2026 Speakers

Julie Adrian

Co-Founder & CEO

Alverium Health

Virginia Amann

Founder

ENTENTE Network

Jim Anthony

Chief Commercial Officer & President

Parexel Biotech

Annalee Armstrong

Senior Editor

BioSpace

Somer Baburek

President, CEO & Board Member

HERAbiotech

Thomas Barker

Partner, Co-Chair, Healthcare Department

Foley Hoag

Vasundhara Bhargava

Deal Professional Principal

Patient Square Capital

Gwendolyn Binder

President, Science and Technology

Cabaletta Bio

Fritz Bittenbender

Board Chair, BIO & SVP

Genentech

Martin Brenner

CEO & CSO

iBio

Steve Brozak

Managing Partner & President

WBB Securities LLC

Grant Castor

SVP, Commercial Strategy & Operations

Sentynl

Grace E. Colón

Board Chair, Aronora Biosciences, Bloom Science and Emm, Board Member

BIO and MIT

Jonah Comstock

Editor in Chief

pharmaphorum

Trish Costello

Founder & CEO

Portfolia

Tamara Darsow

SVP, Global Business Development

Novo Nordisk

Allison DeAngelis

Reporter

STAT

Marc Dechamps

CEO

Bioxodes

Lori Ellis

Market Intelligence Advisor

Consultant

David Ewing Duncan

Journalist, Author

Researcher

Jessica Federer

Board Member

Angelini Ventures

Ryan Field

CEO

Kernel

Eva Fortea-Verdejo

VP, Equity Research – Biotechnology

Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking

Alice Gilman

Co-Founder & COO

R3 Biotechnologies

Jen Goldsack

CEO

Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)

Walter Greenleaf

Neuroscientist & Product Developer

Stanford University

Ignacio Guerrero-Ros

VP

Russo Partners

Kimberly Ha

Founder & CEO

KKH Advisors

Jay Hartenbach

President & COO

Diakonos Oncology

Theresa Heah

CEO

Eyexora

James Healy

Managing Partner

Sofinnova Investments

Echo Hindle-Yang

Founder & CEO

MSQ Ventures

Lynelle Hoch

President, Cell Therapy Organization

Bristol Myers Squibb

Tim Hunt

CEO

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Nouhad Husseini

SVP, Head, BD & Corporate Strategy

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Anthony Jarkowski, III

SVP, Primary Focus Lead, Head, Immuno-oncology

Astellas

Christina Jenkins

Co-Founder & General Partner

Convergent Ventures

David Jenkins

SVP, Head, External Innovation and Research

Ipsen

Alex Kadet

CBO

Gero

Robert Kadlec

Former Assistant Secretary

Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

Sanjay Kakkar

CEO

Tensive

Konstantina Katcheves

SVP & Chief Business and Strategy Officer

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Amanda Kay

Senior Partner & Chief Business Development Officer

Flagship Pioneering

Hans Keirstead

Chairman

Immunis, Inc.

Oliver Keown

CEO & Founder

Oath Surgical

Themasap Khan

Co-Founder & Partner

Luma Group

Navjeewan Khosla

Partner

Novo Holdings Asia

Minji Kim

Entrepreneur in Residence

Formation Bio

Mark Kotter

Executive Chairman, Scientific Founder

clock.bio

Daniella Kranjac

Founding General Partner

Avant Bio

Ken-ichiro Kuninobu

Co-founder & CEO

FELIQS

Kyle LaHucik

Senior Reporter

Endpoints News

Andrew Lam

Managing Director, Head, Biotech Private Equity

Ally Bridge Group

Michael Langer

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

T.Rx Capital

Kelly Laurel

CEO

SurgiBox

Ron Leuty

Senior Reporter

San Francisco Business Times

Jeremy Levin

Chairman & CEO

Ovid Therapeutics Inc.

