Adrian Gostick

ASDS is pleased to announce #1 New York Times bestselling author Adrian Gostick as the 2023 ASDS Annual Meeting keynote speaker. He is a global thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership and engagement and provides advice to some of the world’s most successful organizations on building culture, managing change and leading high-performance teams.

Gostick is founder of the workplace training and consulting company, “The Culture Works” and author of the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, “All In,” “The Carrot Principle,” “Leading with Gratitude” and “Anxiety at Work.” His award-winning books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world. He is also a leadership strategy columnist for Forbes, has appeared on many television news segments and is often quoted in renowned news publications.

Teamwork and Leading High-Performance Teams: The Five Disciplines of Today's Most Effective Work Groups

96% of executives cite poor collaboration as the main source of workplace failures. How can we lead teams to improved performance given the volatility and challenges teams face today:

• Increased speed of change
• Need to work more cross-functionally
• Emergence of more remote, global and gig workers
• Rise of the Millennials and Gen Z

Based on an 850,000-person study of today’s most profitable, innovative work teams, Adrian Gostick introduces the new science of teamwork.

Dr. Sudip Parajuli

Making a Difference through ITMP: Changing Surgical and Medical Practice in Dermatology in Nepal

Sudip Parajuli, MBBS, MD, currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu with more than 15 years of experience in the field.

Dr. Parajuli has served as a managing editor of Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology for many years. He is actively involved in organizing national, regional and international meetings of dermatology in Nepal and in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.