Speakers announced for the Pharmaceutical Sales Force Effectiveness Conference 2008

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 04, 2007 – Eyeforpharma has announced 26 of their 60 speakers for the world’s biggest and most influential sales strategy conference for pharma on 2-4 April in Barcelona.  The conference is yet to be officially launched but in a sneak preview of the agenda they have announced that the following SFE experts will be speaking at the event:

   Mike Capaldi, Associate VP of Training and Development, Sanofi-Aventis
   Saila Roitto, Senior Project Manager, Commercial Operations, Novartis
   Tim Townend, Sales Training Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
   Nick Pope- Director of Sales Training, Bausch & Lomb
   Paul Kusters, Associate Director Sales Force Effectiveness and Training Europe, UCB
   Maritta Sauer, Head of Business Intelligence, Orion
   Len Starnes, Head Global E-Business, Primary care, Bayer-Schering
   Typhaine Servant, Head Sales Force Effectiveness, Novartis
   Igor Harolovich, Director, Pliva
   Tobias Weizel, Senior Director, Sales & Marketing Effectiveness, CEE, Amgen
   Dudley Ferguson, Managing Director, Astellas UK
   Jeff French, Director, National Social Marketing Centre, Public Health at Brunel
   Jeff Bloomfield, Director,Glendinning
   Martin Symons, General Manager, UK, Recordati
   Dirk Ziegler, Head Sales Excellence, EGM, Novartis
   Wolfgang Walter, Director Sales Force, Nycomed
   Leandro Herrero, CEO, The Chalfont Project
   Alan Jones, Head of CRM & eBusiness, Janssen-Cilag
   Kevin Dolgin, Assoc Prof of Marketing, University of Paris
   Debbie Hanson, European Sales, Training & Development Manager, GE Healthcare
   Enrique Garrido, European Training Manager, Grunenthal
   Sean Burke, CIO, Galderma
   Tom Van Den Bulck, CRM Manager, Organon
   Peter Greedy, CRM Director, Bausch & Lomb
   Ignacio Martinez, Business Intelligence Director, Grunenthal
   Joanita Bonnier, SFE Manager, Johnson & Johnson

In addition, eyeforpharma proudly announce that IMS, CSL, Innovex, Cegedim Dendrite, TNS, Citobi, Agnitio and Oracle are all major sponsors and supporters of the conference.

The 3 day conference consists of presentations, workshops, roundtables, speed-networking, cocktail receptions and VIP dinners and is seen as the leading conference and meeting place for sales strategy executives in the pharmaceutical industry, with over 650 delegates attending in Monaco in 2008.  The wide range of topics at the conference include, Key Account Management, CRM optimisation, integrated selling models, customer relationship strategies, First Line Management Coaching, eLearning, Wireless technologies, eDetailing, Web 2.0, targeting and segmentation and performance management and how they can be used in the pharmaceutical industry to increase the effectiveness of a company’s sales force in an ever changing and challenging healthcare environment.
eyeforpharma is offering  a special pre-launch discount for those that register their place at the Conference early, with €500 knocked off the price of tickets to anyone registering before October 26th.
Further updates, full information on presentations and speakers, and details on other ticket options can all be found by visiting www.SFEeurope.com


About the eyeforpharma Sales Force Effectiveness Conference Europe
The eyeforpharma Sales Force Effectiveness Conference was established 6 years ago and is now the world’s leading and most established sales strategy conference for the pharmaceutical industry. With over 650 attendees participating in Monaco in 2007 and over 800 expacted in 2008 in Barcelona it is seen as the meeting and learning place for senior-level sales executives from across the world to learn how they can increase the effectiveness of their sales force in an ever changing and constantly challenging healthcare environment.  
Find out more at www.SFEeurope.com
The event is organised and researched independently by eyeforpharma.
About eyeforpharma
eyeforpharma is a leading global source of information for the pharmaceutical industry.  Our reputation has been built on quality, in-depth conferences that have distinguished themselves from competitors by the depth and breadth of research we put into each conference to ensure it is covering the hottest and most pertinent issues of the industry.  Months are spent talking directly to senior executives in the industry, as well as relevant consultants and journalists and well respected solutions providers.
Please visit www.eyeforpharma.com to find out more about us.