The Site Council Leadership Forum

New Orleans, Louisiana -- Thursday, February 20 4:00 PM to Saturday, February 22 Noon

Please join us at the Site Council Leadership Forum, the industry’s first meeting for senior leaders from independent sites, site networks, and health systems. Even a single insight, practical tip, or new relationship could have strategic consequences for your enterprise.

Discuss the strategic topics that matter most to you with 100 site leaders (e.g., presidents, site directors, deans and clinical trials office directors) plus experts from study sponsors, CROs and solution providers.

Not a senior executive or can’t attend in person? Join the live event remotely on Zoom. Two roving video cameras with sound will put you in the middle of the action. (Remote participants will interact among themselves but not with in-person attendees. To encourage in-person attendees to speak freely, recordings will not be available.)

Register today for the best available early-bird rates. To see our money-back satisfaction guarantee and other terms and conditions, click here.

To learn more, contact us at support@sitecouncil.org.

Overview

The Site Council Leadership Forum will address topics of vital strategic importance to senior site leaders. Sessions will include ample time for discussion, so bring your questions, insights and practical tips. There will be abundant time for networking outside the sessions, so you can create and reinforce lasting relationships with industry leaders like yourself.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

04:00 PM-06:00 PM

Networking & Registration

07:00 PM-09:00 PM

Family Night!


Friday, February 21, 2025

08:00 AM-09:00 AM

Registration, Breakfast & Networking

09:00 AM-09:20 AM

Welcome

09:20 AM-10:00 AM

Session: Thrive in the Evolving Clinical Research Landscape Sean Cunningham - Regional Director, Study Site Engagement - Takeda EB McLindon - Co-Founder & CEO - Helios Clinical Research

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

Networking

10:15 AM-10:55 AM

Session: Forge Productive Relationships with Sponsors and CROs Mark Fleming - Director-Clinical Research Lead- Site Engagement - Eli Lilly & Co Casey Orvin - Chief Commercial Officer - Alcanza Clinical Research

10:55 AM-11:10 AM

Networking

11:10 AM-11:50 AM

Session: Cultivate a Robust Study Portfolio Jeffrey Moore - Executive Director - Cleveland VA Medical Research Education Foundation Speaker TBD

11:50 AM-12:50 PM

Lunch (in second room with tables)

12:50 PM-01:30 PM

Session: Work with Technology that Works for You Cerdi Beltre - Chief Operating Officer - Innovo Research Speaker TBD

01:30 PM-01:45 PM

Networking

01:45 PM-03:25 PM

Session: Take the Pain & Suffering Out of Budgets and Payments Vince Gillen - CEO - Lehigh Center for Clinical Research Jesse Hoffman - Chief Business Officer - Alliance for Multispecialty Research (AMR) Speaker TBD

03:25 PM-03:40 PM

Networking

03:40 PM-04:20 PM

Session: Build a Patient Recruitment Machine Quincy Byrdsong - Vice President, Research Operations - Ballad Health Shuja Naqvi - CEO - Biopharma Informatic

04:20 PM-04:40 PM

Closing Discussion

04:40 PM-06:00 PM

Networking Reception


Saturday, February 22, 2025

08:00 AM-09:00 AM

Breakfast & Networking

09:00 AM-09:10 AM

Opening remarks

09:10 AM-09:50 AM

Session: Cultivate a Workforce that Thrives Nicholas Duesbery - Assistant Vice President for Research - Ochsner Health System Deepak Behera - President & CEO - Adaptive Research Inc.

09:50 AM-10:05 AM

Networking

10:05 AM-10:45 AM

Session: Operate with Efficient & Reliable Processes Rob Herzog - Vice President, Research - AdventHealth Speaker TBD

10:45 AM-11:00 AM

Networking

11:00 AM-11:40 AM

Session: Future-Proof Your Site Vatche Bartekian - President - Vantage BioTrials Michael Koren - CEO and Medical Director - Encore Research Group

11:40 AM-12:00 PM

Closing Discussion


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Program

The Site Council Leadership Forum faculty includes the following distinguished senior leaders:

Vatche Bartekian - President - Vantage BioTrials

Deepak Behera - President & CEO - Adaptive Research Inc.

Cerdi Beltre - Chief Operating Officer - Innovo Research

Quincy Byrdsong - Vice President, Research Operations - Ballad Health

Sean Cunningham - Regional Director, Study Site Engagement - Takeda

Nicholas Duesbery - Assistant Vice President for Research - Ochsner Health System

Mark Fleming - Director-Clinical Research Lead- Site Engagement - Eli Lilly & Co

Vince Gillen - CEO - Lehigh Center for Clinical Research

Rob Herzog - Vice President, Research - AdventHealth

Jesse Hoffman - Chief Business Officer - Alliance for Multispecialty Research (AMR)

Michael Koren - CEO and Medical Director - Encore Research Group

EB McLindon - Co-Founder & CEO - Helios Clinical Research

Jeffrey Moore - Executive Director - Cleveland VA Medical Research Education Foundation

Shuja Naqvi - CEO - Biopharma Informatic

Casey Orvin - Chief Commercial Officer - Alcanza Clinical Research

Stay tuned for more...


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Faculty

Representatives from leading solution providers will contribute their expertise to discussions, along with everyone else at the Site Council Leadership Forum. (There will be no exhibit hall.) Stay tuned…

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Sponsors

The Site Council Leadership Forum will be held in exceptional space at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, conveniently located close to the French Quarter at 500 Canal Street.

We have reserved a limited block of lodging rooms at the discounted rate of $286/night, including free WIFI. To book your room, click here. For assistance from the hotel, call (800) 535-4028 and mention the Site Council Leadership Forum.

To learn more, contact us at support@sitecouncil.org.

Sheraton Collage

We are pleased to host our inaugural event in New Orleans, a delightful city with boundless attractions. Bring the whole family! There will be at least seven Mardi Gras parades on Saturday and Sunday after the Site Council Forum concludes. The weather in February is generally pleasant, averaging only five total inches of rain on six days during the month.

To learn more, contact us at support@sitecouncil.org.