The Knowledge & Connections To Grow Your Business

Where the healthcare distribution industry strategizes for 2025 and beyond

2024 Growth Strategies Summit

Track 1

Key market trends and provider needs; marketing strategies; forecast for 2025

Track 2

Channel strategy; selling through distributors; multiplier effect

Track 3

Dialogue with distributor executive teams about plans and priorities for 2025.


2024 Opening General Session

Leadership In Action: Battlefield Lessons For Businesses

Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, War, Tribe and In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife, and acclaimed director of the war documentary “Restrepo”, will be our opening speaker at Streamlining Healthcare Expo!

As an award-winning journalist, Academy Award nominated filmmaker, and special correspondent at ABC News, Junger is known for telling non-fiction stories with grit and emotion. He brilliantly draws significant parallels between the battlefield and businesses.

You’ll gain leadership insights on the principles of camaraderie, adaptability, and perseverance in adversity, and take away actionable strategies to help your business thrive in uncertain times.

Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker, War Correspondent


Industry-Government Preparedness And Response

Get To Know And Engage With ASPR

Join members of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to learn about their initiatives for future preparedness and response efforts, as well as opportunities for commercial market engagement. Representatives will include:

Wayland Coker

Wayland Coker
Chief Supply Chain Strategist
Office of Supply Chain Optimization, Center for Industrial Base Management & Supply Chain (IBMSC), ASPR, HHS

Tina Colston

Tina Colston
Distribution Chief, Supply, Production & Distribution
HHS Coordination Operations & Response Element (H-CORE), ASPR, HHS

Kevin Bingley

CDR Kevin Bingley
Public Health Advisor
Office of Supply Chain & Development, Strategic National Stockpile, ASPR, HHS

Sean Cease
Strategic Industry Engagement
Center for Industrial Base Management & Supply Chain (IBMSC), ASPR, HHS


PWH Leadership Workshop

Beyond Today: Succession Planning for Organizational Growth

Get a comprehensive overview of the critical role succession planning plays in ensuring organizational sustainability and growth. Attendees will explore the strategic benefits of proactive succession planning, including enhanced risk management, improved employee retention, and increased organizational resilience. They will also be introduced to the 9-box grid for effective talent assessment and mapping. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to implement a robust succession planning process tailored to their organization’s goals, setting the stage for long-term success.

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion, led by Ashleigh McLaughlin, the incoming Chair for Professional Women in Healthcare (PWH), featuring industry leaders who have successfully integrated succession planning into their companies.

PWH Members: Click here to register for the pre-workshop luncheon! Registration deadline: Friday, September 6, 2024.

Janis Dezso

Janis Dezso
Owner/Principal
J. Dez Strategies, Inc.

Cindy Juhas

Cindy Juhas
Chief Strategy Officer
CME

Cara Skowronski

Cara Skowronski
Consultant
Delasco

Allison Therwhanger

Allison Therwhanger
Vice President, Corporate Sales
Innovia Medical

Ashleigh McLaughlin

Ashleigh McLaughlin
Chief Financial Officer
IMCO, Inc.


Full Agenda Networking Opportunities

Learn more about federal procurement and contracting, diversity procurement initiatives, marketing strategies and more.

Agenda

Tackle management challenges, increase margins and net profits, and learn from experts and peers.

Agenda

“Streamlining Healthcare does a great job of distilling a wide variety of important trends down into a singular snapshot of what is happening in our industry both currently and into the future. If you want to see over the horizon, Streamlining Healthcare is the place for you.” Distributor Attendee