Philip Coetzee

Partnership working begins and ends with the people responsible for making that relationship work. We end our workshop day by exploring the personal qualities and expertise we can all develop and refine to make us better partners.

Core focus areas to include:

• Improving Outcomes: Improving timelines, reducing cost, enhancing product quality. What is our role in making this happen and how do we develop the skill sets to make this happen?
• Becoming Better Partners: What do we look for in an industry partner? Why? How do we demonstrate those skills and values ourselves and develop a continuous improvement mindset?
• Developing Values in Others: Discover how to instil the right values and approaches in others, ensuring that continuous improvement and leadership becomes a shared journey towards excellence

How does it work? Choose a 60-minute discussion on a pressing topic. Interact with your peers, identifying contemporary challenges and novel approaches to confronting them. Each roundtable is led by a subject matter expert. A 30-minute feedback session will follow the discussions, where the roundtable leaders will share the key findings with the audience.

Topics to be covered are:

• CAN WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING QUALITY?
• IN WHAT WAYS CAN WE IMPROVE DATA SHARING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS?
• HOW CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS?
• WHAT ARE THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR ACHIEVING A SUCCESSFUL TECH TRANSFER?
• WHAT CAN YOU DO TO REPAIR & IMPROVE A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS IN TROUBLE?
• CAN CMO PROCESS AUTOMATION IMPROVE COLLABORATION AND EFFICIENCY?

To what extent is sustainability becoming a key factor in the selection of CMOs? In this morning’s opening keynote, we ask how we can incorporate this into our decision-making without compromising the need to ensure product quality and cost-competitiveness.

Core focus areas to include:

• A Nice-to-Have or a Must-Have: Where does sustainability currently sit in the hierarchy of criteria when selecting a CMO? Have we reached the tipping point where mitigating environmental impacts is an essential requirement?
• Defining What Sustainability Means: How should we be measuring the environmental sustainability of potential partners and rating them against one another?
• Pay Now or Pay Later? What is cost-benefit analysis of getting ahead on sustainability initiatives? Is there an argument for paying more to save the business money in the longer run?
• Implications for CMOs: What does the drive towards greater environmental sustainability mean for the business models of CMOs and how are they responding?

How are these new principles being put into practice? In this next panel, we ask senior operators to demonstrate how they are translating intention into action on mitigating environmental impacts.

Core focus areas to include:

• A New Mindset: How do we need to change the way we think about selection in order to take a holistic view about what any potential partnership will mean for the business and our patients?
• The Practical Approach: Discover how to move from talking big on sustainability to implementing it in practice, with go-to methods for achieving a demonstrable impact
• Measuring Results: If we can’t measure, we can’t improve. Learn how to accurately quantify the impact of measures taken on driving down your Scope 3 emissions n Wider Considerations & Implications for Future Dec