7:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

MIT Campus, Lobby 13

Conference Sessions:  MIT Campus, Building 10

8:15 AM

RNA Splicing Modifiers: A Wealth of Targets and Unmet Needs

Matthew Klein – Speaker Profile
Matthew Klein
PTC Therapeutics

8:30 AM

AI Drug Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities

Marc Tessier-Lavigne – Speaker Profile
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Xaira

8:50 AM

Addressing Solid Tumors with Cell Therapy

Michel Sadelain – Speaker Profile
Michel Sadelain
Columbia University
Ken Drazan – Speaker Profile
Ken Drazan
ArsenalBio
John Connolly – Speaker Profile
Moderator
John Connolly
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

9:15 AM

Phoenix From the Ashes. Twice.

Randolph Noelle and Dave DeLucia Fireside chat with Marshall Urist

Randolph Noelle – Speaker Profile
Randolph Noelle
Dartmouth College
Dave DeLucia – Speaker Profile
Dave DeLucia
ImmuNext
Marshall Urist – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Marshall Urist
Royalty Pharma

9:40 AM

From Missing to Momentum: Catalyzing Faculty Founders

Sangeeta Bhatia – Speaker Profile
Sangeeta Bhatia
MIT

9:50 AM

From Pixels to Cures: How Imaging Propels Medicine in the Age of AI

Anne Carpenter – Speaker Profile
Anne Carpenter
MIT

10:05 AM

Refreshment Break

10:25 AM

Bioorthogonal Click Chemistries for ADCs and Beyond

Carolyn Bertozzi – Speaker Profile
Carolyn Bertozzi
Nobel Laureate, 2022
Stanford University

10:55 AM

Breathing New Life Into Rare Disease

William Lewis – Speaker Profile
William Lewis
Insmed

11:15 AM

Betting on Innovation

David Ricks Fireside chat with Christopher Hite

David A. Ricks – Speaker Profile
David A. Ricks
Eli Lilly
Christopher Hite – Speaker Profile
Christopher Hite
Royalty Pharma

11:50 AM

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Phillip Sharp Fireside chat with Bill Haney and Luke Timmerman

Phillip Sharp – Speaker Profile
Phillip Sharp
Nobel Laureate, 1993
MIT
Bill Haney – Speaker Profile
Bill Haney
Skyhawk and Dragonfly
Luke Timmerman – Speaker Profile
Moderator
Luke Timmerman
Timerman Report

12:25 PM

State of US Politics

Karl Rove – Speaker Profile
Karl Rove
Political Commentator
Paul Begala – Speaker Profile
Paul Begala
CNN
George Lloyd – Speaker Profile
Moderator
George Lloyd
Royalty Pharma

1:00 PM

Closing Remarks

1:05 PM

Closing Lunch under the Colonnade

Building 10, Memorial Hall