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the photo scrapbook from Convergence 2004 and the agenda
below.
2004
Agenda:
Thursday, June 24th
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4:30pm-5:30pm
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Pre-conference
session: Tech futures – A Glimpse of What Comes Next
Speakers:
Errol De Souza, PhD CEO, Archemix
Lenny
Guarente, PhD, Novartis Professor of Biology,
MIT; Co-founder, Elixir Pharmaceuticals
John Santini, PhD, Founder and CSO, MicroCHIPS
Moderator:
Scott
Kirsner, Contributing editor at Wired Magazine
and Fast Company; @large columnist for the Boston
Globe
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5:30pm-7:30pm
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Opening
Cocktail Reception
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| Friday,
June 25th
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7:30am-8:30am |
Breakfast
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8:30am-9:00am |
Introductions
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9:00am-10:15am |
Executive
Roundtable: Growth and Success in an Unpredictable
World
Speakers:
Alan Crane,
CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals
Errol De Souza, PhD CEO, Archemix
John Maraganore, PhD, CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Jay
Mohr, CEO, Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
Michael Webb, President and CEO, EPIX Pharmaceuticals
Moderator:
Alison
Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, CEO, RiboNovix,
Inc.
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| 10:00am-11:30am |
Guest
Activity: Tidal Walk. Meet at the end of the Ocean
Edge beach walk. For guests of attendees only.
(Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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| 10:15am-10:45am |
Networking Break
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10:45am-12:00pm |
The
New Rules of Alliances and Partnerships… With
Pharma, Academia, Biotech, and the FDA
Speakers:
Maggie
Flanagan, PhD, Global
Alliance Director, Global Sciences and Information,
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Peter Hutt, Partner, Covington & Burling; former FDA chief
counsel
Anna Protopapas, Vice President of Corporate
Development, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Michael Rosenblatt, MD, Dean, Tufts School of
Medicine
John Zabriskie, PhD, Co-founder, PureTech Ventures; former
CEO, Pharmacia and Upjohn
Moderator:
Bill Huyett, Director, McKinsey & Company
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch
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1:30pm-2:45pm |
Changing
Dynamics in Life Sciences Venture Capital and
Investment Banking
Speakers:
Ansbert Gadicke, MD, Founding General Partner, MPM
Capital Management
Jean George, Partner, Advanced Technology
Ventures
Duane
Mason, Co-Founder,
General Partner, Prism Venture Partners
Terry McGuire, Managing General
Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
TL
Stebbins, Chairman, Investment Banking,
Adams, Harkness & Hill
Moderator:
Jonathan Fleming, Managing Partner, Oxford Bioscience
Partners
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2:45pm-3:15pm |
Networking Break
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3:15pm-4:15pm |
Fireside Chat with Dean Kamen, President, DEKA Research
Moderator:
Scott
Kirsner, Contributing editor at Wired
Magazine and Fast Company; @large columnist for the
Boston Globe
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4:45pm-6:30pm |
Join
the fun on the front lawn of the Ocean Edge for a softball
game.
(Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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4:45pm-6:30pm |
Join
the fun on the front lawn of the Ocean Edge for a croquet
game.
(Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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6:30pm-9:00pm |
Children's
program
for children ages 4-12 at the
EdgeVenture Clubhouse. "Under the Seas"
theme will include activities, movie and dinner for
the children. Children will be brought over to the
Beachfire at 9:00pm so that they can meet their
parents. (Sign up at the Convergence registration
desk, limited space.)
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7:00pm-8:45pm |
Cape Cod Shore Dinner
(Indoors at Bay Pines Pavilion - Ocean Edge.
Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest
join them.)
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8:45pm-10:00pm |
Beachfire
on Ocean Edge's private beach (Gather around the
fire and make your own s'mores with other
Convergence attendees and their guests.)
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| Saturday,
June 26th
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| 8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast
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| 9:00am-10:00am |
Fireside Chat with Robert Langer, ScD, Kenneth
J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical
Engineering, MIT
Moderator:
Jonathan
Rosen, PhD, Director, CIMIT Office of
Technology Implementation
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| 10:00am-10:30am |
Networking Break
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| 10:30am-11:30am |
Can
(and Should) R&D be Re-invented?
Speakers:
Alexis Borisy, AM, CEO, CombinatoRx
Phil Vickers, PhD, Vice President, Pfizer
Research Technology Center
Clive R. Wood,
PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and Snr. VP, Discovery
Research, Dyax Corporation
Andrey
Zarur, PhD, CEO, BioProcessors
Moderator:
Joseph
Baron, Principal, PureTech Development LLC
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| 11:30am-12:00pm |
Tech
Futures – A Glimpse of What Comes Next
Speakers:
Safi
Bahcall, PhD, CEO, Synta Pharmaceuticals
Tim
Surgenor, President & CEO,
Cyberkinetics,
Inc.
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch
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1:30pm-2:30pm |
Looking Outward: Public Policy, Health Care Cost,
Incentives for Innovation, and Our Region’s Role
in a Global Industry
Speakers:
Thomas
Finneran, State Representative, 12th Suffolk
District; Speaker of the Massachusetts House of
Representatives
Frank
Moss, PhD, Cofounder and Director,
Infinity Pharmaceuticals
Katrina Iserman, Associate Director, State Government Affairs,
Wyeth
Una Ryan, President & CEO, AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
Alison
Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, CEO, RiboNovix,
Inc.
Moderator:
Scott Sarazen, Senior Vice President, Life
Sciences, MassDevelopment
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2:30pm-2:35pm |
Closing Comments
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3:30pm-4:30pm |
Join
others on a bike ride along the Cape Cod rail
trail. Meet at the Reef Bike Shop on the
resort side of the property.
(Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
*Bike rentals available at the Reef Bike Shop
for $15
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activities subject to change |
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