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8:30am Registration Opens
9:15am - 10:00am State of the Industry
– Theresa Whalen, President & CEO, CytoAgents
– Neil Oberoi, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities
– Arda Ural, PhD, Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader, EY
– Robert Drakas, PhD, President ShangPharma Innovation
Moderator: Stephen Simpson, Partner, EY
Reverse Pitch Presentations
10:10am - 10:30am Venture Studios Presentation
Gerald Vardzel, LifeX Global
10:30am - 10:50am dsm-firmenich
Ted Clineff, Director, SBM Strategy & Business Development
10:50am - 11:10am Harmony Biosciences
Matt Fenske, SVP Franchise Head
11:10am - 11:30am Teleflex
Eric Kopelson, Director, Corporate Development
11:30am - 11:50am Reinforced Ventures
Liam Krut, Investment Partner
11:50am - 12:10pm Pfizer
Pankaj Gupta, Search & Evaluation Lead, l&L, Worldwide Business Development
Startup Stadium
10:10am - 10:40am Synergy Therapeutics
All Stars:
Bruce Peacock
Jeannie Rojas
10:40am - 11:10am Cellergy Pharma
All Stars:
Bruce Peacock
Jeannie Rojas
11:10am - 11:40am PleoPharma
All Stars:
Jay Batchu
Warren Cooper
11:40am - 12:10pm Vivasc Therapeutics
All Stars:
Jay Batchu
Warren Cooper
Entrepreneur Arena
10:20am - 10:40am Neuro-Innovators
10:40am - 11:00am CytoAgents
11:00am - 11:20am ImmuNovX Biotech
11:20am - 11:40am ImmunoGenesis
11:40am - 12:00pm MetasTx
12:00pm - 12:20pm Undaunted Bio
12:00pm Lunch
12:25pm - 1:15pm Cell and gene Therapy: Today and Tomorrow
– Claire Greenwood, Executive Director, CEO Council for Growth; Senior Vice President of Economic Competitiveness, Chamber for Greater Philadelphia’s CEO Council for Growth
– Jim Wilson, MD, PhD, Director, Gene Therapy Program Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
– Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, Interim Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System & Dean, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Chris Molineaux, President & CEO, Life Sciences PA
1:20pm - 2:00pm Tech Transfer - Impact, Priorities and Direction
– Scott Morley, Senior Director, Office of Industry and Economic Partnerships, University of Pittsburgh
– Tony Williams, PhD, Associate Director, Office of Technology Licensing & New Ventures, Princeton University
– Bin Yan, PhD, JD, Associate Vice President for Research and Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Pennsylvania State University
– Benjamin Dibling, PhD, Associate Vice Provost for Research, Managing Director, Penn Center for Innovation
Moderator: John Swartley, MBA, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, University of Pennsylvania
Reverse Pitch Presentations
2:20pm - 2:40pm Merck
Stephen Spagnol, PhD, Director, Business Development & Licensing, Enabling Technologies
2:40pm - 3:00pm CSL Behring
Dr. Michael Plater, Senior Director, Business Development & Licensing
3:00pm - 3:20pm B. Braun Medical
David Banko, Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research
3:20pm - 3:40pm GenHenn Capital
William Hagaman, CPA, CGMA, Advisor
Startup Stadium
2:10pm - 2:40pm Osetomics
All Stars:
Steve Tullman
David Rappaport
2:40pm - 3:10pm Cerespectus
All Stars:
Jany Yang
Ted Clineff
Tim Ringeisen
3:10pm - 3:40pm Swan NeuroTech
All Stars:
Jany Yang
Ted Clineff
Tim Ringeisen
Entrepreneur Arena
1:50pm - 2:10pm SFA Therapeutics
2:10pm - 2:30pm Geneos Therapeutics
2:30pm - 2:50pm Actuated Medical
2:50pm - 3:10pm Incite Health
3:10pm - 3:30pm Spirovant Sciences
3:45pm - 4:30pm Patient Advocacy Spotlight
– Maria Kefalas, Executive Director, The Calliope Joy Foundation
– Matt Hammonds, Father of Loie and Patient Advocate, The Calliope Joy Foundation
– Amy Waldman, MD, MSCE, Assoc. Professor of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Assoc. Director, Neurology Gene Therapy, Medical Director, Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
– Paul Orchard, MD, Director of the Inherited Metabolic and Storage Disease Program, and Professor of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Minnesota
Moderator: Andrew R. Mariniello
4:30pm - 6:00pm Cocktail Reception
Thank you to our 2025 event sponsors
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