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Plenary Session
Thursday, May 11, 2006
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Managing Intercultural Challenges:
Breaking Down the Cultural Barriers
Faced by Global Organizations
Salvador Apud, Senior
Partner, ITIM International
for the Americas
Experience and research
show that cross-cultural
competence at national
and organizational levels
is a critical factor for success in a global
economy. This speaker will discuss the
issues and dilemmas facing organizations
involved in technology transfer as they operate
across borders. He will introduce intercultural
strategies used by successful global
organizations to achieve success.
Salvador Apud, Senior Partner of ITIM
International for The Americas, provides
consultancy and training services for global
corporations and institutions. He assists
these organizations in building intercultural
competencies in the areas of Intercultural
Management, Team Building-Leadership,
Intercultural Communication, Virtual Teams,
Strategy and Policy implementation, and
Technology and Political transfer. Salvador is
also a Senior Partner for Integra100, a service
provider specializing in rapid integration of
firms involved in national and international
mergers and acquisitions. He also brings
entrepreneurial experience in mass media
and IT to his assignments. He served 5
consecutive years as Vice President of the
Board of Directors of the National Chamber
of Radio and TV in Mexico.
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Building Longterm
Connections: Four Collaborations
over Twenty Years
Peter Hug, Ph.D.,
Executive Vice President
and Global Head Pharma
Partnering, Roche
Pharmaceuticals Division
Catherine Angell Sohn,
Ph.D., Senior Vice
President, Worldwide
Business Development and
Strategic Alliances,
GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer Healthcare
While pharma-biotech collaborations are
common, large pharma-pharma collaborations
also can be mutually beneficial. The speakers
will describe four case studies of collaboration
between their firms debunking myths about
collaboration barriers during their discussion.
Complementary strengths, a focus on the
relationship, and management enthusiasm
are crucial for success. Other keys to success
will be identified in the context of the cases
involving two US Rx co-promotions (Zantac
and Ceftin), global Rx co-development/copromotion
(Boniva / Bonviva), and collaboration
on a Rx-to-OTC switch (OTC Xenical).
Peter Hug, Ph.D., is Executive Vice President
and Global Head Pharma Partnering for the
Roche Group, based in Basel, Switzerland.
Appointed in September 2004, Dr. Hug’s
responsibilities include directing the company’s
global partnering strategy, overseeing global
in-licensing and out-licensing activities,
strategic alliances, M&A and the Alliance
Management of the partners (external partners
as well as group members such as Genentech,
Chugai). He is a member of the Pharma
Executive Committee as well as a permanent
participant in the Corporate Executive
Committee of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Catherine Sohn, Pharm.D., is Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Business Development &
Strategic Alliances for GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer Healthcare and a member of the
Consumer Healthcare Executive Committee.
Appointed in 1998, Dr. Sohn’s responsibilities
include directing the company’s global
business development strategy, overseeing
global in-licensing activities, strategic alliances,
M&A and the Alliance Management of GSK
Consumer Healthcare’s external partners.
12:45 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker:
Connecting Industry, Academia and Government to Create an Environment for
Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
Richard A. Bendis,
President and CEO
Innovation Philadelphia
Richard Bendis is President and CEO of
Innovation Philadelphia, a public/private
partnership created to enhance the Greater
Philadelphia Region's global innovation
economy by growing, attracting and retaining
technology-based businesses. Innovation
Philadelphia provides technology based
and early stage businesses with traditional
seed capital, access to alternative funding
sources, commercialization assistance,
entrepreneurial resources and intellectual
capital.
Through a philosophy dedicated to "connectivity,"
Innovation Philadelphia strives to
draw on the Region's extensive resources,
connecting academic, government, and
business leadership to invigorate the Region's
technological growth and to create new and
robust intellectual property. By advising,
assisting and investing in emerging technology
and life sciences companies, Innovation
Philadelphia helps to enhance the Greater
Philadelphia Region's entrepreneurial
capacity, and advance its position in the global exonomy.
Friday, May 12, 2006
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Investment Strategies from a Traditional
Native Concept of “Seven Generation
Thinking”
Ivan Makil, President and
CEO of Seven Generation
Concepts
Ivan Makil will discuss his
most recent adventure in
bridging cultural and organizational
barriers and his
efforts to create long-term economic prosperity
for tribal nations through the traditional concept
of “Seven Generation Thinking.” Makil will
introduce the Multi-tribal Venture Capital
Company, (“MTVCC”) a professionally managed
investment company managing the funds of
member tribes. The first of its’ kind in Indian
Country, the investment fund creates an
opportunity for tribes to invest in tribes and
make business connections tribe to tribe,
Indian to non-Indian, tribal government to
state/local and U.S. government, and bridge
the public and private sectors. Understanding
that financial returns are important but not
sufficient to meet all the needs of tribal
communities, traditional investment criteria
will be augmented by investing in projects
that “enhance the culture, values, and
lifestyles of our tribes.” The fund will focus
on investments that generate benefits not
only for the current generation but also for
the next seven generations.
Ivan Makil currently heads Ivan Makil, LLC,
which consults with public and private
organizations on matters related to government
affairs, business and economic development.
He combines far-ranging vision with political
acumen, as evidenced by the results of his
twelve-year presidency of the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community. Makil, representing
over 500 tribes, was one of ten tribal leaders
invited to discuss economic development at
the first White House meeting of Indian tribes.
Recently selected as “one of the top executives
in Arizona,” he was recognized for his significant
contributions over the past 25 years. Mikal has
received many honors and awards. A prolific
public speaker, he has addressed hundreds of
groups around the country including Harvard
University. He also plays the trumpet and guitar.
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Your Tax Dollars
at Work: Successful Transfer of BMIST
within the Federal Government and to
the Commercial Marketplace
Tommy J. Morris, Chief
Information Technology
Officer, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology
Research Center, U.S. Army
Medical Research and
Materiel Command
Tommy Morris will describe one of the successful
transfers of market-ready technology out of
federal government facilities into very large
markets. The product, BMIST, contains medical
information used for diagnosis, records treatment
in real-time on the battlefield, and then
transmits patient medical records to a central
location. The BMIST is an advanced mobile
healthcare solution that is transforming
business processes and driving organizationwide
benefits. Several applications and
licenses are in place, and more are in the
works. Microsoft and Intel are entering into a
cooperative arrangement to bring other products
to commercial markets. Keys to breaking down
barriers between government and private sector
organizations will be identified as will keys
to overcoming barriers between federal
organizations.
Tommy Morris serves as Chief Information
Technology Officer of a little-known research arm
of the U. S. Army. As part of his responsibilities,
he manages cooperative relationships with
Microsoft and Intel. Tasked with infusing
advanced technology to troops in the field, he
brought his own experience as an Army Medic
to solving the problem of ridding Medics of
the pounds of paper they carry and ensuring
their treatment records reached the patients’
medical and personnel files. He served as a
U.S. Army Medic for 11 years and now is
affiliated with the Telemedicine & Advanced
Technology Research Center (TATRC),
Headquarters, U. S. Army Medical Research
and Materiel Command (USAMRMC).
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