Raven Lin

CEO

Pilatus Biosciences

Sean Lin

CEO

ChemLex

Philippe Lopes-Fernandes

Executive VP & CBO

Ipsen

Mr. Timothy Lu

Co-founder & CEO

Senti Bio

Natalie Ma

Head, BD

Deep Origin

Alastair MacDonald

Global Head, Medical Affairs & Growth Strategy

Sciensus

Marinna Madrid

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Cellino

Katya Magonova

Managing Director, Commercial Advisory

Syneos Health

George Magrath

CEO

Opus Genetics

Ana Maiques

CEO & Co-Founder

Neuroelectrics

Maite Malet

Principal

Asabys Partners

Michael Margolis

Senior Managing Director, Head, Healthcare Investment Banking

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Michael McCullar

CEO

RegCell

Wyatt McDonnell

CEO

Infinimmune

Michael Meyers

Vice Chairman, Head, M&A and Strategic Advisory Services

H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC

Vivek Mittal

Partner, Managing Director & Head, Biopharma

Health Advances

Aaron Morris

Co-Founder & CEO

PostEra

Ravit Netzer

Co-Founder & CEO

Scala Biodesign

Wonhee Oh

VP, Healthcare Investment Banking

J.P. Morgan

Tim Opler

Managing Director, Global Healthcare Group

Stifel

Jack O’Meara

CEO

Aerska

Art Pappas

Managing Partner

Pappas Capital

Mr. Neel Patel

Head, NewCo Business Development

Flagship Pioneering

Ritish Patnaik

CEO

Curve Biosciences

Adam Pearson

Chief Strategy Officer

Astellas

Alex Philippidis

Senior Business Editor

GEN

Maria Luisa Pineda

CEO & Co-Founder

Envisagenics

Linda Pullan

Founder

Pullan Consulting

Cameron Pye

Co-Founder & CEO

Unnatural Products Inc.

Maha Radhakrishnan

Executive Partner

Sofinnova Investments

Priyanka Rao

Venture Fellow

H/L Ventures

Rachel Ravens

CEO & Partner

42Genetics, 46Health

Lori Reilly

COO

PhRMA

Niels Riedemann

CEO

InflaRx

MaryAnne Rizk

Managing Director, Head, Healthcare & Life Science Clinical Strategy

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kate Rochlin

COO

IN8bio

Beth Rogozinski

CEO

Oncoustics

Peter Rubin

Executive Director

No Patient Left Behind

Jarod Rutledge

Director, Biotech Investments

Starbloom Capital

Helen Sabzevari

President & CEO

Precigen

Amber Salzman

CEO

Epicrispr Biotechnologies

Joel Sandler

Associate Partner

Ipsos Advisory Healthcare

Adam Schayowitz

Chief Development Officer

Zymeworks

David Schull

President

Russo Partners

Denise Scots-Knight

CEO

Mereo BioPharma

Stacey Seltzer

Managing Partner & Founder

Pontiva Healthcare Partners

Joe Shonkwiler

Head, Healthcare & Life Science, Venture Capital BD

Google

Kristina Simmons

Founder & Managing Partner

Overwater Ventures

Curran Simpson

President and CEO

REGENXBIO

Greg Skalicky

President

EVERSANA

Bob Smith

Venture Partner, OrbiMed; Chairman

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Tari Suprapto

Senior Director & Head, Global Innovation Sourcing

Novo Nordisk

Ashish Tripathi

CEO

Tzar Labs

Andy Udell

CCO

Actinogen Medical

Tracy Warren

Senior Managing Director

Go Red for Women Fund, AHA Ventures, American Heart Association

Daniel Wee

Chief eXecution Officer

Enveda

Emma Wheatley

Executive Director Access & Business Development

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)

Ignacio Willats

Co-Founder & CCO

Mytos

Richard Wilson

Senior VP, Primary Focus Lead, Genetic Regulation

Astellas

Adrian Woolfson

Founder, President & CEO

Genyro

Asish Xavier

VP, Venture Investments

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.

Laura Yecies

CEO

Osteoboost Health

Ashley Zehnder

CEO

Fauna Bio

Alice Zheng

Partner

Foreground Capital