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Note: This post originally appeared on AdvaMed.org on Oct. 30, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

\"\"AdvaMed Advance\u00ae recently hosted more than 200 medtech leaders for our second annual Summit on Inclusion & Diversity. This year\u2019s session included three panel discussions with several top industry CEOs and business leaders followed by breakout sessions where the panel speakers dove deeper into how they\u2019re leading sustainable change at their organizations and answered questions from attendees. Attendees represented 50 different AdvaMed member companies and most held the title of vice president or above. A survey of attendees revealed overwhelming consensus around the belief that they can make a difference in inclusion and diversity at their organization. Survey respondents also signaled that they believe all levels of leadership play a critical role in continued success of inclusion and diversity, and they felt senior leaders and managers play the most critical role.<\/p>\n\n\n

All three of the AdvaMed Advance\u00ae panel sessions explored a different leadership perspective in advancing inclusion and diversity. The first panel featured the AdvaMed Board members who started the initiative, the second panel featured industry CEOs who spoke to their own journeys in advancing inclusion and diversity at their organization, and the final panel featured four senior leaders with an average tenure in medtech of more than 20 years. Each panel spoke to the actions leaders can take to bring to fruition an organization\u2019s vision for inclusion and diversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need for data was also a clear theme throughout the panel sessions. AdvaMed Advance\u00ae will now turn to developing an industry benchmarking survey to help us better understand the best practices in place across our industry in addition to our industry representation metrics. We look forward to launching this survey in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special thanks to the ten industry leaders who joined us to lead these important and impactful discussions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n