NEXT Normal is the ultimate event for CX, commercial excellence, marketing, and medical affairs leaders who want to design better engagement outcomes with HCPs and other stakeholders. NEXT truly brings together the people and companies redefining the global pharma industry.
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WHAT IS NEXT NORMAL?
Inspire yourself about what is the NEXT normal in pharma digital, commercial, and medical affairs. Join 1000+ pharma leaders who will discuss, inspire, and shift pharma to the NEXT normal.
Panelists


Sudhir Mahakali
Global Head, Data Strategy & Advanced Analytics


Bharti Rai
VP & Head, Insights, Analytics, Data & Commercial Operations, US Pharma Exec Committee Member


Stephanie Grgurich
Head Of Customer Experience


Maria Raad
VP Customer and Digital Strategy - Commercial Excellence


Francesca Wuttke
Founder & CEO


James Choi
Chief Information & Marketing Officer


Florent Edouard
SVP, Global Head of Commercial Excellence


Mostafa Taha
Global Chief Transformation Lead


Dario Safaric
Chairman


Renée C. Amundsen
Vice President Global Business Innovation


Erik Prieditis
Vice President - Pharmaceutical Operations and Digital Strategy


Massimiliano Siciliano
Digital Solution Director Europe


Sander Ruitenberg
Global Digital Health Solutions Head


Juan David Rodriguez Sua
Global Omnichannel Experiences Lead


Christian Velten
Strategic Lead Digital CX


Maja Beilmann-Schramm
Director, Global Field Medical Excellence & HCP Exchange


Rahul Avasthy
Lead - Digital Transformation & Experience


Chris Easton
Snr. Director, Global Commercial Lead - Personalized Health & Innovation, Rare Hematology


Kimberly Friedrichs
Digital Customer Engagement Lead


John (J.D.) Lineen
Sr. Director, Engagement Planning, Immunology and Cardiovascular Franchises


Yigal Aviv
Digital Services Manager


Lorna Fergusson
Global Field Medical Excellence Lead


Samuel Driessen
Sr. Director, Head of Global Digital Platforms & Operations


Uri Goren
Director, Head of Digital Engagement and Capabilities


Megan Hughes (Reutin)
Global Head of Data Science & Strategy


Jason Gwilliam
Sales Enablement Leader US Structural Heart


Claudio Cipriani
Global OmniChannel Strategy Executive Director


Hicham Naim
Global Head Integrated & Personalized Care Program, Digital Advisory Board


Alexey Cherchago
Senior Vice President and Head Global Commercial Excellence


Cyril Mandry
Senior Director Global Digital Marketing & Omnichannel Lead - Pharmaceuticals


Antonio Rito
Head of Commercial Transformation


José Maria Guido Avila
Global Brand Lead HCP Marketing


Souhila Ahdjoudj
Senior Director Worldwide Field Medical Excellence


Chetak Buaria
VP – Global Commercial Operations Healthcare Business of Merck | Global Business Franchise Oncology


César Pérez Aznar
EMEA Business Development Manager - Data Science & AI workstations


Marina Borozna
Advanced Analytics Director, Global Commercial Strategy


Evgueni Ivanov
Director, Digital Healthcare Transformation


David Ferrando Navarra
Licensing & Alliance Management Director


Adela Schulz
iEU DBT Strategy & Capabilities Lead, EU Strategy and Operations


Ian Ballantyne
Sales Director, EMEA


Orchid Jahanshahi
Vice President, Life Sciences


Rakan Sleiman
Product Director


Giacomo Filippo Porzio
Founder of Lyriko


Loubna Bouarfa
CEO


Mads Bjarni-Kornbech
Regional Head and VP of Global Marketing Life Sciences


Nataliya Andreychuk
CEO


Dirk Abeel
Head Go-to-market Health & Life Sciences

Paul Simms
Pharma Provocateur


Joaquín Pais
CEO


Richard Marcil
Chief Customer Officer


Marcus West
Founder and CEO


Alexandra McCarthy
Head Of Strategy


Scott Boyer
CEO


Mark Benthin
Founder and CEO


Emma Hyland
VP Strategy, Commercial Content
NEXT NORMAL AGENDA (March 8-10, 2022)
Agenda for our NEXT Normal March event is under development. NEXT Normal is all about pharma commercial and digital. The lineup includes masterminds from leading pharmaceuticals, digital health companies and tech companies.
TUESDAY
8 MAR
13.00 - 13.05 CET
Opening remarks
by Dario Safaric


