Patients as Partners Europe Agenda 2026 Page 2

Stream A: Advancing Equity, Patient Engagement in Rare Disease, Integrating Patient Voice in HTA Processes, High-Realistic Simulations and Leveraging Global Patient Councils

Stream Chair:

Sarah Bottomley, Director, Patient Recruitment, Parexel

2:15PM - 2:40PM

READI PROJECT | Empowering Voices: How the READI Project Advances Patient Involvement in Clinical Research in Europe

Speakers:

Ron Hillel, Associate Director, Global Patient Engagement, Clinical Representativeness, Novartis

Paloma Moraga Alapont, International Clinical Project Manager, UCICEC, Hospital Universitario La Paz

2:40PM - 3:00PM

MERCK | Merck's Initiative to Embed Health Equity into Merck’s Company DNA

Speaker:

Chrysanthus Herrera, MD, Head of Health Equity and Access Realization, Merck Healthcare

3:00PM - 3:20PM

LEO PHARMA | LEO Pharma's Approach to Integrating the Patient Voice in Rare Disease Medicine Development

Speakers:

Kirstine Belongie, Head of Science, LEO Pharma

Berit Carlsen, MD PhD MPG, Dermatology Lead, LEO Pharma

3:20PM - 3:40PM

SINUS UK | How to Improve Patient Engagement in the HTA Process: Learnings from a Patient Association

Speaker:

Andrew Knill, Chief Executive, Sinus UK

3:40PM - 4:00PM

SJD BARCELONA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL | Realizing the Value of Co-Designing Pediatric Clinical Trials with High-Realistic Simulations

Speaker:

Begonya Nafria Escalera, PhD, Head of Patient Engagement in Research, SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital

4:00PM - 4:20PM

Reserved Session

4:20PM - 4:40PM

SERVIER | Integrating a Global Patient Advisory Council into Your Patient Engagement Strategy

Speaker:

Delphine Nicolas, MS, MA, Head of Global Patient Affairs, Oncology & Operations, Servier

4:40PM - 5:00PM

SANOFI | Sanofi’s Patient Council Framework for Scalable and Measurable Patient Engagement

Speaker:

Livia Bonvini, Medical Advisor, Sanofi

Stream B: AI Capabilities, Patient Voice in Lay Summaries, PED Roadmaps, Patient Driven Endpoints and Strengthening GCP-Relevant Outcomes

Stream Chair:

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

2:15PM - 2:40PM

NOVARTIS | Assessing AI’s Capabilities for Strategy and Innovation with Patient Engagement Data

Speaker:

Michaela Dinboeck, Head of Patient Engagement, Novartis

2:40PM - 3:00PM

BIOGEN | Patient-Finding in Rare Diseases: Leveraging AI to Reduce Time to Diagnosis for Rare Disease

Speaker:

Sharon Allin, MSc, Head of Patient Recruitment & Retention, Patient Centricity & Engagement, Biogen

3:00PM - 3:20PM

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM | Embedding and Scaling Patient Voices in Lay Summaries for Clinical Trial Transparency

Speakers:

Holger Bartos, Head of Global Patient Engagement Center of Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim

Julia Hild, Senior Medical Writer, Boehringer Ingelheim

3:20PM - 3:40PM

REGENERON

3:40PM - 4:00PM

DAIICHI SANKYO | How Daiichi Sankyo's PED Roadmap Guides Patient Engagement Across Development

Speaker:

Gunnar Schroefel, Senior Director, Oncology Patient Advocacy, Daiichi Sankyo

4:00PM - 4:20PM

LUNDBECK | How Lundbeck is Integrating Patient Experience Data to Inform Trial Infrastructure and Beyond

Speaker:

Melissa Herman, Senior Specialist, Patient Insights, Global Value Evidence & Patient Insights, Lundbeck

4:20PM - 4:40PM

Reserved Session

4:40PM - 5:00PM

BMS | Designing Trials with Patients to Reduce Burden and Strengthen GCP Compliance and Inspection Readiness

Speaker:

Amer Alghabban, RDQ-GCP Inspection Management, Bristol Myers Squibb

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

Conference Concludes
Galleon Suites B & C

5:00PM - 5:05PM

Conference Concludes

Day 1

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Day 2

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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