DIA 2016 Annual Meeting

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Basic
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-596-L04-P; CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

If studies have 90% power, why don’t 90% of studies have a successful outcome? This workshop will demonstrate how eliciting knowledge from experts and calculating the probability of success of a study or development program can leverage strategic decision-making.

**Due to workshop format, seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center has stringent regulations on maximum room capacities, and they are strictly enforced. Once all seats are occupied, DIA will be required to close the workshop, and no more participants will be admitted. Interested attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to ensure seating.

Learning Objectives

Explain the statistical concept of Assurance (a.k.a. Probability of Success or PoS) with respect to drug development strategy; Describe the benefits of quantifying current knowledge (prior elicitation) among product and disease experts; Quantify the probability of success of a future clinical trial by participating in a mock exercise to elicit a prior.

Chair

Colleen Russell, MS

Speaker

Facilitator
Sharon Cornell Murray, PhD

Facilitator
David A. Burt

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; PDU 1.25 PMI 2166-000187; RN 1.25

This workshop will facilitate the participants' examination of their own leadership behaviors and provide unique insight on how participants might develop new skills to expand their influence and impact.

**Due to workshop format, seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center has stringent regulations on maximum room capacities, and they are strictly enforced. Once all seats are occupied, DIA will be required to close the workshop, and no more participants will be admitted. Interested attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to ensure seating.

Learning Objectives

Describe the results of new research on the leadership skills that lead to professional advancement of project and program managers; Explain how project and program managers can expand their influence and deepen their leadership impact when leading or managing life science projects.

Chair

Richard J Heaslip, PhD

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Basic
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; PDU 1.25 PMI 2166-000183; RN 1.25

Strong communication skills are vital for effective collaboration and working in complex, matrixed environments. Yet dealing with conflict and delivering hard messages can be challenging and often uncomfortable for people at all levels in an organization. This workshop will explore scenarios routinely faced, such as: providing constructive feedback to a peer, delivering bad news to management, and dealing with poor behavior from a direct report. In this interactive forum, participants will be able to learn tips and become familiar with tools to help frame and deliver difficult communications, role play to pre-determined scenarios, receive real-time feedback and then apply the tools/tips to their own specific scenarios.

**Due to workshop format, seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center has stringent regulations on maximum room capacities, and they are strictly enforced. Once all seats are occupied, DIA will be required to close the workshop, and no more participants will be admitted. Interested attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to ensure seating.

Learning Objectives

Describe strategies to assist in the communication of difficult messages to peers, direct reports, and senior leaders; Through role playing, demonstrate strategies and receive feedback on delivery of difficult messages.

Chair

Diane Neiman, MBA

Speaker

Facilitator
Karla Childers, MS