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Hotel 411:
The Fairmont Copley Plaza
138 St James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
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Travel: Book Through The Global Executive:
To arrange for overnight accommodations, please contact IIR's travel partner, The Global Executive. All hotel bookings should be made through The Global Executive's Internet booking site. Please visit www.globalexec.com/iir to make your reservation.
If you need additional assistance, please call The Global Executive at 800-516-4265 or send them an email at conf@globalexec.com. The hotel will not accept individual calls for room reservations at the IIR negotiated rate. Hotel room space is limited so make your reservation early.
The Global Executive 90 Grove Street, Suite 01
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-431-8950 or 800-516-4265
Fax: 203-431-9305
www.globalexec.com/iir or email: conf@globalexec.com
Onsite Tips:
- If you come with a group, split up to diversify the information you bring back to the office
- Bring plenty of business cards
- Come with an open mind
- To ensure your personal comfort, bring a light jacket or sweater that you can put on or take off if you find the room too cool or too warm
- Speak up and ask questions – it's the best way to get the information you're looking for
- Keep a log of action points that you can implement immediately when you get back to the office
- Complete and turn in your conference evaluation forms – that's the best way to let us know what YOU want
- Take notes – due to confidentiality policies at some companies, full presentations may not all be available on the conference CD
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Testimonials:
TESTIMONIALS FROM IIR'S CLINICAL OUTSOURCING EVENTS:
"For someone who is entering the clinical outsourcing arena, I thought all the presentations and panels were excellent. Very useful, definitely many ideas that I can bring back to my company."
-Kay Gonzalez, Outsource Manager, PURDUE PHARMA LP
"Great speakers from both the CRO and Sponsor side. Great presenters and informative content."
– Helen Chavez, Clinical Outsourcing Manager, GENENTECH
"Coming from a small company, I needed, and received, good info on contracting and metrics/performance management."
– Brian Gilmore, Associate Manager, Clinical Projects, PHARMION CORP.
"I attended to learn how other sponsor companies approach outsourcing and expectations from vendors. Expertise of speakers was excellent."
- Hansu Dong, Manager, Medical Outsourcing, SANOFI AVENTIS
"I really enjoyed the conference as all the speakers and topics were interesting and information gained will be valuable. The strengths were having both the sponsor and vendor sides present. The diversity of speakers from different aspects of pharma was good."
-Kassandra Watson, Contract Administrator, SCHWARZ BIOSCIENCES
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