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Xconomy Forum: How to Build a Life Sciences Company

Sept. 23, 2008 - Agenda

7:30 – 8:10	Registration and coffee
8:10 – 8:15	Welcome Charles Wilson, VP Strategic Alliances, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
8:15 – 8:20	Introduction Bob Buderi, Founder, CEO, and Editor in Chief, Xconomy
8:20 – 8:35	Case Study: Enlight Biosciences New Business Model for Technology Development David Steinberg, CEO, Enlight Biosciences; Senior Principal, PureTech Ventures
8:35 – 8:50	Case Study: Fate Therapeutics Building a Company Around a Community of Founders Amir Nashat, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Alex Rives, Associate, ARCH Venture Partners; Co-Founder and Founding President, Fate Therapeutics
8:50 – 9:30	Panel: New Approaches to Incubation Luke Timmerman, National Biotech Editor, Xconomy (moderator) Nils Bergenhem, Chief Scientific Officer, Escoublac Clifford J. Robinson, Director, Business Incubation, Boston University David Schubert, Chief Business Officer, Accelerator Corporation Chuck Wilson, VP Strategic Alliances, Novartis
9:30 – 9:45	Case Study: Cambria Pharmaceuticals Cents and Sensibility: The Role of Non-Dilutive Funding in a Biotech Startup Leo Liu, Founder and CEO, Cambria Pharmaceuticals
9:45 – 10:05	Break
10:05 – 10:20	Case study: Diagnostics-For-All The Advantages and Challenges of Choosing the Non-Profit Route Myer Berlow, CEO, Nano-Terra; Director, Diagnostics-For-All
10:20 – 10:35	Case study: RXi Pharmaceuticals RXi Pharmaceuticals’ Story of How to Build a Life Sciences Company Tod Woolf, CEO, RXi Pharmaceuticals
10:35 – 11:15	Panel: New Strategies for Getting Off the Ground Carmichael Roberts, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners (moderator) Leo Liu, Founder and CEO, Cambria Pharmaceuticals Alex Rives, Associate, ARCH Venture Partners; Co-Founder and Founding President, Fate Therapeutics David Steinberg, CEO, Enlight Biosciences; Senior Principal, PureTech Ventures Myer Berlow, CEO, Nano-Terra; Director, Diagnostics-For-All Tod Woolf, CEO, RXi Pharmaceuticals
11:15 – 11:30	Spotlight presentation: Quanterix Nick Naclerio, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman, Quanterix
11:30 – 12:15	Keynote Chat Robert Langer, Institute Professor, MIT Terry McGuire, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
12:15 – 1:30	Networking Lunch

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