9/12/2023
When:	Tuesday, September 12, 2023 8:00 am to 3:00pm
Where:	The Union League of Philadelphia 140 S Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19102 United States

A Special Full-Day Conference for
Life Science, Design, and Real Estate Professionals

8:00am – 8:30am: REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30am – 8:45am: WELCOME

• Nancy J Kelley, JD/ MPP
  Nancy J Kelley + Associates, President & CEO
  Builds Bio+, Founding Member
• Mitchel W. Simpler
  JB&B, Partner Emeritus
  Builds Bio+, Founding Member

8:45am – 9:00am: OPENING KEYNOTE
Fostering Transformational Discovery During a Time of Immense Need and Great Change

• Jonathan A. Epstein, MD
  Penn Medicine, Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer
  

9:00am – 9:40am
The Science Driving Innovation and Commercialization in Philadelphia's Research Institutions

This session will include a panel of scientists from Philly institutions, moderated by a leadingscientist, and will explore the recent and next generation of technologies that are emerging from Philly institutions, driven by increasing NIH funding levels to Philadelphia institutions. The panel will also explore how science can differentiate Philadelphia from other major life science clusters such as Boston, San Francisco and the Greater NYC Metro area.  

Moderator:

• Todd J. Kilbaugh, MD
  The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  Endowed Chair of Translational Science and Innovation
  

Confirmed Speakers:

• William Peranteu, MD
  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  Attending Fetal Surgeon, Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery
• Misun Hwang, MD, MS
  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  Radiologist, Director of Neonatal Imaging
• Michael Flynn
  Sonnest (Drexel inventors + UPenn Medicine)
  Principal Electrast Engineer

9:40am – 10:20am
The Intersection of Science and Technology Accelerating Innovation and Breakthroughs

This session will include a panel of innovators focusing on new technologies driving innovation and commercialization. The panels would include technology experts and will explore the recent and next generation of tools, technologies and techniques that are emerging from institutions across the Greater Philly area.

Moderator:

• Kathleen Brunner
  Acumen Analytics, President

Confirmed Speakers:

• Eric Heil
  Medical Excellence Capital, Managing Partner
• Sima Singadia Kulkarni
  Duane Morris LLP, Special Counsel: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licensing
• Sangeeta Bardhan Cook, PhD, MBA
  Fox Chase Cancer Center, Chief Innovation Officer
  Temple University Health System, SVP of Strategy and Business Development
• Ben Dibling
  Penn Center for Innovation, Deputy Managing Director

10:20am – 10:40am: BREAK

10:40am – 11:20am
The Philly Life Science Continuum: Fueling the Advancement of Science

This panel will focus on the different elements necessary for the growth and development of life sciences, beginning with institutional research to fuel discovery, incubators/accelerators to house startups, venture capital to make them grow and real estate to furnish housing at every stage of a company’s life cycle.

Moderator:

• Louis P. Kassa, III, MPA
  Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and PA Biotechnology Center
  Chief Executive Officer

Confirmed Speakers:

• Matthew Burkhardt
  B+labs, Director
• Lorenzo Pellegrini, PhD
  Hatch Biofund, Managing Partner
• Jeffrey DeVuono,
  Life Sciences, Brandywine Realty Trust
  Executive Vice President, Senior Managing Director
• Jesse Johnson
  Serna BIO, Chief Technology Officer

11:20am – 11:35am
The Patient Perspective: The Peter Powerhouse Foundation

The Peter Powerhouse Foundation was formed to improve the lives of children that are currently fighting childhood cancer by providing donations to pediatric cancer treatment facilities, and contributing financial support to researchers to improve the lives of childhood cancer survivors. http://www.peterpowerhouse.org

Hear from Peter Zucca, first diagnosed with cancer at the age of 10 months and now 20 years old, tell his story and how the Peter Powerhouse Foundation was born. Jennifer Ball, current Executive Director of the Foundation, will also share how she came to be involved in the Foundation, her family’s story and the stories of other families the Foundation is serving.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Jennifer Ball
  Peter Powerhouse Foundation, Executive Director
• Peter Zucca
  Peter Powerhouse Foundation, Founder

11:35am – 12:15am:
Commercializing Innovations into Products: The Life Science Company Pipeline

This session will feature three or four mature life science companies, all of whom have received venture backing or are publicly traded. Speakers will discuss the unique life science real estate requirements that stem from the unique science they are pursuing or products developed. The current regulatory and financial challenges in the life sciences market and the competitive pressures from surrounding life science clusters will also be discussed.

