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INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTORY
DAY 1 Monday 5/5/2025
TIME COURSE FACULTY LOCATION
6:00 PM Registration and Welcome Reception ClubHouse Suites – Cabernet Room
7:00 PM Welcome /Introduction to PPALS Leadership Barbara, Jayne, Jean ClubHouse Suites – Cabernet Room
8:00 PM PACT Capstone Project and Reflection Paper Discussion Robert Tomaino ClubHouse Suites – Cabernet Room
DAY 2 Tuesday 5/6/2025
INDUSTRY INTRODUCTORY
TIME COURSE FACULTY LOCATION
8:30 AM Welcome to the Sanford/PPALS PACT Course Barbara Wuebbels, RN Sanford Dakota Room
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Introduction to Sanford Research Sharon Hunt Dakota Room
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 2025 Case Study Everyone David LaGreca,Facilitator Dakota and Coyote Rooms
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM BREAK Moquist Hall
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM History: Importance of Patient Advocacy Jayne Gershkowitz Dakota Room
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH Moquist Hall
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Building Your Patient Advocacy Function Gissoo Decotiis Dakota Room
3:00 PM – 3:15 pm BREAK Moquist Hall
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Drug Development Sandi Heibel, PhD Dakota Room
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM Patient Advisory Boards Amanda Sowinski Dakota Room
5:30 PM- 6:00 PM Transport to The Barn Faculty, Staff and Attendees
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PACT Group Dinner The Barn (located on the Sanford campus)
DAY 3 Wednesday 5/7/2025
INDUSTRY INTRODUCTORY
TIME COURSE FACULTY LOCATION
8:30 AM Morning Address Jayne Gershkowiz Dakota Room
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM Introduction to Sanford CoRDS Registry Colette Free Dakota Room
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Compliance Tiffany Cummings-Damiani Dakota Room
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM BREAK Moquist Hall
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM What Is the ROI of Patient Advocacy Jennifer Helfer Dakota Room
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH Moquist Hall
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Identifying Partners Within Related Industries Anne Melchior Dakota Room
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Building Partnerships with Government & Academia David Eckstein, PhD & Jill Weimer, PhD Dakota Room
3:45 PM- 4:00 PM BREAK Moquist Hall
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Tell Your Patient Advocacy Story Chris Smith Dakota Room
5:00 PM- 5:30 PM Return to Clubhouse Suites
6:00 PM Dinner on your own – explore Sioux Falls!
DAY 4 Thursday 5/8/2025
INDUSTRY INTRODUCTORY
TIME COURSE FACULTY LOCATION
8:30 AM Morning Address Jean Campbell Dakota Room
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM Four-Legged Table: Industry, PAO, Academia and Government Barbara Wuebbels, Moderator; David Eckstein, Jayne Gershkowitz, Jill Weimer, Rob Long Dakota Room
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Patient Advocacy’s Role in Improving Clinical Trial Diversity Michelle Slattery & Erin Slattery Dakota Room
11:00 AM – 11:15 PM BREAK Moquist Hall
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Understanding Best Practices of Working with Non Profit Organizations Jean Campbell Dakota Room
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Challenges Facing Patient Advocacy Function Open Discussion; Moderated by Jean Campbell Dakota Room
12:30PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH Moquist Hall
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Common Ground: Where the Patient Advocacy Function and the Patient Community Meet Open Discussion; Moderated by Jayne and Barbara Dakota Room
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Closing Barbara, Jayne and Jean Dakota Room
3:30 PM Opening: Sanford CoRDS Great Plain Summit Dakota Room