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Colin Reed, Global Pharma Marketing Director, Amcor

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Colin Reed

Colin Reed is Global Pharma Marketing Director for Amcor, responsible for leading the pharmaceutical packaging market development and product management activities.  He has been in pharmaceutical packaging for 15 years, and has held leadership roles in Europe and Asia-Pacific prior to his current position.  He holds a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and an MBA.

1. Why did you decide to do a webinar with Business Review Webinars?

We identified the webinar as an interesting new channel to access a larger and more targeted audience.  BRW offers a well-structured approach and infrastructure, as well as an engaged and professional team to support the program.

2. What are you looking forward to explaining to the audience?

Amcor’s products and services are well known among our direct customer contacts.  We are looking forward to explaining the importance of packaging design as an integral and early part of the pharmaceutical product development, to ensure all stakeholders get the maximum value from the drug.

3. What is the ideal outcome you would like from doing the webinar?

To engage brand owners, marketeers and packaging developers, as well as healthcare professionals in an ongoing dialogue about how to improve industry and patient outcomes through pharmaceutical packaging.

4.  Where is your favorite place in the world and why?

I have been lucky to travel to many places, and I have several favourites for different reasons – London, Venice, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Tanzania, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver.  If I have to choose one, then it is “home”, as coming home after a long trip is always special.

5. What motivates you?

Always striving to improve – to be better than last time, and to achieve the best that I can.  And my family is always a motivation!

You can register now for Amcor’s webinar ‘Partnering to design and manufacture the optimal pharma packaging for your patients’ taking place on the 29th October at 10am New York/2pm London.

 

Let scientists concentrate on innovation and continuous improvement, not admin

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Biopharmaceutical professionals will be familiar with the scientists’ lament about the amount of time they waste trying to track down data or, worse still, having to re-run experiments because of missing data.

The development of biological therapeutics is multifaceted by nature and increasingly requires collaboration and partnerships throughout the development value chain. Couple this with the ever-growing data volumes generated by increasingly sophisticated process equipment, and dealing with complexity becomes part of the everyday life of a biopharmaceutical professional. Such complexity frequently results in the introduction of costly errors and inefficiencies. Quality suffers, development lifecycles become longer and scientists spend an increasing amount of their time on data admin.

The cost of doing nothing

Most biopharmaceutical organizations lack a standardized, comprehensive approach to data management and quality control; with a heavy reliance on paper-based, manual processes and heterogeneous, unconnected systems. The number of participants in a typical development process is increasing, resulting in information being spread across the organization in data silos such as file stores, binders, notebooks and within people’s heads.

Studies have shown that scientists in biopharmaceutical organizations spend up to five hours per week looking for data to prepare reports. Alarmingly, often the data needed cannot be found, which can lead to experiments and even entire projects having to be re-run. This not only wastes time, but the need to purchase new reagents and materials and the increased load on expensive fixed capital assets can have a significant impact on costs.

The value of insight

By integrating data with workflows, common errors can be engineered out of processes and a ‘right first time’ approach can be realized. Bioprocessing operations can be optimized and QA overheads can be minimized. A single enterprise data management platform facilitates the flow of data across the development lifecycle and provides organizations with unparalleled insight across their products and processes.

If you’d like to hear more about how IDBS can help your scientists get back to focusing on science by optimizing your biologics development processes, then join me on October 29 for my webinar exploring this topic.

Dr Eliot Randle MBA, Head of Global Solutions Consulting, IDBS
 

Jonathan Ludlow, Machine Vision Promoter, Microscan

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Jonathan Ludlow

Jonathan Ludlow is Machine Vision Promoter at Microscan’s Technology Center in Nashua, NH. He has been active in machine vision product development for many years, has authored papers on the application of machine vision in semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly, holds several patents relating to inspection systems and is a regular speaker at machine vision symposia.

 

1. Why did you decide to do a webinar with Business Review Webinars?

We are always looking for new ways to reach our target market in innovative ways. We believe that Microscan has an interesting story to tell regarding barcode verification with machine vision, and that Business Review Webinars can help us bring that story to the right audience.

2. What is your favourite thing about presenting to a live audience?

I started my career as a prototypically shy engineer. Somewhere along the way I found out that I really enjoy presenting to a live audience. I believe that the most important factor for me is the interest of  the audience in the topic that you are presenting. This automatically means that the audience are basically in the friends and colleagues category and that the pleasure comes from sharing whatever modest amount of knowledge and experience you have to offer.

3.  How did you get into the industry?

My involvement with machine vision started in the mid-80’s when I went to work for a now-defunct robot company. They were pioneers in vision guidance for industrial robots. The robot part did not thrive but the vision part of the business moved forward and eventually became part of Microscan.

