Schedule

Session Topics

Attendees will hear from leading validation and quality professionals, as well as Kneat and industry experts to expand their understanding of the technologies and best practices to accelerate their digital maturity.

"Choosing my favourite session from the event is hard to do since they were all so good."
Jon Edgar, Hallam ICS
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6:00 pm

Reception

Exclusive Customer Only Reception

Foyer

8:30 am

REGISTRATION

Customer Morning Registration & Breakfast

Foyer

9:00 am

Welcome

Customer Conference Welcome

Colum McNamara

Senior Vice President of Global Operations
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

9:15 am

Customer Session 1

Customer Only: Product Roadmap

Ruairi McGarry

Product Manager
Kneat

Keith Holmes

Chief Technical Officer
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

10:30 am

Break

Foyer

10:45 am

Customer Session 2

Customer Only: Kneat Gx Version 9.4 New-Release Demonstration

Andrew Grena

Solutions Engineer
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

11:30 am

Customer Session 3

Customer Only: Integrations & Entities

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Jamie O’Donnell

Manager, Customer Success Engineering
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

12:00 pm

Lunch

Seaport Ballroom

12:30 pm

REGISTRATION

General Conference Registration

Registration for Kneat Customers begins at 8:30am before the Customer-only morning sessions

Foyer

1:00 pm

Welcome

Conference Welcome

Eddie Ryan

CEO & Co-Founder
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

1:15 pm

Keynote

From Digitization to “Data”fication

Dr. Shawn DuBravac

Acclaimed Futurist, Trendcaster, Author, & Keynote Speaker
Plaza Ballroom

2:05 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 1.1

Digital Validation: Sustaining and Continuous Improvement

Dave O’Connor

C&Q Digital Transformation Manager
No deviation
Michael Lanasa

Michael Lanasa

Associate Director Global Engineering Solutions
Merck
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 1.2

Scaling Success: How Kneat Powers Global Expansion

Kaitlyn Fravel

Senior Kneat Validation Engineer II
Verista

Michelle Wright

Digital Validation Program Manager
Verista
Flagship Ballroom

2:50 pm

Break

Foyer

3:00 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 2.1

How Alcon is Using Kneat as a Catalyst for Harmonization

Clayton Mercer

Clayton Mercer

DigitEYES Project Lead
Alcon
Nathan Raschke

Nathan Raschke

Head of Analytical Science & Technology
Alcon
Bob Ritter

Robert Ritter

Global Head, Quality Control
Alcon
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 2.2

Planning for Success With Your Kneat Solution

Andy Clarke

Director, Customer Success
Kneat

Marcus Ryan

Director, Consulting
Kneat

Darragh Boyle

Manager, Process Engineering
Kneat
Flagship Ballroom

3:40 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 3

Kneat Innovative Customer Award Sessions

Plaza Ballroom

4:50 pm

Day 1 Conference Close

Art Gehring

VP, Marketing
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

5:00 pm

Reception

Networking Happy Hour

Foyer

6:00 pm

Networking Dinner

Dinner at the New England Aquarium

New England Aquarium

8:20 am

Welcome

Day 2 Conference Welcome

Jacob Hahn Michelsen

Senior Vice President, Global Sales
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

8:30 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 4.1

Kneat Integrations

Denis Bartley

Senior Integration Engineer
Kneat

Joe Azzarella

Senior Customer Success Engineer
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 4.2

Kneat Gx Demonstration

Andrew Grena

Solutions Engineer
Kneat
Flagship Ballroom

9:00 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 5.1

Uses of Kneat Beyond Validation with ElevateBio

Andrew Doran

QA Validation Specialist II, CQV
ElevateBio

Brian DiVasta

Director of Computer System Validation
ElevateBio

Charles Muller

Senior Manager of Quality Control Microbiology
ElevateBio

Cristian Piraneque

Associate II QA Validation, Technology Transfer
ElevateBio

Bonnie Neuhardt

Associate Director of Digital Quality
ElevateBio
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 5.2

Implementation: Making or Breaking the Solution

Aaron Jordan

Business Process Manager, Validation Solution Digital Quality
Moderna

Sean O’Leary

Director of Engineering, Maintenance, and Facilities
PCI Pharma Services
Flagship Ballroom

9:50 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 6.1

Panel Discussion: Change Control

Ron Mirian

Director, Project Services
MMR CONSULTING

Tim Akin

Customer Success Manager
Kneat
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Alex Lopez

Sr. Manager, Quality Engineering
Biogen
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 6.2

Accelerate Your Speed to Market: Strategies to Integrate Digital Technology into Your Business for Greater Efficiency

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Rob Beane

Partner
BW Design Group

Steve Chapman

Partner
BW Design Group
Flagship Ballroom

10:35 am

Break

Foyer

10:50 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 7.1

Panel Discussion: Accelerating Adoption: Strategies & Tactics

Sarah Grogan

Customer Success Manager
Kneat

Nathan Storie

Associate Director, Global Lead Power User, e-Validation
Takeda

Thao Phan

Senior Advisor, Engineering Tech Center
Eli Lily
Bob Ritter

Robert Ritter

Global Head, Quality Control
Alcon
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 7.2

Ask the Expert: Kneat Tips & Tricks

Aaron Jordan

Business Process Manager, Validation Solution Digital Quality
Moderna

Kailash Rathi

Director, Quality Validation and Systems
ReciBioPharm

Andrew Grena

Solutions Engineer
Kneat
Joon

JoonLeong Ng

Director
No deviation
Flagship Ballroom

11:40 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 8.1

Driving Cost Reduction for C&Q Capital Projects with Digital Validation

Patrick Mullin

Commissioning and Qualification Lead
Sanofi
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 8.2

Innovative Partner Panel

Paul Fahy

Manager, Partner Success & Kneat Academy
Kneat
Flagship Ballroom

12:30 pm

Lunch

Seaport Ballroom

1:35 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 9.1

AbbVie's Digital Transformation: Migrating to Kneat for Smarter Validation

Tim Akin

Customer Success Manager
Kneat

Steve Anderson

Program Manager, QA Validation Data Integrity, Computerized Systems and Digital Quality, R&D Quality Assurance
AbbVie

Fergal Loughran

Global Account Manager
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 9.2

Case Study: Use of Master Logs to Provide Comprehensive Overviews

Sarah Rocha

Sarah Rocha

Quality Validation Lead
Azenta Life Sciences
Flagship Ballroom

2:25 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 10.1

How Thermo Fisher Utilizes Kneat for eLogbooks

Krishna Patel

Sr. Project Manager
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 10.2

The Digital Journey to ValIdation

Stefan Münch

Vice President Validation & Qualification
Körber Pharma Consulting GmbH
Flagship Ballroom

3:15 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 11

Amgen, Kneat, & AI

Sarah Grogan

Customer Success Manager
Kneat

Denis Bartley

Senior Integration Engineer
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

3:55 pm

Day 2 Conference Close

Plaza Ballroom

4:00 pm

Light Refreshments

Foyer