Schedule

Wednesday 1 April

15:30 – 16:30

Registration & Welcome Coffee

Project & Portfolio Management Main Hall

16:30 – 17:15

Embedding Strategy into Portfolio Governance

Katherine Olig

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

17:00 – 17:45

Strategic Imperatives for Safety Leaders in 2026

Aparna Ahuja

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

17:15 – 18:00

Aligning R&D Investments with Business Value

Carl Legge, Jim Hartman

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

17:45 – 18:30

FDA, MDR, and Global Post-Market Controls

Mike Xie, Subhadip Jana

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

18:30 – 19:15

Accelerating Decision Velocity Using Lean, Agile, and AI

Aimee Rodrigues

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

19:00 – 19:45

Post-Market Excellence & Vigilance Evolution

Richard Matt

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

19:15 – 20:00

Enterprise Risk, Capacity, and Synergy Management

Gianluca Puliti, Jonathan Cote

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

20:00 – 21:00

Networking Lunch

Project & Portfolio Management Dining Room

21:00 – 21:45

Building Adaptive and Shock-Resistant Portfolios

Besaint Sahni

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

21:30 – 23:00

Workforce Future-Proofing & AI-Driven Safety Tools

Leo Park

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

22:00 – 23:30

Change Management for Portfolio Transformation

Karen Forsha, Carrie Nauyalis

Project & Portfolio Management Workshop Room A

23:15 – 00:00

Complaint Handling, CAPA Effectiveness, and Regulatory Updates

Edward Chekan, Humberto Valbuena

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

01:00 – 02:30

Networking Evening & Social

Project & Portfolio Management Rooftop Bar

Thursday 2 April

16:30 – 17:15

Translating Vision into Portfolio Execution

Matt Hinchliffe

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

17:00 – 17:45

Innovation, Digitalization, and AI in Safety & Compliance

Ras Viswanadha

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

17:15 – 18:00

Managing Global Portfolios Across Regulatory Landscapes

Christian Hasselberg

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

18:00 – 18:45

AI and Machine Learning in Post-Market Surveillance

Leo Park, Aparna Ahuja

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

18:30 – 19:15

Cross-Functional Capacity Alignment and Resource Optimization

Matthew Palicki

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

19:15 – 20:00

Global Safety Data Sharing & Real-World Evidence Integration

Subhadip Jana

Medical Device Safety & Compliance MedTech Hall

21:00 – 22:00

AI, Automation, and Intelligent Portfolios: The Future of PPM

Aimee Rodrigues, Carrie Nauyalis

Project & Portfolio Management Grand Ballroom

Tuesday 14 April

14:30 – 15:30

Registration & Welcome Coffee

Pharma & Biotech PPM Main Foyer

15:30 – 16:15

Strategy to Submission: Drug Development from Planning Through Regulatory Approval

Jordan Lateiner

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

16:15 – 17:00

Schedule and Critical Path in Clinical Trials

Rebecca Watson, Riyesh Menon

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

17:30 – 18:15

Risk, Quality, and Inspection Readiness

Gautam Pangu

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

18:15 – 19:00

Cost, Contracts, and Vendor Oversight: CRO/CDMO Management

Peter Broglie

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

20:00 – 20:45

Value Stream Management in Life Sciences

Lisamarie Manso

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

Wednesday 15 April

15:30 – 16:15

High-Performance Project Teams: Culture, Collaboration, and Technology

Jen Hirsch

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

16:15 – 17:00

PMO and Portfolio: Scaling from Single Manager to Enterprise Function

Vasu Rangadass, Jordan Lateiner

Pharma & Biotech PPM Ballroom

17:30 – 19:00

Biologics CMC Project Management Best Practices

Gautam Pangu, Rebecca Watson

Pharma & Biotech PPM Workshop Room