Innovate, Evolve & Transform your PPM
WHY ATTEND
- Experience Denver during the welcome reception at local brewery and appreciation dinner at a local restaurant
- Connect with your peers in the Planisware Village: a networking space to bring attendees together
- Exclusive access to Planisware: Leadership, Experts, and Partners
- Discover PPM and SPM best practices in peer-to-peer workshops
- Hands-on training
- Rejuvenate during group yoga or an outdoor run
- Planisware Excellence Awards Winner Announcement
- Earn Educational PDUs
Can't make it to Denver?
Digital attendees can connect with all event registrants, sponsors, and the Planisware community through our event app. We will live-stream main general sessions, with the digital audience to still participate in polling and live Q&A. Some sessions will be held for the digital audience only and accessible on-demand for all registrants after the event.
BY THE NUMBERS
500+
Expected Attendees
14+
Networking Hours
40+
Speakers
30+
Sessions
Come join Planisware’s PPM, SPM, and IT professional community for over 2 days of customer stories, interactive information sessions, Planisware Orchestra and Enterprise product updates, cross-industry networking, and more.
Learn about evolving PPM strategies and form new business relationships. Discover how organizations are innovating, evolving, and transforming to prepare for the future.
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Pierre Demonsant
CEO & Co-Founder
Planisware
Antoine Villata
CEO, North America
Planisware
Aimee Rodrigues
Director, Customer Success
Planisware
Andrew A. Rosado Hartline M.S., PMP, ITIL
Orchestra Project Manager
Planisware
Anh-Thy Le
Director, Consulting Services
Planisware
Laurie-Ann DiFilippo
Director, Integrated Portfolio Services
Pfizer Inc.
Temi Ogunwale
Integrated Planning System Analyst
Pfizer Inc.
Jen Heckman
Executive Director of Clinical Portfolio and Capacity Management
Incyte
Derek Jessup
Director, R&D PPM Systems and Process Excellence
Alcon
Melquíades (Mel) de Jesus
Senior Director, System & Infrastructure (S&I), Global Project Management Organization (GPMO)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Alexander Rucci
Associate Director, Systems & Infrastructure (S&I), Global Project Management Organization (GPMO)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Jennifer Daubenspeck
Associate Director, Global Project Management Systems & Infrastructure
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
All times are Mountain Time (MDT, UTC -6)
*Sessions subject to change.
TUESDAY, MAY 17 (Denver audience only)
1:00pm - 3:30pm // Enterprise Training*
1:00pm - 4:00pm // Partner Meeting - for partners only
4:00pm - 5:00pm // Speed Networking* - for customers only
5:00pm - 8:00pm // Welcome Reception - open to all!
*Registration required.
By invite only:
9:00am - 11:00am // Customer Advisory Board Meeting
11:30am - 3:00pm // Life Sciences Best Practice Working Group Meeting
1:00pm - 3:00pm // NPD Best Practice Working Group Meeting
1:00pm - 3:00pm // Project Control & Engineering Best Practice Working Group Meeting
3:30pm - 5:00pm // Joint BPWG Gathering
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
8:00am - 9:00am // Breakfast (Denver attendees)
9:00am - 3:00pm // Main Sessions, Enterprise Training, and Excellence Awards (Online attendees)
9:00am - 5:00pm // Main Sessions, Breakout Sessions, and Excellence Awards Ceremony (Denver attendees)
6:00pm - 11:00pm // Appreciation Dinner (Denver attendees)
THURSDAY, MAY 19
8:00am - 9:00am // Breakfast (Denver attendees)
9:00am - 3:00pm // Main Sessions and Enterprise Training (Online attendees)
9:00am - 5:00pm // Main and Breakout Sessions (Denver attendees)
Incyte: Developing Resource Planning and Management Capabilities
Resource management and capacity planning require as accurate information as possible from the portfolio, operations, and finance teams in order to be the most effective. As outsourcing models, resource needs, scope of the pipeline, and complexity of protocols continue to change, especially in the era of COVID-19, resource management, budget, and operations teams must work together to strike the balance between cost savings and high quality, while managing the changing landscape of the workforce.
This presentation will highlight the journey a rapidly growing biopharma company has been on to accurately forecast resource needs to operationalize a robust portfolio of clinical trials. It will include challenges that were faced and continue to persist with introducing the concept of capacity planning, developing role-based algorithms, understanding different needs based on trial complexity and sourcing models, introducing new tools and dashboards, and using the data to drive decision making.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Turning Timecard Data into Resource Forecast Accuracy
Jazz Pharmaceuticals uses the project planning, timecard and parametric estimations modules from Planisware. Operationally accurate project plans, high level participation in tracking time actual data are key inputs to developing an accurate resource forecast. In order to ensure quality data, reducing errors in input was critical. This presentation will show how changes to user profiles improved compliance and data quality, and ultimately resources forecasts that are trusted throughout R&D.
Pfizer: Moving from On-Premise to SaaS
Spin Master: Topic coming soon!
A customer panel with Alcon, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer on Upgrading to Planisware Enterprise 7.
In 2021, Planisware released their most current version, E7, and our customers are working through their various journeys of upgrading. During this panel, we will hear from peer customers on the following topics:
-Why they chose to upgrade when they did
-What business value did upgrading to E7 bring
-What was the main driver for wanting to upgrade
-Lessons learned about their upgrade project
A customer panel with Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices and Altec (more to be announced) on Planisware Enterprise's ActiveTab.
