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View the photo scrapbook
from Convergence 2009 and the agenda below. Please contact scott@convergenceforum.com
with speaker suggestions for 2010.
2009
Agenda:
Thursday, June 11th |
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4:30pm-5:30pm
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The Shifting Winds of Policy and Regulation in
the Obama Era
Speakers:
The Hon. David N. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence
Alan Eisenberg, EVP/Emerging Companies, BIO
Vinod Sahney, PhD, SVP
and Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Massachusetts
Steve Usdin, Senior Editor, BioCentury
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5:30pm-7:30pm
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Opening
Cocktail Reception
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7:30pm-
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Dinner
on the town with fellow attendees
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| Friday,
June 12th |
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7:30am-8:30am |
Breakfast
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8:45am-9:00am
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Welcome
Connie Chow, Executive Director, Science Club for Girls
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9:00am-10:15am
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Fireside Chat: The Future of the Healthcare
System: How are Healthcare IT, Reimbursement, and New Product Adoption
Changing? (MP3
file)
Speakers:
Charlie Baker, CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Paul Levy,
President and CEO, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Moderator:
Jeffrey Krasner, Managing Director, Krasner Health Strategies
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9:30am-12:00pm
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Guest Activity:
Scenic trolley tour of Newport, including
historic buildings and homes, the mansions on Bellevue Avenue and ten-mile
Ocean Drive
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10:15am-10:45am
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Networking Break
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10:15am-11:30am
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Children's Activity:
Visit the Redwood Children's Library for
story time (recommended ages 3-5)
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| 10:45am-12:00pm
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The New Logic of
Partnerships, Collaborations and Licensing Deals (MP3
file)
Speakers:
Yvonne
Greenstreet, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief of R&D
Strategy, GlaxoSmithKline
Reid Leonard, PhD,
Executive Director of Licensing & External Research,
Merck
Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc
Michael Lytton,
MSc, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Business Development
Chuck Wilson, PhD, VP and Global Head of Strategic Alliances, Novartis
Institutes for Biomedical Research
Moderator:
John Maraganore, PhD, CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch
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1:30pm-2:30pm |
Fireside Chat:
The Past, Present & Future of Genzyme
(MP3
file)
Speaker:
Henri Termeer, CEO and chairman, Genzyme Corp.
Moderator:
Christoph Westphal, MD, PhD, CEO, Sirtris &
SVP, GlaxoSmithKline
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2:30pm-3:00pm |
Networking Break
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3:00pm-4:00pm |
The
Dynamics Reshaping Life Sciences Venture Capital
Speakers:
Jeff Barnes, General Partner, Oxford
Bioscience Partners
James Campbell, MD, Executive-in-Residence, InterWest Partners; CEO of Arcion Therapeutics
Dov Goldstein, MD, Partner, Aisling Capital
Stephen Hoffman, PhD, MD, General Partner, Skyline Ventures
Amir Nashat, PhD, General Partner, Polaris
Venture Partners
Moderator:
Douglas MacDougall, President, MacDougall
Biomedical Communications, Inc.
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4:15pm-6:30pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity:
Tour
and tasting at Newport Vineyards
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4:15pm-6:30pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity: Discover Colonial Newport
walking tour with the Newport Historical Society
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6:30pm-9:30pm |
Children's program: "Under the Sea".
Arts & crafts, movies and
dinner.
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7:00pm-10:00pm |
Jazz
Dinner with music by The
Moonlight Trio (Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest
join them.)
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| Saturday,
June 13th |
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8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast
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9:00am-10:00am |
Alternative Funding Sources
for Life Sciences Start-Ups
Speakers:
Chip Baird, CFO, PTC Therapeutics
Randall Carpenter, MD, CEO, Seaside Therapeutics
John Hollway, VP/Corporate Development, Achaogen
Roger Kitterman, Co-Founder, MA Medical Angels
David Steinberg, Partner, PureTech Ventures and CEO, Enlight Biosciences
Moderator:
Alison
Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE,
CEO, RiboNovix
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10:00am-10:30am |
Networking Break
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10:30am-11:30am |
Live from the Labs: Research
Insights That Will Shape the Decades Ahead (MP3
file)
[This session is open to guests of registered participants.]
Speakers:
David Eisenberg, MD, Director of the
Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School
David
Altshuler, MD, PhD, Founding Member, Broad Institute
Moderator:
Michael Gilman, PhD, CEO, Stromedix
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10:30am-12:30pm |
Children's
Activity: Visit
the Norman Bird Sanctuary for the Amazing
Animals program
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| 11:00am-12:30pm |
Guest Activity:
Visit
the Newport Art Museum, located in the
Griswold House, a national historical landmark
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11:30am-11:45am |
Networking Break
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11:45am-12:30pm |
Opportunities &
Challenges of Operating Globally
[This session is open to guests of registered participants.]
Speakers:
Lawrence Best, Chairman and Founder, OXO
Capital LLC; former CFO, Boston
Scientific
Elisabet de los
Pinos, PhD CEO, Aura Biosciences
Edward Kerslake, Vice President, Corporate R&D, Boston Scientific
Steven Tregay, PhD, CEO, Forma Therapeutics
Moderator:
Richard Kivel, CEO, TheraGenetics
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12:30pm-1:30pm |
Closing Lunch
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| 1:45pm-4:00pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity:
Enjoy
the sites and sounds of Newport on a harbor cruise |
*Guest
activities subject to change |
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