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As Head of Compliance at the WSTA Kelly deals with compliance and food regulatory matters. She leads on low and no which includes acting as secretariat to the WSTA’s Low and No Working Group, a group formed to support WSTA members in producing, labelling and promoting LoNo alcohol products in the UK. Kelly also acts as secretariat for the Retail of Alcohol Standards Group, The British Wine and Made Wine Producers Committee and the Direct-To-Consumer Committee. Her background is as a Trading Standards Officer, and she enjoyed running her own Food Labelling Consultancy business prior to joining the WSTA in 2017.

Nicole Stansbury, Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Operations, is responsible for oversight of clinical operations which includes clinical strategy and delivery, study start up, central monitoring, and site management and risk-based monitoring at Premier Research. She leverages an innovative, data-driven approach and more than 25 years of industry experience to help sponsors address the rapidly evolving demands of the clinical development industry. In her role, Stansbury is focused on finding ways to simplify process and improve technology adoption to decrease the time, cost, complexity, and risk of delivering clinical research.

Prior to joining Premier Research, Stansbury held various CRO leadership positions where she was instrumental in the strategic implementation of risk-based monitoring, central monitoring and continuous improvement of clinical operations processes. Stansbury has been co-lead for the Association of Clinical Research Organizations Risk-Based Monitoring (ACRO RBM) Working Group working with TransCelerate and the FDA since 2014.

She holds a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M and a Lean Six Sigma – Yellow Belt certification.

Jade Sternberg is a Senior Manager and Digital Health Lead at digitalswitzerland. Passionate about healthcare, technologies and digitalisation, she bridges the gaps between different stakeholder groups in the ecosystem to increase collaboration and innovation. She holds a Bachelor and Master in Bioengineering from EPFL.

Clinical trial expert with 12 years of international experience in both CRO and Sponsor roles, spanning from feasibility to trial reporting across Phase I-IV studies. Highly adept at supervising cross-functional teams in dynamic and fast-paced environments. Recognized as a decisive and trusted team member with an analytical and proactive approach, specializing in various therapeutic areas, including oncology and rare diseases.