The World Connected: 28 women leaders. 7 cities. 1 microphone.

When: March 8, 2027

Where: Tokyo, Japan

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THE ROUTE - East to west: Tokyo → São Paulo · 8–9 March 2027
The microphone starts in Tokyo & travels west through seven host cities over 36 hours. Every host city draws its moderator & panelists from across its country or region, from different companies.
• Tokyo, Japan
• Shanghai, China
• Bengaluru, India
• Johannesburg, South Africa
• Basel, Switzerland
• New York / New Jersey, USA
• São Paulo, Brazil

SPEAKERS:
• Apoorva Aggarwal, Managing Principal, ZS Associates, India
• Heidi Anthoni, Head of Medical Affairs, Lundbeck, Japan
• Jamaal Sebastian Barnes, VP, Strategic HR Business Partner Head, Research, Bristol Myers Squibb, United States
• Itziar Canamasas, SVP, Global Head of Oncology, Boehringer Ingelheim, Switzerland
• Christine Fletcher, Vice President, Biostatistics, GSK, United Kingdom
• Lisa Gibson, VP, Head of Quality, Japan, Takeda, Japan
• Lynelle Hoch, President, Cell Therapy Organization, Bristol Myers Squibb, United States
• Sarah Jegasothy, Principal Partner, APAC, ZS Associates, Singapore
• Moira Ellie Jimba, General Manager, RSA & Sub-Saharan Africa, Radiometer, a Danaher company, South Africa
• Sadhna Joglekar, SVP & Head of Global Drug Development, Novartis, India
• Charlotte Jones-Burton, Founder & President, OneWe Reach, United States
• Shilpa Kedia, CFO, Johnson & Johnson, India
• Dr. Edith Koller-Dette, Chief Quality Officer, Sandoz, Switzerland
• Dr. Eileen Koske, Clinical Operations Lead, Roche, Kenya
• Karina De Lazzari, Senior Vice President, Syneos Health, Argentina
• Michele LeSueur, VP Sales/Marketing, Hematology, Johnson & Johnson, United States
• Marian Mutch, VP, Global Quality Office, Fortrea, United States
• Nyawira Njeru, Regional Director, Hologic, Kenya
• Fujiko Oura, Country Lead, Fortrea, Japan
• Yetunde Oyeneyin, Healthcare Affairs, Innovations & Patient Engagement, Boehringer Ingelheim, United Arab Emirates
• Elaine Phillips, General Manager, Canada, Bristol Myers Squibb, Canada
• Penny Piper, VP, Quality Enablement, Fortrea, United Kingdom
• Carol Pitcher-Towner, SVP, Head of Pipeline Delivery, Alnylam, United Kingdom
• Suresh Ramu, Co-founder & CEO, Cytecare Hospitals, India
• Suzana Sacirovic, VP Neuroscience & Gene Therapies, APMEA, Novartis, Singapore
• Sarah Seager, Senior Director, Business Development, EPAM, United Kingdom
• Arvashni Seeripat, President, Averitas Pharma, United States
• Larisa Nagra Singh, Founder & CEO, ClinTrust.ai, Singapore
• Alexandra Spang, Vice President of Commercial, Bavarian Nordic, Germany
• Paul Testa, EVP, North America & EMEA Manufacturing, Kyowa Kirin, United States
• Dimitris Tsuruyiannis, Vice President, Shionogi, Japan
• Debra Weiss, Former COO, Gates Medical Research Institute, United States
• Gamze Yuceland, President Growth & Emerging Markets, Takeda, Singapore

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