ProcureCon Healthcare 2013

Following hot on the heals of its inaugural healthcare procurement event in 2012, WBR has announced an impressive speaker line-up for ProcureCon Healthcare 2013, which is set to take placeat the Renaissance Zurich Hotel, Switzerland, on 19–20 March.

Keynote speakers will include:

• Friedhelm Felten, Chief Procurement Officer, Merck;

• Martin Dolezel, Senior Director Global Procurement and Operations, EMEA, Pfizer;

• Vasco Marcal Grilo, Chief Procurement Officer, VP, Janssen EMEA;

• Paula Gildert, Head of Development Strategic Sourcing, Novartis;

• Jari Kaunisto, Purchasing and Logistics Director, Orion Corp;

• Jean-Yves Rotte-Geoffroy, Senior Vice President Procurement and Chief Procurement Officer, GlaxoSmithKline;

• Ashley Readshaw, Chief Procurement Officer, AstraZeneca.

The expected audience of 120+ senior pharmaceutical and biotechnology procurement practitioners will also hear a detailed out-of-industry case study from Andrea Sordi, Director of Procurement at Kraft Foods Europe. ProcureCon’s Production Director, Vidya Gunapala, reasons that: “From our existing procurement events, pharma represents one of the verticals with a particularly strong appetite for knowledge in the procurement space. This cross-industry case study will provide our audience with vital transferrable solutions to common challenges from a lower-margin vertical.”

Over the course of the two days, delegates will be able to network and benchmark on high-level strategy with fellow procurement leaders from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, generics and medical devices sectors. Through a wide range of case study presentations, panel debates and streamed sessions, the delegates will discover the tools to tackle their most pressing direct and indirect sourcing challenges and garner proven strategies to bring the procurement function in line with business needs.

A complimentary 10% discount off the stated web price is available to all EPM readers. To take advantage of this offer, enter codeword EPM when registering.

WBR (Worldwide Business Research), +44 20 7368 9465, procurecon@wbr.co.uk, www.procurecon-healthcare.com.

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