08.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 08.20 Welcome Speech 08.30 Opening

08.00
08.20
08.30
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
Welcome Speech
Opening Speech: “Cancer Drug Pricing”
David H. Howard, Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University
08.50
Pharma-Biotech BD&L
Featuring:
Catherine Pickering, Head of Oncology Licensing, EMD Serono, Inc.
Ioannis Sapountzis, Global Head of Oncology Business Development & Licensing, Boehringer Ingelheim
John DeYoung, Vice President, Oncology BD, Pfizer
Peter Sandor, VP, Global Marketing, TA Head Oncology, Amgen
Tanja Weber, Head BD for Sanofi Oncology, Sanofi
09.50
Immunotherapeutics: ADCs and Combination Therapies
Chaired by:
James Mulé, Associate Center Director for Translational Research, Michael McGillicuddy Endowed Chair of Melanoma Research and
Treatment, and Director of Cell-based Therapies, Moffitt Cancer Center
Featuring:
Elma Hawkins, President and CEO, Lion Biotechnologies
Mike Attar, Executive Director, Business Development, Celgene
Richard Gregory, EVP & Chief Scientific Officer, ImmunoGen, Inc.
Sharon Benzeno, Senior Director, New Product Development, Adaptive Biotechnologies
10.35
10.50
11.15
COFFEE BREAK
Keynote Speech: “Pitfalls and promise of genetically modified T cells”
Professor Laurence Cooper, MD Anderson Cancer Center
T-Cell Therapeutics
Chaired by:
Boris Peaker, Managing Director, Cowen and Company
Featuring:
André Choulika, Chairman and CEO, Cellectis
Arie Belldegrun*, Chairman, President and CEO, Kite Pharma
David Donabedian, Vice President & Head, Ventures and Early Stage Collaborations, AbbVie, Inc.
Gregory Frost, SVP, Head of Health Sector, Intrexon Corporation
Kevin Slawin, CMO & CTO, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Stephen Rubino, Global Head, BD and New Products Marketing, Cell & Gene Therapy Unit, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
*to be confirmed
12.15
Academic Medical Center Collaborations
Chaired by:
Howard J. Fingert, Senior Medical Director, Internal and External Innovation for Oncology TA, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Featuring:
Benjamin Thorner*, VP, Head of North American Innovation Hubs, Merck Research Laboratories
Ferran Prat, VP, Strategic Industry Ventures, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Issi Rozen, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Kuldeep Neote, Senior Director, New Ventures/Scout, J&J Innovation Center-Boston
O. Prem Das, Chief Business Development Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
*to be confirmed
13.00
14.00
16.00
NETWORKING LUNCH
Presentation Track A
Interview
16.30
Investment Roundtable
Chaired by:
Biren Amin, Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst, Jefferies
Featuring:
Joseph Sum, Analyst, Director of Research, EcoR1 Capital, LLC
Margarita Chavez, Director, Venture Investments, AbbVie
Peter Thompson, Private Equity Partner, OrbiMed Advisors LLC
Thilo Schroeder, Partner, Nextech Invest Ltd.
17.30
NETWORKING RECEPTION
Supported by:
Presentation Track B