“Crossing Borders – between disciplines, roles and institutions”

PROGRAM AGENDA
Sunday, April 6 2008
8:00AM – 9:00AM Workshop Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00AM – 1:00PM Professional Development Workshop: Tough Questions – Good Answers, Taking Control of Presentations and Interviews. Tom Calcagni, Chief Communications Strategist, SLA
11:00AM – 4:00PM Vendor Registration and Set-up
2:30PM – 4:30PM P&HT Incoming Board Meeting. Christine Geluk, DPHT Chair (Eisai)
4:00PM – 6:00PM Attendee Registration
6:00PM – 9:00PM Opening Night & Exhibit Reception with food stations. The Open Bar is sponsored by Elsevier, Inc.

Monday, April 7 2008
8:00AM – 9:00AM Attendee Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
9:00AM – 9:30AM Introduction & Welcome. Christine Geluk, DPHT Chair (Eisai)
9:30AM – 10:30AM Opening Keynote: Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Michael Steiner, RegentAtlantic Capital LLC
10:30AM – 11:00AM Break – Exhibits. Sponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine
11:00AM – 12:00PM Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics. Janice M. Reichert Ph.D., Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
12:00PM – 1:00PM IP Law: What does it mean to me? Alicia Russo J.D., Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
1:00PM – 2:30PM Lunch - Exhibits
2:30PM – 3:15PM Session cancelled
3:15PM – 3:45PM Breaks – Exhibits. Sponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine
3:45PM – 4:30PM Building Blocks (and the Devil) in Commercial Assessment and Planning. Richard Martin, Mattson Jack Group (presentation expired at author's request)
5:45PM Bus leaves from the Hilton to the pier
6:30PM – 10:00PM Division Social – “Cruising on the Princess Starlight”. (Drinks, Dinner, Music and Networking. Sponsored by: Wolters Kluwer Health (Ovid Technologies and Adis International)

Tuesday, April 8 2008
8:30AM – 9:00AM Attendee Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits. Sponsored by Elsevier, Inc.
9:00AM – 9:15AM Opening Remarks & Housekeeping. Christine Geluk, DPHT Chair (Eisai)
9:15AM – 10:15AM Re-purposing the information specialist. Layne Johnson and Stephanie Fitch (Millennium Pharmaceuticals)
10:15AM – 12:00PM The Brave New World of Information Professionals. Robin Merrill (Elan), Judith Walter (Eli Lilly) and Jeff Baker (Purdue Pharma)
12:00PM – 1:30PM Lunch – Exhibits
1:30PM – 3:30PM Vendor Update: R&D Pipeline Databases. Biopharm Insight, Inteleos, Integrity, Pharmaprojects, R&D Focus, R&D Insight and Tpharma. Sean Power (Infinata), Tom Zamojcin (WoltersKluwer Health), Bonnie Snow (Thomson Scientific), Sean McDonnell (Informa Healthcare), Julie Gordon (Elsevier), Ben Manning (IMS Health), Ann Wescott (Prous, Thomson Scientific)
3:30PM – 4:30PM Closing Keynote: Positioning the Information Profession and SLA For Success In An Evolving World of Technology. Nancy Sansalone, Chief Operating & Financial Officer
4:30PM – 4:45PM Wrap-up and Closing Remarks. Christine Geluk, DPHT Chair (Eisai), Judy Blaine, DPHT Chair-Elect (Silent Spring Institute)