Early Discount in effect venue: Royal Garden Hotel
We invite you to join us September 31st - October 1st (with 2 trainings on the 30th) in London for the next ASAP European Alliance Summit: a highly practical event with 40 speakers leading strategic alliances and partnership functions in global companies.
Event Key Topics: (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)
Alexion (AstraZeneca) Alliance & Integration Management's Role in Integrations
Astellas Ways of Maximising the VALUE of a Mature Alliance
AstraZeneca Inclusive Alliance Management : Navigating Multicultural Dynamics in a Global Collaboration Scenario
BioNTech
Chiesi Strategic Alliance Management Engagement in Due Diligence: Enabling Seamless Transition From Assessment to Execution
Daiichi Sankyo Value Driven Alliance Management
GSK Managing Alliances with China
IBM Exemplary Strategic Partnerships; How to Balance Corporate and BU Partnership Strategy
IBM Institute for Business Value From Ad Hoc Collaboration to Ecosystem Catalyst: How Thought Leadership Became a Strategic Alliance Engine
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Seeing Around Corners: A Practical Framework for Monitoring Your Alliance Partner's Financial Health (potential panel)
Merck KGaA AM and Leading Without Authority
MSD, GSK, AstraZeneca The Intersection between Alliance Management (AM) and Search and Evaluation (S&E) Functions
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Procore Technologies Beyond the Hard Hats and Build: The New Era of Purpose-Led, Data-Driven Construction Alliances
Robert Bosch
Roche When Pigs Fly, or rather, when Pandas Fall : a Field Guide for when Falling Pandas (Proverbially or Literally) Crash the Board Room
Salesforce How to Innovate in the Age of AI
Sandoz When Alliance Management Boosts Business Development
Servier Effective Management of KEY INFLECTION POINTS in a partnership with focus on Launch and eventual Termination
Servier Role of Servier Alliance Management in Different BD Archetypes spanning Licensing, Divestments and Special Cases
Signify GmbH Role of Boards in Strategic Alliances
SS&C Blue Prism Your Partner Operating Model: The Hidden Engine of Scale in the Age
Stada Commercial Partnerships
Trintech
Valo Health , Jazz Pharmaceuticals Alliance Manager Career Planning and Execution
Speakers: (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)
Julian Kawohl, Professor Strategic Management, HTW Berlin
Thomas Kirste, Director Bosch Management Consulting, Robert Bosch
Rada Rodriguez, CEO, Signify GmbH
Matthew Brown, Senior Director, Alliance Management, GSK
Michel de Baar, PhD, Executive Director, Business Development and Licensing Europe, MSD
Mark Maresch, Director, GenAI Alliances, PwC
Brian Stewart, Executive Director, Alliance Management, Daiichi Sankyo
Philip Sailer, Executive Director, Storage Solutions Engineering, IBM
Ameriga Fanigliulo, Director Global Alliance Management, Sandoz
Greg Erskine, Senior Director of Alliances EMEA, Trintech
Elena Cavalli, Head of Commercial and Enterprise Alliances, Astellas Pharma
Katherine Kendrick, Executive Director, Head of Alliance Management, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Yolanda Stead, Head of Partnerships APAC, Procure Technologies
Benjamin Fischer, VP Global Alliance & Integration Management, Stada
Nancy Griffin, VP of Alliances, Valo Health
Anna Benasco, Director Alliance & Integration Management, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Bonnie Nozawa, Director, Alliance & Ecosystem Management, Roche Diagnostics
Thomas Kirste, Director Bosch Management Consulting, Robert Bosch
Federica Costanza Fontani, Associate Director Alliance Management, Chiesi Group
Satish Shenoy, Global VP, Technology Alliances and AI GTM, SS&C Blue Prism
Kristen Van Such, Director of Alliance Management, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Steven Roy, Senior Manager - Alliance Management, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Lomi Aschwanden, Principal Partner Manager, Salesforce
Kaushik Sengupta, Director, Alliance Management, AstraZeneca
Xavier Carruel, Director Alliance Management, Servier
Arthur Thacker, Director Alliance Management, Europe, Servier
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