Please Note: Our mission is to bring these ideas to diverse audiences. Amita’s participation in an event does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of its host organization.
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Amita has been invited to present over 100 keynotes, lectures, and workshops to innovators, entrepreneurs, change agents, and leaders in industry, academia, and government.
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Her talks focus on mastering mindset agility for individual, team, organizational, and societal transformation.
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Amita often delivers opening keynotes at conferences and retreats to prime minds for creative, innovative, and out-of-the-box thinking.
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In her interactive talks Amita weaves a powerful, new framework with engaging stories and practical tools that audiences can instantly apply to transform how they lead change in their work, lives, and the world.
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See a list of upcoming and prior events below. For speaking inquiries, email edge@vitamita.com
TESTIMONIALS:
TALKS & EVENTS:
Sept. 2018 – Current: Johns Hopkins University: Masters degree course on “Leading Change”: Lecturer (Enduring Edge has been a required textbook for the class since 2014)
February 4, 2019: Centennial High School: Speaker: “Enduring Edge: Transforming How We Think, Create and Change” (Ellicott City, MD)
January 19, 2019: American Production and Inventory Control Society DC Metro Chapter: Keynote Speaker
January 16, 2019: Bethesda Green: BeGreen Hub Accelerator: Speaker & Workshop Leader: Creating the Startup Manifesto (Bethesda, MD)
January 14, 2019: Bethesda Green: BeGreen Hub Accelerator: Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset (Bethesda, MD)
December 14, 2018: Centennial High School: Speaker: “Enduring Edge: Transforming How We Think, Create and Change” (Ellicott City, MD)
December 6, 2018: Saul Ewing: Emerging Company Roundtable: Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
November 15, 2018: ETC Baltimore / Maryland Institute College of Art: Women’s Entrepreneurship Day: Panelist. Register here. (Baltimore, MD)
Oct. 30, 2018: TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo: Fireside Chat: Featured Speaker (College Park, MD)
Oct. 30, 2018: TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo: Fast Pitch Session: Judge (College Park, MD)
Oct. 3, 2018: Betamore Beta City: VC Pitch Competition: Judge (Baltimore, MD)
October 2, 2018: Barcoding, Inc. Annual Executive Forum: Opening Keynote Speaker
Sept. 27, 2018: DC Startup Week: Speaker: “Perspectives from Immigrant Founders” (Washington, DC)
Sept. 26, 2018: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: Speaker: “Mastering the Pharmapreneurial Mindset” (Baltimore, MD)
Sept. 19, 2018: TEDCO Builder Fund Conversations: Inaugural Keynote Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
Sept. 18, 2018: TiE DC: Workshop Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Tysons Corner, VA)
August 11, 2018: New Student Orientation: Speaker: “Solving Business Problems with the 3D Mind” (Baltimore, MD)
July 26, 2018: Urban Alliance Public Speaking Challenge: Judge (Silver Spring, MD)
June 25, 2018: NIH, NIGMS 7th Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence: Roundtable Moderator (Washington, DC)
June 23, 2018: TiE Young Entrepreneurs: Judges Panel: Annual Global Business Plan Competition (Arlington, VA)
June 21-22, 2018: Univ. of Vermont: Biomedical Entrepreneurship Summer Course: Lecturer (Burlington, VT)
June 19, 2018: TiE New York: Workshop Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (New York, NY)
June 14, 2018: U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Aligning Incentives for Better Health Conference: Holistic Well-Being in Workplaces & Communities: Panelist
May 12, 2018: TiE DC: Startup Workshop: Essentials for Growth: Speaker (Tysons Corner, VA)
April 21, 2018: Women’s Conference: Unity is Strength: Keynote Speaker
April 10-16, 2018: Graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher: Authentic Leadership (Enduring Edge is a required textbook for the class)
March 29, 2018: Private Event: Guest Speaker: Book Club on Enduring Edge (Annapolis, MD)
March 15, 2018: ForoMET DC: A Celebration of International Women’s Day. Speaker (Washington, DC)
March 13-19, 2018: Graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher: The Leader’s Mindset (Enduring Edge is a required textbook for the class)
February 10, 2018: Venture Capital Investment Competition: Judge (Baltimore, MD)
February 2, 2018: PeaceTech Lab: Speaker: “Mastering the Mind for Resilience, Creativity and Success” (Washington, DC)
