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Monday
25 February |
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| 08.15 |
Registration |
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09.00
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BALLROOM
Opening
Welcome
Edwards
Angell Palmer
& Dodge |
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09.10 |
Keynote Address
Dennis Purcell, Senior Managing Director, Aisling Capital |
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09.30 |
Funding for the Biotech Industry
| Chair: |
Stan
Yakatan, Chairman, Katan Associates |
| Panellists: |
Stefan Aigner, EVP of Corporate Development, Alpharma Inc
Brian Halak, Partner, Domain Associates LLC
Al Sokol, Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Stuart Barich, Managing Director, Oppenheimer & Company |
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10.10 |
Coffee
Break |
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10.30
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Small-Cap Listed Company Presentations
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10.30
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Arthur T. Sands
President & CEO |
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Biophan Technologies Inc.
John Lanzafame
CEO |
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10.45
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Alseres Pharmaceuticals
Peter G. Savas
Chairman & CEO |
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Entremed
James S. Burns
President & CEO |
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11.00
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Arana Therapeutics Ltd
Steffen Nock
President |
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Lipoxen
Scott Maguire
CEO |
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11.15
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BioMS Medical
Tony Hesby
EVP Corporate Affairs |
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OctoPlus N.V.
Hans Pauli
CFO |
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11.30
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Antisense Therapeutics
Mark Diamond
CEO |
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Wilex AG
Peter Llewellyn-Davies
CFO |
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11.45
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pSivida
Paul Ashton
Managing Director |
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Acrongenomics
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12.00
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Cequent Pharmaceuticals
Peter Parker
President & CEO |
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Santaris Pharma A/S
Keith McCullagh
CEO |
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12.15
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Avir Green Hills Biotechnology AG
Thomas Muster
CEO |
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Immunovaccine Technologies
Randall Chase
President & CEO |
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12.30
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Radius Health Inc.
Richard Lyttle
President & CEO |
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Mercury Therapeutics Inc.
Neal C. Birnberg
President & CEO |
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12.45
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Questions to Panelists
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.15 |
Panel Discussion: Global Investor Trends
| Chair: |
Michael Lytton, General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners |
| Panellists: |
Stephen Knight, Partner, Fidelity Biosciences
Jens Eckstein, Partner, TVM Capital
John Brooks, President & CEO, Medical Capital Advisors
Ulrik Spork, Partner, Novo A/S |
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15.00
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Company Presentations
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BALLROOM
Chair: Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt,
The Global Consulting Group |
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VENETIAN ROOM |
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15.00
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CellTraffix Inc.
Thomas Fitzgerald
President & CEO |
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Amulet Pharmaceuticals
Craig M. Liddell
CEO |
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15.15
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F-Star
Gottfried Himmler
CEO |
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Photo Dynamic Therapies LLC
Günther Hofmann
COO |
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15.30
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NeuroHealing Pharmaceuticals
Neal M. Farber
CEO |
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4-Antibody
Sijmen de Vries
CEO |
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15.45
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Targetetd Cell Therapeutics
Eric J. Evans
CEO |
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T2Cure
Manfred Rüdiger
CEO |
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16.00
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Questions to Panelists
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16.10 |
Panel Discussion: Next Generation Antibody Therapeutics
| Chair: |
Steven Dickman, CEO, CBT Advisors |
| Panellists: |
Dr. Masamichi Koike, President & CEO, BioWa
Dr. Gottfried Himmler, CEO, F-Star
Dr.Scott Koenig, President & CEO, Macrogenics
Markus Goebel, Managing Director, Novartis Venture Fund
Doug Fambrough, Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners |
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17.10 |
Panel Discussion: Investing in Medical Devices
| Chair: |
Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist, Boston Globe
& Co-Founder of the Convergence Forum |
| Panellists: |
Bill Mills, Managing Member, EGS Healthcare
Doug Cole, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
John T. Santini Jr, President & CEO, MicroCHIPS, Inc.
Tim Surgenor, President & CEO, Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. |
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18.00 |
Cocktail
Reception |
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Tuesday
26 February |
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| 08.15 |
Registration |
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08.30
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BALLROOM
Opening Keynote: Designing the Future of Cancer Research at MIT
Robert Urban, Executive Director, The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
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08.50 |
Science Keynote: Cancer Metabolism
Lewis C. Cantley, Professor of Systems Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School
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09.10 |
Panel Discussion: Transatlantic Investing (US - Europe)
| Chair: |
Lutz Giebel, Partner, SV Life Sciences |
| Panellists: |
Mike Bigham, General Partner, Abingworth Management
Bruce Booth, Principal, Atlas Venture
Jesper Zeuthen, Managing Partner, BankInvest
Ansbert Gadicke, General Partner, MPM Capital |
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09.50 |
Panel Discussion: Partnering – Successful Strategic Alliances
| Chair: |
Tamar Howson, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals |
| Panellists: |
John Maraganore, President & CEO,Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Dr George A. Scangos, President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelixis
Arthur T. Sands, President & CEO, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals |
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10.35 |
Coffee
Break |
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11.00 |
Big Pharma and VC Panel
| Chair: |
Maggie LeFlore, Ph.D., Head, R&D Ventures, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals |
| Panellists: |
Dr Reid Leonard, Executive Director Licensing and External Research, Merck & Co
Dr Jeremy Levin, Senior Vice President, Bristol Myers Squibb
Jonathan Fleming, Managing General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners |
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11.45
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Partnering Presentations (order of presentations subject to change)
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11.45
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Biogen Idec: Leslie Coney, Director Business Development
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12.00
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Bristol-Myers Squibb: Robert Schwartz, Senior Director Oncology Licensing
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12.15
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Merck & Co.: Dr Reid Leonard, Executive Director Licensing and External Research
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12.30
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Novartis Pharma: Dr. Jennifer Griffiths, Head Search and Evaluation, AB
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12.45
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Pfizer Inc.: Dr. Robert Bagdorf, Executive Director, Licensing & Development
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13.15 |
Networking Lunch |
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18.00 |
Close of Conference |
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