Speakers
Kris Ward
Director, Procurement
Orchard Therapeutics
Day One
10:10 am | Vendor Management vs. Category Management – Orchard Therapeutics’ Journey to Support an Increasingly Complex and Global Business
Limor Glick
Executive Director, Head of Global Strategic Sourcing
Corbus Pharmaceuticals
Day One
12:10 pm | Discussion: Vendor Oversight and Risk Management Approaches Across the Pharma Industry
Martisse Best
Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing
IQVIA
Day Two
9:40 am | Models, challenges and Triumphs of a Virtual Trial
David Karakas
Director, Sourcing & Procurement
Bluebird Bio
Day Two
2:45 pm | Strategic Sourcing for Rare Diseases & Emerging Therapeutics
Tom Thattacherry
Head of Supplier Diversity
Roche/ Genentech
Tom heads the Supplier Diversity for Roche/Genentech. He is actively engaged in creating strategies, building partnerships cross divisionally with stakeholders, sourcing, business partners and suppliers to drive small/diverse business inclusion opportunities in the supplier base. He also works with the U.S. Government entities such as U.S Small Business Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs on small business subcontracting plans and regulations. Tom is a past President of the Board of Directors for Diversity Alliance for Science, Inc. a national non-profit organization focused on developing diverse owned businesses in the Life Sciences industry. He is also actively engaged with a number of national and local diverse supplier advocacy groups and is a certified Integral Coach. Tom has been in the pharma industry for over 18 years.
Day Two
12:00 pm | Benefits of Supplier Diversity from Morals to Macroeconomics
Umar Salahuddin
Director, Research, Development & Sourcing
Biogen
Day One
12:10 pm | Discussion: Vendor Oversight and Risk Management Approaches Across the Pharma Industry
Deborah Franco
Global Sourcing Manager Scientific Services
Novartis
Day One
9:40 am | Optimizing R&D Costs with Machine Learning: How A Big Pharma Diagnoses & Improves Research Efficiency with AI-Assisted Reagent Selection
Aaron Nolan
Consultant
Eli Lilly and Company
Day One
2:15 pm | Case Study on Supplier Spend Analytics for Clinical Trials
Rinaldo Dorman
Senior Manager, R&D Global Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
Sarepta Therapeutics
Day One
12:10 pm | Discussion: Vendor Oversight and Risk Management Approaches Across the Pharma Industry
Victoria Woodward
Procurement Professional
Indivior
Day Two
2:15 pm | Mastermind: Forging the Next Generation of Procurement Professionals in R&D – What is the Ideal Procurement Resume?
Rose Prisco
Associate Director Clinical Procurement
Pacira Pharmaceuticals
Day One
4:40 pm | Contracting – Who Drives the Content
Erin Benson
Director Market Planning
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Day One
12:45 pm | Program Partner: LexisNexis
Farah Ahmad
Chief Commercial Officer
Clinical Maestro
Day One
2:45 pm | Case Study: Automating & Harmonizing RFP Processes for a Phase 3 Neurodegenerative Rare Disease Clinical Trial Using Clinical MaestroTM
Mark Davis
Founder & Principal
NegotiumBio
Day One
5:15 pm | Chair’s Closing Remarks
12:10 pm | Discussion: Vendor Oversight and Risk Management Approaches Across the Pharma Industry
9:30 am | Chair’s Opening Address
Day Two
3:20 pm | Chair’s Closing Remarks
9:30 am | Chair’s Opening Remarks
Penelope Przekop
CEO
PDC Pharma Strategy
Siamak Baharloo
CEO & Co-Founder
LabViva
Day One
10:40 am | Buyer-Focused Private Marketplace Procurement: How Novel Solutions Are Shifting Power to Buyers While Aligning the Interests of Both Buyer & Supplier?
Tom Heck
Senior Vice President, Clinical Trial Services
TrialCard
Day One
4:30 pm | Proven Technology Driven Clinical Trial Supply Alternative
Thierry Fausten
Researcher, Canfield University; Former Head of Procurement (NW Africa)
Roche
Day Two
10:10 am | Bridging the Gap Between Pre-Clinical and Clinical: How Early Stakeholder Engagement Aids SRM in Achieving End-to-End Business Development
Imants Zudans
CEO
MolPort
Day Two
12:15 pm | Session Reserved for Innovation Partner - MolPort
Senior Representative
Jaggaer
Day Two
10:40 am | Session Reserved for Jaggaer
Wanlu Liu
Global Lead Sourcing Manager
Takeda