Michelle is currently the Global Medical Information Lead at Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. She has worked in industry Globally for over 15 years in roles including: Medical Device Sales, Med Info, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs for Ethicon Endosurgery (a J&J Company), Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Amgen, Shire and Biogen. Michelle is very passionate about Med Info & Med Affairs and is highly motivated by innovative, customer centric ways to support healthcare and non-healthcare professionals around the world to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines.

Isabelle Widmer, MD is a life science consultant and coach based in Europe. Isabelle supports teams in both Fortune 500 companies and biotech to deliver global transformation programmes in Medical Affairs and Med Info. Combining an entrepreneurial mindset, analytical and project management skills with the ability to design and implement tailored solutions, Isabelle takes pride in proposing pragmatic, sustainable and cost-effective solutions. A published author, frequent conference presenter, recent Programme Director at Basel University in postgraduate education in pharmaceutical medicine and a Program Committee member for the DIA Annual European Medical Information and Communications Meeting she is passionate about continuing education.

Klara Dalmay (MSc in Biology, JD) has gained fifteen years of Regulatory Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She joined Quintiles in March 2009 providing support to customers on any type of regulatory activity and acts as Global Regulatory Team Lead in clinical trial applications.

Angela is Sr Manager with long experience in Medical Information. She has leaded Medical Information and Scientific Communication teams in Spain and since 2014 leads a multinational, multilingual and virtual Medical Information team in Europe, focused in implementing digital transformation. She is a teacher at the Health Evaluation and Access to Market Master (University Carlos III Madrid) and is a member of the MEDES committee; Medical Literature Database in Spanish. During 7 years she coordinated the Medical Information working group in AMIFE; the Spanish Association of Medical Professionals from the pharmaceutical industry.

Before joining Baxter, Philip led activities at Hospira for both the Medical Information and Medical Compliance and Training organizations. Prior to Hospira, he has held various clinical, commercial, and quality positions within and outside of the pharmaceutical industry. He managed the global commercial drug stability testing program for Abbott Laboratories and prior to that managed a home infusion facility for Abbott; where he was the Eastern Region Pharmacy Manager responsible for providing home infusion therapy clients with a full range of pharmacy services including sterile compounding, clinical support and healthcare services. He received his Pharmacy degree from St. John’s University and is also a Registered Pharmacist.

- Medical Information Consultant & Trainer for the past 10 years, working directly with over 35 companies. Trained personnel from many more companies! - Over 34 years pharmaceutical industry experience. - Past President PIPA & co-chair DIA Med Comms community. - Frequent speaker at DIA conferences & company Global Medical Information conferences. - Passionate about all aspects of Medical Information, including strategic planning, optimizing operations, systems, compliance & regulations, organisational change, quality management and digital opportunities. Co-author of the Global Regulatory Framework for Medical Information – see www.medinforegs.com - Find me on my website, LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter. Or call +44 7545 972727

Marie Manley leads is Partner and Head of Sidley’s UK life sciences practice. She is a distinguished thought leader and adviser on EU and UK regulatory law and acts as Chairperson of the DIA Legal Affairs Community. Marie advises clients before both national and European courts and the regulatory agencies in the UK and across Europe. She represents leading pharmaceutical and life sciences companies in litigation before the EU and English Courts, as well as before the national and EU regulatory authorities. Marie features prominently in leading bar publications. She earned a LLM from Columbia University School of Law and from Lausanne University; and a Postgraduate Diploma on EU Competition Law from King’s College.

20 year career in the pharmaceutical industry working in clinical development, sales and medical affairs. Highlights include: - Leadership of a global line function in clinical development with responsibility for budgets, hiring, departmental objectives and strategic planning - Extensive line management experience with demonstrated excellence in the retention and development of direct reports - Successful background in the delivery of multiple/ complex scientific communication deliverables within set timeframes, budgets and to high standards of quality

Ros O’Callaghan is a member of the Worldwide Leadership Team for Medical Contact, Content & Insights at Bristol-Myers Squibb. She is specifically responsible for EMAC (European Markets, Australia and Canada). Within BMS she has been a key driver in the Globalisation of many activities. By training and early career, Ros is a pharmacist with extensive Medical Information experience, both optimising capabilities in large Multinationals and developing services in Smaller Companies. Ros also has experience of providing Consultancy and Training to many Pharmaceutical Companies and individuals.

Previous positions: Novartis Pharmaceuticals – Region Europe Medical Expert on Bone & Pain; Novartis Pharmaceuticals – Medical Information & Communication Manager; Novartis Pharmaceuticals ANKARA Rheumatology, Gastroenterology & Urology Therapeutic Area (Reg. Medical Manager); Sincanli Government Hospital, AFYON Medical Group Chairman & Chief of Staff, E.R. Doctor; Universal Group, Bodrum/MUGLA Emergency Boat and E.R. Doctor. Education: Faculty of Medicine, University of Trakya, EDIRNE.

