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

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

10:15 am

Break

Foyer

10:30 am

Customer Session 2

Customer Only: Kneat Gx Version 9.4 New-Release Demonstration

Andrew Grena

Solutions Engineer
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

11:15 am

Customer Session 3

Customer Only: Integrations & Entities

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

2:50 pm

Break

Foyer

3:05 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 2.1

Kneat Innovative Customer Award Sessions

Plaza Ballroom

4:40 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

8:50 am

Welcome

Day 2 Conference Welcome

Jacob Hahn Michelsen

Senior Vice President, Global Sales
Kneat
Plaza Ballroom

9:00 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 4

Using Kneat as a Catalyst for Harmonization

Plaza Ballroom

9:50 am

Digitization and Organization Change
5.1

Panel Discussion: Digital Maturity & Pharma 4.0

Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 5.2

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
Flagship Ballroom

10:35 am

Break

Foyer

10:50 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 6.1

Panel Discussion: Accelerating Adoption: Strategies & Tactics

Sarah Grogan

Customer Success Manager
Kneat

Nathan Storie

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

Senior Advisor, Engineering Tech Center
Eli Lily
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 6.2

Panel Discussion: Change Control

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Alex Lopez

Sr. Manager, Quality Engineering
Biogen
Flagship Ballroom

11:40 am

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 7.1

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 7.2

Kneat Services in the Industry

Flagship Ballroom

12:30 pm

Lunch

Seaport Ballroom

1:35 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 8.1

Uses of Kneat Beyond Validation

Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 8.2

Case Study: Use of Master Logs to Provide Comprehensive Overviews

Flagship Ballroom

2:25 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
Session 9.1

How Thermo Fisher Utilizes Kneat for eLogbooks

Krishna Patel

Sr. Project Manager
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Plaza Ballroom
Digital Validation Best Practice
Session 9.2

Kneat Gx Demonstration

Andrew Grena

Solutions Engineer
Kneat
Flagship Ballroom

3:10 pm

Digitization and Organization Change
10

Utilizing Digitization for Risk-Based CSV​

Plaza Ballroom

3:55 pm

Day 2 Conference Close

Plaza Ballroom

4:00 pm

Light Refreshments

Foyer