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AGENDA
*Dress Code: Business and Smart Casual attire is customary for daytime program and all evening social activities
*See the bottom of the page for the spouse parallel program
7:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
8:15 AM
Making the Case: The Inflection Points That Shape a Medicine's Success
Emmanuel Caeymaex, UCB
Moderated by Christopher Hite, Royalty Pharma
8:40 AM
The Brain's Internal GPS
May Britt Moser, 2014 Nobel Laureate, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
9:00 AM
Unlocking the Potential of Rare Disease Medicine
Guido Oelkers, Sobi
Hosted by Sara Klymkowsky, Royalty Pharma
9:15 AM
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals: The Power of "And" in RNAi Therapeutics
Chris Anzalone, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
9:35 AM
BioArctic: Breaking Boundaries in CNS Drug Development
Gunilla Osswald, BioArctic
Hosted by Nina Kjellson, Canaan Partners
9:55 AM
Refreshment Break
10:25 AM
Engineering a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Per-Ola Carlsson, Uppsala University
Steve Harr, Sana Biotechnology
Hosted by Ashwin Pai, Royalty Pharma
10:45 AM
What Makes Biotech Worth Backing?
Nanna Lüneborg, Forbion
Nina Rawal, Emerging Health Ventures
Peter Svennilson, The Column Group
Moderated by Mårten Steen, HealthCap
11:20 AM
Radicalizing Drug Discovery
Greg Verdine, LifeMine Therapeutics
11:35 AM
OutFoxing Autoimmunity
Fred Ramsdell, 2025 Nobel Laureate, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
11:55 AM
150 Years in the Making: Eli Lilly's Climb to the Top
Dan Skovronsky, Eli Lilly and Company
Moderated by Greg Raskin, Royalty Pharma
12:20 AM
Lunch
1:30 PM
China and the Changing Map of Biopharma Innovation
Julie Rozenblyum, Bristol Myers Squibb
Michelle Xia, Akeso
1:55 PM
The Next Wave of Precision Oncology
Malte Peters, Tango Therapeutics
2:10 PM
BioPharmaceutical Discovery: From Artisanship To Engineering
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Xaira Therapeutics
Roger M. Perlmutter, Eikon Therapeutics
Hosted by Jim Reddoch, Royalty Pharma
2:35 PM
The Next Generation of Autoimmune Medicines
Sandeep Kulkarni, Zura Bio
Arndt Schottelius, Maxion Therapeutics
Richard Siegel, Novartis
Moderated by Tova Gardin, Biohaven
3:05 PM
Refreshment Break
3:35 PM
Spicing Up Neuroscience: How Chili Peppers Changed Pain Research
David Julius, 2021 Nobel Laureate, University of California, San Francisco
Hosted by Nicholas Dirks, The New York Academy of Sciences
3:55 PM
Consumer-Directed Healthcare Is the Most Important Trend in Pharma That You Are Missing
Reid Waldman, Veradermics
4:10 PM
4:30 PM
Where Engineering Meets Medicine: A View from the Most Innovative Intersection in the World
Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sangeeta Bhatia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molly Stevens, University of Oxford
4:55 PM
Closing Remarks
5:15 PM
Harbor Cruise to Dinner
6:15 PM
Cocktails and Seated Dinner
*Times subject to change
FRIDAY SPOUSE PROGRAM
10:00 AM
Guided Tour of Stockholm City Hall
11:30 PM
1:30 AM
Tour of the ABBA Museum
5:15 PM
Harbor Cruise to Dinner (everyone)
6:15 PM
Cocktails and Seated Dinner (everyone)
*Transportation to and from activities will be provided
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