American Pharma & MedTech PPM Conference – West Coast

17th 2-Day Conference

Annual Project, Program, and Portfolio Management Conference in Pharma & Biotech with a focus on
New Ways of Working.

KEY TOPICS

The best practice case studies on how to build a portfolio function in an organisation and how it evolves to mature portfolio management organisation.
What is the role of project management in different levels of maturity of PPM in different organisations?
How to prioritize projects, what methodologies to use for risk and decision analysis?

Building a winning cross functional team, working with external stakeholders.
Considering market access.
Utilizing new ways of working including agile and digital tools.
Working with innovation, working with mature products, working in R&D projects, working in manufacturing.

EVENT FEATURES

LEARNING

Hear from 30 speakers across 28 case-studies, panel discussions, workshop sessions, and keynote presentations to find industry trends, benchmark your work, and learn new strategies

INNOVATION

Find real approaches to new ways of working. Learn about how key innovations (Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence) are changing the ways we do Project & Portfolio and see how you could apply them.

NETWORKING

Explore the event's in-person networking features to meet industry peers, share challenges, discuss opportunities, and find new approaches.

2022 EVENT SPEAKERS

Noel Sobelman

Partner, Accel Management Group

Neeta Mhatre

Vice President, Global Program Management Office (Product & Digital) at Intuitive

Stephen Smith

Project Team Lead at Encoded Therapeutics

Joe Stalder

Exec. Director, Project Management at Mirati Therapeutics

Susan Whitehead

Chief Operating Officer at PACT Pharma

Blythe Anderson

Head of Hematology, Oncology & Cell Therapy Early Development Program Management, Bristol Myers Squibb

Wouter Schul

Vice President Project and Portfolio Management, Sangamo Therapeutics

Christine Yang

Director, Program Management at Allogene Therapeutics

Mark Christopulos

R&D Portfolio Management

Richard Bayney

President & Founder, Portfolio Manager & Decision Analysist PPVC

Elise Brownell

Executive Level Project and Operations Management for Progressive Life Science Companies,

Ailsa Mendez

Executive Director, Biotech Portfolio Lead PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Klemen Spaninger

Head of PMO Biotechnology, Gedeon Richter

Jennifer Bixler,

Vice President, Program Management and Alliances, ArsenalBio

Kyle Derstine

Principal Portfolio Manager at Genentech

Cindy Shafer

Chief of Staff, Clinical Development at Arcus Biosciences

Anne Wong

Associate Director, Global Program Management, Gilead Sciences

Rissa Ream

Discovery & Development Program Leader at Corteva Agriscience

Besaint Sahni

Director, Head of Program & Portfolio Management at Advanced Energy

Casey Owens

Sr Director, R&D Project Management, Eikon Therapeutics

Josh Hoops

Global Director, Program & Project Management, CAI

Elke Vogt

Principal Project Manager, Sangamo Therapeutics

Grant Morgan

VP, Head of Program & Portfolio Management, Altavant Sciences

Sarah Hudson

Sr Director, Program and Alliance Manager, Avidity Biosciences, Inc.

David T. Madden

Associate Director of Program Management, Nkarta Therapeutics

Tom Schiavon

Principal Consultant, Sierra Consulting

Norbert Leinfellner

Head of PMO at Element Science

Miena Amiri

Director Strategic Projects & Global Portfolio Lead at Merck

Marie Spark

Project Manager, Public Speaker, Golden Gate University

Mark Read

Client Success Manager, Sensei Projects Solutions

Wendy Takken

PMO Director , Chemence

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From our previous events

Testimonials

A great event with many open-minded (non-competing) participants that are willing to share their thoughts openly on many different, highly relevant topics.

Enjoyed many of the virtual presentations. Information was well organized, thorough, and to the topic.

Great relevant content and great speakers - very knowledgeable presenters with great presentation formats.

“I particularly enjoyed a variety of interesting topics on the agenda, knowledgeable speakers, participants and a great opportunity for networking”

“The topics were well chosen and the presentations well prepared. The opportunity to exchange thoughts and ideas with the participants was great!”

An event where everyone could participate in the conversation. Great mix of Panel discussion, round table and presentations that give the ability to network and meet everyone in the room.

AGENDA

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REGISTRATION

$ 2349

Access to All Conference Sessions of the 17th American Pharma & MedTech PPM Conference - West Coast
Access to Post Conferences Networking
Conference Materials
Includes Coffee Breaks, Snacks and Refreshments, Seated Lunch

$ 2399

Access to Project, Program, and Portfolio Risk Analysis Masterclass with Industry Veteran Dr. Richard Bayney.
Individual consultancy with the trainer
Colored hardcopy of training materials in a binder
Electronic copy of trainer's textbook
Certificate of completion issued by the trainer

$ 3499

Grants all Masterclass and Conference Ticket Benefits including access to the Project, Program, and Portfolio Risk Analysis Masterclass + 17th American Pharma & MedTech PPM Conference at a special rate.

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