Day 2 Agenda
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8:00am - 9:00am Registration & Breakfast
9:05am - 9:50am Opening Plenary - Crack the Code: ARPA-H Powering AI
– David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Founder & President, Every Cure
– Craig Gravitz, Director, Project Accelerator Transition Innovation Office (PATIO), ARPA-H
Moderator: Rebecca Guzman
10:20am - 10:40am Remarks by Governor Josh Shapiro
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Reverse Pitch Presentations
10:40am - 11:00am University of Pittsburgh
Scott Morley, Senior Director, Office of Industry and Economic Partnerships
11:00am - 11:20am GSK
Jeannie Rojas, Senior Director, Business Development, Transactions
11:20am - 11:40am Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cassie Tran, Senior Licensing Associate
11:40am - 12:00pm University of Pennsylvania
Katie Reuther, Executive Director
Startup Stadium
11:00am - 11:30am Respair
All Stars:
Bianca Sirbu
Chris Burns
Michele Washko
Wayne Weisman
11:30am - 12:00pm M21
All Stars:
Bianca Sirbu
Chris Burns
Michele Washko
Wayne Weisman
Entrepreneur Arena
10:40am - 11:00am Flamingo Therapeutics
11:00am - 11:20am XyloCor Therapeutics
11:20am - 11:40am BaseCure Therapeutics
11:40am - 12:00pm Radiant Biotherapeutics
12:00pm - 12:30pm Grab and Gab Lunch Meetups
Clinical Trials
Investor Meet Up
Politics & Policy
Tech Transfer & Licensing
ONIH/SBIR
Reverse Pitch Presentations
12:45pm - 1:05pm Johnson & Johnson
Erica Bozeman, Associate Director
David Apfel, Head, External Innovation, R&D Data Science and Digital Health
1:05pm - 1:25pm Drexel University
Dr. Robert McGrath, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Director, IP & Agreements
Startup Stadium
12:45pm - 1:15pm Orbits Oncology
All Stars:
Kathie Jordan
Chris Yochim
1:15pm - 1:45pm BioLattice Ophthalmics
All Stars:
Kathie Jordan
Chris Yochim
Entrepreneur Arena
12:45pm - 1:05pm Ilico Genetics
1:05pm - 1:25pm Thread Bioscience
1:45pm - 2:30pm Investor Roundup and Your Next Steps
– Eric Heil, MBA, Managing Partner, Medical Excellence Capital
– Lori Krim Gough, PhD, Partner, Epidarex Capital
– Dennis Purcell, MBA, Founder, Senior Advisor, Aisling Capital
– Bruce Shook, Serial Medtech Entrepreneur, Vice Chair, Life Sciences PA
Moderator: Gaeton Biscardi
Thank you to our 2025 event sponsors
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