Keynotes
TUESDAY, April 15, 2008 7:00 Registration and Morning Coffee: hosted by  8:15 Welcome from Event Chairpersons Mark Bach, VP, Clinical Research Operations, WW, MERCK & COMPANY Harris Koffer, PharmD, President and COO, RPS, INC 8:30 Powering Up For the Challenge: Innovation, Consolidation and Globalization in Drug Development Partnerships Karen Gotting-Smith, PhD, Vice President – US Clinical Development, ASTRAZENECA 9:15 Leadership in Business and Life from a Movie Mogul and Healthcare Humanitarian Sherry Lansing, Former Chairman of the Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures Founder and Chairperson, THE SHERRY LANSING FOUNDATION and STOP CANCER 10:00 Morning Opening of the Exhibit Hall , Refreshments: hosted by  10:45 Innovative Enterprise: Global Sourcing and Pharmacovigilance—Establishing Collaborative Partnerships to Enhance Efficiency, Flexibility and Patient Safety John Balian, MD, Senior Vice President, Global Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB 11:30 State of the Industry and Outlook on Outsourcing from Biotech Industry Pioneer G. Steven Burrill, CEO, BURRILL & COMPANY 12:15 Network with industry colleagues and friends over lunch in the Exhibit Hall WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2008 8:15 Welcome from Event Chairpersons Mark Bach, VP, Clinical Research Operations, WW, MERCK & COMPANY Harris Koffer, PharmD, President and COO, RPS, INC 8:30 Human Capital Management: Attracting and Retaining Industry Talent in a Changing Environment Moderator: Jonathan Lange, Partner, ACCENTURE Panelists: 9:15 Break From the Pack–and How to Compete in a Copycat Economy Oren Harari, PhD, Business Visionary, Best-selling Author, Renowned Academician, Professor, Graduate School of Business, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10:00 Networking Break in Exhibit Hall: hosted by  10:45 The Patient Perspective with Five-Time NBA Champion and Business Leader Magic Johnson Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, NBA Champion Chairman and CEO, JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (JDC) 11:30 Building Stronger Relationships with Investigator Sites Moderator: Lisa LaLuna, SVP, EPHARMASOLUTIONS Panelists: Scot Harper, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, NOVARTIS CLINICAL OPERATIONS, INC Dr. R. Adrian Otte, MB, BCH, Vice President, Global Development Operations, AMGEN Peter Carberry, MD, Vice President, Clinical Operations, GENENTECH Amirtha Naadimuthu, Vice President, Clinical Operations SANOFI-AVENTIS Ken Getz, Research Fellow, TUFTS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT and Chair of CISCRP 12:30 Network with industry colleagues and friends over lunch in the Exhibit Hall |