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MPO
Symposium 2008 Agenda
Wednesday,
November 12 |
Main
Conference: Day One |
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8:30
AM – 9:15 AM |
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Registration
Opens & Continental Breakfast
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9:30
AM – 10:15 AM |
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Keynote
Address:
The Changing Medical Device Landscape: Staying Innovative,
Avoiding Pitfalls & Seizing Opportunities
Amar
Sawhney, PhD, President & CEO, I-Therapeutix
Inc.
While
innovation in Medical Devices is not the sole purview
of small companies and start-ups, the risk reward ratio
and the type of people such ventures attract, predispose
them to be at the forefront of innovation. As spending
on healthcare spirals, new devices and therapeutics
have to increasingly justify their cost effectiveness.
Rapid and capital efficient execution, close contact
with eventual customers, and a spirit of continual improvement
are essential to creating lasting and valuable companies.
Dr. Sawhney will describe a platform for enabling medical
ventures, called Incept, that he and his partner Fred
Khosravi, have founded. |
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10:15
AM – 11:00 AM |
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Managing
Your Regulatory & Quality System Requirements While
Outsourcing Key Operational Areas
Clay
Anselmo, President, Reglera,
LLC
Outsourcing
is a proven method of increasing efficiency, but how
do you maintain control over your product with in today’s
intense environment of FDA scrutiny? Device manufacturers
face the challenge of ever-changing regulations, training
requirements and a myriad of compliance issues. Learn
how to streamline your internal processes so you can
focus on your core competencies and feel confident in
your outsourcing decisions.
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| 11:00
AM – 11:30 AM |
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Networking
Break
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| 11:30
AM – 12:15 PM |
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Outsourcing
Product Development: How it Can Positively Impact Your
Business
Terence
O’Hagan, Director of Business Development
& Strategy, Radius
Product Development
Medical
device firms are leveraging the benefits of outsourced
product development. As these companies continue to
look for ways to maximize resources, develop a sustainable
stream of innovative products, improve their speed to
market and gain competitive advantage, outsourcing medical
device development has come into the mainstream as an
effective tool and adjunct to internal expertise. |
| 12:15
PM – 1:45 PM |
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Networking
Luncheon |
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1:45
PM – 2:30 PM |
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How
Will New Medical Device Market Trends Affect Your Company?
Rick
Hoole, Partner, PRTM
Competition
is fierce and outsourcing trends increase the stakes.
Learn how cutting-edge market data can help you strategically
manage the device environment including:
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Regulatory Changes
• Cost Constraints and More!
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2:30
PM – 3:15 PM |
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Medical
Device Risk Management in the Post Riegal World
Kevin
Quinley, President, Kevin
Quinley & Associates
This
session will answer pressing concerns including:
• What are the risk management implications of
Riegel?
• What are the liability exposures are untouched
by Riegel?
• What are the major factors shaping medical device
product liability in 2008 and beyond?
• How can medical device firms use insurance and
non-insurance tactics to bulletproof themselves from
financial loss due to product liability?
Attend this session and learn how to financially protect
your company from hemorrhaging product liability costs!
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| 3:15
PM – 3:45 PM |
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Networking
Break |
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3:45
PM – 4:15 PM |
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Tips
& Tactics for a Successful OEM Outsourcing Partnership
in a Matrix Organization
Scott
W. Holmes, Vice President Strategy & Portfolio
Management, Covidien Kendall
Working
in a matrix organization is challenging. Those that
operate under regulatory, quality and cost constraints
are even more difficult. We will discuss some methodologies
we use for effectively managing outsourcing programs.
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4:15
PM – 5:30PM |
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Networking
Reception sponsored
by
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Thursday,
November 13 |
Main
Conference: Day Two |
| 8:30
AM – 9:30 AM |
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Registration
Opens & Continental Breakfast
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9:30
AM – 10:30 AM |
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Medical
Device Manufacturing Logistics and Supply Chain Management
– Imperatives Revealed
Greg
Frazier, Executive Vice President, Global Supply
Chain Services, Avnet,
Inc.
Design
for manufacturing and supply chain confidence during
the concept and feasibility phase of the medical device
development process is imperative. Mitigation of risk
includes incorporating collaborative component supply
and manufacturing strategies early in the design cycle
in order to ensure long-term system sustainability and
component traceability over the course of the product
lifecycle. In addition, with off-shore manufacturing
continuing to provide substantive ‘up front’
cost savings, trade-offs must be made with regard to
the logistics and quality management of a global supply
chain.
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| 10:30
AM – 11:00 AM |
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Networking
Break |
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11:00
AM – 12:00 PM |
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Strategic
Sourcing Management Practices
Andrès
Rochwerger, Global Sourcing Manager, Contract Manufacturing,
Boston Scientific
Strategic
Sourcing is a management process used to answer the
critical questions - What to buy, Whom to buy from,
and How to buy. In this session we will share and discuss
best practices used in the Medical Product Outsourcing
marketplace in order to gain maximum mutual value in
Sourcing Relationships.. |
*agenda
and schedule subject to change without notice |
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For
speaking opportunities or more information about this Medical
Product Outsourcing event,
contact Howard Revitch:
phone:
201-880-2243
email: info@mposymposium.com
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