Join us for Aya’s annual ideas retreat

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Industry Advisory Circle (IAC) meeting

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Workforce AI cohort meeting

6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.

Morning beach walk

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

Welcome and opening remarks

8:50 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

State of the Union 2026: Nature Abhors a Vacuum Oboe Healthcare Insights will explore the upheaval at the heart of American healthcare, from the policy-driven retreat of the social safety net, to insurers posting staggering losses, to the weakening of the physician-patient bond. As trust in the system ruptures and incumbents pull back, we examine how new players are struggling to fill the vacuum, and what that struggle means for the future of care.

Learning objectives:

• Explore the current healthcare landscape and the financial, policy and competitive dynamics shaping it.
• Discover the key factors impacting the healthcare landscape in the next three to five years.
• Gain strategic guidance for future success without compromising core competencies or priorities.

9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

Break

10:05 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Upskilling Allied Health in Focus: Growing, Reskilling and Retaining Critical Talent As demand for medical assistants and allied health professionals continues to grow, healthcare organizations are finding new ways to develop and retain this essential workforce segment. This discussion explores practical strategies for building skills, creating opportunities for career growth and strengthening retention to support a more stable workforce and high-quality patient care.

Learning objectives:

• Examine how leading healthcare organizations are creating career pathways for medical assistants and allied health professionals. 
• Identify workforce development strategies that expand talent pipelines and strengthen retention.  
• Apply lessons and best practices for launching or expanding allied health upskilling and reskilling programs.

10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

The Productivity Puzzle: Aligning People, Operations and Finance A holistic approach to labor productivity starts with leadership that can align workforce decisions with broader operational goals. This session explores practical ways to use data and partnerships to improve productivity while navigating competing demands. Participants will gain strategies to influence outcomes and build financial awareness within their teams, all while staying grounded in organizational values.

Learning objectives:

• Examine labor productivity across key organizational priorities. 
• Identify practices that support data-informed decisions and accountability.  
• Apply strategies to strengthen financial awareness and productivity outcomes.

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Roundtable Discussion: Upleveling Your Workforce

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.

Building an AI-Ready Workforce: A Nursing-Led Blueprint for Healthcare Innovation As healthcare organizations race to adopt artificial intelligence, many focus first on technology rather than the workforce expected to use it. A large academic healthcare system took a different approach—beginning with frontline nursing staff instead of algorithms. By engaging more than 26,000 nursing staff across eight regions, the organization developed a scalable model that empowered frontline teams to identify challenges, generate AI-powered solutions, and actively shape the future of care delivery. This session presents a practical blueprint for building an AI-ready workforce through frontline engagement, innovation, and shared ownership. Participants will learn how a nursing-led strategy fostered workforce readiness, strengthened innovation capabilities, and accelerated AI adoption by empowering those closest to the work. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to engage frontline staff, cultivate a culture of innovation, and prepare their organizations for sustainable AI transformation.

Learning objectives:  

• Explain why workforce engagement is a foundational component of successful AI transformation in healthcare.
• Describe a nursing-led model for identifying frontline challenges, generating AI innovation, and engaging staff throughout the solution development process.
• Develop an approach for implementing a scalable AI innovation strategy that builds workforce capability, shared ownership, and organizational readiness.

12:55 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Building the Future of Healthcare Workforce Technology: Responsible AI, Better Workforce Decisions, and the Road Ahead Jason Drucker explores how healthcare organizations can adopt AI responsibly while maintaining trust, transparency, and human oversight. Through real product examples and emerging workforce intelligence capabilities, learn how AI can help leaders make better workforce decisions today while preparing for the future of intelligent workforce operations. 

1:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion: The Impact of AI

1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Bringing AI to the Frontline of Workforce Management Artificial intelligence (AI) is already changing workforce operations in practical ways. In this session, Dr. Dani Bowie, a national leader in AI and workforce management, and WellSpan Health will share real-world examples of how AI is being used to address workforce challenges, including forecasting demand and automating schedule adjustments. The discussion will also explore what healthcare organizations should consider when evaluating and implementing AI-powered scheduling tools.

Learning objectives:  

• Explain the emerging role of AI in modern healthcare scheduling.
• Identify the potential benefits and common implementation challenges of AI-powered scheduling.
• Evaluate real-world examples to understand the impact of predictive scheduling on operations and staff experience.  

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussions: Workforce Strategy

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Free time

5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Networking event and dinner

6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.

Sound bath

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.

Welcome

8:40 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

Workforce Safety as a Retention Strategy Concerns around workplace violence and staff safety continue to grow across healthcare. Leaders increasingly recognize that workforce safety plays an important role in retention and engagement. Panelists will share programs, outcomes and lessons learned from efforts designed to create safer workplaces and support a stronger workforce.  

Learning objectives:  

• Explain how workforce safety can affect employee well-being, engagement and retention.   
• Examine the outcomes of safety-focused strategies designed to reduce workplace violence and burnout.    
• Apply lessons from peer organizations to develop and sustain workforce safety programs.  

9:25 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

Flexibility Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Building a Strategy That Works for Your Organization Flexibility means different things to different healthcare organizations and clinicians. From IRP and PRN programs to float pools, part-time roles, internal travel teams, seasonal staffing and hybrid scheduling approaches, there is no single formula for building a flexible workforce. This session brings together healthcare leaders to share how they are designing programs that meet their staffing needs while supporting clinician preferences. Hear real-world perspectives on what’s working, what’s changing and how organizations are creating more flexible and sustainable staffing approaches. 

Learning objectives:  

• Evaluate workforce flexibility models and identify approaches that align with your organization’s staffing needs and goals.
• Recognize the key elements of a flexibility strategy that balances operational needs and clinician preferences.
• Apply lessons from peer organizations to strengthen engagement, retention and workforce flexibility.

10:25 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Roundtable Discussions: Retention Initiatives

10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Closing remarks