Dear Colleague:
I am pleased to announce production of CHI’s and the BioPharma Strategy Series’ Fifth Annual Portfolio Management executive forum being held November 2-3, 2010 at the Crown Plaza Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.
If you are interested in presenting, please submit a speaking proposal for review. We are looking for case study-based presentations and the deadline for submissions is March 26, 2010. Please note that priority for submissions will be given to those from within large and small pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as those with pertinent case studies from major oil & gas, defense, aerospace, IT, and telecom companies. Additionally, as per BPSS policy, a select number of vendors/consultants who provide products and services to these biopharmaceutical companies are offered opportunities for podium presentation slots based on a variety of Corporate Sponsorships.
Our 2010 forum will include novel case studies and perspectives from thought leaders who have real-world perspectives to share. Key issues to be addressed include:
- Realigning the portfolio in the face of budget cuts
- Effectively measuring and managing a diversified portfolio
- Big picture thinking: Using the portfolio to enable "what-if" strategic thinking and contingency planning
- Aligning the portfolio with investment in Emerging Markets
- New approaches to prioritizing and rank-ordering portfolio projects
- Using prediction markets to improve the knowledge base for informing a range of decisions
- Achieving more effective and real-time portfolio management and resource allocation
- Fit-for-purpose modeling: How to align detailed project models and centralized portfolio models without compromise
- Portfolio Capability Maturity Survey: Doing real-time portfolio scenario analysis with enterprise data
- Evaluating the impact of new technologies on the portfolio
- Portfolio value forecasting vs. project cost management: Can they be effectively managed together?
- Managing uncertainty in a portfolio and an organization
- Aligning portfolio & productivity with corporate strategy to drive strategic resource allocation
- Changing R&D business models in a contracting industry: off-shoring, in-sourcing, in-out licensing and risk-sharing
- Balancing internal R&D investments with external collaborations
- Understanding the impact of partnerships and co-development deals on resource and portfolio management
- How can pharma translate lessons learned from other industries?
- In addition, on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning we will be hosting Pre-Conference Workshops on various topics, including: ‘Maximizing Portfolio Value in a Time of Increasingly Constrained Resources’
Again this year, we will be running the meeting back to back with the eighth annual meeting focused on Strategic Resource Management, which takes place November 3-4. Both meetings will come together for a plenary session on the afternoon of November 3rd creating a three-day event (Nov. 2-4) covering the topics most important to you.
Please review the past program from November 2009 . I welcome your feedback, preferred topics, and speaker referrals as we shape the 2010 program. We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia.
Very sincerely,
Micah Lieberman
For questions or suggestions about the meeting, please contact:
Micah Lieberman
Executive Director, Conferences
BioPharma Strategy Series
Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
T: (+1) 541.482.4709
E: mlieberman@healthtech.com
For exhibit, partnering and sponsorship information, please contact:
Arnold Wolfson
Business Development Manager
BioPharma Strategy Series
Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
T: (+1) 781.972.5431
E: awolfson@healthtech.com
For media and association partnerships, please contact:
Jim MacNeil
Vice President, Marketing
Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
T: (+1) 781.972.5441
E: jmacneil@healthtech.com
Bethany Gray
Marketing Manager
Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
T: (+1) 781.972.5494
E: bgray@healthtech.com