PMMI Details Keynotes that will take place at Pharma EXPO.
Press Release Summary:
Keynote sessions at Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International (November 2–5, 2014 in Chicago, IL), will address critical challenges and opportunities in manufacturing operations and pharmaceutical packaging. As highlights of Pharma EXPO conference program, keynote addresses will correspond with that day's track topic. November 3 will feature Michael James's "Effectiveness First, Efficiency Second!" while November 5 will feature Dan Balan's "Winning the New Innovation Game."
Original Press Release:
Pharma EXPO Keynote Sessions to Address Effectiveness in Biopharm Manufacturing and Winning Innovation in Pharmaceutical Packaging
Free presentations by industry leaders top off robust Pharma EXPO educational programming
Reston, Va. — Keynote sessions will address critical challenges and opportunities in manufacturing operations and pharmaceutical packaging at Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International (Nov. 2-5, 2014; McCormick Place, Chicago). The show, a joint venture of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), will feature the keynote addresses as highlights of the Pharma EXPO conference program, which runs from Monday, Nov. 3, through Wednesday, Nov. 5, and addresses issues and trends that affect all facets of the pharmaceutical industry, including the medical device, biotechnology, and nutraceutical sectors.
The keynote addresses will correspond with that day’s track topic. Monday’s Manufacturing Operations track will feature keynoter Michael James, plant manager at SAFC Biosciences, Division of Sigma Aldrich, on “Effectiveness First, Efficiency Second!” Using SAFC Biosciences as an example, James will speak about how to balance the priority for operational efficiency and flexibility to answer the biologics market’s demand for cost containment and greater responsiveness.
The keynote address on Wednesday, Nov. 5, will dovetail with the Pharmaceutical Packaging track. Fastraqq Inc.’s Dan Balan will present “Winning the New Innovation Game,” focusing on factors that are disrupting old, straight-line models of medical innovation. These factors include a multi-generational workforce, longer life spans, rising healthcare costs, and alternative forms of healing. He will also examine reasons why pharmaceutical manufacturers must look to other industries for solutions.
Keynote sessions will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. and are open to all Pharma EXPO and PACK EXPO attendees.
“We are excited to offer these informative keynote addresses free of charge to Pharma EXPO and PACK EXPO attendees,” says Julianne Rill, director of education, ISPE. “The sessions are an excellent addition to the show’s robust educational programming, making this year’s event a hub not just for innovative technologies, but innovative ideas as well.”
To register for Pharma EXPO, visit pharmaexpo.com. The registration fee is $60.
About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is a trade association representing over 650 packaging and processing supply chain companies that provide a full range of packaging and processing machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through programs and events such as The PACK EXPO family of trade shows, packexpo.com, PACK EXPO Show Daily, networking events and educational programs.
PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International and presented jointly with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE); PACK EXPO Las Vegas, PACK EXPO East, EXPO PACK México and EXPO PACK Guadalajara, connecting participants in the packaging and processing supply chain with their customers around the world. Coming Up: PACK EXPO International 2014, Nov. 2–5 (McCormick Place, Chicago); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2014; PACK EXPO East, debuting Feb. 16–18, 2015 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia); EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2015, March 10–12, 2015 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico); EXPO PACK México 2015, June 16–19 (Mexico City, Mexico).
Learn more about PMMI and the PACK EXPO trade shows at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com.
About ISPE
ISPE, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, is the world’s largest not-for-profit association serving its Members through leading scientific, technical and regulatory advancement throughout the pharmaceutical lifecycle. The 20,000 Members of ISPE are building solutions in the development and manufacture of safe and effective pharmaceutical and biologic medicines and medical delivery devices in more than 90 countries around the world. Founded in 1980, ISPE has its worldwide headquarters in Tampa, Florida, USA. Visit www.ISPE.org for more information.
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