Christine Lavery
Global Scientific Services Head GlaxoSmithKline
Seminars
Wednesday 19th November 2025
Workshop F: Advocating for Increased Operational Spend to Maximize Opportunity for Lab Improvements
2:30 pm
Scaling operations whilst operating lean is now more important than ever – how can you as a leader fight for operational improvements to be made whilst still remaining efficient?
Key takeaways include:
- Interpreting operational data and performing a risk analysis to identify critical operational needs that justify spending
- Understanding when should increased budget become a non-negotiable and how to get more budget approved
- Communicating with finance and senior leadership to demonstrate long-term ROI of strategic investments in equipment, workforce, and facilities
Thursday 20th November 2025
Chair’s Opening Remarks
8:20 am
Friday 21st November 2025
Chair’s Opening Remarks
8:50 am
Friday 21st November 2025
Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference
4:15 pm
Thursday 20th November 2025
Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day One
5:30 pm
Thursday 20th November 2025
Case Study: GSK’s Offsite Hub: Maximizing Your Real Estate Footprint to Give Space Back to Your Scientists
8:30 am
- Assessing the benefits in reducing CapEx, reallocating spatial footprint back to the scientists, and consolidating site services to inspire future strategies
- Explaining our robust business continuity plan from concept to delivery to influence the operations strategy
- Eradicating bottlenecks in internal buy-in for an offsite hub to smoothen the transition to a new organizational structure