Dario Safaric
Chairman
TUESDAY
8 MAR
13.05 - 13.30 CET
Disrupt Pharma’s transformation: The Continuous Journey for Proper Customer Experience


Maria Raad
VP Customer and Digital Strategy - Commercial Excellence


Stephanie Grgurich
Head Of Customer Experience


Florent Edouard
SVP, Global Head of Commercial Excellence
TUESDAY
8 MAR
13.30 - 14.00 CET
Setting the Right Goal: Go Digital, Not Paperless


James Choi
Chief Information & Marketing Officer
TUESDAY
8 MAR
14.00 - 14.30 CET
Why Explainability is critical for decision support systems in Pharma - Myths vs Reality


Loubna Bouarfa
CEO

Paul Simms
Pharma Provocateur
TUESDAY
8 MAR
14.30 - 15.00 CET
Yoga/Networking Break
TUESDAY
8 MAR
15.00 - 15.30 CET
The Perfect Data Myth: What You Really Need to Start Seeing Impact from Omnichannel


Rakan Sleiman
Product Director


Kimberly Friedrichs
Digital Customer Engagement Lead


Juan David Rodriguez Sua
Global Omnichannel Experiences Lead
TUESDAY
8 MAR
15.30 - 16.00 CET
Omni-channel transformation: job well done?!


Dirk Abeel
Head Go-to-market Health & Life Sciences


Christian Velten
Strategic Lead Digital CX


Yigal Aviv
Digital Services Manager
TUESDAY
8 MAR
16.00 - 16.30
Build or Buy or Partner? Pharma’s bold investments in digital talent and partnerships


Orchid Jahanshahi
Vice President, Life Sciences


Francesca Wuttke
Founder & CEO


John (J.D.) Lineen
Sr. Director, Engagement Planning, Immunology and Cardiovascular Franchises
TUESDAY
8 MAR
16.30 - 16.45 CET
Fire-Side Chat: How Merck Advanced Business Innovation to improve customer centricity?


Mostafa Taha
Global Chief Transformation Lead


Renée C. Amundsen
Vice President Global Business Innovation
TUESDAY
8 MAR
16.45 - 17.15
Is Pharma ready for the Future of Health?


Chris Easton
Snr. Director, Global Commercial Lead - Personalized Health & Innovation, Rare Hematology


Hicham Naim
Global Head Integrated & Personalized Care Program, Digital Advisory Board


Sander Ruitenberg
Global Digital Health Solutions Head


Evgueni Ivanov
Director, Digital Healthcare Transformation
TUESDAY
8 MAR
17.15 - 17.45
Contentverse for patient experience: how modular content can become a gamechanger


Souhila Ahdjoudj
Senior Director Worldwide Field Medical Excellence


Megan Hughes (Reutin)
Global Head of Data Science & Strategy


Nataliya Andreychuk
CEO
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
13.15 - 13.50 CET
Opportunities with AI Driven Drug Discovery


César Pérez Aznar
EMEA Business Development Manager - Data Science & AI workstations


Scott Boyer
CEO
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
13.50 - 14.20 CET
Content Tagging Automation: the key enabler of omnichannel orchestration
TBA


Giacomo Filippo Porzio
Founder of Lyriko


Emma Hyland
VP Strategy, Commercial Content


Claudio Cipriani
Global OmniChannel Strategy Executive Director
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
14.20 - 14.50 CET
Personalisation of digital experience at scale: A Myth or a Reality?


