7:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome by Anantha Chandrakasan and Pablo Legorreta

8:45 AM

Title To Be Confirmed

Robert Davis Fireside chat with Christopher Hite

Robert M. Davis
Merck & Co
Christopher Hite
Royalty Pharma

9:20 AM

Non-Surgical Implant for Brain-Computer Symbiosis (TBC)

9:35 AM

The Neuropsych Renaissance (TBC)

Steve Paul Fireside chat with Nina Kjellson

10:00 AM

Alfred Nobel and His Prize: Origins, Decisions, and Influence

Thomas Perlmann
Karolinska Institutet

10:10 AM

RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno

Craig Mello
Nobel Laureate, 2006
University of Massachusetts Medical School

10:40 AM

Refreshment Break

11:05 AM

Biotech Companies Must Think Boldly

Jean-Paul Kress Fireside chat with Marshall Urist

Jean-Paul Kress
Formerly MorphoSys
Marshall Urist
Royalty Pharma

11:25 AM

CAR-T: Transforming Autoimmune Disease

Georg Schett
FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg

11:40 AM

Current Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

Christoph Westphal – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Christoph Westphal
Longwood
James Sabry
BioMarin
Jennifer Jarrett
Arcus Biosciences

12:05 PM

Beyond Wearables: The Rise of Invisible Health Tech

1:20 PM

"Investor Panel: What's on the Minds of the Mega-investors"

Kris Jenner – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Kris Jenner
Andrew Hack
Bain Capital
Rajiv Kaul
Fidelity Investments

1:50 PM

The Tool KIT to Mastering Mast Cells

Kate Haviland
Blueprint Medicines

2:05 PM

Cancer Immunotherapy: The Next Chapter

James Allison Fireside chat with Padmanee Sharma and Rachel Humphrey

James Allison
Nobel Laureate, 2018
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Padmanee Sharma
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rachel Humphrey
Normunity

2:35 PM

The Increasing Role of China in Biopharma

Tim Opler – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Tim Opler
Stifel
Ron Renaud
Kailera
Samantha Du
Zai Labs
Tess Cameron
RA Capital

3:05 PM

Refreshment Break

3:30 PM

Drugging the Previously Undruggable (TBC)

Kevan Shokat
University of California, San Francisco

3:55 PM

In Vivo CAR-T: Coming to a Clinical Trial Near You

Saar Gill
University of Pennsylvania

4:15 PM

Title To Be Confirmed

Robert Montgomery Fireside chat with David Sachs and Pablo Legorreta

Robert A. Montgomery
NYU Langone Health
David Sachs
Columbia University
Pablo Legorreta
Royalty Pharma

4:45 PM

Title To Be Confirmed

Saurabh Saha
Centessa

5:05 PM

Deep Medicine: How AI Can Restore Humanity to Patient Care

Eric Topol Fireside chat with Siddhartha Mukherjee

Eric Topol
Scripps Reseach
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Pulitzer Prize, 2011
Columbia University

5:40 PM

Closing Remarks

6:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Cocktails, Seated Dinner & Concert Lecture

Welcome Comments


Sally Kornbluth

MIT
Concert Lecture


Richard Kogan

Weill Cornell Medicine