March 23-25, 2026
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March 19, 2025 - ET (Eastern Time, GMT-05:00)
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Plenary
Solution Summit
6:00am - 6:45am
Fun Run/Walk
Join industry colleagues in a morning Fun Run or Walk! Participants will meet in the Hilton Penn's Landing lobby at 6:00AM, and run just about 2 miles along the Riverwalk. All levels welcome to join!
8:00am - 8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am
Chairperson’s Review of Day One
8:45am - 9:45am
Controllership Panel
- Fiduciary responsibilities
- Ethics and compliance
- Technology and its impact on accounting
- Managing responsibilities and evolving duties
CPE credits available: 1.2
- Adam Pajakowski - Principal, Crowe
- Dalton Smart - Senior Vice President Finance, Global Controller, Merck
- Rakhi Kumar - Board Member, Neuropace
- Matthew Busch - Chief Accounting Officer, Amgen
- Robert Decker - VP, Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, Johnson & Johnson
8:00am - 8:30am
Solution Summit: From Data to Certainty in 340B: A Journey Toward Precision in GTN Revenue Leakage
- Harnessing industry-specific data of duplicate discounts that distort net pricing and erode revenue integrity
- Overcoming state-specific policy bottlenecks and data challenges and improving transparency with Covered Entities (CEs) and state Medicaid teams
- Achieving greater certainty through evolving Data Solutions
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Break
10:30am - 11:00am
Networking Break
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Industry Only Round Table
GTN Bootcamp
11:00am - 1:00pm
Industry Only Round Table
Participate in a conversational exchange amongst industry peers in a setting of organized roundtables led by senior level finance and accounting professionals. Dive into pressing matters, emerging accounting guideline implementations, and shared challenges amongst biotech and pharmaceutical professionals.
*Must pre-register on website for this session as space is limited capacity.
Update on Non-GAAP items:
- Business restructuring
- Acquisition-Related
- New non-GAAP categories companies
- Comment letters trends
FASB, Including Technical Updates:
- Segment reporting
- Disaggregation of the Income Statement
- Accounting for Software and Related Disclosure
- Environmental Credits
- Grant Accounting
- Derivative Refinements impacting R&D Arrangements
- Interim Reporting – Narrow Improvements
- Technical Update: Intangibles Research Project, KPI Project
ESG Update:
- CSRD Double Materiality
- EU Taxonomy Process
- Third Party Service Providers
Accounting & Reporting Benchmarking:
- Net Operating Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow Metric
- License Payments and Cash Flow Classification
- Capitalization of R&D Expense – US GAAP versus IFRS
Benchmark Topics:
- Talent Development and Retention in Finance
- Latest trends on GenAI’s impact on finance, including successful use cases in deploying AI
- Other disclosure reporting practices
CPE credits available: 2.4
- Stephen Rivera - Former Vice President, Global Technical Accounting Advisory Services & Policy, Johnson & Johnson
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Mid/Large Company Track
Small/Emerging Company Track
Operational Excellence
2:00pm - 2:45pm
IRA & Government Programs
- Introduction to IRA
- Medicare Part D Benefit Redesign
- Coverage Gap and Catastrophic Coverage
- Manufacturer Financial Impact
- 340B Program
- IRA Implementation and Learnings
- Future Considerations
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Timothy Kocses - Executive Director, US Commercial Controller, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Michael Buchanio - Managing Director | Deal Advisory & Strategy, KPMG
2:50pm - 3:35pm
Implementing new reporting disclosures
- DISE
- Segment Reporting
- Tax reporting change
- ensuring sufficient documentation
- Practical applications and use cases
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Thomas Cunningham - Assistant Controller, Merck
- Scott Doelger - Vice President, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Marc Siegel - Former FASB and SASB Board Member, .
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Reporting systems
- Process automation identification
- Integration components
- Optimizing resources
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Tyler Mead - Senior Manager, Financial Reporting and Internal Controls, Immuneering Corporation
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Fund Raising and Capital Allocation
- New items proposed by FASB- R&D derivatives
- Deal trends and considerations for partnership
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Erica Vandell-DeMarco, CPA - Managing Director, The Siegfried Group, LLP
- Scott Raichilson - VP, Transactional and Technical Accounting, Royalty Pharma
- Sean Godbout - Global Corporate Controller, Biogen
2:50pm - 3:35pm
Hiring & Team Development
- Best practices and approaches to filling roles within organization
- Talent retainment
- Supporting licensed professionals in your organization
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Laura Klein - Director, Consolidations and Financial Reporting, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Rafal Kowalczyk - VP, Head of Finance, Treasurer, Sail Biomedicines
- Anna Simansky - VP Global Audit Services, Zimmer Biomet
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Break
3:35pm - 4:05pm
Networking Break
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Mid/Large Company Track
Small/Emerging Company Track
Operational Excellence
4:05pm - 4:50pm
Audit Preparation
- Cybersecurity
- 3rd party controls
- Supporting documents
- IPE
- Continuous monitoring to minimize touchpoints
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Stefan van Duyvendijk - Accounting Operations Evangelist, FloQast
- Robert Auslander - Vice President, Head of Internal Audit, Bausch & Lomb
- Anna Simansky - VP Global Audit Services, Zimmer Biomet
- Sandra Addo - Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, Merck
- Tiffany Stokes - Chief Audit Officer, Integra LifeSciences
4:05pm - 4:50pm
Valuations and Forecasting
- Valuation model creation
- DCF mode
- Resources to ensure accuracy
- Methods for model improvement
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Andreas Chrysostomou - Managing Director, Valuation Services Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Leader, Kroll
- R.J. Forbes - Senior Director, Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Eli Lilly & Company
- James Engel - Controller, Finance, Collegium Pharmaceuticals
- Jonathan Goldblatt - Managing Director, Valuation Advisory Services, Kroll
- David Nadell - Managing Director, Strategic Value Advisory, Kroll
4:55pm - 5:40pm
Accounting for Acquisitions
- Operational accounting and finance implications and challenges of M&A activity
- Shifting policies and procedures between parent/target entities
- Collaboration amongst cross-functional teams from both organizations
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Kari Ebert - Managing Director, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
- Meagan Caldwell - Senior Director of Technical Accounting, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc
- Jennifer Essig - VP of Finance, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
- Brad Krause - Senior Director, Corporate Financial Reporting, Eli Lilly & Company
- Danielle O’Brien - Vice President, Finance - Assistant Corporate Controller, Teleflex Incorporated
4:05pm - 4:50pm
Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- Control and ownership of responsibilities
- Effective tracking for optimal output
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Jeffrey Russell - Partner, Armanino Advisors LLC
- Justin Renz - Chief Financial Officer, Ardelyx
- Rohit Gupta - Director, Global Revenue Finance, Pfizer
4:55pm - 5:40pm
Executive Think Tank
This open forum allows for senior level executives to exchange ideas and best practices for driving internal and organizational success through efficiencies, technology, and new innovations.
*Informa Connect reserves the right to qualify participants for this Summit. Attendees must be a Director/Senior Director/VP with 10+ years' experience and currently employed by a life sciences manufacturer.
CPE credits available: 0.8
- Mallory Morales - Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Immuneering Corporation
- Michael Clark - Corporate Controller, Legend Biotech
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Plenary
5:40pm - 6:40pm
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