DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26

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7:00 am Check In

7:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

8:00 am Panel Discussion: Overcoming Resistance to Change to Accelerate Safety Implementation

Streamlining New Processes to Drive Faster Access of Transformative EHS Tools

8:30 am Getting Leaders to Own the Risk to Achieve Operational Excellence

9:00 am Elevating EHS Risk Management & Process Design to Create Proactive Manufacturing Facilities

9:30 am Speed Networking

10:00 am Morning Break

10:30 am Enhancing Risk Management Applications in Biopharma R&D & Manufacturing with Cutting-Edge Technology Solutions

Striving for Zero Harm: Drug Type Specific Challenges

11:00 am Ensuring Employee Safety in Gene Editing, Cell Therapy & Gene Silencing Technologies

  • Kim Caserta Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Intellia Therapeutics

11:30 am EHS Wishes Achieved with Climate Goal Dreams: Funding Safety Programs with Sustainability

  • Walt King Managing Director, Thrive Buildings

12:00 pm Roundtable: Discussing Drug Type Specific EHS Challenges to Enhance Knowledge on Customized Safety Measures

  • Kim Caserta Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Intellia Therapeutics
  • Maureen OLeary Associate Vice Provost - Research Environmental Health & Radiation Safety, University of Pennsylvania
  • Annie Rothman mgr, Rocket Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Delving into Future Technologies, AI & Robotic Automation to Revolutionize EHS Activities

12:45 pm Networking Lunch

1:45 pm Utilizing AI for Predictive Analysis to Create Proactive EHS Systems

  • Chioma Bekwelem Associate Director Safety, Health and Environment, AstraZeneca

2:15 pm Spearheading Challenges with Containment Systems for Robotics to Reduce Human Error Risk

  • Linda Jackowiak Associate Director, EHS, Chemical Safety & Industrial Hygiene, AstraZeneca

2:45 pm Building Safety Resilience: Is Your Safety Management System Ready for the Ride?

  • Chris Mitchell Director of Health and Pharma Services, The Safety Management Group

2:55 pm Roundtable: Discussing the Potential Impact of AI, Automation & Robotics to Create Proactive Systems

  • Linda Jackowiak Associate Director, EHS, Chemical Safety & Industrial Hygiene, AstraZeneca
  • Chioma Bekwelem Associate Director Safety, Health and Environment, AstraZeneca

3:45 pm Afternoon Break

Optimizing Biosafety to Safeguard Employees in GLP & GMP Environments

4:30 pm Minimizing Exposure to Hazardous Gases to Reduce Respiratory Hazards

5:00 pm Managing Hazards & Risks for Vivarium Staff

  • Jason Burrill Sr. Director, Global EHS&S, Charles River Laboratories

5:30 pm Drinks Reception

6:30 pm End of Conference Day 1

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Drinks Reception

Join us all to toast the end of Day One and connect further with your peers on the topics that matter in the exhibition room from 5.30pm - 6.30pm.