8:30 am Registration & Welcome Coffee
Sustainability & IT Intergration
9:15 am Opening Remarks Day 2
9:30 am IT Integration in Asset & Facility Management
Synopsis
- Lifecycle software management to get a clearer view of total equipment cost
- Key software considerations when buying equipment both new and second hand
- Asset tracking to minimize IT security risk and more
9:50 am Advancing Lab Operations Through Effective Use of Scientific Assets
Synopsis
- Practical instrument monitoring for asset performance management
- Analytics for fleet and service right-sizing
- Identifying and removing workflow bottlenecks
- Optimizing CapEx & OpEx
10:20 am Out of Industry Insight: Implementing Lab Asset Management Program in a University Setting, & the Challenges with Inheriting a with a Decentralized Lab Structure
Synopsis
- Change management and shifting a culture of individual responsibility to shared support
- Organizing information and data to make informed decisions
- Getting started and offering subsidizes support services
- Leveraging the right vendors for the right job
10:40 am Make Science Work Better with Connected Workplace Software for Life Sciences
Synopsis
- How to improve the maintenance, safety, usage and planning of the workplace for R&D and manufacturing with Connected Workplace Software
- How Nuvolo helped Vertex move from IBM Maximo, spreadsheets and legacy software to a single, cloud-based platform to better manage facilities, lab and validated GMP equipment
- How to make data-driven decisions on facilities, real estate and lab equipment with easy-to-use reporting
11:10 am Live Q&A
11:40 am Virtual Speed Networking
12:10 pm Networking Lunch
2:20 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
2:55 pm Panel Discussion: The Impacts of Covid-19 & Contingency Planning – Past, Present & Future
Synopsis
- How has the Covid-19 crisis impacted your work processes from fixing equipment via OEM’s virtual tutorials, highlighting inventory inaccuracies to “de-densifying” lab space
- What approaches and plans have been put in place to better prepare for future challenges of a similar nature
- How has the pandemic affected relationships with supplier and services and how to safe guard against this moving forward