Peter is Director of Business Planning and Communications (EMEA) in Pfizer Medical Information, supporting global and regional operations, and leading their Global Customer Engagement Strategy. Peter has worked in Pfizer MI for over 15 years, covering numerous roles and responsibilities during this time. He is a passionate advocate for MI, the work MI does and the value that it provides to both the customer and the company.

Murat graduated from the Medical Faculty of Istanbul University and started working as GP for the Ministry for National Health for 2 years. He joined pharmaceutical industry in 1997 and since then he has held various positions in different functional areas like Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs/Operations and Medical Affairs/Information. In his current position as Medical Advisor for Medical Information and Special Projects at Baxter Germany, he is mainly responsible for the Medical Knowledge Management and Business Process Redesign related activities.

Previous positions: Medical Information Associate at Pfizer, India Region, Clinical Experience Consultant Physiotherapist Palghat Polyclinic. Activities: Travelling, Reading Books - Novels, Professional development, technology updates, Writing medical columns. Education: Advanced Diploma in Scientific Writing and Medical Journalism (James Lind Institute), MIAP (Indian Association of Physiotherapists), BPT (Dr MGR Medical University)

Jill is a medical information professional with more than 30 years’ experience in international, regional and affiliate roles in pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as 9 years providing strategic business and medical consultancy services. Jill has held leadership roles in medical communications, medical information and health informatics. Currently Jill is on assignment to Patient Engagement responsible for involving patients in the decision-making processes to develop treatments that will address real unmet needs. Jill is also the Past-President of the MILE association (Medical Information Leaders in Europe), a cross-industry collaboration.

I have been working in Medical Communications for over 10 years. Providing scientific expertise and support for the development of and review and approval of international promotional material and medical communications documents. I have implemented a number of solutions that support medical information and medical affairs (globally and locally) with medical inquiry databases, knowledge management solutions and interfaces with other key stakeholder applications.

Juan García Burgos is a Qualified Medical Doctor from Autonoma University in Madrid, specialised in urology. Juan worked as a urologist surgeon at the Maranon hospital in Madrid. He joined the European Medicines Agency in 2002 and was responsible for coordinating the preparation of EU clinical guidelines for drug development. In 2005 he was appointed Head of Medical and Health Information, being directly involved in the interaction with Patients, Consumers and Healthcare Professionals' Organisations and the preparation of information on benefit-risk of medicines for lay audiences. In 2017, he was appointed Head of Public and Stakeholders Engagement Department and is Co-chair of the EMA patients’ and healthcare professionals’ working party.

Marie-Luise is the Head of Europe Medical Information at Sanofi. Before, she has led Medical Information for Sanofi in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Besides ensuring high-quality Medical Information for all customers and products, she is working on inclusion of new digital media in the Medinfo channel mix. She is the Co-founder of the subcommittee Medical Information of the industry association (VFA) in Germany. Before joining Medical Information she has gained experience in Medical Affairs, Supply Chain, and as a Qualified Person in Quality.

Currently co-leading a Global Celgene Campaign, titled: Medical Information Public Relations and Awareness Campaign. The objective is to raise awareness of the Medical Information Department capabilities and value to inform the worldwide Healthcare Community as well as the commercial Pharmaceuticals Business with a unified medical voice: Translation of information into knowledge by dedicated experts informs evidence-based medical decisions to optimize patient care around the world. Customer-focus and high-quality, scientifically balanced deliverables are the projects' keys and lead to innovative interaction between Pharma and Health Care Providers, Patients & Medicines Reimbursement Organisations.

Beatrice Omisakin, Head of Medical Information for EMEA at Takeda Pharma Ag, is a UK pharmacist with 22 years of experience. She practiced in the UK NHS and worked in medical information at Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Merck Sharp and Dohme. At Takeda, she led digital initiatives like NLP analytics and a global medical HCP Portal rollout. Beatrice is active in the global medical affairs community, excelling in virtual engagement, medical congresses, real-time medical information initiatives, and cross-department IT projects. Her expertise and industry relationships drive strategic success.

Current position:Pfizer Ltd. MI Regional Lead Europe, Global MI Customer Engagement Strategy Lead Previous positions:18 years’ experience in Medical Affairs, including Scientific Advisor, Field Based Medical, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information. For the past 10 years in a Senior Leadership position within Pfizer Medical Information. Education: Pharmacist by training. Masters in Pharmacy Practice.

I have worked within the pharmaceutical industry for 5 years and in my current position I primarily work in the medical affairs arena acting as a product specialist within gastroenterology and supportive care. I am a member of the ‘We are Medical’ project team within Norgine which aims to increase internal awareness of the role and capability of the whole Medical function (including medical information/medical affairs). Through numerous initiatives, this team strives to ensure that Medical are able to interact in an agile and adaptable manner with internal stakeholders to support products that benefit patients and thereby deliver sustainable long-term growth.