Event Type PIPMG Meeting
september
27sepAll Day29Partner event: 9th Edition R&D Controlling & Performance Management Conference

Event Details
The 9th Edition R&D Controlling & Performance Management Conference focuses on improving decision-making through effective R&D performance techniques to maximize business potential. R&D finance leaders from various industries will
Event Details
The 9th Edition R&D Controlling & Performance Management Conference focuses on improving decision-making through effective R&D performance techniques to maximize business potential. R&D finance leaders from various industries will gather to discuss resource allocation, performance measurement, risk management, innovation development, and future challenges in R&D. The event aims to provide practical insights and promote networking among professionals in R&D finance, R&D, and project portfolio management.
Featured speakers include:
- Anja Choudhry, Senior Manager Strategy & Resource Management R&D, Henkel, Germany
- Tamas Fodor, Director R&D Controlling, Bosch Home Comfort Group, Germany
- Yordanka Taskova, Financial Controller, IKEA, Switzerland
- Martin Franck, R&D Controlling & Performance Management, Danfoss, Denmark
- Aggeliki Quell, Senior Specialist Innovation Management & Strategic Controlling, BASF, Germany
- Nenad Keseric, Director Innovation and Technology Development, Statnett, Norway
- Marie Helene Andersson, R&D Principal Data Partner, LEO Pharma, Denmark
- Oliver Hirschfelder, Strategy and Sustainability consultant, former VP Innovation & Business Development, Siemens Energy, Germany
and more…
PIPMG members are entitled to $200 discount! For more information please contact: Antriana Antwniadou, Digital Media and PR Marketing Executive at antrianaa@marcusevanscy.com or visit the event website.
Time
september 27 (Wednesday) - 29 (Friday)
november

Event Details
This is to announce PIPMG’s next in-person event, in November 2023. The topic will be spread in two parts over this meeting and another in May 2024. The Objectives of this first
Event Details
This is to announce PIPMG’s next in-person event, in November 2023.
The topic will be spread in two parts over this meeting and another in May 2024.
The Objectives of this first event are:
- Understand how changes in innovation are driving changes in product development
- Gain insights into complexities of patient pathways and considerations relating to the development of complex therapeutics
- Take learnings from a case study in overcoming recruitment challenges
- Learn about the regulatory opportunities available for ATMPs
- Learn about the technologies and tools that can be applied to manage complex projects
- Understand the complexities around incorporating development of a companion diagnostic in parallel with product development
- Discuss opportunities and network with colleagues at interactive project management workshop
This event is now bookable, at the early bird price until 3rd November 2023.
Note that charity organisations may take advantage of the early bird price at any time (contact us to apply).
Note also that you may book the second event in May 2024 at a further 20% reduction of the stated price, if you book for the November event. You will need to contact us to arrange.
Finally to note: some of the speakers in the Agenda below are not yet fully confirmed, but we will update in coming weeks.
Speakers for this event
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Andy Murry
Andy Murry
Consultant
Major Projects association
Consultant
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Clive Lambden
Clive Lambden
UCB
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Dan Swerdlow
Dan Swerdlow
GlaxoSmithKline
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Elizabeth Thomson
Elizabeth Thomson
UCB
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Graham Finch
Graham Finch
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Jacqueline Abbas
Jacqueline Abbas
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Katherine Chorlton
Katherine Chorlton
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Keith Rodgers
Keith Rodgers
Consultant
Ingenii
Consultant
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Panteli Theocharous
Panteli Theocharous
VP Cell & Gene Therapy
PPD (Thermo Fisher)
VP Cell & Gene Therapy
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Pauline Stewart-Long
Pauline Stewart-Long
Consultant
Stewart-Long Solutions
Consultant
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PIPMG Committee
PIPMG Committee
Schedule
- november 28, 2023
- 09:30 am Introduction to PIPMG and UCB09:30 am- 09:50 amAgenda, HousekeepingSpeakers: Pauline Stewart-Long, PIPMG Committee
- 09:50 am How innovation and complex therapeutics are changing the development paradigm09:50 am- 10:25 amSpeakers: Dan Swerdlow
-How is the industry changing?
-What is making development of a therapeutic more complex or is it?
- 10:25 am Complex Patient Pathways in Rare Disease - the recruitment conundrum10:25 am- 11:00 amSpeakers: Panteli Theocharous
Clinical challenges and opportunities
-Complex logistics in ATMPs
-How to find ‘rare’ patients
-Recruitment & retention strategies
- 11:00 am Regulatory Opportunities and Challenges11:00 am- 11:30 amSpeakers: Katherine Chorlton
Regulatory pathways (RMAT, BTD, PRIME etc)
- 11:30 am Coffee Break11:30 am- 11:45 am
- 11:45 am Challenges in developing a companion diagnostic in parallel to therapeutic -what does this mean for the program? Case study11:45 am- 12:15 pm
- Introduction to Sponsor
-Overcoming clinical, quality, regulatory challenges
-Added value: increasing probability of success for successful payor negotiations
- 12:15 pm Intro to Workshop 112:15 pm- 12:35 pmSpeakers: Graham Finch
Short intro to each topic 3 x 5 mins plus buffer
- 12:35 pm Workshop 1- What is the Future? AI, parallel developments and other opportunities12:35 pm- 13:10 pmSpeakers: PIPMG Committee
Artificial Intelligence, parallel developments (diagnostics or related assets) and other platform opportunities
- 13:10 pm Networking lunch13:10 pm- 13:55 pmBoard Room
- 13:55 pm Workshop 1 Output from group discussions13:55 pm- 14:20 pmSpeakers: PIPMG Committee
Discussion 5mins per group plus 10 mins
- 14:20 pm Overcoming challenges with methodology: a case study in rare disease14:20 pm- 14:50 pmSpeakers: Clive Lambden
Case study Waterfall / Agile project management methodologies
Q&A
- 14:50 pm Intro to Workshop 214:50 pm- 15:05 pm2 x 6 mins plus bufferSpeakers: Graham Finch
- 15:05 pm WORKSHOP 2: Agile decisions. Applying project management techniques and tools to manage more complex projects15:05 pm- 15:40 pmSpeakers: PIPMG Committee
Decision Frameworks, Agile adaptions
- 15:40 pm Coffee break15:40 pm- 15:55 pm
- 15:55 pm WORKSHOP 2: Output from group discussions15:55 pm- 16:20 pmSpeakers: PIPMG Committee
Discussion 5 mins per group plus 10 mins
- 16:20 pm Overhaul of Program Management to meet the new challenges16:20 pm- 16:45 pmProgress to dateSpeakers: Elizabeth Thomson
- 16:45 pm Successfully Navigating the challenges of Advanced Therapies16:45 pm- 16:50 pmSpeakers: Jacqueline Abbas, Keith Rodgers, Pauline Stewart-Long
Summary Key takeaways
- 16:55 pm Wrap up and details upcoming events16:55 pm- 17:00 pmSpeakers: Jacqueline Abbas, Keith Rodgers, Pauline Stewart-Long
- 17:00 pm TBC - Meeting networking reception17:00 pm- 18:00 pm
Time
(Tuesday) 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location
UCB
208 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3XE