President, Yao Yuan—Academy for Pharma Innovation; CEO, Sparx Therapeutics, Inc.
George B. Rathmann Professor, Northwestern University; Member of All Three US National Academies, President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (Obama Administration)
Managing Partner, Third Rock Ventures, Chairman of Celsius Therapeutics、Tango Therapeutics、Relay Therapeutics
Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, Chief International Officer, Deputy Provost, The University of Chicago
Dean and Founding Pritzker Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
CSO, Tango Therapeutics
Charles Huisking Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Dean and Kennedy Y.H. Wong Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University , School of Chinese Medicine
President, Embedded Consulting
Dr. Chad A Mirkin, Ph.D, George B. Rathmann Professor, Northwestern University
Dr. Alexis Borisy, Ph.D, Managing Partner, Third Rock Ventures
Bala Srinivasan, Ph.D, Vice President , The University of Chicago
Dr. Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D, Dean and Founding Pritzker Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
Dr. Brian Blagg, Ph.D, Charles Huisking Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Lyu Aiping, Dean and Kennedy Y.H. Wong Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University , School of Chinese Medicine
Renowned Venture Capitals and Investment Banks
Roadshow Presentations
And Matchmaking Activities
Keynote Presentations, AbbVie, Abbott, Baxter, Pfizer participating
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Date | Time | Event |
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29 May 2019 (Wednesday) | 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM | VIP dinner for speakers and invited guests (Venue: Shaw’s Crab House, 1900 E. Higgins Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60173) |
30 May 2019 (Thursday) Bio- Partnering Forum | 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Gui-Dong Zhu, Ph.D |
08:45 AM – 09:00 AM | Special Remarks: Zhao Jian, | |
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Address (1) Chad A Mirkin, Ph.D | |
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Break & Networking | |
10:20 AM – 12:00 AM | Road Show Session (2-3 Tracks) | |
12:00 PM – 01:20 PM | Lunch w/Keynote Address (2,3) Bala Srinivasan, Ph.D Alexis Borisy, Ph.D | |
01:20 PM – 03:00 PM | Road Show Session (2-3 Tracks) | |
03:00 PM – 03:20 PM | Coffee Break & Bio-Partnering | |
03:20 PM – 05:50 PM | Road Show Session (2-3 Tracks) | |
05:40 PM – 05:50 PM | Closing remarks for Bio-Partnering Forum | |
05:50 PM – 08:30 PM | Networking & Bio-Partnering Reception (Food and beverage served ) Sparx Therapeutics (700 E. Business Center Dr., Mt Prospect, IL 60056) | |
31 May 2019 (Friday) Scientific Symposium | 08:30 AM – 08:40 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
08:40 AM – 09:20 AM | Symposium Keynote Address (1) Dr. Matthew Tirrell, | |
09:20 AM – 10:00 AM | Symposium Keynote Address (2) Dr. Alan Huang, | |
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Break & Networking | |
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM | Symposium Keynote Address (3) Dr. Brian Blagg, | |
11:00 AM – 11:40 AM | Symposium Keynote Address (4) Dr. Lyu Aiping, | |
11:40 AM – 01:00 PM | Lunch & Job Fair Presentations | |
01:00 PM – 01:40 PM | Symposium Keynote Address (5) Bin Zhang, MD, PhD, | |
01:40 PM – 02:20 PM | Symposium Keynote Address (6) Dr. Thomas von Geldern, | |
02:20 PM – 05:30 PM | Closing Remark and Job Fair |
1. Third Rock Partners
2. AbbVie Ventures
3. Hillhouse Capital Group
4. Sangel Capital
5. Oceanpine Healthcare Fund
6. VI Ventures
7. Good Health Capital
8. Sunforest Capital
9. Yuanming Capital
10. Bioventure
11. Good AI Capital
12. Lilly Asia Ventures
13. Hofon Capital
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(1551 Thoreau Dr., Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA)