GEO CLUSTER AGENDA

ANNUAL GEO CLUSTER - JULY 18, 2023
Location: AMGEN - Thousand Oaks, CA

THEME: ALL THINGS RISK ASSESSMENT

9:00am – 9:45am

Badge Check-In. No onsite registrations. All attendees must arrive no later than 9:15am and have their ID to show through security. Please note we are unable to accommodate late arrivals.

9:15am

Cluster Conversations
Coffee, Morning Refreshments and Conversation to reconnect with old colleagues and meet new friends.

10:00am

Cluster Launch Welcome – Joyce Eggers, DA4S President

10:05am

Cluster Introduction – Jinus Moghbeli, AMGEN

10:15am

The Why – The Perspective of Risk in Large Corporations and Areas of Focus for Suppliers and What Suppliers Need to Do.

Third Party Risk Management helps organizations answer a few seemingly simple yet critical questions:

Who am I doing business with?
What risks do they impose?
How do I successfully manage those risks?

It’s an essential process because third parties inherently introduce significant risk to an organization, including information security risks, like a data breach; lack of financial stability; supply chain disruption; environmental or social accountability issues; regulatory compliance concerns; bribery, fraud, and corruption risk, to name a few. All Corporations need to address these risks and it is a necessary process that Suppliers need to manage to do business with large corporations, but also something Suppliers should ensure they are focusing on and are aware of for their businesses.

11:00am

Business Continuity and Financial Considerations
Panel Discussion

Noon

Cluster Nourishment – Lunch and networking with colleagues.

1:00pm – 1:45pm

Security
Panel Discussion

2:00pm – 2:45pm

The Process of a Risk Assessment from Corporate and Supplier Perspectives
We will walk you through the steps of a typical Corporate Third-Party Risk Assessment, areas of focus, typical questions asked, etc.

2:45pm

Afternoon Break – Light refreshments and beverages

3:00pm

Beyond the Match
Ample time for networking enables a different formalized approach to interaction between suppliers and buying organizations during the Cluster. Get a close-up and more specialized view of what it takes to become a Supplier of your most coveted representing Indirect, Direct, and R&D procurement areas sharing steps, processes, and timelines leading to SOWs and contracts. Perfect your questions rather than your Pitch and get the inside scoop that will give you a competitive advantage.

Session One 3:00 – 3:25pm

Session Two 3:30 – 3:55pm

Session Three 4:00 – 4:25pm

Session Four 4:30 – 4:55pm

Companies Amgen, Takeda, Eli Lilly, J&J, Dexcom (other companies to be announced)

5:00pm

Cluster Networking – Join us for hors d’oeuvres and beverages during our Reception.

6:00pm

Program Close