2013 Agenda
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| Time | Title | Speakers/Moderators |
| Thursday, May 16th | ||
|
8:00am-4:45pm Pavilion Reception |
Registration | |
|
8:00am-9:30am Garden Terrace |
Networking Breakfast | |
|
9:30am-10:00am Pavilion |
Conference welcome and participant introductions | |
|
10:00am-11:00am Pavilion |
Radical
Life Extension, and What Happens if
It Succeeds |
Speaker: David Ewing Duncan, Author, "When I'm 164"; Chief Correspondent, "Biotech Nation" Moderator: Rachel Gotbaum, Special Correspondent, WBUR-FM |
| 11:00am-11:15am | Networking Break | |
|
11:15am-12:00pm Pavilion |
Predictions
for FDA Regulation over the Next 5
Years - What We Might Expect Sponsored by Foley & Lardner |
Speakers: Daniel Schultz, MD, SVP, Medical Devices & Combination Products, Greenleaf Health, LLC Curtis Scribner, MD, Senior Vice-President, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, RRD International, LLC Moderator: David Rosen, Partner, Foley & Lardner |
|
12:00pm-1:30pm Garden Terrace Private Dining Room |
General
Lunch Lunch Discussion:Recruiting Top Talent and Creating a Winning Culture |
|
|
1:30pm-2:30pm Pavilion |
How Healthcare Evolves |
Speaker: Charlie Baker, Entrepreneur in Residence, General Catalyst Partners David Matheson, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group Moderator: Alison Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, Director & Trustee, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Financial Services |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Networking Break | |
|
3:00pm-3:45pm Pavilion |
R&D: What Changes |
Speakers: Michael Gilman, PhD, SVP of Early-Stage Pipeline, BiogenIdec Arthur Tzianabos, PhD, SVP and Head of Research, Shire HGT
|
| 3:45pm-4:00pm | Networking Break | |
|
4:00pm-4:45pm Pavilion |
The
Future of Partnerships &
Collaborations |
Speaker: Katherine Bowdish, PhD, Vice President, R&D, Sanofi Fran Heller, SVP Business Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Michael Metzger, EVP and COO, Mersana Therapeutics Moderator: |
|
5:00pm-6:00pm Croquet Lawn |
Attendee and Guest Activity: Ice Cream Social and Croquet (Sign-up on-site.) | |
|
5:00pm-6:30pm Meet at dock |
Attendee and Guest Activity: Bay Cruise around Strong Island & Bird Sanctuary (Sign-up on-site.) | |
|
5:00pm-7:00pm Tennis courts |
Attendee and Guest Activity: Tennis Round Robin at the Wequassett courts. Bring your own racquet or one will be provided. (Sign-up on-site.) | |
|
6:30pm-9:30pm Children's Center |
Children's Program - "Clowning Around" at the Wequassett Children's Center (Dinner included, sign-up on-site.) | |
|
7:00pm-9:30pm Outer Bar |
Clambake (Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest join them.) | |
| Friday, May 17th | ||
|
8:00am-3:30pm Pavilion Reception |
Registration | |
|
8:00am-9:00am Garden Terrace |
Breakfast | |
|
9:00am-10:00am Pavilion |
The
Future of Drug-Device Combinations |
Speaker: Robert Langer, ScD, David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT Moderator: Rich Kivel, Chairman, Rhapsody Biologics |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Networking Break | |
|
10:15am-11:00am Pavilion |
The
Art of the Exit: Playing to win in
the No-Limit Game of Biotech |
Speaker: Philip Astley-Sparke, Chairman, Oxyrane Ltd; President, US, uniQure; Venture Partner, Forbion Capital Partners Moderator: |
| 11:00am-11:15am | Networking Break | |
| 11:15am-12:00pm |
Cancer:
Challenges & Breakthroughs Ahead |
Speaker: Deborah Dunsire, MD, CEO, Millennium, The Takeda Oncology Company Moderator: Katrine Bosley, former CEO, Avila Therapeutics |
|
12:00pm-1:30pm Garden Terrace |
General Lunch | |
|
12:00pm-1:30pm Private Dining Room |
Lunch Discussion: Inside Johnson & Johnson's Boston Innovation Center |
Speaker: Mark Barrett, Transactions Leader, Johnson & Johnson |
|
1:30pm-2:15pm Pavilion |
Cultivating
(and Funding) Breakthrough
Innovations |
Speakers: Moderator: |
| 2:15pm-2:30pm | Networking Break | |
|
2:30pm-3:30pm Pavilion |
Making
Asset-Centric Virtual Development
Work |
Speakers: |
|
3:30pm-4:30pm Private Dining Room |
Casual
Milk & Cookies Conversation: How
Online Patient Communities will
Impact Biotech, Pharma & Med
Devices |
Speaker: Benjamin Heywood, Co-Founder, President, PatientsLikeMe |
| *Activities subject to change | ||