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8:00
Welcome Registration & Itinerary Collection
8:30
Welcome Address from World BI
Mansoor Nasir
World BI
8:35
Chair Welcome Address
Aldir Medeiros Filho
Clinical Data Scientist
8:40
Featured Presentation
Managing Multi-Country Trials with Varying GMP/GDP Requirements
Dr. Solange Corriol-Rohou, MD
Sr Regulatory Affairs & Global Policy Director, AstraZeneca
9:00
Opening Keynote Presentation
Advancing Medical Device Clinical Investigations: Overcoming Challenges
Laura Bonino
Head of Clinical Development, SIFI
9:20
Partner Slot 1
Creating the First Protocol Design with AI: Shortening Protocol Design Processes to Less than 3 Months
Dennis Velasquez
Head of Clinical Solutions, Biorce
Track 1: Empowering Patient Voices
Track Emcee
Andrea Forgione, HSBA
Global Head of Access Policy, Patient Advocacy and Engagement - Primary and Specialty Care, MENARINI Group
9:35
Presentation 1
Health Literacy and Understanding of Patients' Hidden Values: The First and Last Mile on the Path that Leads to an Efficient Clinical Outcome
Andrea Forgione, HSBA
Global Head of Access Policy, Patient Advocacy and Engagement - Primary and Specialty Care, MENARINI Group
9:50
Presentation 2
Patient Safety: Toward Protecting the Safety of Participants
Antonella Cardone
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Patients Europe - CPE
10:15
Coffee Break Networking: Sip, Chat, Connect
11:05
Deep Dive Session
Patient Engagement in R&D: Transforming Healthcare Through Active Participation
Laura Risueño Ayerbe
R&D Patient Officer, Global Patient Affairs, Servier
11:25
Featured Presentation
Enhancing Patient Engagement in Clinical Trials: Building Trust, Improving Communication, and Driving Retention
Dr. Karen Matthews
Senior Business Development Manager, RDN Coordinating Centre (RDNCC) | National Institute for Health and Care Research
11:45
Give and Take Chat
Advocacy and Patient Involvement in Clinical Trials
Moderator
Andrea Forgione, HSBA
Global Head of Access Policy, Patient Advocacy and Engagement - Primary and Specialty Care, MENARINI Group
Panelists
Sophie Wintrich
Patient Advocate, Acute Leukemia Advocates Network
Maria Dutarte
EUPATI Executive Director, EUPATI
12:05
Partner Slot 2
Optimizing Clinical Trials Outsourcing: A Strategic Guide for Biostatistics and Data Management
Dmitri Petratchenko
CEO and Founder, Valos
12:20
Featured Presentation
Engaging Patients in the Development, Oversight, and Safe Application of Medicines
Lembit Rägo
Secretary General, Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
12:40
Case Study Presentation
Capturing the Patient’s Voice and Co-Building the Real-life Journey in Type 2 Diabetes
Cecilia Simonelli
Menarini Executive Consultant
13:00
Lunch Break (Dine & Discuss: Ideas on the Menu)
13:50
Fish-Bowl Session
The Role of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in Shaping the Future of Clinical Trials
Andrea Forgione, HSBA
Global Head of Access Policy, Patient Advocacy and Engagement - Primary and Specialty Care, MENARINI Group
Jessica Cordes
Senior Consultant
Thierry Schulmann
Sr Director Medical Affairs Strategy, Sumitomo Pharma Switzerland
Francois Houyez
Treatment Information and Access Director / Health Policy Advisor, Eurordis - Rare Diseases Europe
Dr. Peter Adura
Principal Investigator, Bliss Biomedics
Track 2: Transforming Clinical Development
Track Emcee
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Jennifer C. Smith-Parker
PR and Communications Consultant
14:20
Presentation 3
Optimizing Early Phase Clinical Trial Design for Efficient Drug Development
Jessica Cordes
Senior Consultant
14:40
Partner Slot 3
Interviewing Trial Patients in Global Clinical Trials: What are the Challenges and Requirements?
