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2010 Agenda

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Time Title Speakers/Moderators
Thursday, June 10th
2:00pm-5:30pm
Pavilion Reception
 Registration
4:15pm-5:30pm
Pavilion 1 & 2

Converging: Robotics & Healthcare

The Psychology of Patient Behavior

A Progress Report from the Mass. Life Sciences Center

Tod Loofbourrow, President, iRobot Healthcare Business Unit

David Rose, Founder, Vitality

Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD, CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Moderator:
Jeff Krasner, Managing Director, Krasner Health Strategies

5:30pm-7:00pm
Garden Terrace
 Opening Cocktail Reception
7:00pm- Dinner on the town (with fellow attendees)
Friday, June 11th
7:30am-4:00pm
Pavilion Reception
 Registration
7:30am-8:30am
twenty eight Atlantic
 Breakfast
8:30am-9:00am
Grand Pavilion
 Welcome and Introductions
9:00am-10:00am
Grand Pavilion 		Diagnostics Innovation: Where We're Heading

Mara Aspinall, CEO, On-Q-ity
Doug Levinson, PhD, President and CEO, Seventh Sense Biosystems
Bill Pignato, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Novartis Molecular Diagnostics
Donald Pogorzelski, President, Genzyme Diagnostic Products
William Rodriguez, MD, CEO, Daktari Diagnostics

Moderator:
Una Ryan, OBE, PhD, CEO, Diagnostics for All
10:00am-10:30am Networking Break
10:00am-11:30am Guest Activity:
Harbor Cruise departing from Wequassett boat launch
10:30am-11:30am
Grand Pavilion 		A Dispatch from the Labs: Boundary-Breaking Research

Donald Ingber, MD, PhD, Founding Director, The Wyss Institute
George King, MD, Director of Research, Joslin Diabetes Center

Moderator:
Michael Gilman, PhD, CEO, Stromedix

10:30am-11:30am Children's Activity:
Sandcastle building on the Wequassett beach (all ages welcome)
11:30am-11:45am Networking Break
11:45am-12:30pm
Grand Pavilion 		The News from PhRMA / The Big Picture in Life Sciences VC

Scott LaGanga, Senior Director, Alliances, Affordability and Access, PhRMA
Terry McGuire, Co-Founder, Polaris Venture Partners

Moderator:
Ansbert Gadicke, MD, Managing Director, MPM Capital

12:30pm-1:45pm
Garden Terrace 		Lunch
1:45pm-2:45pm
Grand Pavilion 		Reality Check: Business Models for Personalized Medicine

John Glaser, PhD, VP and CIO, Partners Healthcare
Raju Kucherlapati, PhD, Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women�s Hospital
Dietrich Stephan, PhD, CEO, Ignite Institute
Reed Tuckson, MD, EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group

Moderator:
Jeff Elton, PhD, Kew Group; formerly COO, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

2:45pm-3:00pm Networking Break
3:00pm-4:00pm
Grand Pavilion 		Adventures in Venture: CEOs and Investors on the New Dynamics of
Corporate Investment

Steven Hall, PhD, Venture Partner, Lilly Ventures
David Steinberg, Founding CEO, Enlight Biosciences; partner, PureTech Ventures
Jeff Steinle, Senior Director, Medtronic
Joseph Yanchik, CEO, Aileron Therapeutics

Moderator:
Maggie Leflore, PhD, Managing Director, MedImmune Ventures, Inc.

4:30pm-6:30pm Participant and Guest Activity:
Boating on Pleasant Bay (at the Wequassett)
6:00pm-10:00pm Children's Program at the Wequassett Children's Center (dinner included)
7:00pm-10:00pm
Outer Bar 		New England Clambake
(Convergence attendees are welcome to have 1 guest join them.)
Saturday, June 12th
8:00am-12:00pm
Pavilion Reception 		Registration
8:00am-9:00am
twenty eight Atlantic 		Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Grand Pavilion 		The Research Agenda: Priorities, Collaborations, and Achieving Optimal Productivity

Richard Gregory PhD, Sr. VP, Head of Research, Genzyme
Peter Mueller, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Al Sandrock, Jr., MD, PhD, SVP of Neurology R&D, Biogen Idec

Moderator:
Alison Taunton-Rigby, PhD, OBE, CEO, RiboNovix

9:30am-10:30am Guest Activity:
Yoga on the beach
10:00am-10:30am Networking Break
10:30am-11:30am
Grand Pavlion 		From My Perspective:
The Biotech Opportunity in Asia / The Re-Start / The State of Partnerships

Earl "Duke" Collier, Jr., CEO, deCode genetics
Michael Lytton, EVP of Corporate Development, Biogen Idec
Stephen Knight, MD, Managing Partner, Fidelity BioSciences Moderators:
Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, Boston Globe
Amir Nashat, PhD, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

10:45am-11:45am Children's Activity:
Yoga on the beach
11:30am-11:45am Networking Break
11:45am-12:30pm
Grand Pavilion 		How "Connected Health" Will Transform Healthcare Delivery (This final session is open to guests of registered participants.)

Introduction:
Bruce Rychlik, Managing Director, Life Sciences, J. Robert Scott

Speaker:Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health

12:30pm-1:30pm
Garden Terrace
 Closing Lunch
2:00pm-4:00pm Participant and Guest Activity:
Excursion to Chatham's Outer Beach