Executive Education
Course Schedule
Day 1
Monday, March 23, 2026
10:20-10:40 – Transportation from hotel to event venue
10:00-11:00 – Check-in, networking, and snack
11:00-11:25 – Welcome, introductions, and course overview
11:25-11:50 – "The Biodesign Innovation Process"
11:50-1:20 – "Bootcamp: Part 1"
1:20-2:00 – Lunch
2:00-4:30 – "Bootcamp: Part 2"
4:30-4:45 – Break and passing period
4:45-5:45 – Faculty coaching on course projects
5:45-5:50 – Passing period
5:50-6:00 – Day 1 wrap-up
6:00-6:30 – Brief reception
6:30-8:00 – Working dinner on course projects
8:00-8:30 – Transportation back to hotel
Day 2
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7:15-7:30 – Transportation from hotel to event venue
7:30-8:00 – Breakfast
8:00-8:05 – Welcome to Day 2
8:05-8:30 – "Biodesign Tools in Use: Case Study
8:30-9:15 – "What to Do When the Idea Comes First"
9:15-9:30 – Break and passing period
9:30-11:00 – Faculty coaching on course projects
11:00-11:15 – Passing period
11:15-11:45 - "Pivots, Failures, and Lessons Learned"
11:45-12:45 – Lunch
12:45-1:35 – "Teaching and Guiding the Process"
1:35-1:45 – Passing period
1:45-3:15 – Peer review of need statements and need criteria
3:15-3:30 – Break
3:30-5:00 – Faculty coaching on course projects
5:00-5:15 – Break/passing period
5:15-5:45 – "Need-Driven Business Development"
5:45-6:15 – Transportation to dinner event
6:15-9:45 – Dinner at Josh Makower's home (buses will return to the hotel at 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, and 9:45 pm)
Day 3
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
7:45-8:00 – Transportation from hotel to event venue
8:00-8:30 – Breakfast
8:30-8:35 – Welcome to Day 3
8:35-9:30 – "Managing the Process"
9:30-9:35 – Passing period
9:35-10:35 – Faculty coaching on course projects
10:35-10:45 – Passing period
10:45-11:10 – "Biodesign Tools in Use: Case Study"
11:10-11:50 – "Bringing the Process Home"
11:50-12:30 – Lunch
12:30-2:35 – Final presentations on company projects (and health technology trivia competition!)
2:35-2:40 – Passing period
2:40-2:50 – Course wrap-up
2:50-3:30 – Closing reception (optional)