4. What would someone be surprised to know about you?

In the years before I got involved in machine vision and packaging I worked for a contract research company which had a number of contract relating to coal mining methods and safety. I ended up spending time in coal mines all over (or rather under) the United States, England and Germany. An interesting way to  meet people and see the world. I almost became a mining engineer.

5. And finally…

Porsche or BMW? Well I am sorry to disappoint any German readers but I am a British sports car guy. My requirements are modest – just give me a nicely restored MGB –  in British racing green of course. This is the car that I had for my first few years in the United States and I sort of miss it.

Laptop or Tablet? I finally broke down and converted my paper based newspaper subscription to the electronic version and got an iPad to read it on. Turned out just fine but for serious work and mischief I still rely on my laptop that is loaded with 10+ years of files, images, mail, and whatnot. I hear there is something called the cloud but I am not there yet.

Red or white wine? Either will do nicely but good red wine is what I really appreciate.

Football or tennis? My participatory sport is whitewater canoeing in an open boat (not a kayak). This is a great pastime since it combines a reasonable amount of exercise with good reasons to travel to really beautiful out of the way places and to spend time with nice people. For spectating Rugby is my favorite but my wife is a big American Football fan so I watch quite a bit of that too.

You can register now for Microscan’s webinar ‘Ensure barcode and print text quality with machine vision‘ taking place on the 15th October at 10am New York/3pm London.

 

Mr. Nigel Tracey, Highcon International Sales Director

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Nigel Tracy

Nigel Tracey has 25 years’ experience in printing and packaging and particularly in the folding carton and corrugated board industries. Nigel has held various senior sales and marketing positions, most recently as Head of Sales for the sheet-fed business unit at Bobst Group, where he was responsible for the global sales network and sales operations. Nigel is based in Switzerland.

1. Why did you decide to do a webinar with us?

An important step in converting an industrial process is to enable the upstream buying process and enlighten it to what digital is now bringing.

2. How did you get into the industry?

Some how I got hooked when my father used to take me to printing and packaging shops as a young teenager, the creativity mixed with industrial process was something that appealed.

3. In your 20/25 years’ experience, what was the best moment in your career?

Seeing a piece of packaging in the high street that had majorly changed the way we consumers interface with and product and knowing that I had been involved with it’s design, conception and realisation.

4. How do you relax in your leisure time?

I’m an avid aquaculturist and I enjoy growing and propagating diverse marine life, salt water and electricity are a great distraction to most things.

5. What’s your favourite flavour of ice-cream?

Mövenpick double cream and meringue, the calorie free version…

You can register now for Highcon’s webinar ‘Convert to Value in the Digital World‘ taking place on the 21st October 10am New York/3pm London.

Change is in the Wind this September…

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By Aneta Manningtonova

It’s that time of year again; summer/winter has passed and the start of the busy period is upon us. For many of us, the kids are back in school (back to normality finally!) and work is about to get hectic. Here at Business Review Webinars, change is in the wind. Over the next 3 months we will be providing for you the most webinars that we have ever done which you can view here! We have also gained a couple of new team members, and the team are refreshed from their holidays. This summer between us, we have explored Mallorca, Holland, Spain, Greece, Czech Republic, England, Italy, France and Shawn our Marketing Executive is heading down under (Australia) in November.

Amsterdam cityscape with the Mint tower at dusk

 

 

 

 

In spite of the weather turning colder, we in the UK are hoping for an Indian summer. This is a heat wave that occurs in the autumn, which forecasters have predicted might happen in the coming weeks. We are also looking forward to the autumn equinox on September 23rd, where the day and night are approximately the same length. The beginning of September also signifies the start of International Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. As a result, there are many different events occurring across the UK, varying from running and cycling – to extreme sports and gala events all in the name of charity. Get involved here!

bunter Herbsttag

 

 

 

 

 

In sporting news, the US Open has kicked off in late August with the last match being the Men’s singles final on 8th September. There has already been a huge upset with Caroline Wozniacki defeating Maria Sharapova to reach the women’s quarter finals. Our UK star Andy Murray struggled with a cramp during one of his early round matches, but has come back strong to now face Novak Djokovic in the Quarterfinals; good luck to both of them!

A major exhibition is staging up on the 18th September at the British Museum, exploring: ‘Ming: 50 years that changed China’. The powerful Ming family established Beijing as the capital city and also built the Forbidden City between AD 1400 and 1450. During this period Chinese artists created some of the most beautiful objects and paintings ever made. A range of these striking objects will be featured at this exhibition, including gold, jewellery, paintings, sculptures etc. Many of these items have never been seen outside of China and have only recently been discovered. You can find out more and book here!

