Founders, Dale Blair and Carole Robbins, are committed to a conference enterprise built upon significant experience in marketing, communications, advertising and publishing. Along with an advisory board and partners who comprise a wealth of knowledge in life science, health and wellness and not for profit, they are applying novel approaches to a live and web-based conference environment.
Carole Robbins brings over 30 years of marketing, advertising and communications expertise to Conference Development Associates. She is most known for developing highly-regarded business to business conferences for the life science industry, and is responsible for conceiving, designing and implementing the conference operations for a division of Euromoney, through ConferenceBuilders, a boutique conference production company for publications. Previously, she was founder and owner of Medical Associates of the State of New York, an ad agency catering to the Medical Society of the State of New York, and has held senior account positions within the ad agency community. Ms Robbins began her career as a researcher for America's first technology transfer publication, The NASA Tech Brief. Carole has also served on the Board of Directors of the Council on Economic Priorities and several other corporate social responsibility not for profits.
PARTIAL LIST OF CONFERENCES PRODUCED
- Pharmaceutical CEO Leadership Forum
- Pharmaceutical R&D Leadership Forum
- Biotech Law and Litigation
- Molecular Diagnostic Summit
- Bio- Pharma Mergers and Acquisitions Forums
- Termination Law and Litigation
- Green Patent Litigation
- International Antitrust Litigation
SPEAKERS AND SPONSORS INCLUDE
- Astra Zeneca
- Bayer Diagnostics
- Deloitte & Touche
- Eli Lilly
- Ernst & Young
- Foley & Lardner
- Greenberg Traurig
- National Institute of Health and NCI
- Novartis
- Pfizer
- Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
- The Federal Trade Commission
- University of Pennsylvania
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Patent and Trademark Office
Dale Blair brings over 25 years of sales & marketing experience to Conference Development Associates. Specializing in business to business advertising sales, Dale has worked as a national sales manager for national publications in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Kitchen & Bath Business, Information Technology, and several Real Estate publications. After leaving the corporate environment in 2003, Dale founded LifeTime Expos & Event Management. LifeTime Expos & Event Management has since produced over 30 conferences and consumer expos in the Mid-Atlantic region. LifeTime’s consumer events focus on health and wellness providing attendees with an enjoyable and educational experience linking them to businesses and professionals who provide information relevant to changing needs. LifeTime’s small business conferences are dedicated to educating and empowering small business owners to stay competitive in today's business environment, while also providing those interested in starting a business with the education and support needed to begin the process.
PARTIAL LIST OF EVENTS PRODUCED
- Annual Delaware Women’s Wellness Conference
- Annual Delaware Caregiver’s Conference
- Annual Delaware 50+ Expo
- Greater Philadelphia Women’s Wellness Conference
- Annual Bucks County Women’s Business Conference & Expo
- Annual Greater Philadelphia 50+ Expo
- New Jersey Women’s Expo
SPEAKERS AND SPONSORS INCLUDE
- AARP
- AIG Bank
- American Heart Association
- Ameriprise
- Arthritis Foundation
- Astra Zeneca Consumer Group
- Aetna
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelity Investments
- ING Direct
- Merrill Lynch
- Novartis Consumer Group
- Pfizer Consumer Group
- Temple University
- Wells Fargo Bank
- WHYY Coming of Age
Testimonials
Paul Park, Director of Performance Management at AT&T Interactive
"Great Results, Personable, Creative"."Carole is an A+ professional: organized, prepared, personable and on top of the ball. She not only presented the opportunity but made it markedly easy to execute and provided constructive feedback before, during and after the event. She is someone I look forward to working with on an ongoing basis."
Rich Minoff, President & CEO, Dorland Global Corporation
“Without any hesitation I would recommend Carole as a conference producer/manager based on the several years I've had working with her while she was at Engel Publishing. In addition to being the buttoned-up, detailed oriented person needed to manage any size event flawlessly, Carole is quite a pleasure to work with on all accounts. Anyone who engages her will be quite pleased with the results.”
Kathy Tarochione, Division CEO – Major Sales, Client/Business Development Specialist, Worldwide Corporate Network
“Carole was by far the major influence and strategist for WCN's virtual conferences. I was always thrilled to see Carole because I knew the job would get done--on time--in a highly professional manner. Carole's compassion for the business needs of our clients was superior. She always went the extra mile and more. I'm delighted to still be in contact with her and now have her as a client. Thank you Carole!”