Agenda
Biotechnology Vision Summit 2010
Reigniting Opportunity: Focusing on Growth
Program Outline
Wed, August 25th
[8:30 - 9:30] A Vision for Biotech Innovation: Heal, Fuel and Feed the World
- Jim Greenwood, President & CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
[9:45 - 11:00] Biodigesters and Energy: New Technologies and Economic Challenges / Opportunities with the Grid
- Michael Lizotte; Director of Sustainability; UW Oshkosh
- Michael Moore; Senior DSM and Renewable Energy Consultant; Wisconsin Public Service
- Tom Rehberger; Vice President for Innovation; Danisco
- Charles Severance; General Manager; Wholesale Electricity & Renewable Energy; Wisconsin Public Service
[9:45 - 11:00] Healthcare Changes and Challenges: Opportunities for Biotech Entrepreneurs
- Gayle Kirkpatrick; Divisional Vice President, Global Licensing & Business Development; Abbott
- Michael Ostrov, M.D.; Medical Director; Group Health Cooperative
- Mike Wokasch; Owner; Wokasch Consulting, LLC
- Steven Xanthoudakis Ph.D.; Director of Worldwide Licensing and External Research; Merck
[9:45 - 11:00] Agriculture and Biotechnology: Partnerships and Opportunities at the Intersection
- Doug Boyes Ph.D.; Middleton Campus Site Lead; Monsanto Company
- Phillip Brumm, Ph.D.; CoFounder and CSO; C-56 Technologies
- David Johnson, Ph.D.; Assistant Director of Research; Cal West Seeds
- Lee Anne Murphy, Ph.D.; Executive Director; Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network (MAHRN)
[11:30-12:45] Connecting Bench to Bedside: Leading the Personalized Health Care Revolution
- Murray Brilliant Ph.D.; Director of the Center for Human Genetics; Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Ulrich Broeckel, MD ; Director, Individualized Medicine Institute; Medical College of Wisconsin
- Laura Douglass; President and CEO; Next Generation Clinical Research
- Catherine McCarty Ph.D., M.P.H.; Principal Investigator for Personalized Medicine Research Project; Marshfield Clinic
- David Page Ph.D.; Professor; Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics and Computer Science; UW Madison
- Peggy Peissig; Associate Director of the Biomedical Informatics Research Center; Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
[2:30-3:45] Biotech Company Funding . . . Two Years Post-Lehman. Seeking Strategies for Success
- Mark Dempster; Managing Director in Healthcare Investment Banking; Thomas Weisel Partners
- Ashley Dombkowski, Ph.D.; Managing Director; MPM Capital
- Steven Kuemmerle, Ph.D.; Director, Venture Investments; Abbott Biotech Ventures
- Robert Lippert; President and CEO; ZARS Pharma
- Trevor Twose, Ph.D.; CEO; Mithridion, Inc.
- Paul Weiss, Ph.D.; Managing Director; Venture Investors
[4:15-5:15] Accelerating Discoveries that will Transform Healthcare: Perspectives from a Life Sciences Tools Company
- Elizabeth S. Woo, Ph.D., Vice President Global Accounts; Thermo Fisher Scientific
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