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Event Key Topics: (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)

Allianceboard Practical Insights on Using AI for Strategic Alliance Management

Astellas Pharma, Novartis Managing Integration Process Pre and Post Deal

AstraZeneca Use of GenAI for Alliance Management

Boehringer Managing (Academic) Alliances – Opportunities and Challenges

Bayer The Alignment Blueprint for Rapid Alliance Formation

E.ON One Alliances for Rapid Product Development: How E.ON One Built and Sold an AI Powered Call Center Agent for the Energy Industry within 9-months

Fincantieri Moving from R&D to Radical Innovation in EU: How New Generation Alliances Support Multi Sectorial Transformation

Ipson Living and Growing an Inherited Alliance– a Journey full of Twists and Turns

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Maintaining a Highly Mature Alliance Function

LEO Pharma How ChatGPT can be Used as an Efficient Assistant for Alliance Professionals

Novartis Managing Communication and Disclosures in Alliance Management

Merck Cultural Differences and Alliances in a Global Environment

Novo Nordisk The Use of External Innovation Departments as Drivers for Alliance and Business Development

Oracle The Evolving Role of Alliance & Channel Managers: Enabling Others to Drive Scaled Growth

Oxford University Building an Alliance Team & Business Models in the Tech Space

Pierre Fabre Combining Business Development and Alliance Management Strengths for Mutual Benefit  

Prometheus Group AI-Powered Master Data Management: Unlocking Strategic Value Through Partnerships

railsr (to be added)

RB & BSH Home Appliances Company Going Global: Scaling Alliance Partnerships to Expand to Different Regions

Roche Multi-Stakeholder Public-Private Partnerships for Drug Development

SAP Managing Complex Multi-Party, Multi-Industry Ecosystem Alliances

SAP Building an Alliance Function in a Global Enterprise

SERENSIA Alliance Management Career and Talent Strategies

Siemens Xcelerator Platform Case Study

The Rhythm of Business Scaling Your Alliance Management Practice when Resources are Scarce

Vantage Partners Alliance Management and Organizational Culture: A Framework for Defining, Navigating, and Integrating Organizational Cultures

VU How Good are you at Orchestrating your Ecosystem?

ZF Group Evolution of the Connected Vehicle Ecosystem (and Required Open Innovation)

Speakers: (View Speaker Bios)

Nicolas Becker, Senior Director Business Development & Licensing / Alliance Management, Bayer

Naomi Binoche, VP Head of Strategic Alliance Management, Ipsen

Frederic Bonfils, CSAP, Corporate Alliance Management Director, Pierre Fabre

Elena Cavalli, Head of Commercial and Enterprise Alliances, Astellas Pharma

Signe Maria Christensen, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager, LEO Pharma

Caterina Cobino, Head of Special Projects and Partnership, Fincantieri

Nathalie Dardare, Global Head of Alliance Management and Integration, Servier

Ard-Pieter de Man, CSAP, PhD, Professor, Vrije Universiteit

Annick De Swaef, CEO, Yocoto

Stefan Diedericks, Global Partner Enablement Leader, Oracle

Kristin Eibisch, Senior Director Alliance Management, Merck

Hanna Eilken, Early Stage Alliance Manager, BD&L, Boehringer Ingelheim

Ulf Engelbrecht, Director Brand Portfolio Management & Global Strategic Alliances, BSH Home Appliances Company

Derrick Geick, Executive Director Alliance Management, Novartis

Catriona Hansbauer, Director, Alliance Management, AstraZeneca

Isabelle Heit, Director BD&L, Alliance Mgmt, Novartis

Bo Skaaning Jensen, Senior Alliance Director, Novo Nordisk

Mario Joao, Digital Partner Ecosystem Leader, Hexagon

Michael Kaschke, Director Strategic Alliances Europe & Developing Markets, RB

Erica Katsambis, VP Sales & Partnerships, railsr

Julian Kawohl, Professor Strategic Management, HTW Berlin

Thomas Kirste, Director Bosch Management Consulting, Robert Bosch

Katherine Kendrick, Executive Director, Head of Alliance Management, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Maarten Korz, Head of Innovation Lab Commercial Vehicle Division, ZF Group

Adam Kornetsky, Partner, Vantage Partners

Segolene Martin, CEO, Kantify

Martijn Maters, Head of Business Development & Technology Alliances, ZF Group

Asja Praetor, CA-AM, PhD, Head External Alliances, pRED IT, Roche

Harsh Raghava, Head of Global Alliance Management, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Louis Rinfret, Founder & CEO, allianceboard

Bettina Rotermund, SVP, Head of Strategy, Siemens Xcelerator, Siemens

Frank Ruland, Global VP, Global Head of Industry Ecosystem, SAP

Deborah Spencer, Senior Innovation and Business Partnerships Manager, University of Oxford

Gordon Thompson, VP Corporate Development & Partnerships, E.ON One

Jan Twombly, CSAP, President, The Rhythm of Business

Valerie Vaquerizo, Partnerships Director, SERENSIA

Ivan Vogels, Strategic Alliance Director, SAP

Event Partners:

The Rhythm of Business provides alliance management consulting, training, digitization, and alliance assessment services to industry and academia. We work with leaders to develop their organization’s partnering and alliance strategies, and build the operational and execution alliance management capabilities required to achieve partnering and collaboration success.

Vantage Partners is a consulting and training firm that helps companies innovate more quickly, execute with greater discipline, and collaborate more effectively, for sustained impact and growth.

As the pioneer of purpose-built digital alliance management solutions, allianceboard continuously invests to develop its leading-edge software based on real-world client and expert partner experience and feedback.  Leveraging allianceboard’s state of the art Software-as-a-Service, you are continuously benefiting from the latest enhancements and best practices in alliance management.

As a vibrant science and technology company, we believe in science as a force for good. We uniquely combine three specialized, innovation-driven businesses: Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics.