7:30 am Conference Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:40 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Acquiring the Right Skills to Become a Great Business Leader
8:50 am Discover: Shifting Mindsets to Become More Aligned with the Business Strategy
Synopsis
- Utilizing external training to gain more detailed business understanding
- Interpreting the business goals to help formulate strategies
- Improving collaborative skills to understand and influence different sections of the business
9:10 am Discover: Global Patent Prosecution Strategy & Life Cycle Management
Synopsis
- How to decide which patent applications merit international protection and which countries should be on the short list for filing and why
- How to develop a robust international portfolio that provides market exclusivity
- How to develop a patent portfolio that provides monetization benefits
9:30 am Discover: Striking a Balance Between Legal and Strategic Business Work
Synopsis
- Ensuring legal responsibilities don’t become overshadowed by business responsibilities
- Thinking strategically with the whole franchise in mind when reviewing documentation or executing transactions
- Encouraging collaboration within teams to ensure both legal and strategic tasks are completed to a high standard
9:50 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from the In-House Leaders to Acquire the Right Skills to Become a Great Business Leader?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:10 am Action: What Are You Now Going to Do Differently to Gain the Right Skills to Become a Great Business Leader?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
Collaborating Effectively with Internal Teams to Enrich your Legal Work
10:20 am Discover: Technology’s Struggle to Tame the Wild World of Contracts
Synopsis
- Across the Life Sciences industry, companies struggle to manage their executed contracts – wasting a ton of time and leaking profit in the process.
- Previous attempts to address the problem by technology vendors have been abject failures.
- Effective solutions require bulletproof data-quality and must account for the complexity of contract families, among other sneaky details.
10:35 am Speed Networking Break & Morning Refreshments
11:35 am Discover: Establishing Strategic Relationships with Internal Stakeholders
Synopsis
- Managing constant changes in resources within legal teams and cross-functionally
- Identifying the correct communication method to save time and guarantee engagement
- Understanding and meeting expectations to demonstrate your value
11:55 am Discover: Leveraging Analytics Tools For Operational Optimization
Synopsis
• Using machine learning models to identify features of studies that correlated with better performance, and creating counterfactual analyses and variable importance studies
• Identifying the operational impact of a new protocol via econometric difference-indifference methods
• Discuss the benefits of NLP methods, including topic modeling, that can be used to perform classification of contract types
• Share ideas forrobustness analysis and risk management
12:20 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn from the In-House Leaders to Collaborate Effectively with Internal Teams
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:45 pm Action: What Are You Now Going to Do Differently to Collaborate with Internal teams?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
1:00 pm Networking Lunch Break
2:20 pm Discover: How Life Sciences GCs Built Their Toolkits: A Fireside Chat with GCs
Synopsis
- The skills you need to develop and to become a GC
- Understanding the different paths to becoming a GC
- A look at the changing role of a GC in Life Sciences companies
2:50 pm Panel Discussion: Developing the Skills Required for a General Counsel to Become a Great Business Partner
Synopsis
- Moving quickly and effectively in a rapidly changing legislative environment
- Embracing knowledge gaps and collaborating internally to find a solution
- Understanding how to take on the appropriate level of risk that enables business growth
3:40 pm Action: How Will You Adjust Your Approach to Develop the Skills Required for Leadership In Life Science Organizations?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair