SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Biotech Supply Chain Academy (BioSCA) has announced the lineup of speakers and conference sessions for its inaugural event, September 11-12, 2008 at the South San Francisco Conference Center in San Francisco, CA.
The program will bring together over 150 professionals from biotech companies, their suppliers, clinical outsourcing companies, distributors, hospitals, doctors, government regulatory agencies, 3rd party service providers, academia, industry research organizations, think tanks, management consultants and NGOs.
The event is sponsored by BayBio and APICS Golden Gate Chapter, the two leading Northern California biotechnology associations.
Presentations by the following industry experts and thought leaders have been scheduled:
Paul Fowler, Chief Marketing Officer, Axway Vitaly Glozman, Partner, PRTM Colleen Griffith, Senior Director, Operational Excellence, Genentech Laurel Junk, VP, Supply Chain, Amgen Dr. Philip M. Kaminsky, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley Dave Malenfant, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Alcon Laboratories Jennifer Maynard, Black Belt Operational Excellence, Bayer Healthcare Tim Moore, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Genentech Thomas Panzer, Senior Vice President, Bayer Healthcare Carolyn Pexton, Director, PR & Communications, GE Healthcare Tilmann Pruesse, Deputy Director, Operations Management, Bayer Healthcare Nabil Rageh, Director of the Doctor Business Admin Program at Golden Gate University Ruchir Sehra, MD, MBA, Vice President of Clinical Research - Kyphon/Medtronic Joe Shedlawski, CPIM, Principal, Commercial Operations, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Dr. Mahender Singh, Project Manager, Supply Chain 2020, MIT Center of Transportation and Logistics Glenn Snyder, Principal, Life Sciences, Deloitte Consulting Brett Trusko, Senior Research Scientist, Mayo Clinic Tim Warner, Principal, PRTM
The conference program will cover these vital topics:
* Supply Chain Management of the Biotech R&D Product Cycle
* Six Sigma Control of Manufacturing and Service Organizations
* Information Technology Solutions for Biotech Supply Chain
Management
* Developing Collaborative Resilience in the Biotechnology Supply
Chain
* Regulatory Impacts on the Biotechnology Supply Chain
* RFID Opportunities for Biotech Applications
* Collaborative Demand Planning, Rapid Replenishment & Vendor
Management Inventory (VMI) Systems
* Human Resource Staffing and Productivity Management
* Waste and Transportation Management Services
For more information about contributing to the conference program contact Professor Mishra at: dmishramnd@aol.com
For ongoing updates about the program, event schedule, and special events register online at www.biotechsupplychain.com
For sponsorship opportunities contact: Deborah Rice, 513-895-2051, deborahr@netzero.net