7:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

Conference Sessions:  MIT Campus, Building 10

8:30 AM

Welcome by Anantha Chandrakasan and Pablo Legorreta

8:45 AM

Focus on What Matters: Purpose-driven Leadership in Uncertain Times

Robert Davis Fireside chat with Christopher Hite

Robert M. Davis
Merck & Co
Christopher Hite
Royalty Pharma

9:15 AM

Non-Surgical Implant for Brain-Computer Symbiosis

9:35 AM

The Neuropsych Renaissance

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

11:00 AM

Biotech Companies Must Think Boldly

Jean-Paul Kress Fireside chat with Marshall Urist

Jean-Paul Kress
Formerly MorphoSys
Marshall Urist – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Marshall Urist
Royalty Pharma

11:20 AM

CAR-T: Transforming Autoimmune Disease

Georg Schett
FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg

11:40 AM

Current Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

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

12:10 PM

Beyond Wearables: The Rise of Invisible Health Tech

1:25 PM

What's on the Minds of the Mega-Investors

Andrew Hack
Bain Capital
Rajiv Kaul
Fidelity Investments
Rebecca Sykes
Wellington
Kris Jenner – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Kris Jenner
Rock Springs Capital

2:00 PM

The Tool KIT to Mastering Mast Cells

Kate Haviland
Blueprint Medicines

2:20 PM

Cancer Immunotherapy: The Next Chapter

James Allison and Padmanee Sharma Fireside chat with Rachel Humphrey

James Allison
Nobel Laureate, 2018
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Padmanee Sharma
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rachel Humphrey – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Rachel Humphrey
Normunity

2:50 PM

The Increasing Role of China in Biopharma

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

3:20 PM

Refreshment Break

3:40 PM

Drugging the Previously Undruggable

Kevan Shokat
University of California, San Francisco

4:05 PM

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

Saar Gill
University of Pennsylvania

4:25 PM

Whole Hog: Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation

Robert Montgomery and David Sachs Fireside chat with Pablo Legorreta

Robert A. Montgomery
NYU Langone Health
David Sachs
Columbia University
Pablo Legorreta – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Pablo Legorreta
Royalty Pharma

4:55 PM

Awakening the Next Sleeping Giant

Saurabh Saha
Centessa

5:15 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

5:45 PM

Closing Remarks

6:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Cocktails, Seated Dinner & Concert Lecture

Welcome Remarks


Sally Kornbluth

MIT
Concert Lecture


Richard Kogan

Weill Cornell Medicine