2019 Agenda

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

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7:45am-5:30pm Registration
8:00am-8:45am Pipeline Café
Wharton Forum 
8:45am Welcoming Remarks
9:00am-9:55am

Opening Plenary Session: Trends and Opportunities in Seed-Stage Fundraising
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Joseph C. Gangitano, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP

  • Marc Appel, MBA, CEO, Orange Grove Bio
  • Sumayah Jamal, MD, PhD, President, Co-Founder & CSO, ENB Therapeutics
  • Nami Park, MBA, Investor, Life Science Angels
  • Denis Patrick, PhD, Vice President, Emerging Science & Innovation, Head of Partnering Innovation, Pfizer, Managing Partner, Pfizer Ventures
  • William S. Podd, President & Executive Director, Landmark Angels & Landmark Family Office
  • Barbara S. Schilberg, Managing Director & CEO, BioAdvance
10:00am-10:55am

Therapeutic Insight: The Dash to Treat NASH, Looking Beyond the Finish Line
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: David J. Lomb, PhD, Associate Principal, Cello Health BioConsulting (previously Defined Health)

  • Bob Baltera, MS, MBA, CEO, Cirius Therapeutics
  • Scott L. Friedman, MD, Dean, Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
  • Christopher Mortko, PhD, MBA, Associate VP, Business Development & Licensing, Merck Research Laboratories
  • Julia Wattacheril, MD, MPH. Director, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Program, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Columbia University – NY Presbyterian Hospital
10:00am-11:00am

Emerging Company Showcase  
Soho Hub

  • 10:00am – Acoustic MedSystems, Inc.
  • 10:15am – Spectral MD
  • 10:30am – FocalCool, LLC
  • 10:45am – Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies
10:00am-12:00pm

Partnering Forum
11:00am-11:55am

Business Workshop: IP Licensing for Emerging Companies – Successful Strategies & Recent Trends
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Deborah A. Somerville, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

  • Laurence Blumberg, MD, Advisor, CEO, Multiple Companies
  • Christine T. Fischette, PhD, Founder & CEO, BioLinkUp, Independant Consultant, Torreya Partners
  • Erik Lium, PhD, Executive Vice President, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners
  • Charles S. Ryan, JD, PhD, CEO, Neurotrope
11:00am-12:00pm

Emerging Company Showcase
Soho Hub

  • 11:00am – TeraImmune Inc
  • 11:15am – Extend Biosciences, Inc.
  • 11:30am – Geneius Biotechnology
  • 11:45am – Theratome Bio, Inc.
12:00pm-1:05pm Lunch with The Experts
Wharton Forum 
12:00pm-1:05pm Pipeline Café
Wharton Forum 
1:15pm-2:10pm

Therapeutic Insight: Disruptive Approaches to Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Joel Sandler, PhD, Associate Principal, Cello Health BioConsulting (previously Defined Health)

  • Deanna Belsky, PhD, Associate, Dolby Family Ventures
  • Howard Filit, MD, Founding Executive Director & CSO, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
  • Philip A. Iredale, PhD, VP, Head of Biology, Cerevel Therapeutics
  • Kenneth I. Moch, MBA, CEO, Cognition Therapeutics
1:15pm-2:15pm

Emerging Company Showcase
Soho Hub

  • 1:15pm – Regenosine, Inc.
  • 1:30pm – ENB Therapeutics
  • 1:45pm – Adecto Pharmaceuticals
  • 2:00pm – Sapience Therapeutics, Inc.
1:15pm-4:30pm 

Partnering Forum
Nolita and Tribeca Hubs
2:15pm-3:30pm

Emerging Company Showcase
Soho Hub

  • 2:15pm – Navega Therapeutics
  • 2:30pm – American Life Science Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • 2:45pm – Sen-Jam Pharmaceuticals
  • 3:00pm – Neuroene Therapeutics
  • 3:15pm – CorInnova
2:15pm-3:30pm

Emerging Company Showcase (Track 2) 
Wharton Forum

  • 2:15pm – Lucerna, Inc.
  • 2:30pm – Chronus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • 2:45pm – KAER Biotherapeutics
  • 3:00pm – Microvascular Therapeutics, LLC
  • 3:15pm – NuvOx Pharma
3:30pm-4:25pm

Business Workshop: Preparing for Due Diligence
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: John Pennett, Partner, EisnerAmper

  • Allan Cohen, JD, Office Managing Partner, Long Island, Nixon Peabody
  • Barry Kappel, PhD, MBA, President, CEO & Director, Sapience Therapeutics
  • Carolyn Myers, MBA, PhD, Principal, Bio Ensemble LLC
  • Nicole Vitullo, MBA, Partner, Domain Associates
3:30pm-4:30pm