January 26, 2018: Bethesda Green: BeGreen Hub Accelerator: Speaker & Workshop Leader: Creating the Startup Manifesto (Bethesda, MD)
January 25, 2018: Bethesda Green: BeGreen Hub Accelerator: Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset (Bethesda, MD)
January 20, 2018: New Student Orientation: Speaker: “Solving Business Problems with the 3D Mind” (Baltimore, MD)
January 18, 2018: Women in Bio: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mind” Register here. (McLean, VA)
January 13, 2018: Maryland Institute College of Art: Micapreneurship Business Matters Conference: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset”. Register here. (Baltimore, MD)
Dec. 7, 2017: National Cancer Institute Tech Transfer Center: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Rockville, MD)
Nov. 28-30, 2017: Global Entrepreneurship Summit: Invited U.S. Delegate (Hyderabad, India)
Oct. 25, 2017: TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo: Fast Pitch Session: Judge (Baltimore, MD)
Oct. 6, 2017: Vicente Ferrer Foundation – Empowering Rural India: Recipe for Empowerment Gala: Emcee (Washington, DC)
Oct. 5, 2017: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Baltimore, MD)
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2017: Indiaspora Fifth Anniversary Leadership Forum: Speaker
(Leesburg, VA)
Sept. 22, 2017: PeaceTech Lab: Speaker: “Mastering the Mind for Resilience, Creativity and Success” (Washington, DC)
Sept. 19, 2017: Springboard Health Innovation Hub: Judge (Washington, DC)
Sept 8, 2017: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: White Coat Ceremony Keynote Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
June 20, 2017: Halcyon Incubator: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Washington, DC)
June 14/15, 2017: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: Faculty Retreat Opening Speaker & Shark Tank Judge
June 11, 2017: Stanford GSB Women’s Circles – DC All Circles Meeting: Workshop Exercise Leader: “Creating a Compass”
June 6, 2017: World Trade Center Institute: Women Spanning the Globe Leadership Conference: Opening Keynote Speaker
May 25, 2017: Bethesda Green Incubator: Lunch Speaker Series: Register Here (Bethesda, MD)
May 11, 2017: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: Board of Visitors Meeting Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
May 10, 2017: Univ. of Maryland School of Pharmacy: 175th Anniversary Gala Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
April 28, 2017: National Cancer Institute Tech Transfer Center: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Rockville, MD)
April 12-18, 2017: Graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher (Enduring Edge is a required textbook for the class)
March 15-21, 2017: Graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher (Enduring Edge is a required textbook for the class)
March 9, 2017: MedStar Medical Center Family Medicine Faculty Retreat: Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
February 13, 2017: MBA Student LEAD (Leadership Engagement Action Development) Program: Workshop Speaker (Baltimore, MD)
January 7, 2017: New Student Orientation: Speaker: “Solving Business Problems with the 3D Mind” (Baltimore, MD)
December 14, 2016: Halcyon Incubator Mini-Shark Tank: Panelist (Washington, DC)
Nov. 14, 2016: TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (Baltimore, MD)
Oct. 20, 2016: Korean Business Enterprise: Keynote Address: “Mastering the 3D Mind: The Enduring Edge to Success”
(Tysons, VA)
Fall ’15/Spring ’16: Tech Innovation Center HEXCITE: Engaging world-class scientists & clinicians in an inter-disciplinary community to re-imagine healthcare: Faculty & Mentor
May 20-22, 2016: Indiaspora Forum: Panel Speaker
(Philadelphia, PA)
May 19, 2016: Private Event: Guest Speaker: Book Club on Enduring Edge
May 18, 2016: Fish & Richardson: Speaker: “Mastering the Startup Mindset”
May 12, 2016: AAPI Leaders Forum, White House: Invited Leader
May 7, 2016: Private Event: Guest Speaker: Book Club on Enduring Edge
April 27-May 3, 2016: JHU graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher: “Authentic Leadership”
April 26, 2016: Wharton DC Innovation Summit: Speaker
April 25, 2016: National Institutes of Health Class: Guest Speaker
April 6-12, 2016: JHU graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher (Enduring Edge was required textbook)
April 8, 2016: The Impact Center: Women’s Executive Leadership Program Retreat: Panel Speaker
April 4 & 5, 2016: MotivateU: Professional Development Week: Keynote Speaker: “Mastering Your Mind for Success”
April 2, 2016: American College of Medical Quality Annual Meeting: Plenary Speaker: “Keynotes in Quality”
April 2, 2016: Light City: Creative Innovation Conference: Panel Speaker
