Roundtable Series: Artificial Intelligence – From Hype to Reality

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
GLG Headquarters, 60 East 42nd Street, (Between Park & Madison)
New York, NY

Please join us for an afternoon discussing real world applications of artificial intelligence in key sectors, followed by a networking happy hour.

We will host three concurrent tracks, focusing on adoption in the enterprise with Jeanne Williams and Dr. William Fong; applications in healthcare technology with Michael Gleeson; and regulatory impacts with Tom Wheeler. Following these events, we will bring all four speakers together for a moderated panel discussion.

This is a free, in-person only series in New York. We invite you to join one Roundtable session and the panel, or alternatively, you may choose to join only the panel.

Sessions

4:30 – 5:30 PM ET

Enterprise Adoption with Dr. William Fong, PhD, Former Global Solution Strategy Director – AI Digital Transformation at Microsoft and Jeanne Williams, Former Chief of Staff for the Head of the AI/ML Product & Program Management Organization at Apple

Topics of discussion include:

  • Enterprise adoption of Generative AI amid rising proof-of-concept (POC) failure rates
  • Model and use case progress in 2024, and implications for 2025
  • Outlook for technological advancements and key milestones on path toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Healthcare Technology with Michael Gleeson, Former President at PulseData; Former Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Arcadia

Topics of discussion include:

  • Clinical and non-clinical use cases, including treatment plan generation, diagnostics, prior authorization, medical imaging, EHR integration, RPM tools, and risk adjustment
  • AI as a supportive function for improving scalability and operational efficiency of pre-existing healthcare technology tools
  • Challenges, including data interoperability, integration, ethical / security considerations (i.e., patient data privacy, consent, algorithm bias), hallucinations, and regulatory compliance

Regulation with Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman at the Federal Communications Commission

Topics of discussion include:

  • Trump administration’s approach to AI regulation and how they might prioritize business innovation and economic growth
  • Outlook for AI as a means for national security and global economic competition and what steps might the U.S. take to ensure that AI advancements align with national security interests
  • Questions of transparency, accountability, and ethical use of AI and what regulatory measures can be taken to mitigate these concerns

5:30 – 6:30 PM ET

Putting AI into Practice
Join All Four Speakers for a Panel Conversation

6:30 PM ET

Happy Hour

Attendees who ask questions or make comments will not be identified (either by name or affiliation). GLG Events are private, invitation-only events, attended by GLG clients and authorized non-client guests. Please do not forward this invitation to non-client third parties.

Please choose one Roundtable to attend and indicate whether you will be attending the panel at 5:30 PM ET.

Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.