Emerging Company Showcase 
Soho Forum 

  • 3:30pm – SignaBlok, Inc.
  • 3:45pm – C. Light Technologies, Inc.
  • 4:00pm – BioSapien
  • 4:15pm – Kodikaz Therapeutic Solutions, Inc.
4:30pm-5:30pm

Plenary Session: Fundraising (Series) A- B-C’s
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Brian Korb, Managing Director, Solebury Trout

  • Sam Hall, PhD, MPhil, Independent Consultant
  • Konstantin Poukalov, Member, Perceptive Advisors
  • Stephanie Stehman, PhD, Principal, Osage University Partners
  • Nikola Trbovic, PhD, Principal, Pfizer Ventures, Executive Director, Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer Inc.
5:30pm-7:00pm

Innovation Reception 

Thursday, November 7, 2019

8:00am-3:00pm Registration
8:15am-9:00am Pipeline Café
Wharton Forum 
9:00am-9:55am

Plenary Session: Planning for IPO
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: John Haynor, Managing Director, Solebury Capital

  • Alan S. Roemer, MBA, MPH, Founding Leadership Team of Roivant Sciences and Chairman of NexImmune
  • Karen Snow, SVP & Head of East Coast Listings and Capital Services, NASDAQ
  • Sapna Srivastava, PhD, Independent Consultant
10:00am-10:55am

Therapeutic Insight: Innovation for Rare Diseases and Disruption of Biopharma Franchises – Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Michael Rice, MS, MBA, Principal, Cello Health BioConsulting (previously Defined Health)

  • Sharon Barr, PhD, VP, Head of Research, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Morgan Conn, PhD, CBO, Pharvaris B.V.
  • Claudia Hirawat, Executive Chair, Voz Advisors
  • Thomas Hofmann, MD, CEO, Qrum Pharma
10:00am-11:00am

Emerging Company Showcase 
Soho Forum 

  • 10:00am – GlyTR Therapeutics 
  • 10:15am – Incysus
  • 10:30am – ZATA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • 10:45am – AWE Technologies, LLC
10:00am-12:00pm

Partnering Forum
11:00am-11:55am

Business Workshop: Strategies for Building Your Management Team
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Chris Palatucci, PhD, Client Partner, Coulter Partners

  • William Ho, MBA, Co-founder, President & CEO, Incysus
  • Jenna Wallace, Of Counsel, Covington
  • Dandan Zhu, Founder and CEO, DG Recruit
11:00am-12:00pm

Emerging Company Showcase 
Soho Forum 

  • 11:00am – GLIA LLC
  • 11:15am – ChemioCare USA, Inc.
  • 11:30am – Hillhurst Biopharmaceuticals
  • 11:45am – OrPro Therapeutics Inc
12:00pm-1:05pm Lunch with The Experts
Wharton Forum 
12:00pm-1:05pm

Pipeline Café
Wharton Forum 
1:15pm-2:15pm

Strategic Partner Presentations
Wharton Forum 
1:15pm-2:15pm

Emerging Company Showcase 
Soho Forum  

  • 1:15pm – CardiaTouch Control Systems
  • 1:30pm – Third Pole Therapeutics
  • 1:45pm – Thermedical
  • 2:00pm – PainQx
1:15pm-4:30pm 

Partnering Forum
2:15pm-3:30pm

Emerging Company Showcase
Soho Hub

  • 2:15pm – VentriNova
  • 2:30pm – KaloCyte
  • 2:45pm – Windgap Medical, Inc.
  • 3:00pm – Summit Biomedical Imaging, LLC
  • 3:15pm – PhaseBio
2:15pm-3:30pm

Emerging Company Showcase (Track 2) 
Wharton Forum 

  • 2:15pm – Mirimus, Inc.
  • 2:30pm – Sustained Nano Systems
  • 2:45pm – Lipid Sense
  • 3:00pm – MicroCures
3:30pm-4:45pm

Closing Plenary Session & Reception:
Early Stage Partnering with Industry 
Wharton Forum 

Moderator: Alex Zisson, Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital

  • Anjali Kumar, PhD, External Innovation Search & Evaluation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
  • Christopher Mortko, PhD, MBA, Associate VP, Business Development & Licensing, Merck Research Laboratories
  • Kuldeep Neote, PhD, Vice President, External Innovation, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Stacey D. Seltzer, MBA, MS, Partner, Aisling Capital
  • Bavani Shankar, MBA, Business Development & Licensing, BioPharmaceutics R&D, AstraZeneca
  • Heather Walsh, PhD, Director, External Innovation, Baxter
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