Beyond Transactions: Building Scientific Partnerships That Drive Discovery

Presenter: Brian Craig, ConvergAscent

Join us in Minneapolis, MN to hear Keynote Speaker Brian Craig, CEO and Founder of Convergascent LLC, present on “Beyond Transactions: Building Scientific Partnerships That Drive Discovery”.

Scientific breakthroughs emerge when research relationships transcend transactional “test and report” models to become true scientific partnerships. In this session, we will explore how moving beyond task-based interactions to collaborative discovery unlocks unexpected insights that transform challenging experiments into groundbreaking advances. Drawing from over 25 years of experience spanning billion-dollar markets at Medtronic and Covidien to founding five medical device startups, Brian will share real-world examples where apparent research setbacks became pivotal moments of discovery through teams working as scientific partners rather than service providers.

Through the lens of early-stage therapeutic development, this presentation will demonstrate how scientific partnerships drive medical advancement.  When CRO teams and sponsors collaborate as co-investigators, interpreting data together and exploring insights beyond the protocol, the potential for breakthrough science exponentially increases.