Patients as Partners Europe Agenda 2026 Page

Victoria DiBiaso, MPH, VP, Head of Patient Driven Medicines Development, Sanofi

Showing Events in 1 Track from 08:50am to 10:35am

Morning General Session
Galleon Suites AB&C

8:50AM - 9:15AM

Patient Keynote: What It Means to Be a Patient

Michael McGrath, MBE, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

9:15AM - 9:45AM

Gaining Clarity on Patient Preferences in Clinical Trials

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

Panelists:

Peter DiBiaso, MHA, Healthcare Leader, Patient Advocate

Michael McGrath, MBE, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

Daniel Newman, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

Geoff Rollason, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

9:45AM - 10:15AM

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

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

10:15AM - 10:35AM

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

Andrew Garvey, Global Patient Advocacy Lead, GSK

Presenters:

George Dorsett, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Growth, Clariness

Felix Jansson, Co-founder and COO, Axcela Bio

Joss Langford, Chief Technology Officer, ActivInsights

Nicola Laschi, Director of Pharma Partnerships and Customer Success, myTomorrows

Sheetal Padania, Head of Insights, Origins

Brian Weiss, CEO, Carebox

Maya Zlatanova, CEO, TrialHub/FindMeCure

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 1 Track from 10:35am to 11:05am

Morning Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

10:35AM - 11:05AM

Morning Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

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Showing Events in 1 Track from 11:10am to 12:40pm

Morning General Session Continued
Galleon Suites AB&C

11:10AM - 11:35AM

J&J INNOVATIVE MEDICINE | Engagement That Delivers: Incorporating the Patient Perspective in Trials

Beyza Klein, Director, Patient Advocacy R&D, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

11:35AM - 11:50AM

From Collaboration to Action: Partnering with Patient Advocacy Groups to Shape Clinical Trial Design & Recruitment

Sarah Bottomley, Director, Patient Recruitment, Parexel

11:50AM - 12:15PM

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM AND BRANDING SCIENCE | Turning Patient Input into Measurable Trial Success: Faster Enrolment, Higher Retention, Better Experience

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

Chris Recaldin, Director, Branding Science

12:15PM - 12:40PM

When Patients Lead: A Blueprint for the Future of Personalized Medicine

Silvia Cerolini, MBA, CEO, Eyes on the Future

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

Lunch & Networking

12:40PM - 1:40PM

Lunch & Networking

Showing Events in 1 Track from 01:45pm to 02:15pm

Keynote Fireside
Galleon Suites AB&C

1:45PM - 2:15PM

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

Fireside Guest:

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

Victoria DiBiaso, MPH, VP, Head of Patient Driven Medicines Development, Sanofi

Showing Events in 1 Track from 02:15pm to 03:30pm

Afternoon General Session
Galleon Suites AB&C

2:15PM - 2:30PM

From Patient Voice to Practical Support: Designing Digital Tools That Actually Work for Patients

Anya Zeitlin, Lead User Researcher, Trial Flow by Little Journey

2:30PM - 3:00PM

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

Christina Hughes, BS, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Reverba Global

Panelists:

Michaela Dinboeck, Head of Patient Engagement, Novartis

Tanwen Evans, Senior Patient Recruitment Lead, Parexel

Anders Blaedel Lassen, Senior Director, Patient Insights, Lundbeck

Barbara Valastro, PhD, Head of R&D Patient Science, AstraZeneca

3:00PM - 3:15PM

A Patient Advocate’s Perspective on Engagement That Works

Peter DiBiaso, MHA, Healthcare Leader, Patient Advocate

3:15PM - 3:30PM

Best Practices for Patient Recruitment Technology

Eric Sandor, Executive Chairman, TrialX Inc.

Showing Events in 1 Track from 03:30pm to 04:05pm

Afternoon Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

3:30PM - 4:05PM

Afternoon Networking with Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

Hosted by:

Showing Events in 1 Track from 04:10pm to 04:30pm

Patient Engagement Solutions & Services Presentations

4:10PM - 4:30PM

Patient Engagement Solutions & Services Presentations

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 2 Tracks from 04:10pm to 04:30pm

Stream A
Galleon Suites B & C

Stream Chair:

Daniel Newman, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

4:10PM - 4:20PM

Mapping What Matters: The Critical Moments Shaping Clinical Trial Participation

Stacey Davidson, Head of Content & Strategy, Cuttsy+Cuttsy

4:20PM - 4:30PM

Implementing Patient Involvement Initiatives with People Affected by Life-shortening Conditions: Lessons from MND

Rachael Chandler, PhD, Senior Medical Writer, Patient Engagement, Oxford PharmaGenesis

Natasha Ratcliffe, PhD, Principal, Patient Engagement, LifeArc

Stream B
Galleon Suite A

Stream Chair:

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

4:10PM - 4:20PM

Digital Orientation ≠ Digital Literacy

Amy Froment, Head of Clinical Trials Start Up and Feasibility Global Clinical Development Operations, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Joseph Kim, MBA, Chief Strategy Officer, ProofPilot

4:20PM - 4:25PM

Behind Every Data Point Is a Person

LaQuinta Jernigan, Chief Commercial Officer, mdgroup

Showing Events in 1 Track from 04:35pm to 06:00pm

Afternoon Stream Choices

4:35PM - 6:00PM

Afternoon Stream Choices

Participating Companies:

Showing Events in 2 Tracks from 04:35pm to 06:00pm

Stream A: Metrics, ROI and Co-Creating Accessible Research

Stream Chair:

Daniel Newman, Lived-Experience Expert, Patient Advocate

4:35PM - 5:00PM

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

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 - 5:25PM

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

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

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

5:25PM - 6:00PM

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

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, Reducing Protocol Complexity and Driving Patient Access

Stream Chair:

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

4:35PM - 5:00PM

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

Eva Bretschneider, Patient Engagement Strategy Lead, Bayer

5:00PM - 5:25PM

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

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

5:25PM - 6:00PM

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