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Australian Women in Life Sciences Leadership – A Global Perspective

June 5, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

MTPConnect are proud to partner with Sanofi to host our inaugural ‘Australian Women in Life Sciences Leadership – A Global Perspective’ forum. This event is an opportunity to have an open conversation about the emerging opportunities and challenges that women in life sciences leadership roles face in the industry in a changing global market.

Our featured keynote speaker is Iris Depaz, Country Medical Lead & Head of Medical Vaccines, Sanofi ANZ. Iris will provide insight into leveraging opportunities to succeed in securing international collaborations.

This event will also include a panel session for an open and interactive discussion with Australian women in leadership and international key leaders. The panel will take a deep dive into strategies that empower and elevate women in life sciences to successfully collaborate and partner on commercial and research partnerships.

Please join us to explore strategies to empower and elevate Australian Women in Life Science Leadership roles.

Please note this event is strictly by invitation only and is not transferrable. Your unique code is WomenInLeadership will give you access to RSVP. Kindly please RSVP to reserve your place. If you did not receive this invitation directly please contact us at [email protected].

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Speaker Profiles

Iris Depaz PhD EMBA GCHEd, Country Medical Lead & Head of Medical Vaccines, Sanofi ANZ

Dr Iris Depaz has over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and scientific research. Iris obtained her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia where she also conducted postdoctoral research and was an Associate Lecturer. She joined industry in 2007 and has worked in a variety of medical and R&D roles at local, regional and global levels in two global pharmaceutical companies including Medical Lead for the MMR and Varicella vaccine franchise for GSK based in Belgium and Head of Global Medical Effectiveness at Sanofi Vaccines based in France. Iris completed her EMBA with Honors at the IMD Business School in Lausanne Switzerland in 2020.

Currently, Iris is the Country Medical Lead and Vaccines Head of Medical for Sanofi ANZ. She has recently been appointed Managing Director of the Sanofi Global Translational Science Hub based in Brisbane. Her focus is on fostering scientific collaborations, elevating scientific communication, and establishing strategic partnerships to optimize vaccines development, access and uptake. She has also led several digital health projects utilizing Natural Language Processing (AI), data analytics, blockchain technology and omnichannel solutions. Iris is also passionate about patient empowerment and improving health outcomes.

Hon. Jaala Pulford, MTPConnect Chair

The Honourable Jaala Pulford was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2006 as Member for Western Victoria. Over the first two terms of the Andrews Government (2014-22), Jaala was the first woman to serve as Minister for Agriculture, and had ministerial responsibilities that included roads, the TAC, fishing and boating, small business, resources, employment and for innovation, medical research and the digital economy. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Government in the upper house.

She secured both Moderna and BioNTech for Melbourne, cementing a local end-to-end mRNA vaccine capability, supply certainty, an R&D hub and significant research investment.

Jaala is an experienced leader with deep experience in Cabinet government, public administration and governance, Jaala is passionate about making sure people and businesses can thrive in an economy undergoing fast-moving, often destabilising, but exciting and transformational change.

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L.E.K. Consulting
75 State Street #7th floor
Boston, CA 02109 United States
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