Audience: Entrepreneurs,
intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please
Accelerating
BioPharma Development
Life science professionals are faced with the usual
challenges in developing, testing, manufacturing, approving and distributing
biopharma solutions from drug discovery to therapeutics to enabling platforms.
These unique challenges extend the time from inception to market, yet the
companies that successfully navigate these challenges are companies to watch
bringing financial returns to companies, and products and services to markets.
With the dramatic and rapid changes in policy and
administration and outlook toward the life science industry overall, new
interest has been placed on how to identify the key players in the biopharma
market, and facilitate forward progress for people and organizations in this
industry. This months panel will address todays unique challenges and share
successes worth noting.
Facilitator from Wilson Sonsini to be confirmed
Panelist Ted Spack, SRI International
Panelist David Zarling, CEO, Colby
Pharmaceuticals
Panelist VC TBD
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FountainBlue offers networking, education and support for entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley by conducting monthly entrepreneurs' forums for high tech and life science and clean energy entrepreneurs. These monthly lunch meetings are designed to share successes and challenges in a safe environment, focused on helping fellow members run and grow their entrepreneurial ventures.
About Our Entrepreneurs' Forums
FountainBlue's Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forums are open to life science entrepreneurs & their teams (such as staff members, advisers, board members or investors) with a wide range of entrepreneurial experience, at various stages of growing or supporting a new or existing entrepreneurial venture. In general, the program topics for the first six months of the year are focused on securing funds for life science organizations while the topics for the second six months of the year focus more on executing and running a business. For notes on previous sessions, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/resources/lifesciencenotes.html.
FountainBlue
offers networking, education and support for entrepreneurs in the
Silicon Valley by conducting monthly entrepreneurs' forums for high
tech and life science and clean energy entrepreneurs. These monthly
lunch meetings are designed to share successes and challenges in a safe
environment, focused on helping fellow members run and grow their
entrepreneurial ventures.
About Our Entrepreneurs' Forums
FountainBlue's
Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forums are open to life science
entrepreneurs & their teams (such as staff members, advisers, board
members or investors) with a wide range of entrepreneurial experience,
at various stages of growing or supporting a new or existing
entrepreneurial venture. In general, the program topics for the first
six months of the year are focused on securing funds for life science
organizations while the topics for the second six months of the year
focus more on executing and running a business. For notes on previous
sessions, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/resources/lifesciencenotes.html. Life Sciences Entrepreneurs include:
Medical devices, including therapeutic devices and diagnostic tools
Drug delivery - Pharmaceuticals and other drug delivery
Bio-nano, etc.,
Who Is Invited
Please note that we help ensure the quality of our programs by strictly restricting attendance to entrepreneurs and investors only, no service providers, except for presenters and sponsors, which are limited and by invitation only. We thank you in advance for respecting our policy.
Rough Meeting Agenda
5:30 Registration, Appetizers and Networking
6:00 Welcomes and Introductions
6:15 Facilitator Comments and Panelist Introductions
6:20 Interactive Panelist Discussion
6:50 Questions from the Audience
7:25 Final Comments from Facilitators
7:30 Thank Yous and Close, Networking
Sponsorship
We are grateful for the sponsorship of The Girvan Institute of Technology for the November event. Our November event will be held in their Silicon Valley offices at 3940 Freedom Circle in Santa Clara.
Below is a list
of our topics and speakers for 2009. Please e-mail us if you are an
entrepreneur or intrapreneur or investor and interested in
participating on one of our upcoming panels, and we will forward your
recommendation to our facilitator.
Angel Panelists:
o Stuart Eckmann, Keiretsu Forum and Life Science Angels (Bio and Device
Committees)
o Elaine Heron, Life Science Angels and LabCyte
o Anne DeGheest, MedStars
o Don Ross, Life Science Angels and Sand Hill Angels
Featured Recently-Funded Entrepreneurs:
o Mitchell Mutz, CSO, Amplyx Pharmaceuticals
o Michelle Stecklein Call, CEO, Lypro BioScience
Facilitator Steven Cui, Of Counsel, Jones Day
Panelist Bonnie Anderson, CEO, Veracyte, Inc.
Panelist Deborah Kilpatrick, Vice President, Market Development,
CardioDx, Inc.
