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Dr. Wasif Azeem is Global Quality Head & “Sr. Director” in Jamjoom Pharma a leading pharmaceutical company in MENA / GCC Region

• Vast progressive experience spanning for more than 30 years with Pharma Industry / academia.
• Dr. Wasif Azeem holds Ph.D. degree in Drug Chemistry
• Dr. Wasif had a long career with Abbott laboratories (US based company) in different senior management roles.
• Dr. Wasif has delivered lectures in large # of international conferences / workshops & also served as conference chairman, Keynote Speaker / moderator several times.
• Has a Diverse portfolio with in-depth knowledge of Quality Operations of different pharmaceutical dosage forms & acquainted with the global cGMP standards such as PIC/S/ ICH, USFDA, WHO, MHRA, GCC, SFDA etc.
• Dr. Wasif is a certified “Lead Auditor” and has conducted more than 100 audits of Pharmaceutical plants all around the world.
• Dr. Wasif has been “Examiner for PhD” and provided services as “Advisor/ subject matter expert” on pharmaceutical aspects by different international Organization.
• Dr. Wasif is married with three children & loves to read in his free time.

Dr Hina Khan has recently taken up the first ever Executive Director role at Space Scotland, a not-for-profit company formed through an industry-led group seeking to develop the space sector in Scotland. 

As ED, Hina will pull together the sector, championing the unique end to end capability of space in Scotland, engaging directly with UK and Scottish Governments to enable growth of the sector and capture opportunities that can be overcome through effective use of the Scottish Space  Ecosystem. 

Hina has an extensive background in the space sector, with a PhD in Space Science from the University of Leicester, a 10yr research career in space science data analytics from NASA, ESA and UCL, transitioning to knowledge exchange and business development of space applications, finally moving to leadership roles at the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications and then Spire to successfully integrate non-space sectors with space and satellite applications, and drive growth is areas of data science, analytics and technology. 

Hina is a Board member for GNOSIS – Global Network on Sustainability In Space and was involved in the development workshops which lead to the first ever Space Sustainability Roadmap, in partnership with Space Scotland. 

Jeroen van Loo is a Global Business Manager at ELPRO Global.  Jeroen helps customers take care of efficiency and compliance throughout the supply chain. He can identify global cold chain needs and translate these into solutions.

16 years of experience within cold chain for the pharmaceutical industry, makes him an expert in the field. Ambition is to provide added value in this field to international organizations.

Jeroen is available at jeroen.vanloo@elpro.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenvanloo/

Caoimhe Vallely-Gilroy is a passionate advocate of patients’ rights and wishes. She strives to ensure that data from every single patient is appropriately used, never under-appreciated and answers more than one question. As part of her goal to create the optimum operating model of humanity, Caoimhe relentlessly focuses on the connected patient experience and works to promote and power patient autonomy with their own health and health data. 

Caoimhe has a background in clinical development, from leading and managing clinical trials, protocol analysis and patient sampling kit design, strategy development and implementation to ethical oversight, and regulatory affairs. She has also led and implemented new technologies and processes in the pharmaceutical industry, including digital biosample management, informed consent databases and biomarker operations strategy.  

Liat Ben David, Ph.D, Ms.C., Bs.C is a well experience Quality and Clinical Trials expert (Operational, Regulations, Quality; global & local); 20 years of experience in different organization types, in various therapeutic areas and various drug development phases. In her Ph.D., Liat focused on the development of a Quality Management model for clinical trials. A proactive, dynamic and innovative person; a strong believer in collaboration and teams’ empowerment. A proven track record in developing effective processes and leading complex projects from idea to success. An experienced tutor / lecturer in professional related fields.