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Richard Bennett is Senior Director and Therapeutic Strategy Lead in the Neuroscience franchise at Worldwide Clinical Trials. With two decades in the industry, he has advanced through the traditional clinical operations roles such as clinical research associate and clinical trial manager and has spent many years as a leader of clinical development programs in both the larger pharma and biotech setting. He has worked on neuromuscular disorders, rare diseases, critical care, pain and palliative care, dermatology, and epidemiology programs. His direct experience working with large pharma and small and emerging biotech firms has given him a deep understanding of the needs of our sponsors

Stuart originally worked within IT retail and Distribution for various vendors and partners including Sony, LG Electronics and Michelin.

Realizing 10 years ago he had transferable skills Stuart joined the hospitality sector – Originally working in Channel Management solutions and Booking Engines.

Enjoying the sector and all is offers he moved to his current role 3 years working with Operations Solutions, supporting hotels to automate all their guest requests, hotel maintenance and housekeeping functions to help solve staff shortages and save money.

The hospitality industry has taken some hard knocks over the last few years with the issues around Covid and the huge increases in the costs of energy but there is still a real hunger to adapt to change and look at how they can improve both their internal operational solutions and guest facing applications

Leading the Hospitality efforts for Adyen in the DACH region, always with the goal of providing the best guest experience with the latest in payments technology.

Hospitality expert with background in Revenue Acceleration & PMS solutions for hotels, at Adyen looking after Central European markets, helping hotels streamline their payments set-up.

From launching the world’s first virtual hospitality fair, to providing door access and in room technology to global hotel chains as Marriott, HILTON, IHG, Accor, Starhotels and private hotels his current focus is delivering an intelligent Digital Keys PLATFORM for the accommodation + PMS + Guest Communication industry.

Passionate about is how the Digital Age will transform and evolve the Tourism Industry we know and enjoy. How by applying new technologies and developing them, you can optimize a hotel or restaurant operations, elevate the knowledge and way you interact with your customers or create a new product that could change or create a new segment/market thanks to our new digital world. I want definitely be part of it.

Ellen Weiss is the Vice President, In-Home Solutions, Decentralized Clinical Trials at PCM Trials. Ellen brings decentralized clinical trial visits to patients with PCM Trials experienced Certified Mobile Research Nurses. She is mastering the logistics of dosing and testing clinical trial participants where they live, work, and study. With nearly a decade of home visits learnings, Ellen has a unique perspective on how decentralized clinical trials have changed over the years and what the future looks like.