Patients as Partners Europe Agenda 2026 Page

Day 1: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Showing Events in 1 Track from 08:00am to 09:10am

Registration and Morning Remarks
Galleon Suites B & C

8:00AM - 8:30AM

Registration and Coffee/Tea

8:30AM - 8:55AM

Co-Chairs' Welcome and Opening Remarks

Co-Chairs:

Sarah Bottomley, Director, Patient Recruitment, Parexel

Wafae Iraqi, PharmD, PhD, EMEA Patient Engagement Therapeutic Area Lead, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Daniel Newman, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

Léa-Isabelle Proulx, PhD, MBA, Patient Voice Partner, Strategy, Portfolio & Operations, Roche

8:55AM - 9:10AM

Industry Call to Action

Speakers:

Victoria DiBiaso, MPH, VP, Head of Patient Informed Development & Health Value Translation, Sanofi

Showing Events in 1 Track from 09:10am to 10:05am

Opening Keynotes
Galleon Suites B & C

9:10AM - 9:35AM

Patient Keynote: What It Means to Be a Patient

Speaker:

Michael McGrath, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

9:35AM - 10:05AM

R&D Leadership Keynote - AI at Scale in Drug Development: Sanofi on Fighting the Odds to Accelerate Breakthroughs to Patients

Speaker:

Lionel Bascles, PhD, SVP, Head of eDevelopment, Sanofi

Showing Events in 1 Track from 10:05am to 10:55am

Morning General Session

10:05AM - 10:35AM

Gaining Clarity on Patient Preferences in Clinical Trials

Panelists:

Peter DiBiaso, MHA, Healthcare Leader, Patient Advocate

Vicki Dillon, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

Michael McGrath, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

Geoff Rollason, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

10:35AM - 10:55AM

Patient Burden Reducing Solutions and Technologies, an Audience “Pop-up” Session

Moderator:

Andrew Garvey, Global Patient Advocacy Lead, GSK

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 1 Track from 10:55am to 11:40am

Morning Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

10:55AM - 11:40AM

Morning Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

Showing Events in 1 Track from 11:45am to 12:35pm

Morning General Session Continued
Galleon Suites B & C

11:45AM - 12:10PM

J&J INNOVATIVE MEDICINE | Co-Designing Trials for Faster Activation, Fewer Amendments, and Higher Retention

Speaker:

Gonzalo Linares, Global Head of Patient Advocacy, R&D, J&J Innovative Medicine

12:10PM - 12:35PM

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM | Turning Patient Input into Measurable Trial Success: Faster Enrollment, Higher Retention, Better Experience

Speaker:

Kimberley Kallsen, PhD, Global Head of Patient & Site Engagement, Clinical Development & Operations, Boehringer Ingelheim

Showing Events in 1 Track from 12:35pm to 01:40pm

Lunch & Networking

12:35PM - 1:40PM

Lunch & Networking

Showing Events in 1 Track from 01:45pm to 02:20pm

Keynote Fireside
Galleon Suites B & C

1:45PM - 2:20PM

Keynote Fireside: New Data on Patient Perspectives and Experiences on Finding and Participating in Clinical Trials

Fireside Guest:

Kenneth Getz, MBA, Director and Professor, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University School of Medicine

Moderator:

Victoria DiBiaso, MPH, VP, Head of Patient Informed Development & Health Value Translation, Sanofi

Showing Events in 1 Track from 02:20pm to 03:20pm

Afternoon General Session

2:20PM - 2:50PM

Progress on Measuring the Impact of Patient Engagement Across the Medicine Development Life Cycle

Panelists:

Michaela Dinboeck, Head of Patient Engagement, Novartis

Anders Blaedel Lassen, Senior Director, Patient Insights, Lundbeck

2:50PM - 3:05PM

How to Re-engage with Patients Halfway through the Clinical Study

Speaker:

Peter DiBiaso, MHA, Healthcare Leader, Patient Advocate

3:05PM - 3:20PM

Best Practices for Patient Recruitment Technology

Speaker:

Eric Sandor, Executive Chairman, TrialX Inc.

Showing Events in 1 Track from 03:20pm to 03:55pm

Afternoon Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

3:20PM - 3:55PM

Afternoon Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

Showing Events in 1 Track from 04:00pm to 04:35pm

Patient Engagement Solutions & Services Quick Fire Presentations

4:00PM - 4:35PM

Patient Engagement Solutions & Services Quick Fire Presentations

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 1 Track from 04:40pm to 06:00pm

Afternoon Stream Choices

4:40PM - 6:00PM

Afternoon Stream Choices

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 2 Tracks from 04:40pm to 05:55pm

Stream A: Metrics, ROI and Data-Driven Impact

Stream Chair:

Daniel Newman, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

4:40PM - 5:00PM

BMS | Incorporating Early Patient Insights and Operationalizing Feedback for Measurable Impact

Speakers:

Amy Fesmire-Baus, MPH, Associate Director, Global Recruitment Lead - Neuroscience, Bristol Myers Squibb

Josée Pelletier, MBA, Executive Director, Research & Drug Development, Global Patient Outreach, Global Purpose & Patient Experience, Corporate Affairs, Bristol Meyers Squibb

5:00PM - 5:20PM

UCB | The ROI of Patient Engagement: UCB’s KPI Framework for Clinical Development and Beyond

Speakers:

Danuta Marchi, Global Head of Patient Engagement and Advocacy, UCB

Giulia Pierini, Partner, Strategic Patient Engagement & Advocacy, Alira Health

5:20PM - 5:55PM

Beyond Readability Scores: The Impact of Co-Creating Truly Accessible Research with Low Literacy Communities

Speakers:

Sally Dews, Director, Global Patient Advocacy and External Partnerships, Pfizer UK

Lucy Ellenor, Programme Manager for English, Birmingham Adult Education Service

Emily Pickering, Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service Lead, NIHR

Stream B: Aligning Key Stakeholder Engagement and Reducing Protocol Complexity

Stream Chair:

Léa-Isabelle Proulx, PhD, MBA, Patient Voice Partner, Strategy, Portfolio & Operations, Roche

4:40PM - 5:00PM

BAYER | Accelerating Medical & Evidence Generation Through Integrated Engagement: Stakeholders United

Speaker:

Eva Bretschneider, Patient Engagement Strategy Lead, Bayer

5:00PM - 5:20PM

ROCHE | Mastering Protocol Complexity to Reduce Patient Burden: Where Are We 1 Year Later?

Speaker:

Léa-Isabelle Proulx, PhD, MBA, Patient Voice Partner, Strategy, Portfolio & Operations, Roche

5:20PM - 5:55PM

Sites Perspectives on Partnering with Patients to Drive Greater Clinical Trials Access

Speakers:

Alex Billington, Senior Manager, Patient Recruitment – Europe, Velocity Clinical Research

Terttu Haring, MD, Global Head, Engagement Strategy, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Showing Events in 1 Track from 06:00pm to 07:00pm

Networking Reception

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Networking Reception

Showing Events in 1 Track from 07:00pm to 07:05pm

Day 1 Concludes

7:00PM - 7:05PM

Day 1 Concludes

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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