Agenda - June 4 - Growth Strategies

Twenty Five Life Science Industry Experts Featured in Five Content-Packed Panels will enlighten you at this growth strategies summit with a keynote by Dr. Clare Pomeroy, Dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis.

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM  - Registration & Breakfast
  
• Opening Remarks by Gopan Madathil, President, TechCoire & Chuck Farman, Morrison & Foerster, Co-Chair, LifeScienceFest 2008
  
• 9:05 - 10:15 AM
  Investing in Healthcare Innovation: What VCs are looking for

  Leading investors share their insights on what gets their attention now, how to get them to open their wallet and their predictions for new innovations, valuations, mergers & acquisitions and more. Panelists include:
  
  Ilan Zipkin, Prospect Venture Partners
  Lisa Suennen, Psilos Ventures
  Mike Perry, Bay City Capital
  Paul Grand, RCT Bioventures
  Maik Klasen, Frost & Sullivan (Moderator)

• 10:30 -11:30 AM
  Do's and Don'ts in starting a life science business

  Leading industry executives share their perspective on what they think are the best practices, success factors and things you must consider in building your life sciences business - whether or not you are seeking funding. Panelists include :
   
  Dinesh Patel, CEO, Arete Therapeutics
  Steve Fry, Biomedical Innovations
  Nick Mourlas, Acumen Medical
  Grant Campany, Senior Vice President, Zoomedia

• 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Keynote by Dr. Claire Pomeroy
  Dean, School of Medicine, UC Davis and Vice Chancellor, Human Health Sciences

• 12:00 - 1:30 PM - Lunch Break

• 1:30 - 2:30 PM
  Preparing Your Company for IP Due Diligence
  Life Science companies face increasing scrutiny with respect to the strength of their patent portfolios and their freedom to operate as they seek early stage funding and successful exits. This panel will discuss key issues in IP due diligence from the perspective of both early stage investors and big pharma including licensing issues, scope of patent protection and infringement issues.  Once problems are identified, how do you solve them in order for your company to move forward? The expert panel include:
  
  Mark Seka, Novartis
  Dr. Phil Reilly, Macusight
  Paul Jahn, Morrison & Foerster
  Matt Kreeger, Morrison & Foerster
  Mike Ward, Morrision & Foerster will moderate the panel

• 2:30 - 3:30 PM
  Driving Revenue through strategic relationships & partnerships
  All life science startups are faced with the challenge of raising capital and growing their business.  Join a team of industry experts who will discuss how strategic partnering can provide access to valuable resources and expertise, impact your value to investors, and catalyze your corporate development.  Featured executives include:
  
  William Goure, Acumen Pharmaceuticals
  George Miljanich, Airmid
  Mohan Iyer, Burrill & Co
  Gulzar Sandhu, Bayer Healthcare
  Josh Shinoff, Applied Biosystems
  Adam Bristol, Biotechnology Value Fund will moderate the panel

• 3:30 - 3:45 - Coffee Break

• 3:45 - 5:00 PM
  Exploring Exit strategies for your life science business
  Join a panel of experts from companies that have had successful exits in the last 12-18 months as they share their insights and strategies on the key M&A/IPO trends affecting private companies and their investors and what steps the Board and senior management can take to increase the likelihood of a successful exit. Panelists include:

  Emory Anderson, Adeza Biomedical
  Frank Ruderman, Berkeley Heart Lab
  James Stewart, VIA Pharmaceuticals
  Peng Leong, Piper Jaffray
  John Campbell Morrison & Foerster

• 5:00 PM - Closing remarks and adjourn to reception

to attend the full conference or just the Venture Summit or Growth Strategies Summit