Conference Day One | Tuesday, November 19 2024

7:00 am Morning Registration & Coffee

7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Linwood Bryant Associate Director, Asset Management, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Exploring Universalized Space Planning & Expansions for Enhanced Operational Efficiency

8:00 am Case Study: AstraZeneca’s Move to Kendall Square: Honing In on 2026 Expansion Plans & Streamlining Relocation

  • Ashley Banks Associate Director of Kendall Square Planning, AstraZeneca

Synopsis

• Making internal equipment assessments to refine your equipment strategy, decision-making and operational readiness

• Negotiating early access for equipment deliveries to streamline research operations and minimize downtime

• Optimizing collaboration and design meetings with scientists to give a voice to your end-users

8:30 am Session Reserved for Copia Scientific

9:00 am Deploying Space Planning for the Future To Leverage Space Utilization & Navigate Automation Complexity

  • Anna Greenswag Director, Lab & Infrastructure Continuous Improvement, Ginko Bioworks

Synopsis

• Preparing facilities for integrated systems increase output without increasing workforce, separation of machine and people time

• Leveraging end-user and internal teams’ data to demonstrate to senior leadership for future visions for your facility design

• Ensuring facility infrastructure compliments flexibility to accommodate a transition from walkup to automated work without building redesign

9:30 am Session Reserved for Aligent

  • Kevin Bownes Senior Poject Manager, Agilent Technologies
  • Jake Haworth Director - Research & Early Development Operations, Moderna

10:00 am Morning Coffee Break & Networking

ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, & RISK MITIGATION

ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, & RISK MITIGATION

Chair: Christopher Colavito, Senior Manager
of Facility Operations, Regeneron

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Upleveling Your Inventory Management & Program Induction for Holistic Visibility


11.00 am Transitioning From Standard-Level Inventory Management to Optimization To Visualize Inventory Across Sites

Marisa Capone, Planning & Inventory Management Lead, Pfizer

Lisa Wilson, Senior Manager, Global Materials Management, Pfizer


11.30 am Reduce, Reuse, Refurbish: A Sustainable Framework for Lab Surplus Strategy & Asset Management

Jayson Bernstein, Managing Director, American Laboratory Trading


12.00 pm Case Study: Building & Implementing a New Inventory Tracking Model To Influence Forward Asset Decision Making

Matthew Greenfield, Senior Director, Laboratory Operations & Facilities, Verve Therapeutics


12.30 pm Q&A – A chance to ask your burning
questions to our expert speakers!


12.45 pm Hosted Lunch with Surplus Solutions


Uncovering Integrated Utilization & Maintenance Programs & Enforcements To Maximize Asset Usage


1.45 pm Leveraging Assets To Inform Maintenance Labor Modelling for Manpower Requirements

Christopher Colavito, Senior Manager of Facility Operations, Regeneron


2.15 pm Case Study: Globalizing Asset Management Program To Optimize Efficiency & Minimize Cost

Dominic Franey, Executive Director of Global Facilities Management, Charles River Laboratories


2.45 pm Optimizing GMP Asset Maintenance to Excel Productivity & Smoothen the Maintenance Process

Jorge Redondo, Associate Director of Maintenance, Lonza


3.15 pm A chance to ask your burning questions to our expert speakers!

FACILITY MANAGEMENT & EHS
LAB OPERATIONS & SUPPLIES
INFORMATICS & SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

3:30 pm Afternoon Networking Break

4:15 pm Session Reserved for PerkinElmer

Optimizing Integration Software Utilization & Purchasing to Universalize Research Operations

4:45 pm Coordinating Research Data Using Enterprise Lab Systems & LIMS Tools To Allow Real-Time Extrapolation & Accurate Operational Decision Making

  • Peggy Weber Director, Laboratory Systems, Sarepta Therapeutics

Synopsis

• Coordinating research data from ELS and LIMS across workflows and teams to centralize research operations

• Identifying failures during research using enterprise systems to advance research and inform future operations

• Visualizing modern LIMS-gathered data across teams and sites to determine streamlined workflow

5:15 pm Session Reserved for Nuvolo

5:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

  • Linwood Bryant Associate Director, Asset Management, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

LAFM Awards Evening 

  • Lab Manager of the Year
  • Lab Innovation or Innovator of the Year
  • Green Lab Leader 2024

 drinks iconHosted Drinks Reception

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