Panelist Geetha Rao, Springborne and Molecular Image
Panelist Mike Richey, Chief Business Officer, Tethys Bioscience
Panelist David Rollo, President, Cell Point LLC
Facilitator John Bashkin, Triple Ring Technologies
Panelist Rob Abrams, Operating Partner, Sanderling Ventures, Former Head
of Business Development, Boston Scientific
Panelist Dave Scott, Senior Product Manager, Vision Systems, Intuitive
Surgical
Panelist Niamh Pellegrini, General Manager, LifeScan, a J&J Company
Facilitator Myriam Curet, MD, Stanford University, Chief Medical Advisor,
Intuitive Surgical
Panelist Shahram S. Gholami, M.D., Urological Surgeon
Panelist Gary Heit, PhD, MD, former Assistant Professor, Director of
Functional Neurosurgery, Dept of Neurosurgery, Kasier Redwood City
Panelist Frank Lai, MD, Department of Urology, El Camino Hospital
Panelist Michael Leong, MD, Anesthesiologist
Panelist James Lilja, PhD, OBGYN
Facilitator Joyce Chiarenza, Chiarenza Consulting, L.L.C., Certified Clinical
Compliance Professional, and Instructor, UCSC Extension
Panelist Walt Cecka, Senior Director, Program Management, Triple Ring
Technologies
Panelist Krishna Ghosh, VP of Quality and Compliance, Arbor Vita
Corporation
Panelist Jacques Ginestet, Director, Sustaining Engineering,
LifeScan
Panelist Chris Panarties, Sr. Director, Reimbursement, Health Economics
and Pricing, NeurogesX
Panelist Susan Rowinski, Sue Rowinski Group LLC, Reimbursement &
Marketing Consulting
Panelist Jim Rurka, co-founder of Blanca Pharmaceuticals
Panelist Dave Yeomans, Trigemina Inc.
Monday, March 17
Partnering with Life Science Corporations
Facilitator Bruce W. Jenett, Partner, DLA Piper
Panelist Rob Abrams, Vice President New Business Development / New Ventures, Boston Scientific
Panelist Martin Doyle, Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, Applied Biosystems
Panelist Graeme R Martin Ph.D., Takeda Research Investment Inc
Panelist Ali Nasser, Director of Business Development, Roche Molecular Systems
Monday, April 21
Trends in Pharma
Facilitator Ted Spack, Senior Director of Business Development, SRI International
Panelist Dick Haiduck, Partner to the CEO of Implicit Bioscience and Cytopia
Panelist David Summa, CEO, Acumen Pharmaceuticals
Panelist Dr. Nicholas Saccomano, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Exploratory Science and Technology, Pfizer
Monday, May 19
Trends in the Medical Device Development
Facilitator Bruce W. Jenett, Partner, Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper US LLP
Rob Abrams, Operating Partner, Sanderling Ventures; former Vice President New Business Development/ New Ventures, Boston Scientific Corporation
Richard M. Ferrari, Managing Director, De Novo Ventures
William T. Harrington, MD, Partner, Three Arch Partners
Geetha Rao, Serial Medical Device Entrepreneur and Executive, Springborne Life Sciences and Triple Ring Technologies
Monday, June 16
Holiday Break
n/a
Monday, July 21
Holiday Break
n/a
Monday, August 18
Issues in Collaborative Development
Facilitator/moderator: Alan Schwartz-Ocio, Of Counsel, DLA Piper LLP Panelists: Adam Bristol, Investor, Biotechnology Value Fund
Jeff Jonker, Director of Business Development, Genentech
Jim I McLoughlin, Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development & Pfizer Venture Capital; Pfizer Inc. - Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovations Center
John Wulf, EVP & CBO, Trellis Bioscience
Monday, September 15
From Strategy to Execution: Growing Your Company to the Next Level
Facilitator Russell M. Singleton, Ph.D., President and CEO, Molecular Image, Inc.
Robert Abrams, Operating Partner, Sanderling Ventures
Bill Goure, Ph.D., COO, Acumen Pharmaceuticals
David Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D., World Wide Vice-President of Clinical Affairs and Evidence-Based Medicine, LifeScan
Ed Torres, Managing Director, Lilly Ventures
Monday, October 20
Show Me the Money: from Angels to Grants to VCs
Facilitator Geetha Rao, Springborne Life Sciences and Triple Ring Technologies
Panelist Adam S. Bristol, Ph.D., Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P.
Panelist Gino Di Sciullo, Ph.D., Charter Life Sciences
Panelist Dr. Evgeny Zaytsev, Partner, Asset Management Company
Panelist Allan W. May, Life Science Angels
Panelist Tom Rodgers, Principal, Advanced Technology Ventures
Monday, November 17
International Partnerships for Life Science Execs
Facilitator Simon Taylor, President, ACN Securities
Panelist Rinko Ghosh, Senior VP of Business Development and Alliance Management, Nektar Therapeutics
Panelist Phyllis Whiteley, PhD, Executive in Residence, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Panelist David Zarling, CEO, Colby Pharmaceutical Company
Other Panelists to be confirmed
Monday, December 15
Holiday Break
n/a
We are grateful to our partners and speakers for our 2007 programs and proudly acknowledge them below.
Date
Title
Facilitator
Tuesday, February 20
Corporate Investments in Life Science Companies
Facilitator Geetha Rao Panelist Linda Greub, Business Development, Applied Biosystems Panelist Eran Raber, Director, New Business and Venture Investments, Agilent Technologies Panelist Simon Greenwood, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Business Development, Genentech, Inc.
