2023 Full Agenda

 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

8:00am  Registration Opens
9:00am   Welcoming Remarks & Opening Plenary Session: Creating Value Through Strategic Partnerships

Suite 200

Moderator: Christine Fischette, PhD, CEO, BioLinkUp LLC

  • Rana Al-Hallaq, PhD, Executive Director, WWBD; Partner, Pfizer Ventures
  • Eva Chmielnicki, PhD, Senior Director, Business Development, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Kevin Sharpe, PhD, Director, Oncology Business Development, Merck
  • Debi Watson, Vice President, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

10:00am 

 Emerging Company Showcase – Session 1
Suite 201 
  • 10:00 AM: Sagittarius Bio, Inc
  • 10:15 AM: POP Biotechnology
  • 10:30 AM: UnandUP
  • 10:45 AM: Helex
10:00am 

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 2
Suite 203

  • 10:00am -Novomedix, LLC
  • 10:15 AM: Synthis Therapeutics
  • 10:30 AM: OncoPrecision
  • 10:45 AM: Pannex Therapeutics
 10:00am-12:00pm  Partnering Forum
 11:00am  Emerging Company Showcase – Session 3

Suite 201 

  • 11:00am: Vivreon Biosciences, LLC
  • 11:15 AM: Dignify Therapeutics, LLC
  • 11:30 AM: ProJenX
 11:00am

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 4
Suite 201 

  • 11:00am: Phoenix Nest Inc
  • 11:15 AM: Neurodon Corporation
  • 11:30 AM: Omnitia Therapeutics
  • 11:45 AM: CytoDel, Inc
12:00pm   Luncheon & CEO Roundtable: Good Times, Bad Times: The Only Way Out is Through
Suite 200

Moderator: Derek Brand, MBA, Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships, Columbia University

  • Dawn Bell, PharmD, CEO, Board Director, Global Biopharma Leader
  • Laurence Blumberg, MD, Biotechnology Executive
  • Sam Hall, PhD, Life Sciences Venture Investor & Entrepreneur
 1:15pm

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 5
Suite 201 

  • 1:15 PM: EicOsis, LLC
  • 1:30 PM: Epiodyne, Inc.
  • 1:45 PM: Kannalife, Inc.
  • 2:00 PM: Microvascular Therapeutics
1:15pm  

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 6
Suite 203

  • 1:15 PM: RNA Nanotherapeutics
  • 1:30 PM: Cayuga Biotech
  • 1:45 PM: RenBio
  • 2:00 PM: MiTOMED Pharma Inc.
1:15pm

Partnering Forum

2:15pm   Plenary: It’s Never Too Early for Great Science; An Investor Perspective on Building Companies

Moderator: Michael Glynn, PhD, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

  • Peter Alff, PhD, Senior Venture Partner, Orange Grove Bio
  • Cat Donaldson, PhD, MBA, Principal & Head, Alexandria LaunchLabs at ACLS – NYC
  • Sanford J. Madigan, PhD, Managing Partner, Avalon BioVentures
  • John Prufeta, Founder, CEO & General Partner, Medical Excellence Capital, LLC
 3:15pm 

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 7
Suite 201

  • 3:15 PM: 7 Hills Pharma, LLC
  • 3:30 PM: Arpeggio Biosciences
  • 3:45 PM: DAYI Therapeutics
  • 4:00 PM: Nobias Therapeutics
3:15pm 

Emerging Company Showcase – Session 8
Suite 203

  • 3:15 PM: Lime Therapeutics
  • 3:30 PM: Kuda Therapeutics, Inc
  • 3:45 PM: Tezcat Biosciences
  • 4:00 PM: Stingray Therapeutics, Inc.
4:15pm   

Closing Plenary Session: Markets, Strategies, and Externalities: A Venture Capital Perspective
Suite 200 

Moderator: Nathan Meaux, Head of Northeast Biopharma, Diagnostics and Tools – Relationship Management, Silicon Valley Bank

  • Rana Al-Hallaq, PhD, Executive Director, WWBD; Partner, Pfizer Ventures
  • Dawn Bell, PharmD, CEO/Board Director/Global Biopharma Leader
  • Chris Liu, PhD, Senior Research Analyst, RTW Investments, LP
  • Jonathan Mandelbaum, PhD, Vice President, OrbiMed
  • Nadim Shohdy, PhD, VP, Corporate Development, Hyku Biosciences; Former Entrepreneur-in-Residence, RA Capital
5:30pm 

Networking Reception