Agenda:
Day One: 13 March 2006
 
Registration
09.15
Chairman's Opening Welcome Address
Al Sokol, Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
09.30
Keynote: The State of the Industry
Dennis Purcell, General Partner, Aisling Capital
10.00
The Venture Gap between Pharma and Biotech: the Global Outlook for 2006Chairman: Dr Andrew McDonald, Biotech Analyst, Think Equity
Panellists:
Brian Hargreaves, Sector Partner - Healthcare, 3i
Stan Yakatan, Chairman, Katan Associates
Jonathan Leff, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
10.45
Coffee Break
11.20
Company Presentations: Small Cap Listed Companies
13.20
Lunch
14.20
Keynote Panel:
Investment trends, financing opportunities and challenges in today’s market
Chairman: Michael Lytton, General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners
Panellists:  
James M Garvey, CEO & Managing Partner, SV Life Science Advisors
Dr Steven St. Peter, General Partner, MPM Capital         
Dr Gert A. Caspritz, General Partner, Techno Venture Management
15.30
Coffee Break
16.05
Company Presentations in Workshops
Venture Funded Early to Mid Stage Biotechs

• Therapeutics
• Immunology/Oncology
• Listed Company Presentations
18.15
Cocktail Reception
Day Two: 14 March 2006
Registration
08.50
Opening Welcome
09.00
New frontiers in Oncology: translational research in oncology
Chairman: Dr O Prem Das, Director, Office of Technology Licensing &
                 Industry Sponsored Research,
 Harvard Medical School
Speakers:
Dr David Scheinberg, Chairman of the Experimental Therapeutics Center,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr Lee Nadler, Senior Vice President for Experimental Medicine,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Mark Chalek, Chief, Business Ventures, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
10.15
The do’s and don’ts of corporate collaboration: A practical guide to building and managing a successful alliance.
Chairman:  Professor Frank Douglas, Professor of Practice,
                  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
Panellists:
Corinne Savill, Global Head of Search and Evaluation, Business Development and Licensing, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Guy Eiferman, Vice President Alliance Management, Merck & Company
Marcia Anderegg, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
Phil Tinmouth, Senior Director Corporate Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
11.00
Coffee Break
11.30
Attracting new Investment. Innovative business models for Medtech companies: are we moving towards the Biotech model?
Chairman: William C Mills III, Managing Member, EGS Healthcare Capital Partners
Panellists:
Lothar Krinke, Ph.D., Senior Director Business Development, Medtronic Neurological
Tom Sommer, President, MASSMedic
Dr Evan Facher, Business Development Manager, MEDRAD, Inc.
12.25
Lunch
13.35
Company Presentations in Workshops
Venture Funded Early to Mid Stage Biotechs

• Therapeutics
• Medtech

15.45
Close of Conference
 

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