery, development and delivery of worldwide innovative therapies for people living with serious neurological, autoimmune and rare diseases. Register now for this valuable HBA Boston event; we look forward to seeing you.

Learning objectives
1. Recognize the value of information technology within healthcare
2. Identify how to leverage sponsors and mentors throughout your career

Agenda
5:30 - 6:30 PM   Registration and networking
6:30 - 8:30 PM   Program including Q&A
8:30 - 9:00 PM   Networking

Event location
Biogen (Building 8, Auditorium)
300 Binney Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
781-464-2000

Directions

Special instructions: Event will be held in Biogen Building 8 Auditorium. All external guests should enter through Biogen Building 9 entrance at 300 Binney Street. The closest parking option is the Biogen employee and public parking at the Blue garage (10 Cambridge Center). Click here to view Biogen map.

Sponsor


Speakers
Adriana (Andi) Karaboutis
Executive vice president, technology, business solutions and corporate affairs, Biogen

Buket Grau
Vice president, asset executive, Biogen

Registration information
Event is open to: HBA members and nonmembers
Online registration deadline: September 6, 2016
Onsite (walk-in) registration: Is allowed

Member rate:
$40

Nonmember rate:
$70

Biogen employee rate:
$40

Space is limited to 100 registrants.

Cancellations/refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes
If yes, requests must be submitted in writing to events@hbanet.org by September 5, 2016; no refunds are available after this date.

Event questions/support
- Chapter contact for event: Allison LaValley at alavalley@athenahealth.com or 773-960-6006
- 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
1 - Regular registration	$40.00 / €34.00	$70.00 / €60.00
2 - Biogen employee registration	$40.00 / €34.00	$40.00 / €34.00

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.