Conference Day Two | Wednesday November 20, 2024

7:30 am Morning Registration & Coffee

8:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Linwood Bryant Associate Director, Asset Management, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Delving Into Novel Asset Prioritization Strategies & User-Friendly Inventory Management To Promote Resource Optimization

8:30 am Exploring Asset Lifecycle Review & Replacement Best Practices – A Method to Enhance Asset Reliability & Operational Excellence

Synopsis

  • Ensuring critical assets affecting GMP operations remain fit-for-use to sustain ongoing reliable operations
  • Establishing a process to identify, detect, forecast and perform timely management review when GMP assets needs to be replaced or upgraded
  • Developing the Asset Lifecycle Assessment and Replacement Plan (ALARP), and outlining the 5-Years CAPEX Plan based on the Asset Health Status

9:00 am The Lab Liftoff: A Guide to Preparing and Equipping Your Research Space With the Right Incubation & Cold Chain Products

Synopsis

  • What are the proper space requirements when outfitting your lab?
  • Maximizing space efficiency with multi-purpose equipment
  • Streamlining processes by minimizing time and effort
  • “Trust but verify” 

9:30 am Optimizing Your Best Information Management System to Excel Productivity

Synopsis

  • Deciding on build vs buy and how to make true judgments for the future of your facilities
  • Identifying how to speak to both R&D and clinical operations with your tools to streamline operations later down the line
  • Ensuring your internal teams are set up for scientific translation to provide holistic understanding

10:00 am Morning Coffee Break & Networking

ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, & RISK MITIGATION
ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, & RISK MITIGATION

ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, & RISK MITIGATION

It’s all about centralizing asset management data for your teams! Join this track to uncover holistic inventory management, asset utilization interpretation and maintenance strategies of today to manage your assets with efficiency and minimal spend.

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Managing Workflow Around
Maintenance Data & Tracking To
Minimize Downtime

11.00 am Discussing Asset Management As It Relates to Lab Relocation & Expansion To Free Up Time for Operations’ Teams

Drew Kimberlin, Lab Operations & Facilities Manager, Century Therapeutics

11.30 am Session Reserved for PerkinElmer

12.00 pm Panel Discussion: Discussing Speed Bumps & Points of Success During Asset Utilization Program Implementation To Inspire Forward Strategy

Amey Kanitkar, Lab Operations Lead, GSK

Renato Pedroso, Site Engineering Head, Takeda

1:00 pm Hosted Lunch with Full Spectrum Lab Services From CBRE

Leveraging Usage Data & End-User Tracking To Enforce Asset Prioritization for Streamlined Efficiency

2.00 pm Streamlining Consumables Transition
from Non-GMP to GMP To Reduce Downtime

Susan Veres, Former Vice President, Facilities & Business Risk Management, Acorda Therapeutics

2.30 pm Roundtable Discussion: From Implementation to Usage: Discussing How to Action Utilization Data To Enforce Facility Restructuring & Equipment Prioritization

Linwood Bryant, Associate Director, Asset Management, Regeneron

FACILITY MANAGEMENT & EHS

LAB OPERATIONS & SUPPLIES
INFORMATICS & SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

3:00 pm Afternoon Break

Tapping into Facilities of the Future: Expansion & Planning Ahead for Success

3:45 pm Case Study: Scaling From Scratch: Genomic Expression’s Post-COVID Scale Up Journey

  • Gitte Pedersen Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Genomic Expression Inc

Synopsis

  • Understanding how to scale the lab with lack of asset support to secure the research working environment
  • Dealing with internal pressures with your workforce to progress operations within timeframes
  • Exploring how to scale up infrastructure and subsequent operations to meet future objectives

4:15 pm Panel Discussion: Strategizing Around Vendor Collaboration Pain Points for Added Layers of Efficiency & Supported End-User Productivity

  • Daniel O’Connell Associate Director of Facilities, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
  • Faith Ann Lawlor Campus Manager Business & Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc

Synopsis

  • Discussing vendor dashboard experiences and assessments to navigate the current market for operational solutions
  • Learning how to identify promising tools for the future spanning across instrument lifespan and performance metrics to inform decision making
  • Assessing cost against downtime effects and portraying results to procurement leaders to achieve buy-in 

4:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Summit

  • Linwood Bryant Associate Director, Asset Management, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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