The 2020 Annual Dinner is the premier event of the season for the life sciences industry in Pennsylvania. On June 18, 2020 more than 1,400 attendees will convene for this can’t-miss event.  We look forward to hosting industry and community leaders for an evening spent celebrating the successes of the past year.

Sponsorship Opportunities are available.

*Following your purchase, you will receive an email confirming your purchase and steps on how to send over your table attendees.

For those who have already purchased tickets: All individual and table registrations will be automatically transferred to June 18. If you have a conflict with the new date, please contact LSPA’s Program Director, Melissa Callum, at mcallum@lifesciencespa.org or by phone at 610.947.6800; extension 208.

Our annual conference for the life sciences community of the Mid-Atlantic will be held in two parts this year to accommodate our growing and diversifying membership, while being sensitive to cost and your time away from the office.

Life Sciences Future – MedTech will be held July 16, 2020 and will include the most popular conference features, but will focus on various topics within the medical device, diagnostics, and digital health industries.

Planning Committees are forming! Join a Planning Committee to be a part of Life Sciences Future – MedTech and save $200 off the Member Individual Ticket cost.

During the registration process, you will be asked to choose your top two choices for committees. Please see below for committee options. Conference Chair: Bruce Shook, President and CEO for both Intact Vascular and Vesper Medical

• Academic Outreach, chaired by Evan Facher, University of Pittsburgh, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship & Director of the Innovation Institute and Mark Turco, Chief Innovation Officer & Corporate Outreach Officer Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
• Company Presentation, chaired by Adam Taicher, Partner, Navigate and Richard Gilly, Partner, Archer & Greiner P.C.
• Program Topics and Speakers, chaired by Maureen Mulvihill, President & CEO, Actuated Medical, JeanMarie Markham, CEO, Clinlogix, Michael Probst, Corporate Account Manager, Teleflex Medical OEM, and Tom Hess, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Genomind
• Promotions and Communications, chaired by Stephanie Webster, LSPA

Questions? Contact Melissa Callum at mcallum@lifesciencespa.org.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania’s Spring Summer Social is an themed annual gathering of approximately 300 life science professionals for relaxed, casual networking and connecting. The Spring Summer Social has been rated as Life Sciences Pennsylvania’s top networking opportunity of the year. Thirty to forty organizations will exhibit at the event, with the tables spread throughout the room. The Spring Summer Social is designed for everyone from the CEO at a large pharmaceutical company to the accountant at a small marketing firm. This much-anticipated event is an excellent opportunity to mix and mingle with your life sciences colleagues.

To keep up the school spirit, the theme will be “Show Your College Spirit” and encouraging all attendees to wear their alma mater or favorite university apparel.

Basics of Biotech is an interactive, two-day course covering the process of a drug from discovery to commercialization, the clinical research process, regulatory filings and manufacturing. Special emphasis on cell & gene therapy.

Learning Objectives:

Over two days, this interactive course will…

• Explain the biotech processes, what they are and how they work
• Explain the biotech lab, what it looks like and how it operates
• Explain the biotech product development process
• Examine how manufacturing facilities are built and operated
• Examine the evolution of biotech manufacturing
• Relate each step to the previous steps, and provide you with a seamless, consistent overview
• Provide an overview of basic science, terminology and common areas of failure in product development
• Prepare you to improve in your current role, or be ready to enter the biotech field with foundational knowledge
• Provide an overview of the cell therapy manufacturing process and RMAT product types

Who Should Attend?

Individuals working in biotech & biopharma organizations. Significant value is provided to service providers, those who support the R&D industry. No prerequisite knowledge needed to attend.