Executive Decision Making for Pharma & Biotech Participant Testimonials

2024 Testimonials

"The meeting was an excellent opportunity to learn the latest, dabble in new territory and connect with vendors and colleagues. Very rewarding overall!"
-Barbara Gould, Senior Manager, Qiagen

"My first OPT conference showed me that it is critical for the industry to meet with this type of focus. Happy to have been a part of it and looking forward to next year!"
-Randon Davis, Global Product Manager, WuXi TIDES

"Coming from a supplier/corporate sponsor, the online platform/app was EXTREMELY helpful to easily connect with attendees, plan who to speak to etc. I have not seen this from other events, and this was an excellent tool."
-Isabelle Todd, MarathonLS

"Excellent scientific updates from leaders in the Oligonucleotide space!"
-Jim Weterings, PhD, VP Research RNA Therapeutics & Delivery, Siranomics

"I come to this conference to meet potential customers to network with people. In the industry."
-May Guo, Chief Commercial Officer, Areterna

"This is my fourth trip to OPT Congress. This is right sized to be able to get to find people, to network, to have the discussions, and also have private face-to-face sessions where we can really get into some of the details that we've discussed in earlier in the day."
-Mike Webb, PhD, Founder and CEO, Mike Webb Pharma; Former Vice President, API Chemistry & Analysis, GSK

"It's a great opportunity for networking as well as understanding what our competitors are up to."
-Shanhu Hu, PhD, Director, Platform Biology, Korro Bio Inc.

"Great talks, great people, great platforms and ideas are coming from industry and academia."
-Ajit Magadum, PhD, Associate Scientist, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

"What I experienced today showed me that when you bring people together, a lot of the problems that are evident come out in the open and someone else may have a possible solution. So it's a great collaborative space."
-Sushma Gurumurthy, PhD, Director, Oncology Research, Moderna, Inc.

"It's been a pleasure listening to all the interesting talks as a breadth of different topics covered and they go into depth as well. It’s a great opportunity for both scientific content and for the networking aspect as well."
-Zoltán Kis, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield

"There are a lot of interesting talks. I also like the fact that there are multiple tracks that you can just join from one talk to the other. So that's really inspiring."
-Lorenzo Franceschini, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Visiting Scholar, Miller School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology, Miami University

"This conference brings together experts discussing challenges, proposing solutions, interesting presentations about novel innovative approaches development in academia, biotechnology and pharma."
-Ekkehard Leberer, PhD, Senior Life Sciences Consultant, ELBIOCON; Advisor, Neuway Pharma

"Excellent content at OPT Congress"
-Dan Klis, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2023 Testimonials

“Excellent sessions focused on "doing" portfolio management-- experienced, thought-provoking speakers with interesting perspectives and great networking.”
-Leslie Lippard, Senior Director, Portfolio Analytics, Alnylam

“This is an informative meeting with many good networking opportunities.”
-May Zhu, Director, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

“Great forum to learn from portfolio management thought leaders from across the pharma industry.”
-Carlos Nunes, Vice President of Portfolio Analytics, i2e Consulting

“Excellent topics with thought provoking discussions.”
-Francine Safir, Director, Project Management Office, Taiho Oncology Inc

2022 Testimonials

""This conference attracted a great set of attendees from companies and from vendors-- the best that I have ever attended. As such, it was a great opportunity to learn from others and to catch up on broad trends. My perspective shifted from being focused 1-3 years out to really thinking about the longer term, and how to get my company from where we are today to where we need to be in the long term."
-Biopharma Portfolio Manager, 2022 Attendee

“I think the event was really valuable and it was great to make some connections across the industry. I loved the casual/friendly vibe of the conference and openness of the conversations between peers.”
-Brigitte Healion, Associate Director Solutions Designer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson)

“The Resource Management community within pharma is such a small group of people that it is always wonderful when we can get together, learn, share, and return to our companies energized. No one in our respective organizations knows as much about our discipline as these peers, so this time sharing best practices is beyond valuable.  I’ve attended this conference at least five times over the past ten years and have always come away with great nuggets to help me sharpen the saw in my role.”
-Michael Ferrante, GRACS Business Analytics, Merck

“The meeting was great and had a really good blend of brief talks broken up with panel discussions – in the room and in the breakout room that really allowed for more sharing of issues and best practices.  The meeting enrolled a number of really top experts in their field – we heard growth stories and stories of retraction/refocusing which is the ultimate reality for companies in our business.   Overall, I found it to be a great forum for benchmarking.”
-Michael Myers, Associate Vice President, Eli Lilly & Co

Prior Years Testimonials

""Meetings like these are very helpful for advancing the collective productivity of the industry, and in so doing, help everyone by enabling and expediting the development of new medicines for the patients that need them."
-Vice President, WRD Business Operations, Pfizer, Inc.

""This was a great event, and I am looking forward to next year! I like the size of the conference which really allows for participants to interact, exchange ideas and collaborate. Also, it was possible for everyone to ask questions at the end of every presentation."
-Captario

""I really liked the open discussion and small meeting format. I thought the engagement by those attendees in the room was insightful and I learned from the group."
-Attendee