8:30 am Registration & Welcome Coffee

9:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Phyllis Fender Senior Validation Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Systems, Carestream Health

Harnessing Automated Processes to Simplify Compliance

9:30 am GxP Process Automation & Continuous Cloud Compliance

  • Vishal Sharma Vice President - Digital Trust & Transformation, USDM
  • Evjatar Cohen Global Head and Outbound Product Manager of Life Sciences, ServiceNow

Synopsis

  • Managing GxP and Non-GxP workflows on the ServiceNow Platform
  • Solving for 21 CFR Part 11 eSignatures and audit trails
  • Automating and scaling your business processes while maintaining compliance
  • Out-of-the-box solutions for Regulated IT Workflows, GMP Manufacturing Workflows, Adverse Event Workflows and more

Laying Out the Path for Aligning to the FDA’s CSA Draft Guidance

10:00 am Effectively Introducing a Global Implementation of a SaaS Based Solution Using a CSA Approach

  • Phyllis Fender Senior Validation Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Systems, Carestream Health

Synopsis

  • How to perform a major technology transformation while utilizing an unproven CSA Approach in a risk-adverse company
  • Overcoming obstacles with technology differences, user adoption, and management uncertainty
  • Operationalization of CSA approach and maintaining compliance long-term

10:30 am Morning Break and Speed Networking

Synopsis

This session is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to IT experts across leading biotech and pharma organisations. This session is the ideal place to get face-to-face time with many of the brightest minds capturing the main challenges in cloud computing to establish meaningful business relationships.

11:30 am Panel Discussion: How Can You Leverage CSA to Ensure Compliance and Reduce Documentation?

  • Harry Wolfgang Leader, Technology Regulatory Compliance, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc
  • Phyllis Fender Senior Validation Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Systems, Carestream Health
  • Radha Ramesh Director, IT Compliance and V&V, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

Synopsis

  • Overcoming the challenges CSA guidelines pose by frontloading effort into more extensive risk assessments
  • What work is required to properly implement a CSA approach, including cloud IQ/OQ certificates from cloud service providers?
  • How do you leverage vendor testing in an organization’s authoring of a PQ?

Leveraging Strategies for Continuous Compliance in a GxP Regulated Environment

12:15 pm Leveraging GxP Cloud System Change Control Tactics to Remain Compliant

  • Chris Clayton Director of Information Technology, INCOG BioPharma Services

Synopsis

  • Understanding the types of changes for the system
  • Discovering the capabilities of the vendor in controlling and managing your cloud system
  • Strategies for aligning version update releases with your change management program

12:45 pm Lightweight GxP Content Management Systems for Emerging Life Sciences

Synopsis

  • Planning for the future, strategies for getting organized
  • Key controls your need: structure, access, policies and freedom
  • Advanced: workflows & guardrails  

1:15 pm Lunch Break & Networking

2:15 pm Trust, Assurance & Compliance in the Cloud for the Life Sciences Industry

Synopsis

  • Leverage the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) to align your IT strategy and improve the security and compliance of your organization
  • Reference the publicly accessible STAR registry to find providers that align with your security, data privacy and compliance needs
  • Bolster your team’s internal cloud security knowledge by pursuing the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge or Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge training programs

Effective Vendor Management Approaches to Reduce Excess Workload & Cost

2:45 pm Deploying the Agile & Compliant Use of Cloud Managed Infrastructures

  • Yves Samson Director & founder Kereon AG, Basel & Member ECA Data Integrity & IT Compliance Group, ECA Data Integrity & IT Compliance Group

Synopsis

  • Deploying quickly and efficiently infrastructures and system in a fast-growing company: is cloud the only solution?
  • Demonstrating compliance to regulators (real use case)
  • Potential risks/misunderstandings compared to traditional model

3:15 pm Panel Discussion: Leveraging Vendors to Simplify Validation

  • David Blewitt Vice President Cloud Compliance, USDM
  • Evjatar Cohen Global Head and Outbound Product Manager of Life Sciences, ServiceNow
  • Manu Vohra Managing Director, Global Life Sciences, Box
  • Lisa Om Marketing, USDM

Synopsis

  • CSA promotes leveraging vendor activities; it starts with selecting the right vendor
  • Customer vs vendor responsibilities for achieving and maintaining compliance
  • Considerations for release management to ensure continuous compliance
  • Guidance to improve your cloud compliance and automation maturity

4:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day 1

  • Phyllis Fender Senior Validation Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Systems, Carestream Health