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IN-DEPTH AFTERNOON TRACKS
TRACK A: Optimizing Outsourcing Contracts, Budgets and Processes

 

 
Track Chair:
Julia Santos, Worldwide Director, Strategic Outsourcing, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
 

 

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

1:15
Perceptions vs. Realities in Optimizing the Outsourcing Function: Role Playing

Moderator:
Deirdre BeVard, Former Senior Director, OTSUKA
Panelists:
Jon Lee, Executive Director, Strategic Operations, CEREXA
Dominique Endicott, Director, Data Operations, RESEARCHPOINT

2:00
Scope of Work and Change Orders: Getting it Right the First Time

Panelists:
Marisa F. Bower, CCOG Manager, Vendor Outsourcing Division, WYETH RESEARCH
Helen Chavez, Clinical Outsourcing Manager, GENENTECH
Mark Harvill, President and Chief Operating Officer, PARAGON BIOMEDICAL

2:45
Understanding and Streamlining the RFP


Panelists:
Mark Sanders, Director, Site Lead - Contracts & Outsourcing, PFIZER Christina S. DiArcangelo, Associate Director, Clinical Contracts and Outsourcing, FIBROGEN
Tiffany Sizemore Cherry, JD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, KONTRAX CONSULTING, LLC
Mike Minor, Vice President, Proposals and Business Information, ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH

3:30

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall: hosted by 

4:15
Becoming a CRO Partner of Choice: Preferred: Providers and What to Do When You're Not on "The List"
Moderator:
Mandi Walters, Senior Director, Business Development, PHARMANET
Panelists:
Robert P. Stevens, MBA, Associate Director, US Medical Outsourcing, US Clinical Development, NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Solomon Babani, Director, Outsourcing and Vendor Management, CELTIC PHARMA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Cynthia Russeau, Assistant Director, Strategic Outsourcing, Global Pharmaceutical R&D, ABBOTT LABORATORIES

5:00
Establishing Fair Market Value for Investigator Grants
Panelists:
Andrew Townshend, Senior Director, Contracts and Outsourcing, PFIZER
Todd Esporas, Director, Contracts & Functional Services, INC RESEARCH
William Smith, President, NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

 
Tuesday Evening Reception Hosted by 5:45 -6:45
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

1:30
Making the Most of Your Functional Service Provider (FSP) Relationships – An Emerging Trend in Outsourcing

John Covin, Head, Global Grants and Contracts, GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Terri Ellis, Executive Director, Contracts, Grants and Administration, CHILTERN

2:15
The Collaboration of Procurement & Clinical Outsourcing to Develop and Maintain Good Supplier Relations

Moderator:
Vanessa Cooke, Global Head of External Supplier Management, BAYER PLC

Panelists:
Fredrick L. Naids, PhD, Senior Strategic Sourcing Director, Clinical R&D, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS
Samuel L. Dowell, MBA, CPM, Senior Director of Development Procurement, PFIZER
Jay Joyce, Associate Director, R&D Services Governance, PROCTER & GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS

3:00
Standardization: The Holy Grail?
Moderator:
Mac McElroy, M.Ed., Vice President, Corporate Development, CHILTERN

Panelists:
Douglas Peddicord, PhD, Executive Director, ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS (ACRO)
Deirdre BeVard, Executive Director, Clinical Research, PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH (PACR)
Redge Santos, RN, BSN, MBA, Operations Project Leader, Pharma Development Operations Leadership, HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INC
Shannon Brome-Ward, MPH, Head of Global Strategic Sourcing Consumer Healthcare Development, BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS
3:45
Track Chair Wrap Up Session

In this closing session, our track chair will summarize session highlights from the past two days.

Event Concludes at 4:15