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COVID-19: How’s Reopening Going In Biotech Labs? Forum & Breakout Chats On Lessons Learned So Far

July 23, 2020 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join our moderator, Denise Aronson, Founder & CEO of Safety Partners Inc. and experts Rhonda O’Keefe, Director EHS and Biosafety Officer at The Broad Institute and Caroline Slater, Director Quality, Research and Training, Safety Partners, Inc. for a high level overview of the challenges and opportunities we face through reopening and ongoing conduct in biotech labs as we live the threat of COVID-19. We’ll assign our audience members to Zoom breakout rooms with MassBio member moderators where we will have a discussion to identify the Top 2 problems we are facing. Then we will regroup and moderators will provide a readout of key points from each breakout room and get reaction and suggestions from Rhonda and Caroline. Come share your knowledge, ideas and lessons learned as we all face this new territory together. Make new connections. Sponsored by the MassBio Safety, Environmental and Facilities forum working group. Limited spaces available, register today.

Our Speakers:
Denise Aronson, Founder and CEO, Safety Partners, Inc. (Moderator)
Rhonda O’Keefe, CSP, CBSP, Director, EHS and Biosafety Officer at the Broad Institute in Cambridge
Caroline Slater, Director Quality, Research and Training, Safety Partners, Inc.

Breakout Room Facilitators:
Dorrian C. Fragola, Vice President Marketing & Business Development, Janitronics Building Services
Brian Boissonneault, Business Development Manager, Veolia North America
Adam Wyner, Associate Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Elias Witman, North American Marketing Consultant, Sanyou Bio
Shaina Jamani, Area Manager – New England Area, PHC Corporation of North America (PHCNA)
Isabel Johnson, Environmental Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Lauren Laidlaw, Vice President, Safety Partners, Inc.