7 SCBIO A Thriving State of Life Sciences Greenville, SC AGENDA WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15 Time Event Clemson Bioengineering Sponsored 8 am - 12 pm Life Sciences Job Fair 12 pm - 1 pm 1 pm Registration Welcome SCBIO President Wayne Roper David Sudduth, Greenville Mayor Pro Tem SCBIO Chair Becky DeLegge, CEO DeLegge Medical 1:15 pm SC Commerce, SCRA Tech Ventures Pitch Contest Moderator: Becky DeLegge Winners announced at the end Place Gallery B, C Main Gallery Hall Main Gallery A Main Gallery A BlueCross BlueShield Keynote 2 pm Managing your relationship with the FDA Alan Minsk, Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta Main Gallery A 2:20 pm Q&A Panel Finding your regulatory pathway Main Gallery A Erica Jackson, FDA regulatory and enforcement attorney, Sidley Austin, LLP Kathryn Cole, founder and principal, Translational Science Solutions,LLC Zeus Keynote 3 pm 3:40 pm Innovation in medical devices Main Gallery A Marc Long, Senior Director, R&D and Technology & Innovation, Stryker Networking Break 4 pm Company Updates Umesh Dalvi, PhD, CEO, The Ritedose Corp., Richland County Steve Johnson, CEO, CreatiVasc, Greenville J M Smith Corp Keynote 4:15 pm Opportunity in the life science landscape John Feltman, CEO, Brookhaven Medical, Atlanta Main Gallery A 4:45 pm MUSC Keynote 5 pm 5:40 pm Company Update Matt Gevaert, CEO, KIYATEC Advice to scientist/management teams Main Gallery A Robert Silverman, Chairman KIYATEC, Operating Partner, Gilde Healthcare Company Updates Shawn Regan,CEO, Rhythymlink Michael Bolick, CEO, Selah Genomics 6 pm SCBIO in 2015 Wayne Roper, President SCBO Becky DeLegge, Chair, SCBIO 6:30 pm Upstate Alliance Networking barbecue dinner John Lummus, President & CEO, Upstate Alliance Children’s Museum 8 SCBIO A Thriving State of Life Sciences Greenville, SC AGENDA THURSDAY, OCT. 16 Time Event 7:30 am Breakfast opens Place Main Gallery A Southeastern Institute for Manufacturing Technology Panel 8:00 am University Efforts at Commercialization Main Gallery A Casey Porto, Director, Clemson University Research Foundation Chad Hardaway, Director, USC Office of Economic Engagement Mike Rusnak, Executive Director, MUSC Foundation for Research Development USC Keynote 9 am - 10 am Opportunities with big pharma Main Gallery A Riccardo Panicucci, Global Director of Drug Development, Novartis Biomedical Research Institutes 10 am - 10:20 am Networking Break 10:20 - 11:15 am Breakout 1 Breakout Sessions Digital health - Achieving Better Outcomes Moderator: Michael Rusnak, Executive Director, MUSC-FRD Robyn Hussa Farrell, CEO, b:resilient Justin Ames, Chief Operational Officer, Vidistar Tracy Ingram, CEO, BIOScanR Breakout 2 VWR Panel Critical Environments and manufacturing Moderator: Jason Kempton, VWR Dan Garofalo , VWR Critical Environment Specialist Erica Jackson, FDA Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP Phil Vickery, Director, North American Operations, Capsugel Michael Schrader, Vice President Operations, Bausch & Lomb David McBride, Assistant Directror, SiMT, Breakout 3 Plugging into regional, national resources Think Tank Moderator Steve Johnson, CEO, CreatiVasc Tiffany Karp, Chair, SEMDA, Executive Director, GCMI Suzanne Contando, Executive Director, SEBIO Jason Rupp, Vice President, AdvaMed Brian O’Connor, Director of Public Affairs, Biotechnology Industry Org. (BIO) Gallery B Gallery C 11:15 am – 12: 15 pm Break out Sessions Breakout 4 Promise of Regenerative Medicine Think Tank Moderator: Martine LaBerge, Chair of Clemson Dept of Bioengineering Michael Yost, Surgical Engineer, MUSC - bioprinting Michael Gara, Commercialization Officer, CUBEInC, NEST Anti-breast cancer Mark Fields, MUSC, Ophthalmalogy cell transplants Lee Sierad, CEO, Aptus, bioreactor for heart valves 9 SCBIO A Thriving State of Life Sciences Greenville, SC AGENDA (THURSDAY, OCT 16 cont. ) Time Event Place 11:15 am – 12: 15 pm Break out Sessions Breakout 5 Ins and Outs of International Business Gallery C Moderator Erin Ford, BIO Business Recruiter, Upstate Alliance Fabio Marazzi, Founder , Managing Partner, MAdvisors, Milan, Italy Elizabeth McAleese, Trade Comm. Life Sciences Consulate, Canada, Jacobo Mintzer, VP Clinical Affairs, NeuroQuest,Israel, South Carolina Michael Bolick, CEO, Selah Genomics Breakout 6 Finding Funding in Washington Gallery B Moderator Matt Gevaert, CEO, KIYATEC Van Hipp, Chairman, American Defense International James Edwards, CEO, ELITE Strategic Services, LLC Tyler Tatum, Principal, Ripple Management– SBIR 12:15 pm Lunch Service Gallery A Company Updates Sam Konduros, Executive Director, Greenville Health System Research & Development Corp. Mark Ross, Executive Director, SiMT Milliken Healthcare Keynote 1 pm The Honorable Lindsey Graham, Senator, South Carolina 1:45 pm - 2 pm Networking Break Haynsworth Panel Financing, Finagling and Funding Startups 2 pm - 2:45 pm Moderator: Joe Clark, Shareholder, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA John Feltman, Brookhaven Medical Robert Silverman, Operational Partner to Gilde Healthcare Matt Dunbar, Managing Director, Upstate Carolinas Angel Network Gallery A Bill Mahoney, CEO, SCRA 2:45 – 3:15 pm Break-out Funding Discussions with panelists 3:15 pm Winner of Pitch Contest Announced Closing Remarks
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