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Communication as the Bedrock of an Employee-Centric Corporate Culture
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Communication as the Bedrock of an Employee-Centric Corporate Culture

February 24, 2021

Understanding that the most successful organizations cannot run on top-down leadership relying on guesswork to guide its workforce Demonstrating the importance of employee voices in framing the important conversations and decision-making we need to have as an organization Offering examples and best practices to gather ideas and input from throughout the workforce, and especially from under-represented voices Gathering thoughts and suggestions is vital, but what are the next steps? What does follow-through and follow-up look like in an employee-centric company? — Lori Costew Chief Diversity Officer & People Strategy Ford Motor Company Lori Costew is honored to serve as the…

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Keynote: Leadership in a Time of Crisis
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Keynote: Leadership in a Time of Crisis

February 24, 2021

Discussing the challenges and opportunities we have faced during a global pandemic, and how we have chosen to meet them What are the lessons we learn about ourselves, our teams, and our organizations when we are tested? Illustrating the role of a leader and the qualities necessary to succeed in the face of adversity Highlighting examples where the unforeseen has become the catalyst for positive change How should HR professionals best support, communicate, and reinforce leaders throughout our organizations? — Lars Minns Chief Human Resources Officer, NAFTA Mercedes Benz Lars N. Minns is the Chief Human Resources Officer of North…

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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement
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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement

February 24, 2021

What does investing in your people look like on a day-to-day ongoing basis? How does the workforce contribute to steady cumulative improvements as the engine of long-term culture change and improved productivity? Discussing motivational tools that solicit grassroots contributions: Competition, recognition, entertainment, and a sense of accomplishment Offering examples where training, mentorship, job shadowing, and cycling through different job functions improves retention, job satisfaction, and contributes to improved performance How far can a culture of continuous improvement and total workforce engagement permeate an organization? — Moderator: Angela Roseboro Chief Diversity Officer Riot Games As a 20-year Diversity and Inclusion, and…

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Let’s Talk About What’s Possible: Leading One Employee at a Time… Every Time
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Let’s Talk About What’s Possible: Leading One Employee at a Time… Every Time

February 24, 2021

At Best Buy, we believe if we lead for the mass, we will lose the soul of our company. Each and every employee is as unique as the personal story they have to tell. Our stories shape who we are, and the courage to share those stories allows us to bring our full selves to work. While most companies are following the policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed for uniformity and consistency, SOP means something different at Best Buy. It means Service Over Policy. Service to our customers and service to our employees. Hear from Kamy about how the…

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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?
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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?

February 24, 2021

Illustrating how HR professionals responded to the novel Corona virus outbreak to guide their organizations through a global pandemic Viewing the crisis as an opportunity to accelerate progress already underway to decentralize and diversify Twitter’s workforce How will the transition back to the office reflect short term and long term changes to how and where we work Is there a way HR leaders can take this experience and use it to continue innovating without the catalyst of a crisis? — Jennifer Christie VP, People and Chief Human Resources Officer Twitter Jennifer Christie is VP, People and Chief Human Resources Officer…

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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues
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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues

February 24, 2021

Focusing on colleague and organizational resiliency and well-being, which are critical during these unprecedented times, through a multipronged approach: Demonstrating commitment to agility as an organization in a time of crisis—and over the long-term—by responding quickly, maintaining rhythm and building new capabilities Taking a data-driven approach to understand the levers of well-being to prioritize our focus Enhancing our resiliency skills at individual, leader and organizational levels by making it relevant to these unique times, which includes encouraging leaders to develop themselves and strengthen their teams through learning and application of the five elements of resiliency — Padma Thiruvengadam Chief Human…

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Disrupting Quality Standards (or Beliefs) Through Digitalization
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Disrupting Quality Standards (or Beliefs) Through Digitalization

January 11, 2021

 The current state of digital transformation in life science How to disrupt the quality standards: Digital transformation roadmap and the situation ongoing at SBL Digital transformation’s Value proposition: Improve quality, productivity, and for unparalleled client experience Samsung Biologics’ P4 plan and vision: We’re building the future Sam MacHour SVP & Chief Quality Officer Samsung Biologics Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2019, Sam spent more than 32 years supporting large MedTech, Bioscience and Biopharmaceutical companies achieve business operational excellence and gain leadership in the areas of Research & Development, Quality, Compliance, Regulatory, Operations and product commercialization. Sam’s experience covers…

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Enabling Continuous Planning with Advanced S&OP
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Enabling Continuous Planning with Advanced S&OP

December 2, 2020

In today’s fast-paced world, the ability to rapidly evaluate multiple scenarios and drive smart business decisions can be the difference between success and failure. How do you harness new data sources to boost business planning? Can you quickly analyze the new data and transform it into actionable insights to accelerate your sales and operations planning initiatives? Learn how organizations enable continuous planning to: Make faster and smarter business decisions Evaluate multiple demand signals to improve forecast accuracy Identify new buying patterns and preferences to optimize inventory investments Leverage machine learning to improve performance over time — Mac McGary EVP Logility…

