Speaker Program

	Speaker Program
	Integrating Knowledge in the Life Science Product Life Cycle 18 – 29 October 2004

Conference Co-Chairs:

Jeff Spitzner

Barry Hardy

Conference Keynotes

	Debra Amidon, CEO, Entovation International Ltd. The Pharma Industry as a Knowledge Zone		Douglas Weidner, CKO, KMPro and CKM Instructor Best Knowledge Management Practices (including a robust KM Primer)
	Etienne Wenger Large-scale Social Learning Systems and Individual Identity		Eric Neumann, Ph.D. Global Head of Knowledge Management, Aventis Applying the Semantic Web to Drug Discovery

1. Knowledge-based business strategies, Lorie Karnath, Rescentris

	Lorie Karnath, Rescentris Effectively deploying knowledge resources into new business opportunities
	Russell Ingersoll, Phylogeny, Inc. Partnering and Outsourcing in Functional Genomics
	Craig Strickland, Equilibria Building a Business Upon The Challenges of Unpredictable Information: Staying Ahead with P2P Technologies
	Riza C. Berkan, Hakia Inc. Meaning-Based Knowledge Retrieval for Life Sciences from the Web

2. Supporting Innovation in Life Science Product Development, Barry Hardy, Douglas Connect

	Victor Newman, The Knowledgeworks Baton=Passing: How to Build a Fast, Cross-Team Approach to Learning that Accelerates Project Team Velocity.
	JohnRobert Gardner, Sun Microsystems Tracking what you know, Finding what you don't, Putting it all together
	Loralyn Mears, Sun Microsystems Tracking what you know, Finding what you don't, Putting it all together
	Dave Pollard, The role of Personal Knowledge Management in healthcare and life science organizations
	Adina Levin, Socialtext Social knowledge management

3. New developments in electronic-based R&D and Laboratory Information Management Systems, Michael Elliott, Atrium Reseach & Consulting

	Michael Elliott, Atrium Research & Consulting Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: A foundation for scientific knowledge management
	Charlie Sodano, Berlex Biosciences Strategies to Assure Future Usability and Authentication of Electronic Information
	Robert Scoffin, CambridgeSoft Enterprise E-Notebook - Case Studies and Lessons Learned
	Ian Murrell, Klee Group Electronic lab notebooks: The move to Electronic Lab Notebook Systems: Impact and issues for Research and Researchers

4. Enabling the knowing of what we know with Ontologies and Semantic Web approaches, Eric Neumann, Aventis

	Sheryl-Torr Brown, Pfizer Ontologizing Big Pharma
	Susie Stephens, Oracle A Resource Description Framework (RDF) Data Store for the Semantic Web
	Melissa Cline, Affymetrix Semantic web integration of gene structure and protein structure information
	John Wilbanks, Semantic Web for Life Science Fellow, W3C Semantic Approaches to Aggregating and Searching Life Sciences Knowledge

5. Patent, Intellectual Property and Valuation, Andre Frieden, Avendia Law Group

	Andre Frieden, Avendia Law Group, Ltd. Intellectual property protection, portfolio growth, and management and licensing strategies
	Patrik Frei, Venture Valuation Independent, third party Valuation including IP portfolio

6. Increasing the effectiveness of Scientific Data Exchange and Integration, Jeff Spitzner, Rescentris

	Jeff Spitzner, Rescentris Collaborative knowledge integration: enabling semantic exchange of research
	Peter-Murray Rust, University of Cambridge Chemical Markup Language - where Open Source and Open Data meet
	Tom Zupancic, GeneticXchange Supporting scientific decisions in Lead Discovery: Contextual integration of genomic and chemical information using GE Healthcare's discovery Hub
	Joel Saltz, Ohio Supercomputer Center Translational Research, Virtual Data Warehouses and the Grid
	Eric Stahlberg, Ohio Supercomputer Center Storing, Sharing, Safeguarding. Three S's for Effective Statewide Research Information Management
	Ken Chang, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Information Management and R&D Productivity from an Expression Profiling and DNA Sequencing Core Group Point of View
	Herschel Weintraub, IBM Life Sciences Pharmaceutical and Biotech Informatics: The Convergence of R&D with IT

7. Knowledge-enabled Healthcare Delivery, Tonya Hongsermeier, Partners Healthcare and Peter Elkin, Mayo Clinic

	Tonya Hongsermeier, Partners Healthcare Making Personalized Medicine a Reality: Knowledge Management
	Peter Elkin, Mayo Clinic BioInformatics and Medical Informatics: Convergence for Medical Innovation
	Peter Elkin, Mayo Clinic Semantic Web: Emerging solutions for Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Execution
	Vipul Kashyap, National Library of Medicine Open Source tools for Ontologies: Where does one begin?
	Sandy Aronson, Harvard Center for Clinical Genetics Grid Computing and Next Generation Bioinformatics for Translational Medicine

8. Safety and Pharmacovigilance Issues in Product Knowledge Management, Sidney Kahn, Pharmacovigilance & Risk Management, Inc.

	James Averback, Life Science Integration Partners Cultivating Knowledge - Safety Hypotheses in the Product Lifecycle
	Sidney Kahn, Pharmacovigilance & Risk Management, Inc. Now that you have Found a Safety Signal, What Do You Do?