[IEEE-bhpjobs] Fwd: PMI Pharmaceutical Local Interest Group Meeting Nov 8

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Pharmaceutical Local Interest Group Meeting Invitation



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Date:Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Location: Quintiles - Bradford Center Building
 5927South Miami Boulevard 
 Morrisville,NC 27560 


Topic: Managing a Portfolio of Compounds in the PharmaIndustry 
Speaker: Andy Seamans, Director, Drug Discovery & Portfolio Management,GlaxoSmithKline 

PDUs: 1 PDU

To reserve a seat, please respond to pharmalig at ncpmi.orgor register online at http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=35. 

Andy Seamans, Director of Drug Discovery Portfolio Management atGlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, has 13 years of pharma experience and 10 yearsin R&D portfolio management, working globally across all GSK R&D sitesand therapeutic disciplines. During his career, Andy has developedadvanced processes, methodologies, and systems for asset valuation, riskassessment, performance measurement, project-decision-analysis, and portfoliotracking/forecasting. He as a graduate of the DukeUniversity (Fuqua) MBA program andholds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. 

Andy's presentation will show you how world-class project management processesand information can be leveraged across a portfolio to drive up productivityby: 
Setting and monitoring performance targets, Identifying process bottlenecks before they occur, Prioritizing projects and activities that are most likely to create the greatest value, Planning upstream to ensure a sustainable pipeline
Please come prepared to share your own portfoliomanagement philosophies and experiences! 

Please register by November 7, 2006 at 5:00 PM to allow us to optimize the logistics for the meeting. 
To reserve a seat, please respond to pharmalig at ncpmi.orgor register online at http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=35. 

Interested in a Leadership Role in the PharmaceuticalLIG? 
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Opportunities exist for enthusiastic and dedicatedvolunteers to take on the leadership of this very active LIG for the 2007program. 
Specifically,we are still looking for a volunteer to handle thePrograms chair role for 2007.

The 2007 Pharma LIG Leadership team includes: 

Chair:Derek Ross, 
VPPrograms: Open for 2007
VPCommunications: Sai Sethuraman

A description of the responsibilities of these roles can be found at: 
http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=93

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To reserve a seat for the November meeting, please respond to pharmalig at ncpmi.orgor register online at http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=35. Your advance reservation helps us to provide the appropriate meeting spaceand refreshments. 

For more information including directions, check out the Pharma LIG web pageat: 
http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=35

To subscribe or unsubscribe from our mailing list: 
http://www.ncpmi.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=89

Jan Gillespie, PMP
Pharma LIG Communications