The ability to integrate seamlessly with Excel has been paramount to our customers. ActiveTab's functionality allows for updating a large volume of data over many projects with ease. During this panel, we will hear from existing ActiveTab users on the following topics:
-Why they chose to implement ActiveTab
-The business value they have observed from this functionality
-Lessons learned about the transition from other methodologies
A customer panel with AbbVie, Eli Lilly, and Whirlpool: Embracing Managed Services to Keep your Total Cost of Ownership Under Control.
In 2018, Planisware officially launched its Managed Services offering to provide the right post-launch expertise to our customers. Fast forward to 2022: Planisware now has 8 customers actively using our Managed Services with a high level of satisfaction, and many more customers interested. The first 3 years of our Managed Services offering being available to US customers confirmed the importance of the post-launch market gap and strategic opportunity we identified years ago. During this panel, we will hear from existing Managed Services customers on the following topics:
-Why the right post-launch expertise matters
-What are the key benefits brought by Managed Services
-What model are customers are adopting to manage their Planisware platform
-Lessons learned about the transition to an operating model with Managed Services
3 Levels of PEX: Home PEX, Pro PEX and Chef PEX
A Safe Place for Agility
Collaboration Made Easy with Planisware Enterprise
Enterprise IT+: IT + Business for the Win
Fostering User Adoption Every Step of the Way (join session with Orchestra)
Implement and Enhance Your PPM Solution with a Quality-Focused Approach
Risk & Opportunity Management: Open Your Eyes on the Many Roads Ahead
There & Back Again, From Short- to Long-Term Planning
There’s No “S” in PPM... or Is There? – Strategic PPM
What's New in Planisware Enterprise 7.0.4
All training sessions will be recorded and available to all event attendees (in-person and online) after the event in our event plaform for a limited time.
An Introduction to E7
Offered: Tuesday, May 17 in Denver at 1pm, 1 hour (registration required) and online May 18/19
-Overview of the User Interface
-Covering major changes from V6
-Great for those new to Planisware or those upgrading from V6 to E7
Formula Building in Planisware Enterprise
Offered: Tuesday, May 17 in Denver at 2:30pm, 1 hour (registration required) and online May 18/19
-An overview of the Planisware Formula Builder covering where (and how) it can be used
-Great for admins looking to expand their configuration abilities
Note: It is assumed the audience has at least a basic understanding of the Planisware data model
Collaborative Conversations with Planisware Talk in Planisware Enterprise
Offered: Online only May 18/19
-Coverage of the Planisware Talk functionality and the features available to users
-Discuss how it can be used to support collaboration within the tool
-Discuss the possibility of extending Planisware Talk to your email server
Parametric Estimations in Planisware Enterprise
Offered: Online only May 18/19
-An overview of equation templates and equations
-Covering how to use equations to dynamically create planned hours, planned expenditures, and activities
-Covering the perspective of the Admin and the End user
Note: It is assumed the audience has an understanding of the data model and project management within Planisware (with an emphasis on planned hours/expenditures).
Fostering User Adoption Every Step of the Way (join session with Enterprise)
Functional Presentation on Resource management
Orchestra Digital Training: Engage
What's New in Planisware Orchestara 7.2
Sponsor Area: PwC, Patch & Sparks, i2e Consulting, West Monroe and Dark Sage.
Planisware Stations focused on: Enterprise, Orchestra, Customer Success & Community (CSM program, forum, working groups), Managed Services, and Academy Training.
Networking & coffee break space
Area for work stations
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Hilton Denver City Center
1701 California Street
Denver, CO, 80202 USA
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- ABB
- Abbvie
- ADM
- Air Liquide
- Alberta Blue Cross
- Alcon
- Altec
- Amgen
- AMRI
- APTAR
- Astellas
- Avanos Medical
- Bayer
- Beam Suntory
- BEUMER Group
- Biogen
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- British American Tobacco
- CAE
- Canal de Provence
- Cochlear
- Collins Aerospace
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Danfoss
- dSPACE GmbH
- EDMI Limited
- Eli Lilly
- European Central Bank
- EWI
- Ferring
- FMC Corporation
- Ford Motor Company
- FOX Factory Inc.
- Gathered Foods
- Genmab
- Grünenthal GmbH
- GSK
- Guardant Health
- Hager Group
- Harrington Discovery Institute
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Hydroquebec
- Illumina
- Incyte
- Instant Brands
- Johnson & Johnson - Pharma
- Johnson & Johnson - Medical Devices
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Kabam
- Kimberly Clark
- Lancaster Colony Corporation
- Lannett Company
- Lear Corporation
- McKinstry
- Merck
- Merck Healthcare KGaA
- Metalsa
- Millicom
- Montana Department of Transportation
- Navistar
- Nutrien
- Octapharma
- Otsuka
- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
- Pfizer
- Poseida Therapeutics
- Richemont Intl SA
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Sanofi
- Sanofi Pasteur
- Saudi Aramco
- Seagen
- SHVE
- Silvio Consulting
- Spin Master
- State of Montana DOT
- Sunovion
- Syngenta
- T.Marzetti
- Tenneco Automotive
- The Adept Group
- Tyson Foods
- UCB
- UCSD
- UNIL Centre informatique
- United Launch Alliance
- WABCO ZF
- WECU
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Zebra Technologies
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