6th Edition Excellence in Sterilizing Medical Devices 2025 | Marcus Evans Group | 2 April 2025 | TBA, Chicago, USA

This premier marcus evans conference will permit manufacturers to discuss contemporary challenges to design, supply, transportation, containerizing and packaging of devices while ensuring sustained production, product performance, and sterility assurance in the face of evolving rules and regulations. Attendees will walk away with strategies to plan for existing and future capacity constraints while adopting cost effective EO reduction strategies and alternative modalities such as X-Ray, E-Beam, Alternative Gases, and more. Furthermore, attendees will learn how to manage risk for process control, microbial contamination, and production impacts while maximizing the knowledge and leadership strengths of sterility and microbiology experts within their organizations.

Key Sessions:
• Highlighting the key considerations for in house and onsite sterilization versus utilizing a contract sterilizer
• Developing standards, discussing policy, and unpacking guidance on alternative modalities
• Examining changes to sterilization processes and procedures for enhanced operational benefit with real time control charting
• Discussing the anticipated outcomes of recent industry rules and regulations at home and overseas
• Maximizing microbial risk management for optimal sterility assurance

2024 Past Speakers

Lisa Krogman
Global Environmental, Health and Safety, Abbott

Jeffrey Peltier
Sterility Assurance, Cardinal Health

Byron Lambert
Fellow, Sterilization, Abbott Vascular

Timothy Andrews
Chemistry Team Lead and Study Director, TÜV SÜD America

Mary M. Williams
Senior Manager, Global Procurement Sterilization and Resins, Abbott

Thomas Kroc, PhD
Applications Physicist for Technology Development, Fermilab

Wendy Mach
Sr. Director, Technical Services, Canyon Labs

Ileana Toro Lozada
Sr. Manager Global Sterility Assurance Quality Operations, Avanos