Conferences in December 2014

From Technical Professional to Manager and Leader.

Date: 01-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Melbourne / Australia
Designed specifically for technical people with new management responsibility, this course helps you build emotional intelligence and your skills in leading, managing, empowering, influencing and driving the performance of others to meet organisational and personal objectives. Key Learning Outcomes Avoid the 5 most common mistakes made in delegating Gain an insight into team roles, responsibilities and generate and foster team spirit Acquire convincing motivation, communication and influencing skills Develop a leadership style that gains buy-in and respect Develop workable strategies for resolving conflict Promote accountability and self improvement to achieve superior performance Improve project management to deliver on time and on budget Tactfully provide useful feedback _ both positive ...

Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Diversion Strategies

Date: 02-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: London / United Kingdom
Join SMi as this Masterclass will provide an intensive look at methods to combat counterfeiting and diversion, focusing on three key pillars: physical, digital and process security. Overall world revenue for pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting technologies will reach $1.11bn in 2014. Rising concerns about counterfeit drugs worldwide will stimulate demand for drug security, authentication and verification solutions. According to a research company, a market intelligence company specializing in global connectivity and emerging technology, drug counterfeiting is a worldwide criminal enterprise, costing drug manufacturers $30 billion a year in lost revenue and brand deterioration. Why should you attend? •Understand the current criminal threats to your supply chain •Analyse and ...

Technical Aspects of Licensing an antibiotic

Date: 02-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: London / United Kingdom
Learn what are the key R&D-related elements involved in the inward or outward licensing of antibiotics. Join SMi as this Masterclass will cover an outline of the licensing process, what technical data is needed as part of a product licensing prospectus, what Big pharma looks for and the product evaluation and due diligence processes Antibiotic resistance is a serious and growing threat in contemporary medicine, emerging as one of the pre-eminent public health concerns of the 21st century. Some 125,000 people across Europe and the USA suffer every year due to bacterial infections resistant to antibiotic treatments. Within these regions, drug-resistant bacteria inflict an additional financial burden on healthcare systems through exaggerated medical costs of up to $35 billion. ...

CEE GRI 2014

Date: 01-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Warsaw / Poland
100+ leading investors, developers and lenders active in the CEE region will get together on the 1st and 2nd December for Global Real Estate Institute’s 10th CEE GRI meeting. The event offers a high-level networking platform for real estate professionals. Over two days attendees will participate in a series of closed-door discussions covering key areas of all the CEE real estate markets and sectors including retail, residential, offices and hotel & resort developments and many more.

From Technical Professional to Manager & Leader

Date: 30-Nov-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Melbourne / Australia
Designed specifically for technical people with new management responsibility, this course helps you build emotional intelligence & your skills in leading, managing, empowering, influencing & driving the performance of others to meet organisational & personal objectives. Key Learning Outcomes Avoid the 5 most common mistakes made in delegating Gain an insight into team roles, responsibilities and generate and foster team spirit Acquire convincing motivation, communication and influencing skills Develop a leadership style that gains buy-in and respect Develop workable strategies for resolving conflict Promote accountability and self improvement to achieve superior performance Improve project management to deliver on time and on budget Tactfully provide ...

Contract Law Fundamentals for Non-Lawyers

Date: 30-Nov-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Australia
Build confidence around legal terminology & contractual obligations to help protect your commercial interests, assist in contract development & avoid disputes. Better equip yourself to understand the legal advice you receive, interpret it correctly & generate true value for your business. Key Learning Outcomes Examine and address current topical issues in contract law Review statutory and common law obligations that must be incorporated into contracts Develop processes to ensure contract objectives are delivered while mitigating risk Review a select sample of contracts clauses to identify responsibility and liability Implement drafting changes that improve contract clarity and structure Discover how various contract clauses achieve maximum risk ...

From Technical Professional to Manager & Leader

Date: 01-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Australia
Designed specifically for technical people with new management responsibility, this course helps you build emotional intelligence & your skills in leading, managing, empowering, influencing & driving the performance of others to meet organisational & personal objectives. Key Learning Outcomes Avoid the 5 most common mistakes made in delegating Gain an insight into team roles, responsibilities and generate and foster team spirit Acquire convincing motivation, communication and influencing skills Develop a leadership style that gains buy-in and respect Develop workable strategies for resolving conflict Promote accountability and self improvement to achieve superior performance Improve project management to deliver on time and on budget Tactfully provide ...

Partnership Valuation in Pharma

Date: 01-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Berlin / Germany
• Deepen your understanding of the complex aspects in valuation of products, companies and technology platforms • Listen to best practice examples from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, their strategies and tools to master challenges like pricing and reimbursement • Hear about the different valuation models of early stage products versus late stage products Companies and institutes invited to speak: • AstraZeneca AB • Merck & Co. • Bayer Pharma AG • Novartis AG • Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. • Medivir AB • Avance • Gilead Sciences, Inc. • Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH • Sanofi S.A. • Bayer Schering Pharma AG • Polyphor Ltd. • Grünenthal GmbH • Novo Nordisk A/S • Merck Serono • Amgen, Inc. • Pfizer, Inc. • Astellas Pharma, Inc. • MorphoSys AG • UCB Pharma Ltd.

The Corporate Financing & Investment Forum 2014

Date: 02-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Amsterdam / Netherlands
First launched in 2009, as European corporations have become more active in the capital markets, the Forum has become the key annual meeting place for over 200 leading corporate treasurers, investors and financial intermediaries across Europe. Leading issuers including BP, BMW, EADS, ENEL, Linde, National Grid, Shell, Siemens, Statoil, Telefonica and many more attend the event each year. We are delighted to announce that René Hooft Graafland, Chief Financial Officer of Heineken, will deliver a keynote address to open this year’s event to share his views on the environment for corporate finance for global companies based in Europe. Topics for discussion this year will include: • How do corporate financing needs change in a low growth, deflationary world? • Syndicated loans; from ...

Jaarrekeningactualiteiten Gemeenten & Provincies

Date: 02-Dec-14 to 02-Dec-14
Location: Utrecht / Netherlands
Zowel op het gebied van het BBV als rondom grondexploitatie en andere belangrijke onderwerpen, veranderen de inzichten, aanbevelingen en regelgeving ten aanzien van een juiste weergave van de jaarcijfers voortdurend. Het interactief seminar Jaarrekeningactualiteiten Gemeenten & Provincies 2014 geeft een compleet overzicht van alle ontwikkelingen die betrekking hebben op uw jaarrekening. Het programma is speciaal samengesteld voor Gemeenten en Provincies, maar ook voor instanties die vallen onder de Wet op Gemeenschappelijke Regelingen. Met aandacht voor o.a.: - Actualiteiten omtrent het BBV - Grondexploitatie - Vennootschapsbelasting in het publiek domein - Ontwikkelingen gemeentefonds - Decentralisaties - Accountantscontrole 2014 Tijdens de praktijkdag worden aan de ...