Monday, March 19
Positioning Your Life Science Company for Outside Funding
Facilitator Geetha Rao Panelist Brian Boyer, Perkins Coie LLP Panelist John Cornwell Life Science Angel Panelist Ken Martin, Onset Ventures Panelist David Miller Founder, InnoSpine
Monday, April 16
R&D Funding Opportunities
Facilitator Brian Boyer, Perkins Coie LLP Panelist Jeff Fairman, founder and senior research director, Juvaris Panelist Tom Gutshall, Founder and Former CEO, Current Chairman of Cepheid Panelist David Light, Business Builders
Tuesday, May 22
Trends in Life Science Investing
Facilitator Roy Fiebiger, Sanford Rose and Associates Panelist Andrew Farquharson, InCube Ventures Panelist Nina Kjellson, Partner, InterWest Partners Panelist John Maroney, General Partner, Delphi Ventures Panelist Kevin Wasserstein, Versant Ventures
Monday, June 18
Successful Entrepreneur Panel
Facilitator Roy Fiebiger, Sanford Rose and Associates Panelist Brent Contstantz, Skeletal Kinetics LLC Panelist Charlie Wen, Current founder and CTO, Tensegrity, former CEO of OrthoClear, Karegiver, former director of engineering and Align Technology Panelist Tony Zhang, PhD President, CEO and Chairman Formurex
Monday, July 16
Your Company's Value Proposition
Facilitator Sharon Lewis, President, Strategic Impact, Inc. Panelist Valli Bindana, President & Creative Director, KreativeVistas Panelist Ruth Cavagnaro, CEO, ChorusWare (Astia Portfolio Company) Panelist Chisato Ishii, Investment Partner, JAIC America, Inc. Panelist Ken Macrae, PhD, MD, EVP and Serial CEO Panelist John Reed, Global Operations, Agilent Technologies Panelist - Fred Seddiqui, CEO, Avantis Medical Systems, Inc.
Monday, August 20
Outsourcing Options for Life Science Companies
Co-Facilitator Simon Goldbard, Ph.D., Corex Co-Facilitator Matt Perez, NearSoft Panelist Oren Beske, Ph.D., Director, Aragen Bioscience, Inc. Panelist Simon Greenwood, Senior Manager, Business Development, Genentech, Inc. Panelist Alshad S. Lalani, Ph.D., Director, Preclinical & Translational Oncology, Novacea, Inc. Panelist Angie You, COO Ren Pharmaceuticals
Monday, September 17
Navigating Government Regulations
Facilitators Linda Judge and Alan Schwartz Ocio from DLA Piper Panelist Anar Kotadia, MSS Consulting and Chair San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, formerly with Abbott, (with medical device perspective), RAPS Panelist Alan Jacobs, Acorn Biomedical (early stage clinical development) Panelist Geetha Rao (with a medical device perspective ) Panelist Rick Srigley, CEO & President of Aragen Bioscience
Monday, October 15
Marketing and Sales Operations for Life Science Entrepreneurs
Facilitator, Sharon Lewis, Founder and President, Strategic Impact, Inc. Panelist, Neelam Vaidya, Co-Founder and CEO, ChiroSolve Panelist, Rajiv Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO, Zume Life Panelist, Martin Babler, Entrepreneur, former VP Sales and Marketing Immunology, Genentech Inc. Panelist, Michael Mitchell, VP Marketing, Cantimer Panelist, Dan Galles, General Partner, HLM Venture Partners
Monday, November 19
Building An A+ Life Science Management Team
Facilitator Roy Fiebiger, Managing Partner, Sanford Rose Associates Panelist Chuck Brynelsen, CEO of IntraPace Panelist Dan Galles, General Partner, HLM Venture Partners Panelist Jonathan Goldman, MD., CMO Panelist Zack Scott, Director, Burrill & Company
Monday, December 17
Holiday Break
n/a
We are grateful to each of our 2006 facilitators and panelists for their participation and support and proudly acknowledge them below.
Date
Title
Facilitator
Monday, September 18
Life Sciences Entrepreneurs' Forum, Theme: Bringing the Product to Market
Melinda Richter, San Jose Bioscience Center Michael Shuster, Fenwick & West
Monday, October 16
Life Sciences Entrepreneurs' Forum Theme: Preparing for Outside Investors
Ken Macrae Geetha Rao Sergio Garcia
Monday, November 20
Life Sciences Entrepreneurs' Forum Theme: Building an A+ Life Science Management Team
Roy Fiebieger Tom Afzal, CEO of SpinalKinetics Andrew Farquharson, InCube Mike Hall, Latham & Watkins
Monday, December 18
Life Sciences Entrepreneurs' Forum: Holiday Break
n/a
FountainBlue's life sciences forums set themselves apart in that they address and connect multidisciplinary life sciences executives and investors.This is inclusive of, but not limited to medical devices, BioPharma, and emerging technologies such as wireless and nanotechnology applications in healthcare.We connect the companies' executives of various sizes that have different capabilities i.e. discovery vs. development to enhance relationships and foster productive discussions to promote common goals and expectations.
Sherri Dohemann, FountainBlues Chair and Director of Outreach for the Life Science Community
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