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FountainBlue's Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum
Join FountainBlue's community for life science entrepreneurs.
Join FountainBlue's community for life science entrepreneurs.

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.
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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 DLA Piper. Our monthly events will be held in their Silicon Valley offices at 2000 University in East Palo Alto.

We are delighted to announce our next panel, to be held on Monday, August 18, entitled "Issues in Collaborative Development".

 

Large pharmaceutical companies are increasingly entering into collaborations with biotech companies in order to obtain access to new technologies, enhance their internal R&D programs, and add to their product pipelines.  These relationships provide many benefits to biotechs, including targeted funding and access to big pharma's unparalleled expertise in developing and bringing products to market.  While life science collaborations can be mutually beneficial, they are also extremely complicated and present unique challenges for both sides.  This month’s panel will discuss key issues in structuring and executing successful collaborations in the life science industry.

 

•      Facilitator/moderator:

·         J. Howard Clowes, Partner, DLA Piper LLP

 

•      Panelists:

·         Mike Brasseur, Sr Director, Jazz Pharma (tentative)

·         Adam Bristol, Investor, Biotechnology Value Fund (tentative)

·         Jim I McLoughlin, Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development & Pfizer Venture Capital; Pfizer Inc. - Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovations Center

·         John Wulf, EVP & CBO, Trellis Bioscience

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We are grateful to our sponsors at DLA Piper who make our work possible.


Below is a calendar for our 2008 life science entrepreneurs' forums, to take place in the evenings from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at DLA Piper in East Palo Alto.

Date Title Facilitator and Panelists
Tuesday, January 22 Life Science Angels Panel: Investment Trends in 08 Facilitator Aliki Helman, serial entrepreneur and former corporate exec

Panelist Stuart Eckmann, Keiretsu Forum and Life Science Angels (Bio and Device Committees)

Panelist Elaine Heron, Life Science Angels and LabCyte

Panelist Bob Molinari, MedStars

Panelist Don Ross, Life Science Angels and Sand Hill Angels
Tuesday, February 19 Incubating Life Science Companies Facilitator Ted Spack, SRI International

Panelist Gayle Fagan, Managing Director, San Jose Biocenter

Panelist Irit Gal, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University, Israeli Incubator experience

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:
• Howard Clowes, Partner, DLA Piper LLP
 
• Panelists:
• Mike Brasseur, Sr Director, Jazz Pharma
• Adam Bristol, Investor, Biotechnology Value Fund
• 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 TBD

Matt Birdsall, Director of Ventures & New Product Development, Medtronics (tentative)

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 Bruce W. Jenett, Partner, DLA Piper

Panelist Gino Di Sciullo, Ph.D., Charter Life Sciences

Panelist Mark Klopp, Managing Director, Coronis Medical Ventures
Monday, November 17 International Partnerships for Life Science Execs Sponsor as facilitator

Anson Fatland, Senior Associate, Burrill & Company

Barry Hotchkies, Keiretsu Forum, former VP and CFO, Epitomics

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
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