Next Horizon Healthcare Innovation Event

Exclusive Workshop Series for Healthcare and Life Science Executives

An invitation-only program designed specifically for senior and C-suite innovation and strategy leaders

Innovation methodology based on research by the 2025 Nobel Prize winners in economic sciences

Program Dates & Format

Schedule

February 11, 18, 25, and March 4, 2026
April 29, May 6, 13, and 20, 2026
September 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2026
November 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2026

90-minute sessions will be organized twice a day, in US Eastern Standard Time / Central European Time and in US Pacific Standard Time / Southeast Asia and Pacific Time
(next day).

Time

17:00 - 18:30 CET / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST / 8:00 - 9:30 AM PST
(90 minutes per session)

Format

Interactive virtual workshops

Global Access

Designed for international participation with global healthcare innovation leaders

Program Description

As a healthcare executive, you face unprecedented pressure to drive innovation while navigating accelerating technological advancements and evolving market dynamics. Despite significant investments in innovation initiatives, many organizations struggle to systematically translate creative ideas into measurable business growth and improved patient outcomes.

This exclusive four-part workshop series addresses the gap between innovation aspirations and systematic execution that healthcare leaders face today. Unlike traditional creativity-focused approaches, this program introduces you to the evidence-based Innovation360 methodology, built on research by the 2025 Nobel Prize winners in economics and explicitly adapted for healthcare organizations.

This is not a lecture series—it’s a working laboratory where healthcare executives collaborate to master the systematic innovation approach that separates consistently successful innovators from those who struggle to scale their breakthroughs.

Program Leader

Led by Dr. Kasia Hein-Peters, MD, a bestselling author, speaker, and expert in launching innovations in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. In her global leadership role at major companies, including Merck, Eli Lilly, Sanofi, Novartis, and Terumo, she was part of the teams that generated billions of dollars in sales of life-saving medicines and medical devices.

In 2022, Kasia founded Abante Scientific to bring more innovations to the market, benefiting patients, healthcare professionals, and companies. To date, she has helped more than 60 organizations and individuals through her innovation management and commercialization consulting and coaching, innovation education programs, and fractional executive services.

What You Will Get From Each Session

Session 1: Three Horizons of Innovation
The Three Horizons Model helps companies to conceptualize and focus their innovation efforts across three different timeframes. Each of them requires different capabilities, strategies, leadership styles, and approaches. As a result of this session, you will be able to:

1) Identify different types of innovation and understand their role in growing your business.
2) Find out the specifics of your current approach.
3) Envision the future through scenario planning.

Session 2: Innovation IQ
InnoSurvey is the world’s largest business innovation database, featuring over 10,000 companies from 105 countries. Its big data analysis helped to develop an evidence-based assessment of a company’s Innovation IQ, based on the capabilities necessary to grow sales and improve profitability.
This session will help you:

1) Understand your company’s innovation capabilities.
2) Identify your strengths, untapped potential, and areas for improvement.

Session 3: Four Stages of the Innovation Process
The innovation process comprises the following steps: Ideation, Selection, Development, and Commercialization. Each can be improved to innovate more quickly and effectively. Time to market depends on the efficiency of all four steps.
During this session, you will:

1) Learn which capabilities are necessary at each step.
2) Identify derisking strategies in the innovation process.

Session 4: Innovation Management in Organizations
Innovation management is a systematic approach to generating growth and profitability. It’s built on the team’s competencies, processes, governance, and systems. It can be centralized, decentralized, or a hybrid. The new model, referred to as ‘fractal organization,’ requires the replicability of innovation capabilities across geographies and departments.
As a result of this session, you will:

1) Learn how different innovation types should be managed in your organization.
2) Identify features of fractal organization.
3) Learn about the modern innovation systems.

Application Process

This program maintains high-quality peer interaction through a selective application process:

Application Required

15-minute interview to assess a participant's contribution potential and fit with the group. Participants are chosen based on their insights and experiences.

Limited Participation

Maximum 12 executives per session to ensure interactivity and meaningful collaboration.

Industry Focus

Healthcare, medical technology, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and digital health organizations.

What's Included

Access to InnoSurvey, the organization's capabilities assessment tool.

Interactive workshop sessions with collaborative exercises and discussions.

Access to Innovation360 frameworks and methodologies.

Peer networking opportunities with senior healthcare innovation leaders.

Post-session resources and implementation guidance.

Follow-up strategic advisory opportunities.

Designed for executives who

Lead innovation, strategy, or transformation initiatives.

Seek systematic approaches to improve innovation success rates and time-to-market.

Want to benchmark their organization's innovation capabilities against industry peers.

Are responsible for driving growth and profitability through innovation.

Next Step

Participation is by application only. Please reserve your spot in one of the four sessions in 2026.