Pre-Conference Focus Day
Value Chain Optimization Focus Day
Monday December 5, 2022
11:30 am Registration & Lunch
12:35 pm Focus Day Leader Welcome
12:40 pm Discover: Benchmarking Climate Strategies to Align with Health, Safety, Environmental and Social Impact Goals to Maximize the Product Benefit Throughout the Life Cycle
Synopsis
- Utilizing a three-pronged approach to drive sustainability internally, through suppliers and investing in a diverse portfolio of reliable energy sources
- Redefining green chemistry innovation to implement process which are inherently safe and reduce waste and the environmental footprint
- How Biogen established a supplier diversity program, and the principles and practices of ethical business to within different stakeholder groups
1:00 pm Discover: Utilizing Responsible Sourcing and a Diverse and Responsible Supplier Base to Deliver High Socio-economic Impact
Synopsis
• Identifying and providing opportunities to small and diverse suppliers during the sourcing process
• Operationalizing a systemized approach to select the most sustainable and diverse suppliers to meet ESG requirements across the value chain
• Increasing spend with small and diverse suppliers year-over-year through sourcing and supplier development
1:20 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From Supply Chain Management Leaders to Optimize Socially & Environmentally Conscious Supply Chains?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
1:40 pm Action: What Will You Do Differently to Work Better Cross-Functionally to Successfully Ensure a Clean Supply Chain?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:00 pm Networking Break
2:30 pm Discover: Creating an Ecosystem to Streamline Equitable Access to Rare Disease Medicine in Different Populations Across The Globe
Synopsis
- Working with governments to overcome infrastructure and affordability concerns to provide access to rare disease medicine in emerging markets
- Using expanded footprints of large companies to create an ecosystem of access
- Capturing data to identify the impact of disparities of racial differences to elucidate how this impacts patients’ lives and practical solutions to address
2:50 pm Develop: What More Can We learn From Access Leaders Transforming Global Responses to Healthcare Disruptions to Improve Efficiency?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:00 pm Action: What Will You Do Differently Internally To Coordinate Better Responses to Supply Chain & Healthcare Disruption?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:20 pm Networking & Refreshment Break
Applying Lessons Learned During Covid to Increase Supply Chain Flexibility & Enforce A Robust Sustainable Supply Chain Ecosystem
Utilizing Sustainable Suppliers and Downstream Recycling to Minimize Environmental Footprints in the Small Biotech Setting
Net-zero: from Commitment to Strategic Implementation of a Fossil Fuel Phase Out Across a Large Organization
3:50 pm Speed Learning
Synopsis
In this quick fire session, each table will be hosted by an ESG leader who will share the secrets of their
most high-impact leap; you then get the opportunity to question the host before moving on to your
next table.