8:00 am Registration & Welcome Coffee
Sustainability & IT Intergration
9:15 am Opening Remarks Day 2
9:30 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
10:00 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
10:30 am Morning Refreshments & Networking
Asset Management: Innovation in Pharma vs Academia
Facility Optimization in Open Concept
11:30 am Preventing the “P Word”: Tools and Process for Managing Pipette Inventories
- Going paperless with 21 CFRPart11 compliant documentation
- Building sustainable maintenance workflows
- Reducing turnaround while maintaining quality
- Software and staffing solutions to outsource your program
Kent Koeman, Director of Sales and Marketing, TTE Laboratories/Pipettes.com
12:00 pm A Focused Vision for an Asset Management Program
- Maximize uptime – controlling the impact of planned and unplanned maintenance
- Cost containment – delivering data driven solutions to support fleet efficiency
- Customer experience – measuring satisfaction throughout the customer journey
- Lessons learned and the ideal state
Stephen Powell, Laboratory Capital Equipment Lead, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Kelly Edge Krupa, Lab Asset Service Manager, Integrated Laboratory Strategy & Operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb
12:30 pm Out of Industry Insight: Implementing Lab Asset Management Program in a University Setting, & the Challenges with Inheriting a with a Decentralized Lab Structure
- 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
Adam Schnirel, Associate Director Operations, UCSF
1:00 pm Smart Asset Utilization Measurement
Senior Representative, Perkin Elmer
11:30 am Integrated Facility Management & Polishing Your Servicing
John Rey, Senior Vice President, Able Service
12:00 pm Space Planning & Facility Optimization; The Challenge of Prediction
- Implementing collaborative open space and densifying occupancy based upon a flexible working model
- Allocating space per scientist based upon user requirements/ type of work
- Design considerations for Foundation Medicine’s 2023 HQ; allowing design flexibility for changes in airflow/cleanrooms etc
Marie Pisello, Senior Manager, Space & Workplace, Foundation Medicine
12:30 pm Reducing Facility Footprint to Enhance Capital Efficiency, Re-Invest in Drug Development Programs and Lower Cost to Patient (Virtual Presentation)
- Rethinking lab footprint planning and effectiveness by assessing the scientists ‘true needs’ in the design of R&D and Immunotherapy lab facilities
- Workflow models and engagement of key stakeholders in the modern view of usage
- Encouraging shared assets and flexibility in “lab of the future” design considerations
Jennifer Keller, Director, Strategy & Planning, Johnson & Johnson
1:15 pm Networking Lunch
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
2:45 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
3:00 pm Vertex’s Approach to Social Distancing in the Lab
Synopsis
- Reflection on impact of covid-19 to lab operations to key considerations moving forward
- Adaptations to accommodate reduced persons on site and remote working
- Remote maintenance solutions: how will this affect future service relationships?