March 31, 2016: Virginia Tech Beyond Boundaries Forum: Adaptive Brain and Developmental Health: Invited Panelist
March 30, 2016: Light City: Health Innovation Conference: Keynote Speaker: “Transformative Innovation for Health”
March 29, 2016: Medstar Institute for Innovation: Integrative Medicine Symposium: Invited Participant
March 17, 2016: Women in Bio: “Women Investing in Women”: Panel Speaker
March 5, 2016: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School: Business of Healthcare Conference: Speaker
February 1, 2016: Startup Leadership DC: Speaker
Jan. 19, 2016: Accelerate DC Speaker Series: Speaker
Jan. 12, 2016: Health For America Fellows: Guest Speaker
January 4, 2016: Howard County Tech Council: Emerging Companies Roundtable: Speaker
Dec. 5, 2015: 1D 2D 3D Mind framework presented to 10-13 year olds in a workshop on building confidence
Dec. 1, 2015: U.S. Small Business Administration InnovateHER Innovating for Women Challenge: Panelist
December 1, 2015: Medstar Institute for Innovation: MI2 All Minds Meeting: Guest Speaker
November 19, 2015: Morgan State: Keynote Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset”
November 17, 2015: TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo: Panelist & Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset”
November 21, 2015: Pitch George Elevator Competition: Judge
November 15, 2015: Startup Weekend DC Global Startup Battle: Judge
November 9, 2015: mHealth Summit Speaker: “Innovation from Within: Cultural & Commercial Considerations”
November 9, 2015: Startup Boot Camp Opening Keynote & Closing Speaker: “Cultivating the Innovator’s Mindset”
November 6, 2015: Health For America Fellows: Guest Speaker
Nov. 3, 2015: U.S. Small Business Administration InnovateHER Innovating for Women Challenge: Panelist
October 28, 2015: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Speaker: “How to Follow Your Passion to Find Your Calling”
October 21, 2015: ATHENAPowerlink Baltimore Business Women’s Roundtable: Panel Speaker
Oct. 2, 2015: George Washington School of Medicine, Clinical Practice Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lecture: Speaker
September 2015: Stanford Medicine X Conference: Invited Speaker: “Training the Mind for Healthcare Innovation and Transformation”
Sept. 20, 2015: Maryland Heart Associates Heart Health & Well-Being Seminar Speaker: “Mastering Your Mind for Well-Being”
Sept. 18, 2015: TEDCO Executive Women’s Roundtable: Guest Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mindset”
Sept. 14, 2015: THNK School of Creative Leadership Forum featuring “experts who are at the top of their game and pioneering or disrupting their fields”: Speaker
June 29, 2015: Betamore: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mind“
June 25, 2015: Bethesda Green: Speaker: “Mastering the Entrepreneurial Mind”
May 22, 2015: Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Guest Speaker
May 13, 2015: Springboard Health Innovation Hub Bootcamp: Speaker
May 11, 2015: White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Leaders Forum: Invited Leader
May 8-10, 2015: Indiaspora Forum: Speaker: “The Holy Grail: The Intersection of Medicine and Technology”
April 28, 2015: Wharton DC Innovation Summit: Speaker: “Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs”
April 26, 2015: International Day of the Book
April 21, 2015: Springboard Health Innovation Hub: Speaker
April 11, 2015: Stanford GSB Washington DC / Baltimore: Speaker: “Social Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking”
March 25, 2015: U.S. Small Business Administration InnovateHER Challenge: Panelist
Spring 2015: Johns Hopkins graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher: “Authentic Leadership”
Spring 2015: Johns Hopkins graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher (Enduring Edge was required textbook)
March 21, 2015: Pipeline Fellows DC Bootcamp: Guest Speaker
March 10, 2015: Johns Hopkins-Coulter Translational Partnership Bootcamp: Panelist
February 2015: TEDCO Executive Women’s Roundtable: Guest Speaker
January 2015: National Defense University: Guest Speaker
December 2014: Bethesda Writer’s Center Holiday Book Fair
November 2014: 2014 Entrepreneur Expo: Enduring Edge book signing
Spring 2014: Johns Hopkins graduate course on “Leading Change”: Guest Teacher
March 2014: National Institutes of Health Class: Guest Speaker
February 2014: National Defense University: Guest Speaker
Feb. 7, 2014: Children’s Natl Medical Center: Guest Speaker
Dec. 2013: HIMSS mHealth Summit: Venture+ Forum: Keynote Speaker
May 2013: National Defense University: Guest Speaker
March 2013: National Institutes of Health Class: Guest Speaker
June 2013: Life Sciences Bootcamp: Speaker
June 2013: XX in Health by RockHealth: Keynote Speaker
