UL EduNeering
LEADERSHIP
FORUM
Boston, MA
2014 AGENDA
SAFETY
QUALITY
PLIANCE
COM
Note: All meetings, unless otherwise specified, are in the Republic Ballroom, 2nd floor.
Wednesday, June 18
6:30 – 9:30
Evening Event: Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres – Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street, The
Fens (5th floor)
8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast: 2nd Floor, Back Bay D
9:00 – 9:45
Welcome Message | Introduction
9:45 – 11:00
Keynote Presentation:
Thursday, June 19
Neil Swidey; award winning author and staff writer for the Boston Globe Magazine.
Author of Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster
Ten Miles Into the Darkness. Neil’s riveting storytelling about this multi-year, missioncritical project, connects the disciplines of safety and risk management with
compliance and quality.
11:00 – 11:15
Break | Book Signing
11:15 am –
12:15 pm
Panel Session: Building a culture of quality, safety and compliance within your
organization.
12:15 – 12:45
Client Presentation: Sergio Alegre, Senior Director of Compliance at Pacira
Pharmaceuticals will share his learning and compliance approach across the enterprise
of internal and external stakeholders.
12:45 – 1:45
Lunch: 2nd Floor, Back Bay D
1:45 – 3:30
Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement and Lean Simulation: Juan Amador
MBB, UL Director of Center for Continuous Improvement and Innovation
This session will leverage Juan’s experience across industries to share the benefits
in creating a culture of continuous improvement that drives proactive quality and
compliance. He will share concepts on how to create behaviors needed in such a culture
and illustrate some of these concepts through an interactive simulation.
3:30 – 3:45
Break
Thursday, June 19 (continued)
3:45 – 4:30
UL Product Mindset: Suzanne Lavin, UL VP of Corporate Marketing
The Product Mindset is an annual study created by UL to better understand
manufacturer and consumer concerns and priorities about the products they make, sell,
buy and use. Now in its third year, this year’s study reveals that globalization is reshaping
both the business landscape and the collective mindset.
4:30 – 6:00
UL Knowledge Alley: Interactive networking reception featuring technology and
services from other UL Business Lines. In the Republic Foyer.
6:30 – 6:45
Depart for Evening Event
7:00 – 10:30
Evening Dinner Event:
Boston Museum of Science
8:30 – 9:30 am
Breakfast: 2nd Floor, Back Bay D
9:30 – 10:45
Capstone Speaker: Tom Fox; renowned Ethics and Compliance lawyer, and author of
the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
Friday, June 20
Tom writes and speaks nationally and internationally on practical approaches to
instituting a Compliance Best Practices program, including FCPA and Global Antibribery, effective communications and “marketing” of your Code of Conduct, and how a
Compliance professional can Influence corporate decision making.
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:00 pm
Client Case Study Presentations:
• Ben Locwin, Head of Training, Risk and Decision Sciences at Lonza Biopharmaceuticals
will discuss Quality Risk Assessment and Management Strategies for Biopharm
Companies, based on a recent article that he has written for BioProcess International.
• “Quality Begins with Me” Prakash Patwardhan, Director of Operational Quality at
Covidien will provide an overview of the company’s successful “Quality Begins with
Me” program aimed at reinforcing & recognizing the right behaviors and creating
connection to the end customers, i.e. the patients.
12:00 – 12:30
Concluding Remarks
12:30 – 2:30
Lunch | Book Signing | Networking: 2nd Floor, Back Bay D
For event details and to register, visit: www.uleduneering.com/Leadership-Forum
If you have any questions regarding registration or logistics, please contact Bonni Scepkowski,
Stellar Meetings & Events at 732-422-8888 or email Bonni@StellarMeetings.com
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