What are the top three reasons you would tell someone they should attend this conference?
Denk
The first reason for me would be that there is no better combination of topics. I believe Annex 1 is an enabler for Pharma 4.0™. The second reason would be the network that you can only have at such international conferences: during breaks, in the corridors, and after the first day of the conference in and around the conference hotel. During conversations you can not only get to know new people, but also deepen what you have heard, or also get in direct contact with the speakers.
The third reason is certainly the lectures, especially this year’s presentation by Christina Meissner and Ronald Bauer from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), the regulatory authority in Austria. Both are experts in their fields—Christina in requirements from an inspector’s perspective and Roland in Pharma 4.0™ and digital transformation.
Lundsberg-Nielsen
I agree the networking opportunities at the conference and the speakers we have lined up are wonderful. I am really looking forward to our keynote speakers, Flem-ming Dahl, who will be exploring the strategies and considerations involved in building fill and finish facilities across a global manufacturing network, and Malcolm Jeffers, whose presentation will focus on equipping people to accelerate Pharma 4.0™ transformations and lead the life sciences industry forward through innovative manufacturing to ensure better medicines, devices, and diagnostics for patients.
What are you most looking forward to?
Denk
The mixture of Annex 1 and Pharma 4.0™ offers so many opportunities to shape the future in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Of course, I’m looking forward to my Annex 1 track, which I’m leading together with Pol Bonet. We have put together a variety of very innovative and informative lectures. These range from the areas of assessing and ensuring Annex 1 compliance during GMP internal and external audits to robot telemanipulation, removing direct human contact.
Lundsberg-Nielsen
I’m looking forward to being inspired by what other end users are doing and hearing about how the end users’ partners are helping them, understanding the challenges
other companies have had in implementing digital solutions and how they’ve overcome them, and engaging with the regulators. I always get very inspired at these conferences and bring back a lot of ideas.
Any advice for someone to make the most out of the conference?
Denk
Prepare well for the conference. Download the ISPE app, where you can network with participants and get in touch weeks before the event. If you are coming to an ISPE conference for the first time and are not sure how to get in touch with others, this is an ideal opportunity to choose a professional and contact them to see if you can meet them at the conference.
Lundsberg-Nielsen
I agree with Richard , be prepared. Prepare questions and don’t be shy to ask them during sessions, breaks, and afterward. Share the conference program with your work team and ask if they would like you to focus on anything particular or if they have any questions they would like you to ask. After each session, make a few notes: What was the outcome? What will you take back? You will get so many ideas and so much inspiration. Prepare for the conference, but also prepare for what you’re going to do with the knowledge you gained when you return.
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