Conference Day One
7:00 am Morning Registration & Coffee
7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
7:55 am
Keeping on Track With Current Lab Status & Adapting to Future Lab Changes To Support Your End Users
8:00 am Maximizing Your Critical Inventory Tracking Using Digital Innovations To Maintain Visibility Over Consumables & Equipment
Synopsis
• Exploring digital avenues of tracking inventory to keep up with changing manufacturing schedules
• Managing stock quantity via inventory capture to remain on track during facility changes
• Shifting from manual to digital oversight to better manage storage space
8:30 am Panel Discussion: Supporting Lab Operations and Research in a Volatile Market
Synopsis
• Service support in a time of increasingly complex lab operations and cutbacks
• Best practices for minimizing downtime and disruption: tactics and techniques you can put to use
• Market trend insights for sustainability-driven cost savings
9:00 am Building in Redundancy From All Angles to Remain Flexible From an Operations & End-User Perspective
Synopsis
• Balancing between redundancy of assets and keeping cost at a minimal to meet both equipment and purchasing goals
• Leveraging storage space to prioritize assets for primary lab placement and better navigate asset location
• Exploring innovative solutions for remote lab monitoring to free up space and minimize constraints
9:30 am Speed Networking & Morning Coffee Break
Asset Management, Maintenance & Risk Mitigation
In this track, adopt all the data-driven knowledge and software expertise necessary to adopt complete control over your assets, from installation to decommissioning.
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Exploring Vendor & Software Market Trends to Boost your Relationships & Secure Fit-for-Purpose Technologies
10.30 Achieving Data Granularity via Asset Utilization To Fill Gaps in Understanding
Christine Lavery, Global Head, Scientific Services, GSK
11.00 Panel Discussion: Using AI (Actual Intelligence) to Enhance Lab Safety: Because Real Solutions Require a Real Expert
Jayson Bernstein, Managing Director, ALT | American Laboratory Trading
Jennifer Reilly, President & Chief Operating Officer, Safety Partners, Inc.
11.30 Panel Discussion: Exploring the Vendor-Clientele Dynamic To Understand Current Market Opinions & Trends
Christine Lavery, Head of Scientific Services, GSK
Liz Kentish, Managing Director, Kentish and Co
Patricia Watson, Global Director Laboratory Services, Johnson & Johnson
12:30 pm Lunch & Networking
Assessing the Asset Lifecycle To Manage Risk & Prolong the Assets Life
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1.30 Asset Criticality Assessment – A Method to Develop Maintenance Plans
Renato Pedroso, Site Engineering Head, Takeda
2.00 Panel Discussion: Navigating the Digital Lab Asset Management Journey: From Concept to Deployment
Steve Corbesero Jr, Director, Product & Solutions, MachineQ, a Comcast Company
Pam Walker, Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Operations, Safety Assessment, Charles River Laboratories
Niall O'Farrell, Chief Executive Officer, FusionConsulting
Jeanette Aaron, Sr. Director, Client Strategy, MachineQ, a Comcast Company
2.30 Roundtable Discussion: Deploying Risk Management Strategies via Equipment Maintenance To Retain Asset Quality
Patricia Watson, Global Director, Laboratory Services, Johnson & Johnson
3.00 Strategies & Considerations for Reducing Downtime with Critical LCMS Assets
Rick Carberry, Director of Marketing & Business Development, Zef Scientific
3:15 pm Afternoon Networking Break & Tech Slam
4:00 pm YOU ARE NOT ALONE: Roadmap to the Digital Lab
Synopsis
Digital transformation has driven rapid change in lab environments. Increasingly connected laboratories generate enormous volumes of data from more sources than ever before. This can be overwhelming, but the good news is many companies have started the journey to harness this data to make faster, more strategic decisions relating to their lab’s performance. During this session, a roadmap will be presented so that your lab can also take advantage of this flood of data.
4:15 pm
Manipulating Data After Collection To Inform Purchasing, Asset Management & Spatial Decisions
4:30 pm Standardizing Data From a Pool of Numbers To Manage Quantity of Your Metrics
Synopsis
• Adopting an exploration of system integration to gain control over a large quantity of data
• Deploying a holistic asset management system to gain visibility over all of your sites
• Standardizing across sites and equipment to enable troubleshooting and maintenance planning
5:00 pm Enabling Better Business Decisions with Asset Data
Synopsis
• The benefits of moving away from disparate systems and spreadsheets to manage assets
• How to manage GxP and non-GxP assets and facilities on a single platform
• Why consolidate the full lifecycle of assets, calibration, preventive maintenance?
5:30 pm Chair’s Closing & End of Day 1
5:40 pm Drinks Reception Hosted by PerkinElmer
Synopsis
Join us for a post day one drinks reception to network, enhance 1-1 relationships, and inspire transformation!
5:40 pm LAFM Awards Evening Hosted by Copia Scientific
Synopsis
Let's celebrate lab leaders in your community! Join our brand-new Awards Evening to celebrate your nominated winners for: Lab Manager of the Year, Lab Innovation or Innovator of the Year & Green Lab Leader 2023!