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THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLIANCE CONGRESS

May 26 - 27, 2008
Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Center
Paris, France

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FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE INTERNATIONAL PHARMA CONGRESS
SECOND INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS
Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
May 28 - 29, 2008
Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel, Paris, France
www.InternationalPharmaCongress.com



CONGRESS COCHAIRS
Kristine Rapp
Vice President, Global Ethics & Compliance, Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL, USA

Tamara Tubin
Compliance Manager EMEA, Zimmer GmbH, Winterthur, Switzerland
Christopher L. White, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, AdvaMed, Washington, DC, USA

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Nicole Denjoy
Secretary General, COCIR, Brussels, Belgium
Stephen Dibert
President and Chief Executive Officer, MEDEC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Peter Ellingworth
ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Chairman, ABHI, London, UK
Mike Kreuzer
Director - Technical & Regulatory, ABHI, London, UK
Philippe Laroche
Sales and Marketing Director, Division Surgical of Covidien France, Member, Comite of Ethic of SNITEM, Paris, France

Guy J. Lebeau, MD
Company Group Chairman, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Johnson & Johnson, Chairman, Eucomed, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Joachim M. Schmitt
Director General and Member of the Board, BVMed, Berlin, Germany
Anne Trimmer
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Industry Association of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Steve Ubl
President and Chief Executive Officer, AdvaMed, Washington, DC, USA
John Wilkinson
Director General, Eucomed, Former Director General, Association of British Healthcare Industries Ltd., London, UK

FEATURED MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS
Dirk Brinckman, Esq.
EMEA Law Department, Johnson & Johnson, Brussels, Belgium

Austin Byrd
Vice President, Ethics, Compliance & Professional Affairs, Smith & Nephew, Inc, Memphis, TN

Pascal Cabanel, Esq.
Chief Legal Counsel, Europe, Stryker S.A., Montreux, Switzerland

Brian W. Ellis
General Manager, Global Compliance, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA

Marc W. Farley
Vice President FCPA / HCC / Privacy, Office of Compliance, Comprehensive Care & Surgical Care, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Daniel J. Garen, Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, Siemens AG, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Lorenz Kodderitzsch, Esq.
Legal Counsel Europe, Johnson & Johnson Law Department Europe Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium

Teng Chuan Khoo
Vice President, Strategic Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Singapore

Nieves Liste
Director of Forensic Audit, Covidien, La Coruna, Spain
Kathleen Lundberg
Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer, Global Compliance CRM/CS, Boston Scientific Corporation, Saint Paul, MN, USA

Elaine Murphy
Director Health Care Compliance, Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd., Berkshire, UK

David Pickersgill
EMA Director of Compliance, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, A division of Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd., Bracknell, UK

Sylvain Poitras, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel International, Cardinal Health, Rolle, Switzerland

Herb Riband, Esq.
Vice President, Legal and External Affairs, Medtronic International Trading Sarl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland

Sue Seferian, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Michelangelo Stefani, Esq.
EMEA General Counsel, Covidien Ltd., Luxembourg

David A. Styler
Director, International Operations, Office of Ethics and Compliance, Abbott Laboratories, Maidenhead, UK

Bronwen R. Taylor, MBA
Vice President, Internal Audit and Compliance, Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Jason Zellers, Esq.
General Counsel - International, St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA

FEATURED LEADING MEDICAL DEVICE CONSULTANTS AND LEGAL COUNSEL
Ted Acosta, Esq.
Principal, Ernst & Young LLP, Paris, France

John Bentivoglio, Esq.
Partner, King & Spalding LLP, Former Special Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Chief Privacy Officer, United States Department of Justice Washington, DC, USA

Peter Claude
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Florham Park, NJ, USA

Thomas Devred, Esq.
Partner, Baker & McKenzie SCP, Paris, France

Anne Federle, Esq.
Partner, Linklaters/Linklaters Oppenhoff & Radler, Brussels, Belgium

Debjit A. Ghosh
Director, Life Sciences Advisory Services, Huron Consulting Group, New York, NY, USA