Moderator:

• Melina Blees
  BioLabs Philadelphia, Site Director

Confirmed Speakers:

• Tracy Brala
  University City Science Center, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
• Kenneth Locke
  Carisma Therapeutics, VP, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
• Doug Carr
  Century Therapeutics, Senior Vice President and Head of Finance
• Mark Laurenzi
  Aro Biotherapeutics Company, Chief Administrative Officer
• Jennifer Griffin
  Mission Biocapital, Partner, Strategy & Investor RelationsPartner, Strategy & Investor Relations
  
• Eric Hacherl
  Kyttaro Therapeutics, Chief Operating Officer

12:15pm – 1:00pm: LUNCH

1:00pm – 1:15pm: PHARMA KEYNOTE

• Michael Flaschen
  Daiichi Sankyo, SVP, Global External Innovation

1:15pm – 1:45pm:
The Art of Pharma and Biotech Deal Making

This panel will feature a group of pharma and biotech executives discussing the currently environment in the pharma market. How is the pharma and biotech deal-making environment evolving? What data and indications are Pharma looking for? How can the Biotechs best prepare? Is global M&A picking up traction? What is your preferred way to engage and at what time? Are there preferences between technology and therapeutics? Are platforms the future?

Moderator:

• Jennifer Manning, MPA, SVP
  Center for Breakthrough Medicines, Global Strategic Partnerships

Confirmed Speakers:

• Colin Moran
  Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center, Senior Director, Transactions, Discovery Sciences, Global Innovation Partnering Lead
• Elizabeth White
  Entrepreneur and Former Pharma Executive
• More to Speakers to Come

1:45pm – 2:15pm
Housing Life Science Innovation: The Navy Yard Philadelphia

The Navy Yard is one of the most successful redevelopment projects in US history and today is a thriving riverfront community in South Philadelphia, with more than 15k people + 150 companies + 20 acres of parks, dining options, public art, and a variety of outdoor events. Today, the 2022 Navy Yard Plan charts the next 20 years of equitable growth at the Navy Yard, expecting to deliver an estimated 12,000 new jobs, 8.9 million square feet of new mixed-use development, and $6B of new investment. Big or small, global or startup, the Navy Yard is a community of people and companies working alongside each other in an environment that is flexible, customizable, and often unconventional.

This panel will showcase several of the Navy Yard’s leading edge life science and biotech companies.

Moderator:

• Nelson Way
  Ensemble, Director Leasing and Development

Confirmed Speakers/Projects:

• Ben Pascal
  Invisible Sentinel, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer
• John Lunger
  Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, Chief Patient Supply Officer
• Sumit Verma
  Iovance Biotherapeutics, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Manufacturing
• David Chang
  WuXi App Tech (Advanced Therapies Group), President and Chief Technology Officer

2:15pm – 2:30pm: KEYNOTE
Workforce Development: Ensuring Economic Opportunity in Life Science

• Tia Lyles-Williams, DSc
  Goffman Bougard, Chief Executive Officer
  LucasPye BIO, Founder & CEO
  HelaPlex, Founder & CEO

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Workforce Development: Ensuring Social Equity in Life Sciences

Philadelphia's life sciences industry is experiencing remarkable growth and expansion, but a key factor to maintaining this preeminence is a skilled and well-prepared workforce. Workforce solutions are being developed on multiple fronts in and around Philadelphia. We've gathered a diverse set of success stories that highlight the achievements in our area and examine how other biotech hubs have tackled similar issues. Through the lens of lessons learned, we'll share these success stories and discuss the broader context of where we need to go in the region.

Moderator:

• John Balchunas
  National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, Workforce Director

Confirmed Speakers:

• Tom Piombino
  Integrated Project Services, Managing Director, Americas
• David Zuzga
  The Wistar Institute, Associate Dean of Biomedical Studies
• Vanessa Atkins
  Cheyney University, Executive Director of Strategy Partnerships and Career Pathways, Division of Social Equity
• Phil Brooks
  University City Science Center, Director of STEM Workforce Partnerships

3:00pm – 4:00pm: RECEPTION