NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce JPM Week 2021, the premier event for leading experts and executives in the biopharma and healthcare industry, is scheduled to take place January 11–13, 2021. The three-day virtual event will deliver CEO interviews, panel discussions and company presentations exploring biopharma’s ongoing work to combat COVID-19 and the world’s other diseases. Register here.

“Normally in January, the biopharma world would descend on San Francisco for the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. But as we all know, that world is a long way away and virtual is our new reality,” says Rebecca Willumson, Vice President & Publisher, Fierce Pharma. “We created Fierce JPM Week to continue our industry coverage through a virtual event that will bring you a more in depth perspective from the leaders of the biopharma world.”

Fierce JPM Week will feature interviews and presentations from the following thought leaders:

• Samit Hirawat, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
• Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Roche and Genentech 
• Rick Gates, Senior Vice President – Pharmacy and Healthcare, Walgreens
• Ruud Dobber, EVP and President, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca 
• David Feinberg, M.D., Vice President, Google Health
• Mariola Fotin-Mleczek, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, CureVac
• Alexander Hardy, CEO, Genentech 
• Daphne Koller, CEO and Founder, insitro 
• Ann Leen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, AlloVir 
• Heather Zenk, SVP of Strategic Global Sourcing, AmerisourceBergen 
• Halee Fischer-Wright, M.D., President and CEO, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 

The event will offer several panel discussions including:

• In-development COVID-19 therapeutics 
• “Second-wave” COVID-19 vaccines 
• The last mile: How will a COVID-19 vaccine make it from plant to patients? 

A special thanks to our sponsors: Bayer, Catalent Biologics, Clarivate Analytics, Elligo Health Research, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, Google Chrome Enterprise, Honeywell, Komodo Health, Lore IO, Medable, Molecular Health GmbH, PhRMA, RxE2, Takeda, TD2, Thermo Fisher and Wacker Biotech GmbH.

Learn more about Fierce JPM Week here. To register to attend Fierce JPM Week, click here. The event is free for biopharma and healthcare organizations.

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Angelique Alcover at aalcover@questex.com.

Stay connected with Fierce JPM Week on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

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Questex
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The 10^th CIO Leadership Forum Brought Tech Leaders from Hong Kong and China Together to Discuss Accelerating the Adoption of Technologies through Partnerships

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex hosted the 10^th CIO Leadership Forum, a hybrid event on December 3 at the Cordis Hotel in Hong Kong. The event brought together CIOs, IT Heads and Directors, IT Infrastructure in Hong Kong and China to discuss accelerating the adoption of technologies through partnerships. The Questex Asia team ensured that speakers had the option of attending the event in-person or digitally.

“In this time of uncertainty our communities want to connect with each other now more than ever. Our team collaborated to create an innovative hybrid program that brought the community together in a way that allowed exhibitors, sponsors and attendees to safely learn and network. With guidance from the Hong Kong government as well as incorporating the Questex Event Directive approach, the CIO Leadership Forum took place successfully earlier this month,” said Paul Miller, CEO, Questex. “The pandemic has changed the event industry for the foreseeable future and potentially forever. We are reimagining events with unique solutions that support each of our communities. After eight months of digital only events, it is great to see professionals gathering live at events again. I am very proud of the Questex Asia team as they have continued to explore and experiment with event formats to benefit the communities that they serve.”
  
The CIO Leadership Forum offered practical insights from leading CIOs on critical industry topics:

• 5G and its impact on enterprise architecture: the role of CIO
• Prioritizing technology investments: choosing optimal partnerships
• Managing compliance and privacy challenges
• AI Blackbox
• Commercializing Blockchain

Nearly 20 speakers discussed technology, skills and resource planning and integration including

• Ted Suen, CIO, MTR Corporation
• Aaron Lee, Group CIO, United Asia Finance Limited
• Steven S. H. Yau, Vice President, APAC CIO, Estee Lauder
• Elvie Lahournère, Digital and Innovation Director – APAC, Natixis Bank
• Daniel Lai, CIO, Esquel Group
• Andy Chun, Regional Director, Technology Innovation, Prudential
• Micky Lo, Managing Director, Chief Information Risk Officer APAC, BNY Mellon
• David Chan, Chief Information Security Officer, Hang Seng Bank Limited

The event also included an Exhibit Hall as well as one-on-one meetings.
  
On-Talent, eG Innovations and Micro Focus were the sponsors of the 10^th annual of CIO Leadership Forum.

To learn more about Questex, visit questex.com.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

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Kate Spellman
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Questex
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212 895 8488‬

Virtual Event Targeted to Autonomous Tech Engineering Professionals Interested in Innovations and Solutions

NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Next week, December 14-16, engineering professionals will gather virtually at Questex’s AutonomousTech Innovation Week to learn about the latest innovations in the autonomous tech industry. Register here.

Each day the virtual event will feature keynotes, tech talks and panels across main topic areas.

• December 14: Innovations in Autonomous Technologies: Sensors and Beyond
• December 15: Vehicle Awareness to Exterior Sensing: Innovations in LiDAR, Radar, and Cameras
• December 16: The Drive for Secure, Safe, 100% Reliable Connectivity

More than 20 speakers will share the applications, success stories and challenges driving the autonomous world including:

• Dr. Misty Davies, Deputy Project Manager, NASA Airspace Operations and Safety Program  
• Dan Leibfried, Director, Automation and Autonomy – Intelligent Solutions Group, John Deere  
• Roger Melen, Senior Advisor, Toyota InfoTech Labs  
• Steve Povolny, Head of Advanced Threat Research, McAfee 
• Bill Taylor, Managing Director – Functional Safety, kVA by UL  
• Xiaoling Han, Director of Sensors and Vehicle Control, TuSimple   

To learn more and register to attend the free AutonomousTech Innovation Week, visit https://www.autonomoustechconf.com.

ams AG, Bluetooth SIG, Murata, Rohde & Schwarz, Metawave, morpheusTEK, OLEI, Autotech Council, and Connected Vehicle Trade Association are the sponsors of AutonomousTech Innovation Week.

Stay connected with AutonomousTech Innovation Week on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Ashley Secondini
Senior Marketing Manager
T: 617 219 8358 
E: asecondini@questex.com