Niraj Nadkarni is a distinguished leader in the hospitality technology sector, currently serving as the General Manager at Agilysys. With a career spanning over two decades, Niraj has consistently demonstrated his expertise in driving sales growth and operational excellence. Niraj’s dedication to excellence and his deep understanding of the hospitality industry have made him a respected figure in the field.
Niraj holds a prominent position within Agilysys, contributing to the company’s mission of delivering high-return hospitality solutions and lead Agilysys in delivering cutting-edge solutions that enhance guest experiences and streamline operations for hospitality businesses worldwide. His leadership at Agilysys has been marked by a commitment to innovation and a deep understanding of the hospitality industry’s unique challenges and opportunities.
Before joining Agilysys, Niraj held significant roles in various renowned organizations, where he honed his skills in sales strategy and customer relationship management.
Please email Niraj at Niraj.nadkarni@agilysys.com to schedule a demo and discover how Agilysys can maximise your Hotel’s Return on Experience, Enhancing Every Guest, and Staff Touchpoint.
Luke is an academically trained health economist, specializing in health economics and outcomes research for 28 years, with a focus on the design, implementation, and dissemination of real-world observational studies. He is currently a director on the product team for the MarketScan Research Database.
Mac is a recovering academic who joined Veradigm from IBM Watson Health at the beginning of the pandemic. At Veradigm, Mac leads the Real World Evidence team, leveraging real world data and patient outreach for HEOR, safety and health economics analyses. He adjuncts in Health Data Science at the University of New Hampshire and fixes up his old farmhouse for fun.
Liisa Palmer, PhD is the Portfolio Leader for the Real-World Data, Research & Analytics team at Merative. In that role she oversees the researcher and statistical services teams who execute analyses on behalf of pharmaceutical, biotech and device customers. Liisa has more than 20 years of experience working with real-world data and helping sponsors leverage data to support regulatory requirements and payer and clinician conversations. She has co-authored numerous publications in a variety of therapeutic areas and holds a PhD in Health Policy and Administration from The Pennsylvania State University.
Catherine has 27 years’ experience of working in a global environment across the pharmaceutical and CRO industry. Through her experience she’s gained deep knowledge and expertise across research, clinical development, decentralized and community-based trial operations as well as outsourcing and external alliance management. Catherine is an accomplished leader, passionate about leveraging new ways to bring trials and medicines to patients.
Dimitri Clément – Belgian nationality.
Based in Europe – Belgium – Antwerp
Degree as Mechanical Engineer – Electromechanics.
Professional career started in 1992 as technical service engineer for welding robots, equipment and automation solution, programming and training of staff. Europe region.
Changed career from welding to bonding in Feb 1997 at former LOCTITE Belgium – today HENKEL.
Today, 28 years of experience as an adhesive application engineer for industrial applications and maintenance.
Started as technical service engineer, then Technical Manager, today global key account manager for adhesives applied in rail applications.
In 2014 I acquired my certification as European Adhesive Engineer – EAE (according to DVS® / EWF – DIN 6701).
In addition, I achieved the function as “Certified Manufacturing Excellence Ambassador”.
Robbie supports GlobalData’s biggest Customers in turning Business Intelligence into opportunities or in managing risk. He is an enabler of curiosities of boardrooms for the world’s largest brands and companies supporting a culture of decision making that is routed in business intelligence.
For Robbie, Eco-Drinks is not just a conference to showcase the latest technologies and advancements, it is a gathering of the community to discuss the real challenges facing the industry in planet-proofing probably the worlds fastest, fast moving consumer goods!
Geopolitical, socio-demographic and environmental pressures are being felt the world over and the sharing of knowledge, be that in advancements of technology, best practices or creative problem solving, is essential for not only the success of brands across the value chain, but also each one of us as consumers.
During the conference, Robbie will be Chairing the Eco-Solutions Breakout which brings to life exactly this. It is a showcase of the industry’s greatest advancements in the pursuit of net-zero and a chance for us all to share in the achievements of creative, out of the box solutions to very real challenges.
Bethany Jones leads Altruistiq’s Supply Chain Engagement Services, helping Food & Beverage companies to design and scale impactful supply chain decarbonisation programmes. Through her work, Bethany partners with leading drinks companies to drive measurable environmental reductions across their Scope 3.
Dr Heike Fischer is a director of Clinical Research at Deloitte and has extensive experience in the fields of clinical research, R&D, QM&RA and market access in the MedTech industry and as a service provider. She built JOTEC from the ground up into a 225-MUSD medical device company that was sold to Artivion Inc. in 2017. Heike has a strong background from idea generation to approval and industrialization of medical devices. Since 2014, Heike has focused on clinical research and developing market access strategies based on a solid value-driven clinical and regulatory strategy. In addition, she supports clients in the end-to-end execution of clinical investigations, the implementation of the ISO 13485 quality management system and product certifications. She understands the value of clinical and vigilance data and the daily challenges faced by small and medium-sized medical technology companies. Heike helps customers create the basis for data-based decision-making and thus make processes more efficient.
Dr. Adnan Shah is a Senior Consultant Medical Writer at Deloitte, with extensive experience in the MedTech industry, notably with class III medical devices/implants in the cardiovascular area and Software-as-Medical Device (SaMD). He has in-depth knowledge and expertise in medical and clinical sciences, international clinical research regulations and guidelines, and European medical device regulations (MDR, IVDR). He supports start-ups & small-to-large size MedTech companies in the preparation of clinical evaluation reports (CERs), clinical investigation reports, scientific publications and other essential documents for regulatory submission. He also supports clients in other areas of product development including clinical investigations as well as quality and risk management systems.
