The 2026 HBA Global Ascension Leadership Experience
Future Focused. Impact Driven.
Where leadership insight, meaningful connection, and real-world impact converge.
23–24 April 2026 | San Diego, CA
The Global Ascension Leadership Experience is not just an event—it’s a unique opportunity for leaders shaping the future of life sciences and healthcare. Across two immersive days, leaders step back from day-to-day demands to engage in forward-looking learning, intentional connection, and honest dialogue about what it truly takes to build organizations where people and performance thrive.
Why Global Ascension Leadership Experience
Leadership today demands more clarity, resilience, and the ability to lead through complexity without losing momentum or people along the way. Yet few experiences offer the time, access, and perspective needed to engage deeply with how leadership actually works in practice.
The Global Ascension Leadership Experience creates that space.
Designed for leaders across biotech, biopharma, medtech, digital health, research, and healthcare, the Global Ascension Leadership Experience blends future-focused education, real-world leadership insight, and meaningful peer connection—all grounded in the realities leaders face every day.
The GALE Difference
The Global Ascension Leadership Experience is intentionally designed as a cohesive leadership journey—integrating insight, application, connection, inspiration, and recognition.
- Insight you can use through data-informed dialogue and applied discussion
- Leadership in practice from industry standouts who’ve navigated real challenges
- Connection that matters with peers and decision-makers across the ecosystem
- Recognition with substance, pairing celebration with leadership perspective
Every element builds on the next, creating an experience that is both professionally enriching and strategically relevant.
What You’ll Experience
Think Tank Solutions Summit: Data & Dialogue: The Vitality Blueprint for the Future of Work
Explore workforce vitality, leadership, and performance as strategic imperatives—through forward-looking insights and collaborative discussion.
Rising Stars & Luminaries Program
A multi-generational leadership experience that brings emerging and seasoned leaders together, acknowledging shared realities and stage-specific challenges.
GALE Honors
A signature recognition program that goes beyond celebration. Honorees share pivotal decisions, lessons learned, and leadership approaches that have driven lasting impact.
Curated Networking
Multiple pathways to meaningful connection—from open networking to facilitated conversations rooted in shared insight.
Leave With More Than Inspiration
You’ll leave GALE with fresh perspective, practical insight, and relationships that extend well beyond the event—along with renewed clarity about how to lead forward with intention and impact.
