January 29-30, 2025 / San Diego, CA, USA

Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego Bay-Downtown

American Strategic Portfolio Management in Life Sciences – West Coast

SAN DIEGO | 2025

International in-person conference filled with leading industry speakers.

OUR STORY TO TELL THE WORLD

OUR CONFERENCE PROGRAM

This is not just another PPM conference. This is a conference which tells you a STORY. One story, followed by another, stories of exceptional people who happen to choose Project and Portfolio Management as their way to bring needed medicines to improve the health of millions of people on our planet. Our conference will feature numerous assisted networking sessions which will help you create those critical business friendships needed for fruitful cooperation with professionals from the industry for many years to come. We believe, that our thoughtfully planned conference will fill in any missing pieces in your
plans on the mission to deliver your projects faster, more efficiently and with ease and satisfaction.

Pharmaceuticals

Medical Devices

Biotech

Diagnostics

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Main Takeaways

Testimonials

Rated 5 out of 5
I think the important bit that I like to have is meeting lots of new people, but having that difference of opinion and seeing some of the debates that are going on around different points of view. Because I think it's really easy when you're in your own company to only see that culture, not see areas of opportunities.
Jeremy Cooper
MD and Performance Coach, Balanced Life
Rated 5 out of 5
I had the pleasure of attending Why Summit's 18th American Pharma & Biotech PPM conference. I left with fresh ideas, tools, and new friends in my network to collaborate with and further grow. I encourage all of you to take time out of your day to day and invest in you.
Brittany Hall
Director, PM Community of Practice, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Rated 5 out of 5
You know there are a lots of other places that you can go to do talk about project management and portfolio management which I really love, you know a large global meetings like DIA, NF BIO, but there’s nothing like the intimacy that Why summits provides to us and being able to network with the small group of people.
Ailsa Mendez
Executive Director Biotech Portfolio Lead, PPD
Rated 5 out of 5
Absolutely inspiring and safe space to learn from some experts in the field. Now is the time to review all the content and tips shared and put them into practice!
Elena Aparicio Becerra
Innovation Project Manager, Green Transition

EVENT SPEAKERS

Jacob Cancelliere

Vice President of Account Enablement

Rego Consulting

Katie McGohan

Director CMC Program Management

Regeneron

Mark Fortner

Founder & CEO

Aspen Biosciences

Michael Delitala

Founder

Delitala Quality Consulting & Author Corporation

Nasim Sheida Boggs

Vice President, TMTT Program Management Office

Edward Lifesciences

Ching Chang

VP, Portfolio Strategy & Program Management

Avidity BioSciences

Aimee Rodrigues

Vice President - Life Sciences PPM Practices

Planisware

Maria Bagniewska

Senior Director, Head of Portfolio and Operations, gRED Computational Sciences

Genentech

Ernest Chow

Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy

Avidity Biosciences

Rich Hanser

Principal

DTR Consulting

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2-DAY CONFERENCE

Ticket | January 29-30, 2025
$ 2349
  • Access to All Conference Sessions
  • Access to Post Conference Networking
  • Conference Materials
  • Includes Coffee Breaks, Snacks and Refreshments, Seated Lunch

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