Jens Harald Kongsø
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CLINIGMA
14:55
Fireside Chat
Reimagining Clinical Operations: Navigating the Future of Efficiency and Innovation…an Outlook into the Year 2050
Moderator
Jessica Cordes
Senior Consultant
Panelist
Dr. Bernhard Glombitza
Head Clinical Customer Engagement and Clinical Operations EMEA/LATAM, Bayer AG
15:25
Coffee Break Networking: Sip, Chat, Connect
15:45
Presentation 4
Data Driven Leadership in Drug Development - Future Trends
Debarshi Dey
Vice President, Head of Data Science, Galapagos
16:05
Presentation 5
Navigating Strategy and Processes for Innovation in Early Phases of Development: The Foundation for Success
Dr. Violaine Desort-Hénin
Regulatory Advisor/Strategy Orphan Diseases | CMO | Entrepreneur in Residence & Future CEO, Restore Vision
16:25
Deep Dive Session
How to Approach the Design and Conduct of a Clinical Development Plan in the Rare Disease Space from a Biotech Perspective
Carl Bjartmar
Chief Medical Officer, Augustine Therapeutics
16:45
Presentation 6
Patient Involvement in the Development, Regulation, and Safe Use of Medicines
Christoph Gasteyger
Executive Director, Global Program Team Lead, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
17:05
Featured Presentation
Innovative Resource Management Strategies in Global Clinical Development and Operations
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piet (Peter) theisohn
Managing Director, theisolutions GmbH
Former VP Resource Mgmt in Clinical Development & Operations, Bayer
17:25
Chair Closing Remarks
Jennifer C. Smith-Parker
PR and Communications Consultant
17:30
Happy Hour Session
8:00
Welcome Registration & Itinerary Collection
8:30
Welcome Address from World BI
Mansoor Nasir
World BI
8:35
Chair Welcome Address
Jennifer C. Smith-Parker
PR and Communications Consultant
8:40
Opening Keynote Presentation
Leveraging Primary Care EHR Data to Enhance Interventional Research Through GP Questionnaires, Trial Recruitment, PROs, and Decentralised Pragmatic and Cluster Randomised Trial
Tim Williams
Head of Interventional Research, CPRD (MHRA)/Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
9:00
Presentation 7
Post Marketing Studies Beyond the Randomised Controlled Trials
Guna Dansone
Head of Clinical Research, Olpha LV
9:20
Presentation 8
Global Clinical Trials: Building Multinational Studies That Work
Dr. Smadar Bustan
Senior International Clinical Research and Project Management (Industry / Public) / Clinical Scientist, Institut Curie
9:40
Featured Presentation
Targeting HIV Where It Hurts
Tomáš Hanke
Professor, Oxford University
10:00
Presentation 9
The Return of Individual Participant Data (RoIPD) by Design: Making Complex Ideas Possible
Johanna MC Blom
Professor of Pediatric Neuroscience and Chair of the Ethical Committee, University of Modena and Reggio EMilia
10:20
Coffee Break Networking: Sip, Chat, Connect
11:10
Deep Dive Session
Delivering your Trial in Time and with Maximum Adherence: The New ANIMA Research Model
Dr. Erik Buntinx
Founding CEO, ANIMA Research
11:30
Presentation 10
Unlocking the Potential of AI for Clinical Trials and Innovation
Eric Hajjar
Associate Director, Global Medical Research Operations, Former Biogen
Track 3: Clinical Data and Technology
Track Emcee
Aldir Medeiros Filho
Clinical Data Scientist
11:50
Introductory Presentation
What Could ClinOps & QAs Experts on IND & NDA Clinical Research Teach AI Researchers About Using Patient’s Clinical Datasets? That, Maybe, They are ‘Barking up the Wrong Tree
Aldir Medeiros Filho
Clinical Data Scientist
12:20
Featured Presentation
TRIZ - A Practicable Theory of Innovations and Inventions for Clinical Trials in Precision Medicine?
Rudi Schmidt
COO, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
12:40
Lunch Break (Dine & Discuss: Ideas on the Menu)
13:30
Presentation 11
The Clinical Research Data Revolution: EHR-to-EDC Delivers Transformative Results
Mats Sundgren
Sr. Director, European Institute of Innovation through Health Data (i-HD)
13:50
Presentation 12
The Federate Digital Autonomous Organizations Based on Blockchain for Research Cooperative Groups: The New Standard in Data Mangament is Coming
Dr. Jose Manuel Cervera Grau
Assistant Attending Physician Comprehensive Oncology Centre Clara Campal CIOCC, HM Hospitales
14:10
Presentation 13
AutoDossier in Action: See AI Draft SLR & IND in Minutes—So Experts Achieve Perfection Faster, Smoother, and with Less Than Half the Labor
Dr. Meelis Lootus
CEO and Founder, IEEE/Tehistark
14:30
Presentation 14
Laying the Groundwork for Clinical AI: A Data Lakehouse Transformation Story
Rafal Wojdan
Director of Data Science, Ryvu Therapeutics
14:50
Deep Dive Session
Professional Roles, AI, and The Future of Work
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David (Dave) Drodge
Digital Transformation Lead, Roche
15:10
Coffee Break Networking: Sip, Chat, Connect
15:30
Presentation 15
Causal Inference in Clinical Trials: Navigating Regulatory Challenges in the Era of Big Data
Amitava Mukhopadhyay
Associate Director Biostatistics, MorphoSys AG
15:50
Presentation 16
AI-Powered Approaches to Streamlining Clinical Trials: Enhancing Efficiency Through Advanced Computational Methods
Amhar Jabeer
Computational Scientist, Sanofi
16:10
Presentation 17
AI Driven Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials: How This New Era may Impact Clinical Supply Chains
Eamonn McArdle
Lead Clinical Supply Chain Pharmacist, Allergy Therapeutics
16:30
Give and Take Chat
Fit For the Future: Empowering Clinical Trials with Digital Technology
Moderator
Aldir Medeiros Filho
Clinical Data Scientist
Panelists
Manan Trivedi
Associate Director, EU CTR Project Lead, UCB
John Batchelor
Science Liaison, DEEP Measures
16:50
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17:00
Chair Closing Remarks with Coffee
Jennifer C. Smith-Parker
PR and Communications Consultant
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