Luc Gyselen, Esq.
Partner, Arnold & Porter, Former Member of the Legal Service and Special Assistant to Director-General, DG COMP, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Catriona Hatton, Esq.
Partner and Co-chair, EU Competition Practice, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Brussels, Belgium

David Hull, Esq.
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, Brussels, Belgium

Paul E. Kalb, JD, MD
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, USA

Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, USA

Kristina Nordlander, Esq.
Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels, Belgium

Francesca Petronio, Esq.
Partner, Paul Hastings, Milan, Italy

Brett Rowland, Esq.
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, London, UK

Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Esq.
Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC, USA

Paul J. Silver
Managing Director, Life Sciences Advisory Services, Huron Consulting Group, Atlanta, GA, USA

Lincoln Tsang, PhD
Partner, Arnold & Porter, London, UK

Rosemary Ernst Weghorst
Life Sciences Advisory Services, Huron Consulting Group, Chicago, IL, USA
Ronald L. Wisor, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, USA

FEATURING THE FOLLOWING PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS
  • Preconference I: Comparing, Contrasting and Complying with the Various Medical Device Global Codes of Conduct
  • Preconference II: "Dawn Raids" and Applicable Procedure in the EU, Including Preparation, Response and Privilege Issues

THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS
  • Setting the Stage: An Interactive Panel Discussion of Crucial Compliance Issues by Global Compliance Professionals
  • Global Device Codes of Ethics/Conduct Roundtable
  • An Overview of MedTech-Kompass: BVMed's Campaign to Explain How a Corruption-Free Cooperation Can Work
  • Managing Compliance Risk in a Global Market: Better Practices and Clear Accountability for Third Party Relationships and Distributor Management
  • The New Italian and French Compliance Laws
  • Contracts With Doctors: Not Just a US Compliance Issue Anymore
  • Industry Codes of Ethics: Analysis of Enforcement Mechanisms - Taking Self Policing to a Whole New Level
  • Avoiding Compliance Pitfalls in the New European Regulatory Landscape Governing Device Vigilance and Novel Combination Products
  • Challenges of Managing a Global Compliance Effort for a Multinational Corporation
  • Implementing an Effective Global Anti-Bribery Program
  • Compliance Training Strategies in a Global Setting
  • Managing Investigations and Compliance Programs in Connection with Corporate Transactions
  • Counterfeit, Grey Markets and Diversion Issues
  • Effective Auditing and Monitoring Across Multi-Country Operations
  • Emerging Compliance Issues in the Pacific Rim

A COMPANY BEST COMPLIANCE PRACTICE POSTER BOARD RECEPTION

The International Device Congress Networking Reception on Monday, May 26, 2008 will feature the exchange and presentation of company best practice policy and procedures at poster boards throughout the International Device Congress Exhibit Hall.


AND A SPECIAL RECEPTION AT THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE

On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 the International Device Congress will feature an AdvaMed Reception at American Ambassador's Residence: A Celebration of Medical Technology.


INTERNATIONAL DEVICE CONGRESS PLANNING COMMITTEE
Ted Acosta, Esq.
Principal, Ernst & Young LLP

John T. Bentivoglio, Esq.
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Link Bonforte
Vice President, Ethics & Compliance, ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Mary C. Cade
Vice President & Senior Counsel, Medtronic, Inc.

Peter Claude
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Brian W. Ellis
General Manager, Global Compliance, GE Healthcare

Linda Horton, Esq.
Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Bill Huron
Chief Compliance Officer, Sorin Group

Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP

Stuart S. Kurlander, Esq.
Partner Global Co-Chair, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Group, Latham & Watkins

Maurits Lugard, Esq.
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Vickie L. McCormick
Chief Compliance Officer, St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Sue Seferian, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Esq.
Member, Epstein Becker & Green

Anne Trimmer
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Industry Association of Australia

Lincoln Tsang, Esq.
Partner, Arnold & Porter


SAVE THE DATE
NINTH ANNUAL PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS
Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
October 27 - 29, 2008
Hyatt Regency On Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
www.PharmaCongress.com

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