Agenda

1st Annual Investor and Partnering Forum :: November 30-December 1, 2011
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine :: La Jolla, CA 

NOVEMBER 29 

11:00 am – 5:00 pm :: ARM TORREY PINES GOLF TOURNAMENT

NOVEMBER 30

7:00 am :: REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST – (Scientific Symposium)

9:00 am :: PARTNERING OPEN FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

10:30 am :: COMPANY PRESENTATIONS BEGIN

10:30 am – 2:00 pm :: NO PARTNERING MEETINGS SCHEDULED

1:00 pm :: LUNCH

6:00 pm :: PARTNERING CLOSES FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS & COMPANY PRESENTATIONS END

6:30 – 9:30 pm ::  GALA RECEPTION

DECEMBER 1

7:30 am :: REGISTRATION OPEN and BREAKFAST

8:00 – 8:05 am ::  WELCOME
Gil Van Bokkelen, Chief Executive Officer, Athersys, Inc. and Chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

8:05 – 8:15 am :: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Greg Lucier, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Life Technologies Corporation

8:15 – 9:30 :: PLENARY SESSION :: LOOKING AHEAD — WHERE WILL WE BE IN FIVE YEARS
Panelists:
Matthias Steger, PhD, MBA, Global Head Research & Technology Partnering, Roche Ltd.
Gil Van Bokkelen, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Athersys, Inc. and Chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
Mahendra Rao, MD, PhD, Director, NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine
Susan L. Solomon, JD, Chief Executive Officer, New York Stem Cell Foundation
Moderator: Greg Lucier, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Life Technologies Corporation

9:30 – 10:30 am :: BUILDING THE REGULATORY PATHWAY FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Panel Discussion Sponsor: Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC.
Panelists:
Madhusudan Peshwa, Executive Vice President, Cellular Therapies, MaxCyte
Eduardo Bravo, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, TiGenix NV
Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, PhD, Executive Director, Cells, Tissues, Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, PharmaNet/i3
Katherine Tsokas, JD, Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.
Moderator: Elona Baum, Esq., General Council & Vice President, Business Development, California Institute For Regenerative Medicine

10:00 am :: PARTNERING OPEN FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

10:30 – 10:45 am :: COFFEE BREAK

10:45 am – 11:45 am :: CONFRONTING THE TRANSLATIONAL CHALLENGE – COLLABORATIVE MODELS TO ADVANCE EARLY-STAGE RM PROGRAMS
Panelists:
Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD, FAAP, Professor/Director, Program in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Ellen Feigal, MD, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, California Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Dennis Clegg, PhD, Professor & Co-Director, UCSB Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
Robin L. Smith, MD, MBA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, NeoStem Inc.
Moderator: Duane J. Roth, Chief Executive Officer, CONNECT

11:45 am- 12:45 pm :: COMPANY PRESENTATIONS

12:45 – 1:45 pm :: LUNCH

1:45 – 2:00 pm :: PRESENTATION ON THE SHIRE ACQUISITION OF ADVANCED BIOHEALING
Brian Piper, MBA, Senior Director, Strategic Investment Group, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2:00 – 3:00 pm :: ACCESS TO FINANCE: INDUSTRY WIDE ISSUES
Panel Discussion Sponsor: ROTH Capital
Panelists:
Brian Piper, MBA, Senior Director, Strategic Investment Group, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Germano Carganico, General Manager, Research & Development, & Operations, MolMed S.p.A
Geoff Whitehead, PhD, Principal, Flagship Ventures
Elona Baum, Esq., General Council & Vice President, Business Development, California Institute For Regenerative Medicine
Moderator: Lisa Walters-Hoffert, Managing Director, ROTH Capital

3:00 – 3:15 pm :: BREAK

3:15 – 4:15 pm :: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE AND SCALABLE BUSINESS MODELS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Panelists:
Robert A. Preti, PhD, Co-Founder, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC.
Christopher J. Calhoun, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Cytori Therapeutics Inc.
Edward Lanphier, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sangamo BioSciences Inc.
Keith Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, Organovo
Moderator: Morrie Ruffin, Managing Director, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

4:15 – 5:15 pm :: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PATHWAYS FOR REIMBURSEMENT
Panelists:
Joseph Amaral, MD, Vice President, Surgical Technologies, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.
Richard Maziarz, MD, Professor/Director, Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program, Oregon Health & Science University
Stephen Crawford, MD, Senior Medical Director, Cigna
Bertram Lubin, MD, President & Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Moderator: Michael Werner, JD, Executive Director, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine: Partner, Holland & Knight LLP

5:00 pm :: PARTNERING CLOSES FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS 

5:30 – 7:00 pm :: RECEPTION