Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conferences Series
Life Sciences and Business Partnerships
February 13, 2009
- Location:
- Downtown Indianapolis
- Eli Lilly and Company Headquarters
- Sponsors:
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- BioCrossroads
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Overview
- No single organization has all of the expertise required to produce innovative solutions; therefore, an intregal part of the industry's strategy should be to seek partnerships with other organizations across the value chain. So how do you transform a company, and an industry through partnering? What does it take to move to a fully networked "virtual" company? How can those companies looking to partner with pharmaceutical companies like Lilly serve the industry's changing needs? What tools and techniques does it take to effectively build lasting and successful relationships between these partners?
- 7:30–8:30 a.m.
- Registration and Continental Breakfast (Lilly Center Auditorium Foyer, tour of Heritage Hall)
- 8:30–8:45 a.m.
- Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
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- Speaker:
Jim Ward, VP & Chief Procurement Officer, Eli Lilly and Company
- 8:45–10 a.m.
- Keynote Speaker: From Radical Innovation to Radical Collaboration, an Industry in Consolidation, Integration, and Discontinuity
- Speaker:
- Dr. Jia Chen, Program Executive, Strategic Alliances, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, IBM Systems & Technology Group
- 10–10:20 a.m.
- Break
- 10:20–11:05 a.m.
- Cracking the Code of Collaboration—Counterintuitive Principles for Successful Partnerships
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- Speaker:
- Jonathan Hughes, Partner & Director, Vantage Partners
- 11:05–11:55 a.m.
- Developing and Implementing Collaborative Governance and Effective Decision-Making
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- Speaker:
- David S. Thompson, Director, Office of Alliance Management, Eli Lilly and Company
- 12:05–1 p.m.
- Lunch: Business Dining Room
- 1:10–1:40 p.m.
- BioCrossroads Update: Comments and Introduction of Guest Speaker
- Speaker:
- Lori Leroy, Public Relations and Marketing Director, BioCrossroads
- Perspective: Transforming Through Partnering
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- Speaker:
- Gino Santini, Senior VP, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Eli Lilly and Company
- 1:40–3 p.m.
- Panel Discussion: Practical Considerations of Partnering
- Moderator:
- Marcus Chandler, Partner & Chair Entrepreneurial Services Group & Global Services Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
- Panelists:
- Alisa Wright, CEO, BioConvergence, LLC
- John Hanak, Statewide Director, Purdue Technology Centers
- Rebecca L. Ball, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
- Raul Zavaleta, Partner, Volatus Advisors, LLC
- 3–3:15 p.m.
- Closing Remarks
- Speaker:
- Marcus Chandler, Partner & Chair, Entrepreneurial Services Group & Global Services Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
