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10:00 AM - Opening Remarks

Joseph Panetta
President and CEO BIOCOM

 

11:00 AM - Combined Panel
(Biopharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Biotech Services)

Francois Ferre, Ph.D. (Biotech Services)
Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Althea

 John Dobak, M.D. (Medical Devices)
President and CEO, Innercool

Glen Evans, M.D., Ph.D. (Biopharmaceutical)
Founder and CEO, Egea Biosciences, Inc.

Moderator
Paul Kedrosky, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow, von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism, UCSD
Adjunct Professor, Management of Technology, Simon Fraser University

 

11:55 PM - Lunch

 

1:00 PM - Biopharmaceutical Panel

Kevin Anderson, Ph.D., MBA
Vice President, Business Development, Chimerix Inc.

Stephen Chang, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Astral Therapeutics

Avi Spier, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Allon Therapeutics

VC
David Urso, J.D.
Senior Associate and Principal, Forward Ventures

Moderator
Fred Volinsky, M.D.
Managing Director, RCT Bioventures

 

1:55 PM - Break

 

2:10 PM - Legal Issues Panel

Lisa Haile, Ph.D., J.D.
Partner, Chair of Life Sciences Group, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich

Alan Paau, MBA, Ph.D.
Director of TechTIPS and Assistant Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego

Richard Warburg, Ph.D.
Partner, IP Dept, Foley & Lardner

Moderator
John Wetherell, J.D., Ph.D.
Partner and Co-Chair of National Life Sciences Industry Team,
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP

 

3:00 PM - Tool Products and Services Panel

Merrilyn M. Datta, Ph.D.
Business Area Manager, Invitrogen Corporation

Francois Ferre, Ph.D.
Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Althea

Timothy Scott, J.D.
 Co-Founder and President of Pharmatek

Moderator
Mark Canales, Ph.D., N.P.D.P
President, ChemTelligence Partners, Inc.

 

3:40 PM - Break

 

3:55 PM - Medical Devices Panel

Delbert F. Foit, Jr., MBA
President & CEO of StructureSpec Biosciences, Inc.

Brian Kelleher, MBA
President, Paragon Medsystems

Mark McWilliams
Director of Cell Imaging and Analysis, Beckman Coulter
President, CEO and Director, Q3DM (before acquisition)

VC
David Coats, MBA
General Partner and Leader of the Life Science Team, Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures

Moderator
Michael Lutz, MBA, Ph.D.
Vice President, Screening BioMed Trak, San Diego Tech Coast Angels

 

4:50 PM - Networking