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Panel: The Past, Present and Future of the Global Bio-Pharma Supply Chain
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Panel: The Past, Present and Future of the Global Bio-Pharma Supply Chain

December 1, 2020

How our “new normal” is affecting our critical materials procurement and how do we adapt for the future? Examining how the proposed nationalization of our supply chains will affect risk management and operations planning What does post-COVID19 Supply Chain robustness look like? How do novel modalities (mRNA, Cell & Gene Therapy) with already existing supply chain challenges cope with these new global constraints? How will high volume ultra cold chain products affect existing specialized ultra cold chain logistics? Seismic shifts and emerging fault lines create lasting affects, what are they and how do they shape our industry in the years…

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Accelerating Delivery of New Medicines
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Accelerating Delivery of New Medicines

December 1, 2020

Examine approaches to accelerate the pace of biopharmaceutical development across multiple platforms and modalities Clinical development velocity can affect CMC approaches, and what we’ve learned through this experience How does acceleration impact our quality, regulatory, and development functions? Understanding acceleration effects on process monitoring and analytics throughout the product lifecycle Discuss what steps we, as an industry, will need to take together to make this the new normal — John Pinion EVP Translational Sciences, Chief Quality Operations Officer Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical John Pinion has over 26 years of global experience leading biologic, small molecule pharmaceutical, gene therapy and device operations across…

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Panel: Looking at the Big Picture: Where is Our Industry Going, and How Should We Get There?
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Panel: Looking at the Big Picture: Where is Our Industry Going, and How Should We Get There?

December 1, 2020

Debating the merits of nimble and flexible facilities versus manufacturing battleships Preparing your pilot plants and manufacturing facilities to move forward with Phase II-III approvals Forecasting requirements for optimizing manufacturing equipment, facilities and partners to increase speed to market Achieving business goals to better manage times of product and economic uncertainty Putting theory into practice: Implementing key metrics to improve manufacturing flexibility — Moderators: Pat Yang Chairman at Acepodia & Founding Board Director at Sana Biotechnology Dr. Patrick Y. Yang has over 35 years leadership experience in technology, manufacturing, supply chain, and operational management functions in General Electric, Merck, Genentech,…

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Fighting COVID-19 with Innovation – A Race Against Time
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Fighting COVID-19 with Innovation – A Race Against Time

December 1, 2020

Pam Cheng EVP, President Global Operations & IT AstraZeneca Pam Cheng joined AstraZeneca in 2015 as executive vice president of Global Operations and Information Technology (IT), guiding the company’s manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and IT across 18 countries and leading a team of over 19,000. Under her leadership, AstraZeneca Global Operations has transformed significantly driving top performance across the business while delivering value back to the enterprise. The next phase of transformation includes the convergence of operational excellence and digital innovation, building the ‘Factory of the Future’. Before AstraZeneca she spent 18 years in global manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial…

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COVID-19 MAbs at Pandemic Speed, Volumes and COGs
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COVID-19 MAbs at Pandemic Speed, Volumes and COGs

December 1, 2020

Vir Biotech has discovered a neutralizing COVID-19 mAb to a unique, highly conserved Coronavirus spike sequence, high barrier to resistance and effector function We have partnered with numerous CDMOs and GSK to move from discovery to the clinic in approximately 6 months World-wide pandemic requirements for an efficacious neutralizing mAb may exceed 20 metric tons – challenging the capacity of industry manufacturing infrastructure — Michael Kamarck Chief Technology Officer Vir Biotechnology Michael Kamarck is Chief Technology Officer at Vir. Previously, he was senior vice president of Global Vaccines and Biologics Manufacturing and president of Merck BioVentures where he was responsible…

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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century
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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century

December 1, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb is a company that has undergone an extensive transformation and as a result, has reinvented itself Once a company consisting of multiple and vastly different business units, it is now the largest diversified specialty global biopharma company Its mission and focus is to utilize innovation to advance the treatment of serious disease and significant unmet medical need This organizational evolution required substantial change for the product development and manufacturing arms of the company Technology, systems, processes, people and culture all needed to be re-evaluated through a “new lens” The presentation will cover this journey including approach, successes,…

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New Technology Helps Improve Food Safety, Reduce Risk and Transforms Pest Management
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New Technology Helps Improve Food Safety, Reduce Risk and Transforms Pest Management

November 29, 2020

IoT Connected devices monitor 24/7 inside and outside of facilities Enables immediate response and root cause analysis Enables more thorough pest inspection Provides service transparency and accountability Proactive vs. Reactive pest management Improves audit readiness and compliance — Peter Jardine Head of Marketing and Strategy Bayer Digital Pest Management In his career, Peter has focused on differentiating brands, creating new products and services. He has launched over 20 new products and services in numerous market segments including B2C and B2B. Peter gained pest management experience when he joined Orkin Pest Control as the Sr. Director of Strategy and Innovation and…

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