6:00–8:00 pm — Opening Reception at the Governor's Mansion

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Ritz Carlton, Denver

7:00 am — Registration Opens

 

7:30 am — Opening Remarks with John Collar, CEO/President, Colorado BioScience Association and Bob Eaton, CEO/President, Arizona BioIndustry Association

 

7:45–8:30 am — Breakfast Speaker: Roy Davis, President J&J Corporate Development/Corporate Venturing model, How J&J looks at creating new business opportunities

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Rooms	Salon 1	Salon 2	Fall River 1	Fall River 2
8:30 – 9:50 am	4 Company Presentations	4 Company Presentations	Presenting Company One on One Sessions	Presenting Company One on One Sessions
10:00 – 10:45 am — How to structure a Win-Win Partnership between start-ups and larger partners Moderated by: Pat Mahaffy Description: How and when an early stage life science company should approach corporate partners; What are the key factors that define a successful biotech-pharma partnership & what are the most important to the large partner; How are large life science companies looking at early stage alliances in the current environment; Negotiating the critical components of the start-up/large company partnership; Understanding the different types of alliances (collaborations, joint development, licensing, etc.) and when best to use them; Identifying and screening partner candidates;and, Best practices for alliance negotiation, including how to keep legal costs down and aligning expectations early on. Panelists include: Isaac Ciechanover, Executive Director of Business Development – Celgene Corporation Jim Adair, Director of Business Development – Genentech
10:50 – 11:50 am	3 Company Presentations	3 Company Presentations	Presenting Company One on One Sessions	Presenting Company One on One Sessions
12:00 – 1:00 pm — Lunch Keynote Speaker Thomas R. Cech, Nobel Laureate, Director of the Colorado Initiative for Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Research: from the Farm to the Rocky Mountains Description: Prof. Cech will describe the opportunities for new biomedical discoveries that can be stimulated when chemists, physicists, computer scientists and engineers work shoulder-to-shoulder with bioscientists. He will talk about the development of the Janelia Farm Research Campus in northern Virginia, which occurred when he was president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Many of these same concepts are now being applied to the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Colorado.
1:10 – 2:30 pm	4 Company Presentations	4 Company Presentations	Presenting Company One on One Sessions	Presenting Company One on One Sessions
2:35 – 3:20 pm — Venture Capital Panel Moderated by: Chris Christoffersen, Partner Morgenthaler Ventures Panelists include: Jamie Topper, MD, Partner – Frazier Healthcare Ventures Steven Weinstein, Managing Director – Novartis Venture Fund Jim Glasheen, Ph.D., Partner – Technology Partners
3:25 – 4:45 pm	4 Company Presentations	4 Company Presentations	Presenting Company One on One Sessions	Presenting Company One on One Sessions

 

Activities to include fly fishing, mountain biking and rock climbing. Please see the Sponsored Activities page for all of the specifics.