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Pre-Conference Workshops Monday September 19, 2011
9:30am	Registration
10:00am	Morning Coffee - Location: Foyer
10:30	TOWN HALL: Industry Strategies for Improving Quality and Relationships in Outsourced Clinical Trials Moderator Location: Waterfront 2 Janice Hutt, COO, The Avoca Group Panelists (to date) Meryl Wiernik, Director, Global Strartegic Outsouricng Management, TEVA Pharmaceuticals Diane Stinson, Associate Director, Merck Scott Sawicki, MA,, Director, Clinical Contract & Category Management, Novartis Soloman Babani, Vice President, Alliance Management, , Celtic Therapeutic Development Karen Turner, Contract Manager, Global Outsourcing & Supplier Governance, GlaxoSmithKline
12:30	Luncheon for Town Hall Participants Location: City View Ballroom
1:30	VENDOR OVERSIGHT: Effective Vendor Quality Oversight Central, Cardiovascular and Imaging Lab Relationships Location: Waterfront 2 Janice Hutt, COO, The Avoca Group Lisa McKay, Senior Director, The Avoca Group Veronica Jordan, BioInnovation Advisors	LOGISTICS TASK FORCE v. 2.0: Building a Sponsor-Lab-Logistics Specialist Location: Back Bay Complex Moderator John Byerley, Vice President of Operations, Clinical Trials Clinical Reference Laboratory Global Services Panelists Rich Polgar, Bristol Myers Squibb Diane Stinson, MERCK Scott Sawicki, MA, Novartis David Moseley, Novartis Basel Cathy Michaels, Biostorage Peter Colbourne, Lab Connect Kevin Smith, Eurofins Alejandro Serricchio, Ocasa John Spegele, Quintiles Mark Engelhart, Cryoport Ralph Venturini, Marken Peggy Williams, Fedex Elena Logan, PPD
3:00	Refreshment Break - Location: Waterfront Foyer
3:30	Vendor Oversight Continued	Logistics Task Force v. 2,0 Continued
5:00-6:00	Networking Reception hosted by: click here for more info.

Main Conference Tuesday September 20, 2011
	Partnering with CENTRAL LABS					ONCOLOGY SUMMIT
8:00am	Registration and Morning Coffee - Location: Commonwealth Foyer
8:30	Chairperson's Opening Remarks Fran Grote, Millennium and David Johnston, LabCorp
8:45	KEYNOTE SESSION: The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century: The Impact on Healthcare and Medicine Dr. Ray Kurzweil, World's Leading Inventor and Futurist, Co-Founder, Chancellor & Trustee, Singularity University
9:45	The Future of Biomarkers and Companion Diagnostics Esoterix, Bristol-Myers Squibb
10:15	Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall, Ray Kurzweil Book Signing Meet and Greet
11:00	Trends to Maximize the Gain from Global Lab Engagement Norman Mustafa, GSK Anthony Carita, Synsource David Johnston, Labcorp Annette Balog, Quintiles Frances Grote, Millennium					Chair: Sam Blackman, GSK 11:10 Approaches to Oncology Clinical Operations Location: Cambridge Complex 2 Denise Deakin, Scimega Research Patricia Devitt Risse, ACT Oncology
11:45	Decentralized Solutions for Improving Data Qaulity at the Sites Marcia Zucker, Zucker InVitro Diagnostics					11:40 Circulating Tumor Cells Ken Pennline, Esoterix
12:00	All New Updates on Metrics Champion Consortium Activities - Measuring Effectiveness of Core Labs for Better Overall Quality Steve Asbury, Eli Lilly & Company Linda Sullivan, Metrics Champion Consortium					12:10 Technical and Strategic Tools for Biomarker Identification & Marketing to Potential Partners Terry Robbins, Quest Diagnostics
12:30	Strolling Lunch Fran Grote Book Signing
1:45	Effective Central Lab Outsourcing Location: Waterfront 2	ECG and Imaging Core Labs Location: Waterfront 3 Chair: Jeff Heilbraun Corelab Partners		Round Table Experience Location: Exhibit Hall		Oncology Summit Continues Location: Cambridge Complex 2 1:45 Improve Efficiencies in Clinical Studies
2:00	Scientific Service Integration Solomon Babani, Celtic Adam Ruskin, Business Bridge CRO, Rajani Prasad, Clinical Reference Laboratories Global Services	Cardiac Safety Regulatory Jeff Heilbraun, Corelab Partners		Data Management Tina Patel & Nam-Phuong Thi Ho, Roche		Improve Efficiencies in Clinical Studies Denise Deakin, Scimega Research Patria Devitt Risse, ACT Oncology Crystal Sung, Sanofi-Aventis Tasha Sims, Regeron Pharmaceuticals Ken Pennline, Esoterix
2:30	Sample Stability & Storage Specifications Biostorage	Outsourcing Ancillary Services Eli Lilly and Biomedical Systems		A. Maintain Partners in M&As Novartis		Regulatory Considerations for Biomarkers and Co-Development of Diagnostics Testing Ginette Serrero, A & G Pharmaceuticals
3:00	Better Assays for Better Data Covance	Session continues		Round tables continue		Session continues
3:15	45-Minute Networking Break in Exhibit Hall Fran Grote Book Signing
4:00	Singule Outsourcing Model Sunovion and Que Diagnostics		Use of Point of Care in Clinical Trials Woodley Equipment Clinical Reference Laboratory		Clinical Pharmacology Unit Outsourcing Formerly BMS		Translational Oncology Development Development Sam Blackman, GlaxoSmithKline
4:45	Software as a Service(SaaS) Validation Jacquette Consulting		Imaging Standardization Formerly Pfizer, Corelab Partners		MCC Discussion: Spirometry MCC		Case Study Cory Williams, Pfizer
5:30-7:00	Reception in Clinical Business Expo Hall

Main Conference Wednesday September 21, 2011
7:30	Morning Coffee - Location: CBE Exhibit Hall
8:45	Chairpersons Opening Remarks Location: Waterfront 1/2 Fran Grote, Milenniumand David Johnston, LabCorp
9:00	Stop Bottlenecks Better Quality Karen Turner, GSK Meryl Wiernik, Teva Gerardo Diaz, Roche Kevin Smith, Eurofins
10:15	Hot Topics in Cardiac Safety Rick Turner, PhD Quintiles
10:30	45 minute networking Break in CBE Exhibit Hall Rick Turner Book Signing
11:15	Auditing the Quality of Testing David Seccombe, CEQAL Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory
11:45	Flow Cytometry Accelerating Trials Virginia Litwin, PhD ,COVANCE
12:45	Networking Luncheon and Awards Ceremony in CBE Hall
1:30	Building a Core Lab RFP to Balance Science Quality and Cost Kristian Hubbard and Steven Porzio, Bristol Myers Squibb
3:30	Conclusion of 9th Annual Central Labs. See You Next Year!