Archives: Agenda

• What are the factors contributing to the reconfiguration of supply chains?
• Why is there a shift towards the localization of supply chains?
• What are governments doing to aid reconfiguration?

Chair: Christopher Lays, Partner, Alix Partners

Join TraceGains and Baker & Baker to explore how digitising supplier data turns complexity into agility. In this session, you’ll learn how a robust digital supplier management programme:

• Creates a single, trusted source of supplier data across raw materials, packaging, and co-manufacturers
• Streamlines compliance processes and reduces manual bottlenecks
• Improves visibility into supplier performance and risk
• Enables teams to shift focus from reactive compliance to proactive innovation and NPD
• Lays the foundation for AI and advanced analytics to support smarter decision-making

• An outlook of current macroeconomic trends and their impact on various asset classes
• The AI Bubble Timeline: How should investors play this theme?
• Will 2026 deliver an Inflation Crisis?
• ECB unlikely to cut in December. Will a rebound in German growth in 2026 be enough to drag the EA with it?
• Market volatility, supply shocks and how investors should think about constructing portfolios to support growth and stability

• Determining the optimal stage for CRO engagement to maximize efficiency
• Engaging CROs in protocol development to inform strategic decisions, including country selection and trial design considerations
• Leveraging CRO expertise by fostering a collaborative, partnership-driven relationship

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes and rotate

ROUNDTABLE 1: Optimized clinical development strategies and milestone planning for the enablement of long-term strategic partnerships

Hyojin Park, Business Development Manager, GlobalData Healthcare

ROUNDTABLE 2: Driving Efficiency and Results Through Strong Sponsor, CRO Partnerships

YongGwan Kim, Associate Director, Janssen

ROUNDTABLE 3: Comparator Sourcing in Small Biotech: Overcoming Limits with Strategic Outsourcing

ROUNDTABLE 4: Integrating Packaging and Labeling with Clinical Supply Chain Operations