2025 Agenda

Monday, October 13

Time

Event

8:00 am – Lobby Level

Registration Opens

9:45 am – 2nd Floor

Welcome Remarks

  • Sara Jane Demy, Founder & CEO, Demy-Colton

10:00 am – 2nd Floor 

“Big Think" Fireside Chat

Biopharma: What the Future Looks Like

  • James Flynn, Managing Partner, Deerfield

Interviewed by:

  • Sara Jane Demy, Founder & CEO, Demy-Colton

11:00 am – Ground Floor,
Event Hall South

One-to-One Meetings 

11:00 am – 2nd Floor

Spotlight Panel 1A 

Beyond the Cure: The Brave New World of Revolutionary Cancer Therapeutics

Moderator:

  • Erkang Ai, Counsel, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells

Panel:

  • Gerald Commissiong, CBO, OS Therapies, Inc.

  • Gadareth Higgs, Business Development Lead, Circurna

  • Richard Kornbluth, President & CSO, Multimeric Biotherapeutics, Inc.

  • Julie O’Shaughnessy, COO, Vivodyne

  • Daniel Teper, CEO, Naya Therapeutics

11:00 am – 12th Floor 

Spotlight Panel 1B 

Rewiring Minds: Breakthroughs in Brain & CNS Health

Moderator:

  • Ginger Johnson, SVP, Lumanity

Panel:

  • Connor Glass, CEO & Founder, Phantom Neuro

  • Beth Hoffman, CEO, Origami Therapeutics, Inc.

  • Adam Rogers, CEO, NervGen Pharma 

  • Arun Swaminathan, CEO, Coya Therapeutics, Inc. 

  • Brent Vaughan, CEO & Founder, Eratos Therapeutics

12:00 pm – Ground Floor,
Event Hall South

Lunch

1:00 pm – 2nd Floor 

Dialogue 1A

Rare Disease Therapies: Challenges in Development and Regulatory Pathways

Moderator:

  • Chris Vlahos, VP, External Innovation, Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Panel:

  • Shelley Hartman, CEO, Aegle Therapeutics Corporation

  • Jennifer Schranz, SVP, Global Head, Rare Diseases, Ipsen

  • Melindah Sharma, Managing Director, Commercialization, Supply Chain & Venture Capital, Manatt Health

  • Rachel Sher, Life Sciences & FDA Partner, Manatt Health

2:00 pm – Ground Floor,
Event Hall South

One-to-One Meetings

2:00 pm – 2nd Floor

Spotlight Panel 2A

Where Code Meets Cells: Forging the TechBio Future

Moderator:

  • Sebastien Latapie, Partner, Avant Bio

Panel:

  • Bigyan Bista, SVP & Head of Business Development, Enveda

  • Dan Que Pham, Co-Founder & COO, Oncodea

  • Irene Rombel, CEO, President & Co-Founder, BioCurie

  • Ignacio Willats, Co-Founder & CCO, Mytos

3:10 pm – 2nd Floor 

Spotlight Panel 3A 

Immunity Unleashed: Next-Gen Therapies & Immune Engineering

Moderator:

  • Melindah Sharma, Managing Director, Commercialization, Supply Chain & Venture Capital, Manatt Health

Panel:

  • Robert Arch, President, Immunophotonics, Inc.

  • Frank Bedu-Addo, President & CEO, PDS Biotechnology Corporation

  • Michael Montgomery, CMO & Co-Founder, Tidewave Bio

  • Wenzhi Tian, CEO, ImmuneOnco Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Inc.

  • Ming-Ru Wu, Co-Founder, TroGen Therapeutics

3:10 pm – 12th Floor

Spotlight Panel 3B

Healthspan Horizons: Advancing Longevity Therapeutics 

Moderator:

  • Komal Bajaj, Chief Quality Officer, NYC Health + Hospital (Jacobi/NCB)

Panel:

  • Thomas Ichim, President & CSO, Immorta Bio

  • Marc Jones, CEO, Altoida, Inc.

  • Hans Keirstead, Chairman, Immunis, Inc.

  • Shreefāl Mehta, Co-Founder & CBO, Repoxegen Therapeutics Inc.

4:15 pm – 2nd Floor

End of Day “Big Think" Plenary Session

The Great Biopharma Reset: Will Today’s Challenging Environment Result in a more Resilient Sector?

Moderator:

  • Dennis Purcell, Founder & Senior Advisor, Aisling Capital

Panel:

  • Jo Natauri, Founder & Managing Partner, Invidia Capital Management

  • Umer Raffat, Equity Research, Evercore ISI

  • Philip Ross, Vice Chairman, Global Healthcare Investment Banking, Jefferies LLC

  • Eric Schmidt, Biotechnology Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

5:30 pm – Location TBA

Networking Reception

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