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BIO VentureForum West 2003
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Program
2003 Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference
Featuring BIO VentureForum East
| Monday, November 17 |
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Grand Hall | Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Cross Atlantic Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank |
| Tuesday, November 18 |
7:30 am
Grand Hall | Attendee Registration and Breakfast
Exhibit Floor Opens |
8:30 am
Grand Ballroom | Welcome Remarks & Keynote Address
Featuring Richard Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes
20th Anniversary Recognition of Ben Franklin Technology PartnersSponsored by Ernst & Young | |
| 9:20 am - noon | Featured Company Presentations and Exhibits
Presentation Schedule |
9:50 am
Room 203AB | Financing Strategies for Private Biotech FirmsSponsored by McCarter & English, LLP
Panelists include
Moderator: Jeff Baumel, Partner, McCarter & English LLP
Vincent Milano, CFO, Viropharma Inc.
P. Sherrill Neff, Managing Partner. Quaker BioVentures
Keith Goldan, CFO, Biosyn Inc.
Edward Rudnic, CEO, Advancis
Eric Aguiar, Partner, Healthcare Ventures |
12:15 - 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom | Luncheon & Keynote Address
Featuring Dr. Stephen Oesterle, Sr. Vice President, Medicine and Technology, Medtronic, Inc.
Sponsored by KPMG LLP |
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Grand Hall | Dessert
Sponsored by Comerica Bank |
| 2:00 - 4:30 pm | Featured Company Presentations and Exhibits
Presentation Schedule |
2:40 pm
Room 203AB | Partnering Strategies and Deal Structures for Emerging Companies
Panelists Include:
Moderator: Neil Haimm, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP
Christopher F. Reilly, VP, Head Global Discovery Venture, Advent International
Ron Pepin, Sr. VP, Medarex
Michael Lytton, Partner, Oxford Bioscience
David King, CEO & President, Biorexus Inc.
Robert Towarnicki, CEO & President, Nucleonics |
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Crystal Tea Room,
Wanamaker Building | Gala Reception
Sponsored by Grant Thornton and Pepper Hamilton LLP |
| Wednesday, November 19 |
7:30 am
Grand Hall | Attendee Registration and Breakfast
Exhibit Floor Opens |
8:30 am
Grand Ballroom | Welcome Remarks, Keynote Address
Featuring "The Future of Drug Development: A Perspective from R&D Executives"
Sponsored by Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Panelists include:
C. Boyd Clark, President, CEO and Chairman, Neose
Don Olsen, Director Licensing, J&J Ortho McNeil
Herb Ormsbee Sr. Director Licensing & Business Development, Pfizer, Inc.
Bruce Peacock, CEO & President, Adolor
Barbara Yanni, Chief Licensing Officer, Merck & Co |
| 9:30 am - 12:25 pm | Featured Company Presentations and Exhibits
Presentation Schedule |
9:40 am
Room 203AB | Developing a Clinical Strategy Investors Will Love
Panelist include:
Moderator: Janice Hogan, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Ken Carter, CEO and President, Avalon Pharmaceuticals
Jane Hollingsworth, EVP, Co-Founder, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc
Elaine Jones, Partner, EuclidSR Partners
Frederick Jones, MD, Asst. VP, Technology Licensing Global Business Development, Wyeth
Mark McKinlay, Ph.D., VP R&D & Co-Founder, Viropharma Inc. |
10:50 am
Room 203AB> | M&A Financing Strategies
Sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Panelists include:
Moderator: Kevin Collins, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Doug Annett, President, Corporate Advisors Ltd.
Geoff Cooper, VP Business Development, OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sarajbit Ashta, Director, Corporate Development, Biogen Inc.
Jonathan Leff, Partner, Warburg Pincus |
12:15 - 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom | Luncheon & Keynote Address
Featuring Dean Kamen, President, DEKA Research and Development Corporation |
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Grand Hall | Dessert
Sponsored by Comerica Bank |
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