Mark Benthin
Founder and CEO


Chetak Buaria
VP – Global Commercial Operations Healthcare Business of Merck | Global Business Franchise Oncology


Sudhir Mahakali
Global Head, Data Strategy & Advanced Analytics
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
14.50 - 15.05 CET
Enterprise Metaverse – Use cases and future possibilities in Pharma & healthcare


Rahul Avasthy
Lead - Digital Transformation & Experience
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
15.05 - 15.30 CET
Yoga/Networking Break
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
15.30 - 16.00 CET
How Abbott prepares, upskills, and continuously improves their customer-facing teams to deliver for HCPs and patients


Mads Bjarni-Kornbech
Regional Head and VP of Global Marketing Life Sciences


Jason Gwilliam
Sales Enablement Leader US Structural Heart
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
16.00 - 16.30 CET
Driving superior customer engagement by augmenting and virtualizing field teams


Richard Marcil
Chief Customer Officer


Erik Prieditis
Vice President - Pharmaceutical Operations and Digital Strategy
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
16.30 - 17.00 CET
Grunenthal Case Study Fire Side-Chat: Making Omnichannel Real


Florent Edouard
SVP, Global Head of Commercial Excellence


Joaquín Pais
CEO
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
17.00 - 17.30 CET
Articulate the science like a pro – transform your MSL interactions.


Lorna Fergusson
Global Field Medical Excellence Lead


Maja Beilmann-Schramm
Director, Global Field Medical Excellence & HCP Exchange


Marcus West
Founder and CEO
WEDNESDAY
9 MAR
17.30 - 17.45 CET
One stop shop approach the new norm in sales enablement


Dirk Abeel
Head Go-to-market Health & Life Sciences


Ian Ballantyne
Sales Director, EMEA
THURSDAY
10 MAR
14.00 - 14.05 CET
Next Pharma Masterclass Opening - 2022 New Go-To-Market. Powered by Viihealth.


Mark Benthin
Founder and CEO


Dario Safaric
Chairman
THURSDAY
10 MAR
14.05 - 14.30 CET
PANEL - 5 Key Tips to Improve Paid Media in Pharma's Digital Ecosystem


Adela Schulz
iEU DBT Strategy & Capabilities Lead, EU Strategy and Operations


Alexey Cherchago
Senior Vice President and Head Global Commercial Excellence


Alexandra McCarthy
Head Of Strategy
THURSDAY
10 MAR
14.30 - 15.00 CET
Fire-Side Chat - Where are the Digital Opinion Leaders?


José Maria Guido Avila
Global Brand Lead HCP Marketing
THURSDAY
10 MAR
15.00 - 15.30 CET
PANEL - Transform Your HCP Journeys with a New Channel/Approach


Samuel Driessen
Sr. Director, Head of Global Digital Platforms & Operations


Mark Benthin
Founder and CEO


Marina Borozna
Advanced Analytics Director, Global Commercial Strategy
THURSDAY
10 MAR
15.30 - 16.00 CET
PANEL - The Doctor Will See you Now - The Rise of Hyper-personalized Patient Support


David Ferrando Navarra
Licensing & Alliance Management Director


Uri Goren
Director, Head of Digital Engagement and Capabilities


Cyril Mandry
Senior Director Global Digital Marketing & Omnichannel Lead - Pharmaceuticals
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HP
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Pitcher
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AKTANA
Aktana is a pioneer in intelligent engagement for the global life sciences industry. Its Contextual Intelligence Engine leverages a proprietary blend of AI, human insight and other advanced technologies to help life sciences teams seamlessly coordinate and optimize personalized omnichannel engagement with healthcare providers. Committed to customer success and innovation, Aktana empowers 250+ brands worldwide to capitalize on data investments, drive productivity, and continually enhance campaign performance.
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Lyriko
Lyriko is an AI-based CRM plug-in that provides advanced decision support, especially for Pharma and Life Science companies. By setting up marketing priorities and rules of engagement, the system can autonomously orchestrate tactical suggestions for the Sales Reps and create messages with personalized content addressed directly to HCPs.
ODAIA
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OKRA
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60 Seconds
60 Seconds works across healthcare, to support organisations in optimising customer engagement, through the development and delivery of consistent, clear and compelling messaging. In partnership with an experienced consultant and enabling technology, 60 Seconds provides tailored solutions to challenge, coach and drive measurable people improvement.
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