Early Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference IV
| March 24, 2008 | ||
| 1:00 PM | to | 7:00 PM |
Where:
The Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
The Early-Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference is a showcase for platform life sciences technologies developed at the research institutions, hospitals and universities of Massachusetts and for recently formed Massachusetts companies. The Forum is an opportunity for these companies and researchers to present to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate investors.
Agenda:
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Registration and Dessert Bar
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Welcome and Panel Discussion
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM Company Pitch Presentations - Session One
3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Coffee Break
3:35 PM - 5:15 PM Company Pitch Presentations - Session Two
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM Networking Reception and Poster Session
Panel Discussion: “A New Translational Medicine Player - The New Role of Patients and Philanthropists in Pushing Technologies into the Marketplace”. This panel will examine how foundations see their role in supporting the translation of basic research into new products: how and when they decide to invest their time and money; what returns they expect; how they fund their efforts; and what they can contribute to the process in addition to funding. The panelists include:
- James Heywood, Founder of ALS TDI
- Peter D. Kiernan III, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
- Brock Reeve, Executive Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
- Larry Steranka, Managing Director of Cancer Research Technology, Inc.
Moderator: Glenn E. Mangurian, Founding Partner, Frontier Works and Patient Advocate
Selected Pitch Presenters:
- Advanced Kinase Diagnostic
- Avaxia Biologics
- Boston University
- Children’s Hospital
- Fission Pharmaceuticals
- Nemucore Medical Innovations
- NKT Therapeutics
- Northeastern University and Draper Lab
- P.A. Technologies
- Progenestem
- SkelScan
- Wesfolk Corp
Additional poster presenters include: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts University, and University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Registration:
- MATTO members, academics/staff at MATTO member institutions, MBC members, and Presenters - $80.00
- Non-member - $120.00
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