Verbotene Stadt in Beijing Panorama

 

 

 

 

Another exciting event taking place in London is at Eltham Palace, where the art deco fair is being held. The beautiful palace was built by the wealthy Courtauld family and is the childhood home of King Henry VIII. This event is among the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in England and the event will take you on a journey into Eltham Palace’s past. Find out more here!

So if you are looking for something fun to do in London this September, we hope these ideas will inspire you. For those, outside of London why not take some time out during this busy month and get involved in a local charity or explore some sporting events, museums and galleries.

Have a great month!

Aneta Manningtonova| Head of Marketing | Business Review Webinars

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September Quiz Questions:

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Supply Chain Quiz Question

True or False. Before the invention of the rubber eraser, people used breadcrumbs or crusts of bread?

Energy Quiz Question

Every time you open the refrigerator door, up to what percentage of the cold air can escape?

A. 10%

B. 30%

C. 50%

D. 70%

Life Science Quiz Question

True or False. During World War II, Britain feared that the Germans would get access to their penicillin, if there was an invasion. To prevent this, researchers smeared pocket linings with the penicillin mould to transport to the United States?

 

Submit your answer to any of the above questions in the comments below for your chance to win a prize worth £25!

The entry period is from 3rd September  2014 to 2nd October 2014. All entries must be received by midnight on  2nd October 2014.

If you haven’t done so already, please register for our newsletter by clicking here

The answer to quizzes last month are:

Supply:
During World War II when raw materials were scarce, what percentage of all paper was recycled in the USA?
Answer is 33%

Energy:
It is extremely likely that human activity caused how much of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010?

A) One quarter
B) More than half – Right answer
C) Seventy-five percent
D) All

Pharma:
What percentage of Americans over the age of 65 take at least one prescription drug on a daily basis?

A) 25%
B) 45%
C)75% – Winner
D) 85%

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Annemieke Hartman – Jemmett, Group Commercial Strategy Director, Petainer

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Annemieke HartmanAnnemieke presents robust understanding of the evolution of the keg and this webinar offers detailed insight allowing the participants to make informed decisions; economic choices are offered to brand owners and experts allowing access new markets and introduce premium products to new audiences. Being able to provide a balanced view of PET kegs in the market will offer the participant an opportunity to better understand the options available to drive for growth in the beer, wine and cider sector. 

Annemieke will present Petainer’s webinar ‘The Evolution of the Keg‘ on the 10th September at 10am New York/3pm London.  You can register now to reserve your place.

1. Why did you decide to do a webinar with us?

With the webinar we are proactively seeking to inform a large group of brand owners who would like to find out more about packaging solutions for beverages.  The keg is a well-known product, these days now also available in PET and we would like to talk through how the choice of packaging material can influence brand owners in positioning their products within their marketing mix

2. What are you looking forward to explaining to the audience?

Petainer is a gamechanging, innovative PET and plastics packaging company, working to offer brand owners significant advantages in their supply chain.  For instance we are keen to share with you the independent test results of beverages packaged in PET (performed by the VLB in Berlin).  The choices that brand owners are making in ensuring that economic decisions are made both covering the commercial and sustainable requirements of contemporary business.  Most importantly what packaging material to select for which requirement.

3. How did you get into the industry?

I was excited by the opportunity to make a difference.  Petainer as a company is focussed on ‘thinking outside the box’.  This means in real terms; how can we support the brand owner’s objectives most effectively? Some options across our business are: light weighting, new designs reducing materials, new barrier technology, moving from single stage production to 2 stage production.  Many of these initiatives directly result in a sustainable solution, reducing freight (carbon emissions) reducing the use of energy and water as well as reducing the use of materials that will be scarce in years to come.  So combining commercial objectives with sustainable goals allows me to make a difference, effectively communicating these is my passion in both text and image.

4. Where in the world would you recommend visiting?

Most recently I have spent a lot of time in India.  The places frequently visited are New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. When in India, it is very exciting to see how focussed the business community is about corporate social responsibility and sustainability.  The drivers in business are all about economics.  This means that the locals are very inventive and nothing goes to waste.  It is a real good example of evolution across the whole community.  In addition, change in this territory is extremely fast, decision making processes are complex yet focussed from a sales perspective, the numbers are much greater than in Europe.  Building relationships in any country is key, in India this seems to come very naturally, they have an amazing sense of humour (which you need from time to time) and fabulous food.

5. What’s the best thing someone has ever taught you?

The best thing I was taught was to deliver on your promise.  This has been at the core of my life.  The way to make sure that I am able to do so is to start by really understanding the other person’s requirement and needs.  Only when I am comfortable that I have in-depth understanding and the ability to deliver will I commit.  So this helps me in only promising that which I can deliver.

Remember to register for Annemieke’s upcoming webinar where you can ask her and co-presenter, Axel Hartwig, Independent Beer Consultant all of your questions on a live Q&A.