2004 Agenda
View the photo scrapbook from Convergence 2004 and the agenda below.
| Thursday, June 24th | |
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4:30pm-5:30pm |
Pre-conference session: Tech futures - A Glimpse of What Comes Next Errol De Souza, PhD CEO, Archemix Moderator |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm | Opening Cocktail Reception |
| Friday, June 25th | |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Introductions |
| 9:00am-10:15am |
Executive Roundtable: Growth and Success in an Unpredictable World AlanCrane, CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Moderator |
| 10:00am-11:30am |
Guest Activity: Tidal Walk. Meet at the end of the Ocean Edge beach walk. For guests of attendees only. (Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.) |
| 10:15am-10:45am | Networking Break |
| 10:45am-12:00pm |
The New Rules of Alliances and Partnerships... With Pharma, Academia, Biotech, and the FDA Maggie Flanagan, PhD, Global Alliance Director, Global Sciences and Information, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Moderator |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm-2:45pm |
Changing Dynamics in Life Sciences Venture Capital and Investment Banking Ansbert Gadicke, MD, Founding General Partner, MPM Capital Management Moderator |
| 2:45pm-3:15pm | Networking Break |
| 3:15pm-4:15pm |
Fireside Chat with Dean Kamen, President, DEKA Research Moderator |
| 4:45pm-6:30pm |
Join the fun on the front lawn of the Ocean Edge for a softball game. (Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.) |
| 4:45pm-6:30pm |
Join the fun on the front lawn of the Ocean Edge for a croquet game. (Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.) |
| 6:30pm-9:00pm | Children's program for children ages 4-12 at the EdgeVenture Clubhouse. "Under the Seas" theme will include activities, movie and dinner for the children. Children will be brought over to the Beachfire at 9:00pm so that they can meet their parents. (Sign up at the Convergence registration desk, limited space.) |
| 7:00pm-8:45pm | Cape Cod Shore Dinner (Indoors at Bay Pines Pavilion - Ocean Edge. Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest join them.) |
| 8:45pm-10:00pm | Beachfire on Ocean Edge's private beach (Gather around the fire and make your own s'mores with other Convergence attendees and their guests.) |
| Saturday, June 26th | |
| 8:00am-9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-10:00am |
Fireside Chat with Robert Langer, ScD, Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, MIT Moderator |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Networking Break |
| 10:30am-11:30am |
Can (and Should) R&D be Re-invented? Alexis Borisy, AM, CEO, CombinatoRx Moderator |
| 11:30am-12:00pm |
Tech Futures - A Glimpse of What Comes Next Safi Bahcall, PhD, CEO, Synta Pharmaceuticals |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm |
Looking Outward: Public Policy, Health Care Cost, Incentives for Innovation, and Our Region's Role in a Global Industry Thomas Finneran, State Representative, 12th Suffolk District; Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Moderator |
| 2:30pm-2:35pm | Closing Comments |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm |
Join others on a bike ride along the Cape Cod rail trail. Meet at the Reef Bike Shop on the resort side of the property. (Sign up at the Convergence registration desk.) *Bike rentals available at the Reef Bike Shop for $15 |
| *Guest activities subject to change | |