Agenda: 2023 WCG Avoca Quality Consortium Summit

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM																Framing the Industry’s Imperative to Move from Knowledge to Wisdom • Michelle Webb - Vice President, Avoca Quality Consortium, WCG Avoca
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM																Executive Panel: From Knowledge to Wisdom • Beatrice Anduze-Faris, MD - Vice President, Global Clinical Compliance & Continuous Improvement, Global Development Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb • Mitchell Katz, PhD - Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Operations, Kyowa Kirin, Inc. • Patricia Leuchten - Founder and former CEO, WCG Avoca and Founder and CEO, Diligent Pharma (Facilitator) • Pamela Tenaerts, MD - Chief Scientific Officer, Medable
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM																Sustainability Discussion: The healthcare industry’s impact on the global climate crisis, the need for change, and how every company can help. • Jürgen Wieland - GDD Environmental Sustainability Lead, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel
11:55 AM - 12:30 PM																WCG Avoca Industry Research: 360 Degree Assessment of the Clinical Research Industry: How to Expand our Pool of Investigators and Patients • Cristin MacDonald, PhD - VP of Client Delivery, WCG Avoca
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM																Break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM																Keynote: FDA presents Recent BIMO Updates as well as GCP Inspection Trends, Metrics • Chrissy Cochran, PhD - Director of the Office of Bioresearch Monitoring Operations, FDA
Thursday, May 18, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM																Welcome • Michelle Webb - Vice President, Avoca Quality Consortium, WCG Avoca
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM																Patient Advocate Shares her Experience on the Challenges of Patient Care • Loretta Veney - Patient Advocate and Inspirational Speaker
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM																Presentation and Panel Discussion: Challenges and Solutions for Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion • Stacey Bledsoe - Head of Global Clinical Trial Diversity and Inclusion, Gilead • Jameka Hill - Senior Director, Clinical Trial Equity, Moderna • Otis Johnson, PhD, MPA - Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability Officer, Clario (Facilitator) • William Maybee - Community Relations Coordinator, Roswell Park • LaShell Robinson - Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Clinical Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Limited • Loretta Veney - Patient Advocate and Inspirational Speaker
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM																Executive Panel: How Critical Thinking Drives Success • Grace Crawford MS, MT (ASCP) - Executive Director, Clinical Quality & Compliance, AstraZeneca • David Fryrear, MS - Executive Vice President and Head of Quality Assurance, Astellas • Anthony B. Jones - Executive Director, Corporate Quality, Syneos Health • Dawn Lundin - Head of Global Quality, MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) • Diane P. Ryan - Executive Director, Process & Risk Quality Management, Pfizer
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM																Break
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM																Roundtable Discussion with Key Stakeholders: Inspection Excellence - Sponsors, Sites, and Vendors share lessons with each other. • Roberta Ferreira - Executive Director – QA Regulatory Inspections and Client Audits, PPD • Karen Harvey - Senior Director, WCG Avoca (Facilitator) • Melissa Holbrook, MSN, NP - Executive Vice President, Operations, Velocity Clinical Research • Jordan McKenzie, RN, BSN, CCRP - Director, Clinical Quality, Curebase • Kate Sasamoto - Director of the Office of Compliance Review, University of Michigan
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM																From Talk to Action: Moving the Industry Forward • Michelle Webb - Vice President, Avoca Quality Consortium, WCG Avoca