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View
the photo scrapbook from Convergence 2005 and the agenda
below.
2005
Agenda:
Thursday, June 9th |
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4:30pm-5:30pm
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Pre-conference
session: Tech futures – A Glimpse of What Comes Next
Speakers:
Nir
Hacohen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and Mass General
Hospital
Amir
Nashat, PhD, Acting
CEO, Pervasis Therapeutics; Principal, Polaris Venture
Partners
David
Sabatini, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator,
Sabatini Lab, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical
Research
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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7:30pm-
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Dinner
on the town with fellow attendees
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| Friday,
June 10th |
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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 |
CEO
Roundtable: Five CEOs on Raising Money, Cultivating
the Right Products, Going Public, Sustaining
Partnerships, Motivating Teams, and Winning in the
Market
Speakers:
Safi
Bahcall, PhD, CEO, Synta Pharmaceuticals
Lee
Brettman, MD, FACP,
President, CEO and Director, Dynogen
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sylvie
Gregoire, CEO, GlycoFi
Steven Holtzman,
President and CEO, Infinity Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
Jean-Pierre
Sommadossi, PhD, CEO, Idenix
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Moderator:
Bill
Huyett, Director, McKinsey & Company
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| 10:00am-11:30am |
Children's
Activity: Storytime at the Vineyard Haven Public
Library. Meet in front of the Mansion House to walk
over together (15 minute walk). Children must attend
with parent or other adult.
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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| 10:30am-1:30pm |
Guest
Activity: Edgartown Visit. Take a short tour of
Edgartown and then enjoy exploring the shops and
restaurants in the town with other Convergence
guests. Pick up and drop off from
the Mansion House provided.
(Limited space. 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 |
Fireside
Chat: John Abele on the Convergence of Drugs and
Devices (and the Secrets of Boston Scientific’s
Success)
Speaker:
John Abele, PhD,
Dir., Founder & Chairman,
Boston Scientific Corporation
Moderator:
Scott
Kirsner, Contributing editor at Wired
Magazine and Fast Company; @large columnist for the
Boston Globe
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch
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1:30pm-2:30pm |
New
Models for R&D, New Ideas About ‘Coopetition’
Speakers:
Robert
Gould, PhD, VP, Licensing and
External Research, Merck Research Labs Boston
Nir
Hacohen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and Mass General
Hospital
Pieter
Muntendam, MD, President, BG Medicine
Moderator:
Maggie Flanagan, PhD, Global Alliance
Director for Global Sciences and
Information, AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals
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2:30pm-3:00pm |
Networking Break
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3:00pm-4:00pm |
Globalization,
Offshoring, and Outsourcing: The Implications for
Companies and Countries
Speakers:
Anil
Khurana, PhD, Senior Partner, Access
International Partners
Una Ryan, PhD, CEO, Avant Immunotherapeutics
Jean-Pierre Sommadossi,
PhD, CEO, Idenix
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jintao Zhang, PhD,
Vice President and Co-Founder, Shanghai Medicilon Inc.
Moderator:
Scott Sarazen, SVP/Corporate Development,
Straumann USA
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4:00pm-4:30pm |
On the Future of
Healthcare
Speaker:
U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
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4:30pm-6:30pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity: Watersports with Wind's Up in
Vineyard Haven. Enjoy some sun and sand with
Wind's Up watersports, located a short walk from the
Mansion House. Canoes, kayaks and sailboats will be
available for Convergence attendees.
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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4:45pm-6:30pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity: Narrated tour of 5 Martha's
Vineyard towns. Board private charter bus at the
Vineyard Haven ferry dock (down the street from the
Mansion House.)
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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6:30pm-8:30pm |
Children's
program
for children ages 4-10 at the
Mansion House. Arts & crafts, movies and dinner
for the children will be provided.
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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7:00pm-10:00pm |
Clambake
Dinner
(Indoors at the Black
Dog Tavern in Vineyard Haven.
Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest
join them.)
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| Saturday,
June 11th |
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| 8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast
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| 9:00am-10:00am |
Massachusetts
vs. The World:
What Other Regions Are Doing to Foster Life Sciences Activity, and What the Commonwealth
Can Do to Compete
Speakers:
Donald
Corcoran, President & CEO, MethylGene
Thomas Finneran,
President, Massachusetts Biotech Council
Mark Maloney,
Chief Economic Development Officer, City of Boston; Director,
Boston Redevelopment Authority
John Maraganore,
PhD, CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Doros
Platika, MD, President & CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
Moderator:
Joseph
Baron, Principal, PureTech Development
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10:00am-10:30am |
Networking Break
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| 10:30am-1:30pm |
Guest
Activity: South Beach Visit. Enjoy some time on one
of Martha's Vineyard most well-known beaches with
other Convergence guests. Pick up and drop off from
the Mansion House provided. Bring your own towels
and beach gear.
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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10:30am-11:00am |
Breaking through Silos
/ Remaking the Healthcare Industry
Speakers:
Frank Douglas, PhD, MD,
Executive-in-Residence, MIT Sloan School; former
Head of R&D, Aventis
Wendy
Everett, ScD, President, New England
Healthcare Institute
Moderator:
Alison
Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, CEO, RiboNovix
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11:00am-12:00pm |
Is
There a Life Sciences `Funding Gap’? (And Other
Burning Questions from the World of Finance)
Speakers:
Noubar
Afeyan, PhD, Managing Partner, Flagship
Ventures
Ron
Cape, PhD, Co-founder, Cetus Corporation
Jean-Francois
Formela, MD, Senior Partner, Atlas
Venture
Robert
Gould, PhD, VP, Licensing and External
Research, Merck Research Labs Boston
Amir
Nashat, PhD, Acting CEO, Pervasis
Therapeutics; Principal, Polaris Venture Partners
Moderator:
Alison
Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, CEO, RiboNovix
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch
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1:30pm-2:30pm |
Tech
Futures II: A Glimpse of What Comes Next
Speakers:
Glenn
Larsen, PhD, CSO, Hydra Biosciences
Mira Sahney,
co-Founder and VP of Business Development, Myomo
Angela
Shen-Hsieh,
CEO, Visual
I/O
Moderator:
Ansbert
Gadicke, MD, Managing Partner, MPM Capital
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3:00pm-5:00pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity: Bicycle ride. Join a group and
explore Martha's Vineyard on bicycle. Meet at the
Mansion House to walk over to the bicycle shop
together.*
(Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
*Bike
rentals available for $15-$20.
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| 3:00pm-5:45pm |
Participant
and Guest Activity: Oak Bluffs Walking Tour. Explore the
gingerbread houses, the tabernacle, cottage city,
Peter Norton's House and the famous carousel with
Vineyard History Tours. Free time is allocated after
the tour to explore Oak Bluffs and the Harbor
Festival. Pick up and drop off from
the Mansion House provided.
(Limited space. Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.)
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| *Guest
activities subject to change |
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