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 - 8:45 AM
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
HOSTED BY MCKESSON
McKesson Headquarters, Irving, Texas

8:45 - 9:00 AM
WELCOME
Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change
Kirk Kaminsky, President, U.S. Pharmaceutical McKesson

9:00 - 9:45 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

9:45 - 10:30 AM
International Harmonization: Confronting a Global Crisis
Moderator: Stephen Colvill, ReVAMP Consortium Lead, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
Panelists: Vanessa Bennett, Senior Shortage Specialist, EMA, Ravi Bharwani, Principal Advisor, Global Policy and Strategy, FDA, Chandresh Harjivan, PharmD, MBA

10:30 - 10:40 AM
BREAK

10:40 - 11:20 AM
Collaboration during Emergency Response
Moderator: Christina Dialynas, Milken Institute
Panelists: Heiko Aschenbrenner, Corporate Vice President, 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, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 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, Sr. Director Pharmacy Practice, ASHP
Panelists: Angie Boliver, President & CEO, HSCA, Chip Davis, President & CEO, HDA, 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, ASCO, Amy A Sonderman, Senior Director, Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement, USP, Pam Traxel, Senior Vice President, American Cancer Society

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, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Congressional Staff

2:40 - 3:10 PM
Pediatric Drug Shortage Network
Moderator: April Giles, Executive Director, End Drug Shortages Alliance
Panelists: Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change, 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, CHA

3:10 - 3:40 PM
On the Frontlines: The Drug Shortage Crisis
Moderator: Jennifer Davis, System Director, Sutter Health
Panelists: Blanca Alvarado, Caregiver, Gianna’s Mom, Beth Gore, CEO, The Oley Foundation, Erika LaFluer, Senior Vice President, Fagron

3:40 - 3:45 PM
CLOSING

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