2020 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Theme: “Building the Next Gen Supply Chain of Life Sciences Post COVID-19 Pandemic”
Eminent experts of the global healthcare industry will address how the supply chain is being transformed in the USA for resilience, agility and sustainability after the apocalyptic COVID-19 pandemic of the century. The organizations represented will be the major biotech companies, Gates Foundation (Vaccine distribution mission), COViD-19 vaccine manufacturers and distributors, international transportation companies, regulatory compliance and QA, digital transformers, technology innovators, and exceptional change agents from academia.
The building blocks of themes of the four-hour virtual conference are the following:
• Ensuring supply of materials APIs and services from global suppliers
• Building the Next GEN supply chain for life sciences – the Ilumina Journey
• Preparedness for the distribution of emerging vaccines for COVID-19.
• Transportation network readiness for COVID-19 vaccines.
• Digital transformation of life sciences for resilience and agility.
• Virtual audits of drug manufacturers and their global suppliers.
The event will be followed by a day of online partnering between drug manufacturers and their service providers and technology enablers to explore implementation of solutions and services.

Devendra Mishra
Executive Director and Co-Founder, BSMA

Paul Anderson
Senior Director, Clinical Operations, illumina

Joel Sutherland
Managing Director Supply Chain Management Institute, University of San Diego School of Business

Kevin Pegels
Vice President, Global Supply Chain, illumina

Susan Bain
Assistant Professor, Regulatory and Quality Sciences, USC

Paul Furgal
Former Vice President, McKesson (Current Vice President, Archbow Consulting)

Brian Rosen
Senior Vice President of Commercial Strategy & Public Policy, Novavax

Prashant Yadav
Affiliate Professor of Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD

Roddy Martin
Chief Digital Strategist, TraceLink

Joel Glende
Executive Vice president, Manufacturer Membership, BSMA

Ricky Alas
Digital Transformation Lead, Genentech

Randy Bradley
EVP Digital Transformation in Life Sciences

Gary Workman
Vice President, Global Quality, illumina

Larry Voster
Senior Director, Supplier Quality, illumina

Horacio Enriquez
Associate Director, Business Process & Master Data Management

Albert Cooksey
Senior Vice President of Business Development and Sales, ICS

Rich Kilmer
CEO and Founder, CargoSense

Marrie Groeneveld
Chief Commercial Officer, SkyCell AG

Leon Trevett
Director, Global Supply Chain Planning, Illumina

Lorant Kovacs
Head of Vertical Market Healthcare Americas Region, Schenker Americas, Inc.

Dave Malenfant
EVP Advocate In Chief, Supply Chain Management & Talent Development

Jeff Tucker
CEO, Tucker Company Worldwide

Tom Johnston
Executive Consultant Biotech/Pharma

Suzanne Somerville
CEO, Chronicled

Karen Conway
MSHCD, CMRP, CLSSGB Vice President, GHX

Gary Hutchinson
President, Modality Solutions

Peter Dörr
Director International Distribution, Abbott Diagnostics GmbH