Speakers

Ranjeet Alexis

Investment Director

Intel Capital

Bonnie Anderson

Chairman and CEO

Veracyte

Christopher R. Anzalone

President and CEO

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Stéphane Bancel

CEO

Moderna

Ritu Baral

Managing Director and Senior Biotech Analyst

Cowen

Joanna Beck

Executive VP

Global Pharmaceutical Development and Operations, Celgene Corporation

Jacob Becraft

Co-Founder

Strand Therapeutics

Gwendolyn Binder

Executive VP, Science & Technology

Cabaletta Bio

Dave Bjork

Director of Community Relations

FRAXA Research Foundation

Eric W. Blanchard

Partner

Covington & Burling LLP

Jeffrey M. Bockman

Executive VP, Oncology Practice Head

Cello Health BioConsulting

Carrie Burke

VP, Business Development and Partnerships

Clinithink

Lisa Carlson

Program Manager, Climb to Fight Cancer

Fred Hutch

Gabriel P. Cavazos

Managing Director, Investment Banking

SVB Leerink

Ken Choe

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Grace E. Colón

CEO

InCarda Therapeutics Inc.

Laurence Cooper

CEO

Ziopharm

Bernard Coulie

President and CEO

Pliant Therapeutics

Jeff Cranmer

Executive Editor

BioCentury Inc.

Jeanne Cunicelli

Executive VP

UPMC Enterprises

Jun Deng

Investment Partner

Joyance Partners

Ruud Dobber

President and Executive VP, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit

AstraZeneca

Andrew Dunn

Reporter

BioPharma Dive

Jürgen Eckhardt

Head

Leaps by Bayer

Ami Fadia

Managing Director, Biopharma and Generics, Senior Analyst

SVB Leerink

Stacy Feld

Head

Johnson & Johnson Innovation (Western U.S., Australia and New Zealand)

Mani Foroohar

Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst

SVB Leerink

Pushkal Garg

Chief Medical Officer

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Julie Gerberding

Executive VP and Chief Patient Officer, Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy

Merck

David Gilman

Partner

ClearView Healthcare Partners

Jennifer Friel Goldstein

Head of Business Development for Technology and Healthcare

Silicon Valley Bank

Asthika Goonewardene

Managing Director, Senior Biotech Analyst

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

James C. Greenwood

President and CEO

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

Adam Gridley

CEO

Entera Bio

Riley Griffin

U.S. Health Care & Pharmaceuticals Reporter

Bloomberg News

Tim Guilliams

CEO and Co-Founder

Healx

Kimberly Ha

CEO and Founder

KKH Advisors

Mary Haak-Frendscho

CEO

Spotlight Therapeutics

Rachel Haurwitz

President and CEO

Caribou Biosciences, Inc.

Matthew Herper

Senior Writer, Medicine, and Editorial Director, Events

STAT

Ruben Herrendorff

CEO

Polyneuron

Berthold Hinzen

VP and Head of BD&L Therapeutic Areas

Bayer AG

Charlotte Hobbs

VP Research and Clinical Management

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

John A. Hohneker

CEO and President

Anokion

Robert Jacks

President and CEO

Indalo Therapeutics

Mandy Jackson

Managing Editor, US Commercial News

Scrip/The Pink Sheet

Rachelle Jacques

CEO

Enzyvant

Friedemann Janus

VP, Head of Business Development, Licensing, Regional & Alliance Management

Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany

Ben Johnson

Managing Director, Head of National Early Stage Life Science

Silicon Valley Bank

Matthew Kane

Co-Founder and CEO

Precision BioSciences

Maha Katabi

Partner

Sofinnova Ventures

Michelle Keefe

President, Commercial Solutions

Syneos Health

Mary Kerr

CEO

KaNDy Therapeutics

Walt Kowtoniuk

Principal

Third Rock Ventures

Samarth Kulkarni

CEO

CRISPR

Neil Kumar

CEO and Founder

BridgeBio

Janet Lambert

CEO

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Tomas Landh

Innovation Sourcing VP, Senior Principal Scientist, Search and Evaluation

Novo Nordisk

Jeremy M. Levin

Chairman and CEO

Ovid Therapeutics

Philippe Lopes-Fernandes

Senior VP, Global Head of Business Development and Alliance Management

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Tim Lu

Co-Founder and CEO

Senti Bio

Geoff MacKay

CEO

AvroBio

Gail Maderis

President and CEO

Antiva Biosciences

Sean Marett

CBO and CCO

BioNTech

Sabrina Martucci Johnson

President and CEO

Daré Bioscience

Erin McCallister

Head, Clinical Development & Market Access, Senior Editor

BioCentury Inc.

John McDonald

Corporate VP, Global Business Development

Novo Nordisk

Sheila Mikhail

CEO

AskBio

Timothy Miller

Co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer

Abeona Therapeutics

Sanjay Mistry

Head JLABS @ San Diego

Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Claudia Mitchell

Senior VP, Production and Portfolio Strategy

Astellas

Bibhash Mukhopadhyay

Principal

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Naveen Murthy

Senior Managing Director, Commercial Advisory Group, Consulting

Syneos Health

Marian T. Nakada

VP Venture Investments

Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JJDC

Vincent Ossipow

Partner

Omega Funds

Joe Panetta

President and CEO

Biocom

Art Pappas

Managing Partner

Pappas Capital

Dennis J. Purcell

Founder and Senior Advisor

Aisling Capital

Yasmeen Rahimi

Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Co-Head of Biotechnology Research

ROTH Capital Partners

John Reynders

VP, Data Sciences, Genomics, and Bioinformatics

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Barbara Ryan

Founder

Barbara Ryan Advisors

Camille Samuels

Partner

Venrock

Chris Sheldon

VP, Global Head, Business Development & Licensing, Oncology R&D

AstraZeneca

Ken Song

President and CEO

Metacrine

Kumar Srinivasan

VP, Global Head of BioPharmaceuticals R&D Business Development & Licensing

AstraZeneca

Dietrich A. Stephan

Chairman and CEO

NeuBase Therapeutics

Edward Tenthoff

Senior Research Analyst Equity Research, Health Care

Piper Jaffray & Co

Luke Timmerman

Founder and Editor

Timmerman Report

Pascal Touchon

CEO

Atara Biotherapeutics

Christian Tucat

President, Syneos One and Real World and Late Phase

Syneos Health

Steve Uden

Co-Founder

Rallybio

John Vandermosten

Senior Biotech Analyst

Zacks

Chris Vlahos

Global Head, Rare Disease External Innovation

Ipsen

Robert Ward

Chairman and CEO

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals

Debi Watson

VP, Business Development & Licensing

Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Janssen Business Development

Bing Yao

Chairman and CEO

Viela Bio

Ivan Zapien

Partner

Hogan Lovells