MEETINGS - SPRING 2005

P&HT Spring meeting 2005

Westin Casuarina Hotel, Las Vegas
April 3-5, 2005

"Dynamics in the Information Industry: Expanding Roles and Relationships"

Agenda & Presentations

Sunday April 3
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Professional Development Workshop: Shifting the Copyright Paradigm from Seed Pots to Printing to Electronics<
Mickie Piatt (Chicago-Kent, College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology)

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
P&HT Board Meeting
Karen Mirabile (Ovid Technologies)

4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Attendee Registration

6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Opening Night Gala Reception & Exhibit Kick-Off
sponsored by:Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.

Monday April 4   Changes in the Healthcare Industry
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Attendee Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Open
Breakfast sponsored by: New England Journal of Medicine

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Cheryl Schairer (Information Services Consultant)

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote: Pharmaceutical Industry Dynamics that drove the formation and growth of the Competitive Intelligence function
Neil Mahoney, President, Global Business Management Concepts, Inc. (GBMC)
This presentation will look at government actions and legislation that have been the key influences on the change in the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry and how these impacts drove the formation and growth of competitive intelligence functions within the industry. The role of competitive intelligence in supporting the planning process and optimizing portfolio assets will be examined. Some of the key operations and processes of the competitive intelligence will be reviewed so as to highlight how this function operates and is evolving in the current challenging environment.

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Exhibits Open
Break sponsored by: New England Journal of Medicine

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Growth and Future of Specialty Pharma: Shire Medical Information
David Mays and Dan Mertz (Shire Pharmaceuticals)

12:30 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Lunch - Exhibits Open

2 p.m. - 3:00 p.m
You say VCR, I say TiVo: Generations in the Workplace
Gayle Lynn-Nelson (LexisNexis)

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Break - Exhibits Open

3:30 - 4:10 p.m.
Drivers of Change in Information Management, Part I: A Macro View: External Forces Shaping Change in the Biopharmaceutical Environment
Steve Gens (Booz Allen)

4:10 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Drivers of Change in Information Management, Part II:
An Inside View: User Evolution Spells Change for Information Management
Joanne Lustig (Outsell, Inc.)

4:50 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Drivers of Change in Information Management, Part III: A Real-Life View: Case Study
Sylvia Diaz (Bristol-Myers Squibb Company)

6:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Social Event: "A Night at the Aladdin"
sponsored by: Wolters Kluwer Health (Ovid Technologies, Adis International and IFI CLAIMS Patent Services)

Tuesday April 5 Changes in Content Deployment
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Attendee Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Open
Breakfast sponsored by: New England Journal of Medicine

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m
Keynote: Clicks and Culture - The Future of the Information Professional
Janice R. Lachance, Executive Director, Special Libraries Association

9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Town Hall - Ejournals: Changes in pricing models, packaging and user interfaces
Moderator: Barbara Boyajian (Johnson & Johnson)
Panel: Ezra T. Ernst (Wolters Kluwer Health/Medical Research)
Tina Feick (Swets Information Service)
Daviess Menefee (Elsevier)
Christopher McKenzie (John Wiley & Sons)
Geoff Worton (Nature Publishing Group)
Michael Magoulias (FDC Reports)

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Break - Exhibits Open

11:15 a.m. - 12 noon
RSS and Potential Applications
Darlene Fichter (University of Saskatchewan and Northern Lights Internet Solutions)