SLA DPHT - Meetings

The Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Division Annual Spring Meeting
was held in Memphis, Tennessee at The Peabody Hotel, March 26-28, 2006.

Sunday March 26th, 2006

8:00 – 9:00 Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 1:00 ADRs 101: A Primer on Adverse Drug Reactions
Sandra Knowles, BScPhm, Drug Information Pharmacist; Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11:00 - 4:00 Vendor Registration and Setup

2:00 – 4:00 PH&T Board Meeting
Cheryl Schairer, Chair of PH&T Division

4:00 – 6:00 Attendee Registration

6:00 – 9:00 Opening Night Gala Reception - Exhibit Kick-Off

Monday March 27th, 2006

7:30 - 8:45 Attendee Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Open

8:45 – 9:15 Introduction and Welcome
Cheryl Schairer, Information Services Consultant

9:15 – 10:30 Collaboration and Social Networking: Critical Capabilities in the Knowledge Economy
Eric Lesser, Associate Partner; IBM’s Institute for Business Value
In today's environment, it is becoming increasingly clear that high performers are valued not only for what they know, but who they know. The ability to connect to, and collaborate with individuals inside and outside the organization has become increasingly important capability for today's knowledge worker. This presentation will highlight the importance of understanding informal social networks within organizations, the challenges of building and maintaining networks in a virtual world, and how organizations can foster the ability of their employees to develop the connections and relationship necessary to improve productivity, reduce organizational friction and promote innovation.

10:30-11:00 Break - Exhibits

11:00-12.00 Electronic Lab Notebooks 101
Richard Lysakowski, Ph.D.
Chief Science and Technology Director & Consultant;
Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association
Global Electronic Records Association

12:00-1:15 Lunch – Exhibits

1:15-2:15 Collaboration in the Text Mine: Finding Nuggets of Knowledge in Unstructured Text
Pam Kiser, Associate Information Consultant; Eli Lilly and Company
Kate Lavengood, Associate Information Consultant; Eli Lilly and
Company

2:15-3:00 Turn Stop Words into Go Words and Paragraphs into Graphs: The Power of Text Analytics
Phoebe Roberts, PhD., Scientist, Library and Information Services; Biogen Idec, Inc.

3:00 – 3:30 Break – Exhibits

3:30 – 4:30 Fostering Collaboration in the Virtual Environment: Case Studies in Wikis, Blogs and Beyond (2 parts, link to author names below)
Melida Busch, Ethicon-Endo Surgery
Martha Ellison, Senior Manager, Information Research &
Solutions; 3M

6:00 – 11:00 Social Event: A Night with the King
Includes dinner and a tour of Graceland
Sponsored by: Ovid Technologies (a Wolters Kluwer business) and Quosa, Inc.

Tuesday March 28th, 2006

7:30-9:00 Attendee Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Open

8:45 -10:15 Mergers: Miracles or Madness?
Clifford Kalb, Vice President, Life Sciences; Wood Mackenzie
.
10:15 -10:45 Break - Exhibits

10:45 -12.00 Town Hall – Patents
[text transcript] [index to text] [reformatted Word file]
Moderator: Diane Webb, President; BizInt Solutions
Panelists:
Jim Brown, Customer Services Manager; IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
Ric Snead, Account Manager, Dialog
Thomson Scientific/Derwent
David T Dickens, Director, Patent Business; Questel-Orbit
Rod Pinkston, Manager, STN Operations; CAS

12:00-1:30 Lunch - Exhibits

1:30-2:30 Who Ya’ Gonna Call?: How to Contact, Contract, and Collaborate with an Independent Info Pro
Cynthia Shamel, Principal; Shamel Information Services

2:30-3:30 Why Are They Hiring a Management Consultant? How Consultants Interact With and Contribute to Client Companies
Denise Boldt, Manager, Research Services; Campbell Alliance

3:30-4:30 International Copyright: Issues of Access, Regulation, and Management of Intellectual Property in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Bruce Funkhouser, Vice President, International & Business Operations; Copyright Clearance Center

4:30 Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
Cheryl Schairer, Information Services Consultant