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Day 2


Tuesday, June 7

8:00-8:30am Morning Coffee

8:30-8:35am Chairperson's Remarks

8:35-8:45am Report-Outs from Group Discussions

8:45-9:30am Implementing a Portfolio Management Process from the Ground Up 
• One division's "in-process" experience 
• Start-up challenges 
• Selecting the best resources for successful implementation 
• Challenges of scale: learning from the successes of big brother
Mark Horn, Director Finance and R&D Portfolio Management, Global Scientific Affairs, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

9:30-10:15 Lundbeck Case Study: A One-System Approach to Project Management
• Resourcing and budgeting
• Planning for project management requirements
• Integrating other departments into the system
• Streamlining corporate processess 
• Generating corporate portfolio planning
Vesper Vallentin Kjerulff, Ph.D., Project Manager, Corporate Project Management R&D, H. Lundbeck A/S

10:15-11:30am Roundtable Discussions
Understanding and Managing Capacity in R&D
Roundtable Moderator: Gerardo Ramirez, Associate Director, Planning, Portfolio and Capacity Management, Amgen Inc. 
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Approaches to Managing Resources in Partnered Projects
Roundtable Moderator: Joseph A. Carlino, Ph.D., Senior Director, Development Management, Biopharmaceuticals, Chiron Corporation
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Collaborating Between Projects for Effective Resource and Capacity Management
Roundtable Moderator: William Flounders, Senior Director, Functional Planning and Resource Management, sanofi-pasteur

11:00-11:15am Report-Outs From Group Discussions

11:15am- 12:00pm Industry Panel Discussion: 
Strategies for Managing Project Risk: Allocating Resources, Speeding Attrition, Balancing the Portfolio
Mark Horn, Director Finance and R&D Portfolio Management, Global Scientific Affairs, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
Gerardo Ramirez, Associate Director, Planning Portfolio and Capacity Management, Amgen, Inc.
Ray Sanchez-Pescador, Ph.D., PMP, Associate Director, Project Management, Product Portfolio Management, Genentech, Inc.

12:00-1:30pm Networking Luncheon (Sponsorship Available)

1:30-2:15pm Managing Project & Resource Information to Achieve Competitive Advantage 
• Identify issues: relating to data in a large complex R&D processes 
• Raison D'etre: The use of data in support of Managing Project and Resources (and related, various business processes) 
• System environment: the importance of data quality gathered over time 
• Better Analysis: Complex data needs more sophisticated analysis and tools 
• The “Holy Grail”: meaningful improvement in R&D productivity
David Scanlon, Project Information Manager, AstraZeneca

2:15-3:00 An Integrated Systems Approach to Estimating Project Demand
James M. Huebner, MS, Global Project Manager, Barrier Therapeutics

3:00-3:45pm Aligning your Organization for Portfolio, Project and Resource Management Success 
This session will discuss the key elements that R&D organizations need to align to ensure that projects, resources and ultimately the portfolio can be managed successfully, as well as the issues that they need to address to get there.
Jan Malek, PA Consulting

3:45-4:00pm Wrap-Up and Conclusions

4:00pm Close of Conference


For sponsorship information, please contact:
Arnie Wolfson, Manager of Business Development
Phone: 617.630.1331 • Email: awolfson@healthtech.com