As a veteran of the pharma industry, I’ve been to my share of conferences, and the experience always helps me understand perspectives other than my own on industry issues. Unfortunately, most conference sessions I attend are pretty formulaic: Speaker advises the audience that they “want this to be an interactive session” Speaker runs through 30-40 [...]
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ExL Pharma’s Clinical Research Operations and Worldwide Networking Summit (CROWN) for 2012 took place in Phildelphia, PA in mid-March. The CROWN event is a combination of five conferences, all co-located in one networking hall, with individual session rooms for each. goBalto sponsored one of the five conferences which was focused on clinical site feasibility, selection, and [...]
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Second time around.. This was the second year goBalto attended Partnerships in Clinical Trials. The event was held in sunny Orlando, Florida, and decided to walk the floor rather than have a booth. In 2012 it attracted a large group of clinical professionals and executives and as usual there were many great speakers with topics [...]
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goBalto takes London Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at one of Informa’s latest conferences in London, England: Site Feasibility and Study Start Up. For me, the first milestone was when I boarded my first flight to Heathrow. Even with 80+ mph winds at our rear and a 3 hour shorter flight than [...]
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Last week’s MAGI Clinical Research Conference was attended by a fervent group of clinical research partners representing research sites, CROs, sponsors, and vendors (I’d estimate the proportion of attendees in each category as 50%, 20%, 20%, and 10% respectively). In each of the sessions I attended, an honest discussion and dialogue took place between these parties [...]
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Dan Manak – Director of Business Development at goBalto – attended DIA solo this year. Here’s his summary of what he saw and experienced there as an attendee and speaker. DIA 2011 – Recap from the Front Lines DIA 2011 was my seventh trip to the annual event and this year came with two personal [...]
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Conference Corner: How to Get the Most from Clinical Research Conferences Networking, Finding the Right People. In our last issue on networking, Norm discussed how to start networking. In this post, he explores where to find the people you want to meet. There is nothing more frustrating than attending a meeting with thousands of people [...]
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Networking, Start. In the last issue, we discussed deciding what you want to accomplish. In this issue, we’ll discuss how to start networking. World-class athletes don’t just walk from the street to the field and start playing at a world-class level. Some mental preparation is good idea…and don’t forget the uniform. Start networking with the [...]
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