July 30, 2025

5:30 - 7:00 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
HOSTED BY VIZIENT
Westin Irving Convention Center, Las Colinas Texas

July 31, 2025

8:00 - 8:30 AM
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
HOSTED BY MCKESSON
McKesson Headquarters, Irving, Texas

8:30 - 8:45 AM
OPENING: NEXT LEVEL in the RACE to End Drug Shortages
Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change
Kirk Kaminsky, President, U.S. Pharmaceutical McKesson Arunesh Verma, President, Region US, Fresenius Kabi

8:45 - 8:55 AM
Welcome Address
Kirk Kaminsky, President, U.S. Pharmaceutical McKesson

8:55 - 9:40 AM
Executive Champions Panel: The GOLD Standard
Moderator: Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change
Panelists: Kirk Kaminsky, President, U.S. Pharmaceutical McKesson, Rich Tremonte, EVP & President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals & Animal Health, Cencora, Arunesh Verma, President, Region US, Fresenius Kabi

9:40 - 10:25 AM
International Harmonization: Confronting a Global Crisis
Moderator: Stephen Colvill, ReVAMP Consortium Lead, Duke-Margolis
Panelists: Christine Baeder, President, Apotex Corp., US,
Vanessa Bennett, Senior Shortage Specialist, EMA, Ravi Bharwani, Principal Advisor, Global Policy and Strategy, FDA, Chandresh Harjivan, Visiting Fellow, Duke-Margolis

10:25 - 10:40 AM
BREAK

10:40 - 11:20 AM
Collaboration during Emergency Response
Moderator: Christina Dialynas, Associate Director, Milken Institute
Panelists: Heiko Aschenbrenner, Corporate VP Supply Chain Management, B. Braun Medical, Meera Bhavsar, Vice President, US Hospital Sterile Injectables, Pfizer, Steven Goddard, Subject Matter Expert, Global Operations and Logistics, ASPR, Val Jensen, Associate Director, Drug Shortage Staff, FDA

11:20 - 12:00 PM
Onshore: Building Supply Chain Resiliency
Moderator: Erin Fox, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Utah Health
Panelists: Allan Coukell, Chief Government Affairs & Public Policy Officer, Civica, Eric Edwards, CEO, Phlow Corp., James Ferri, President, Occam Systems, Alex Oshmyansky, CEO, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs, Kevin Webb, President & COO, API Innovation Center

12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH
Hosted by MEDIVANT

1:00 - 1:40 PM
Navigating Access in Trade Policy
Moderator: Michael Ganio, Senior Director Pharmacy Practice, ASHP
Panelists: Angie Boliver, President & CEO, Healthcare Supply Chain Association, Chip Davis, President & CEO, Healthcare Distribution Alliance, John Murphy, President & CEO, Association for Accessible Medicines, Marta Wosinska, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

1:40 - 2:10 PM
The Promise of Advocacy
Moderator: Joe Patterson, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Strategic Alliances, USP
Panelists: Shimere Sherwood, Director, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Amy A Sonderman, Senior Director, Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement, USP, Pam Traxel, Senior Vice President, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

2:10 - 2:40 PM
2025 Drug Shortage Policy Update
Moderator: Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change
Panelists: JD Derderian, Managing Partner, Stanton Park Group, Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, ASPR, Sarah Resavy, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office

2:40 - 2:50 PM
Bold Innovation through Partnership
Featured Speaker: James Coburn, Portfolio Lead, ARPA-H

2:50 - 3:10 PM
Pediatric Drug Shortage Network
Moderator: April Giles, Executive Director, End Drug Shortages Alliance
Panelists: Josh Bolin, Associate Executive Director, Government Affairs and Innovation, NABP, Vimala Raghavendran, Vice President of Informatics Product Development, USP, Terri Lyle Wilson, Vice President of Pharmacy, Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)

3:10 - 3:40 PM
On the Frontlines: The Drug Shortage Crisis
Moderator: Jennifer Davis, System Director, Sutter Health
Panelists: Blanca Alvarado, Caregiver, Giana’s Mom, Beth Gore, CEO, The Oley Foundation, Erika LaFluer, VP, Hospital Sales and Business Development, Fagron

3:40 - 3:45 PM
CLOSING: The Race Continues

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