Program Overview

Don’t miss the premier conference for leaders in pharmacy! Learn from colleagues and make new contacts in a focused and action-packed two days! Expand your knowledge by learning from experts and your peers at the Fourteenth Annual ASHP Conference for Leaders in Health-System Pharmacy. What’s new for 2009? Expanded and enjoyable networking opportunities that will begin before you arrive in Chicago, and keynote presentations that will provide new perspective on thriving on conflict and stress and effectively leading the generations. Conference participants will also learn about social networking and how to apply it in the workplace. This year’s conference, Leading in Turbulent Times—Building for the Future, will prepare you for facing future challenges by providing timely information and strategies for enhancing your pharmacy practice today.

Pharmacy leaders in today’s turbulent economic environment are dealing with significant challenges. Now more than ever, there is a need for cost-effective clinical pharmacy services with proven return on investment in the form of demonstrable improvements in patient safety and delivery of critical pharmaceutical services. To meet these challenges, pharmacy managers must continue to hone their leadership and negotiation skills.

This conference will feature presentations by experts on a variety of relevant topics for leaders, such as preserving and protecting core pharmacy services and demonstrating return on investment of clinical services. You won’t want to miss this year’s opening speaker! Thomas Crum will open the 2009 Leaders Conference with his keynote presentation, Centered Leadership: Turning Conflict and Stress into Success and Vitality. An accomplished author and presenter in the fields of conflict resolution, peak performance, and stress management, Mr. Crum is known worldwide for his approach to helping individuals become more centered during conflict, more resourceful when facing challenges, and more effective under stress—techniques you can use daily in your work setting!

Conference participants select from six different workshops that encourage problem solving and networking with colleagues in small groups. Participants will develop new skills and formulate take-home action plans in these 3.5-hour, intensive skill-building workshops. Interactive, how-to discussions and activities will be focused on “must-have” skills for today’s effective leader—including negotiation and political acumen, the development of cutting-edge services such as antimicrobial stewardship, and sound basic financial management—as well as a fresh look at the ideal medication system.

Expanded opportunities to share your thoughts and experiences with your peers.

You asked for it, and now you’ve got it: More opportunities to learn from peers! The experience will begin before the meeting, so stay tuned for online social networking. New networking opportunities will begin when you check into the conference in Chicago, so arrive early! There will also be informal roundtable discussions and networking dinners to allow you to connect with even more leaders!

Don’t just eat lunch! Learn from your colleagues during the focused roundtable discussions on Tuesday during lunch. Topic discussions will be led by facilitators.

Don’t dine alone! Sign up for one of the networking dinners, where you can meet new colleagues and bounce ideas off pharmacists from around the country over your favorite cuisine. ASHP has made reservations at area restaurants for Monday evening. Sign-up sheets will be available onsite. Reservations are limited, so sign up early!

The Leaders Conference is not just for pharmacy leaders. The educational sessions are designed to appeal to all levels of managers, including the seasoned practitioner and new supervisor, as well as pharmacy residents. This premier conference provides opportunities to network with peers, develop future leaders, and learn new skills and strategies.

Introduce your colleagues and residents to this conference that focuses exclusively on contemporary practice and preparing for the future of healthcare. Take advantage of reduced registration rates for multiple registrants from the same health system.

Encourage your health-system administrator to join us for this conference! The topics presented will provide your administrator with broader knowledge of issues facing pharmacy managers and successful ways to resolve those issues. Administrators can register at the reduced ASHP member rate.

Register early! Don’t be left out of this premier annual Leaders Conference!