The program brochure has been updated on Nov 13, 2009. See the attachment at the end of this announcement.
Chinese-American BioMedical Association Presents
“2009 Technology, Investment and Entrepreneurship Symposium”
Co-sponsored by
Chinese-American Intellectual Property Law Association (CAIPLA)
American-Chinese Medical Association (ACMA)
Overseas Chinese-American Entrepreneurs Association (OCEAN)
New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA)
Monte Jade Science & Technology Association of New England (MJNE)
Ascend New England (Ascend-NE)
Date: 12:00 pm-9:30 pm, Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Venue: Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, 02134
The theme of 2009 Technology, Investment and Entrepreneurship Symposium will be on “Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences”. This year’s symposium will provide a unique forum where entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, business executives, academics, professionals from financial and investment communities, and government policy makers engage in an in-depth discussion on issues that impact entrepreneurship in the life science industries. Experts in biotechnology, finance, tax and law, will share with you their perspective, experience and guidance on how biotech entrepreneurs may better navigate the turbulent waters of today’s world.
The highlights for this year’s discussion will be,
•At this economic downturn, what’s your funding strategy?
•Entrepreneurship opportunities arise from US-China biomedical exchange
•For American companies/investors: do you have a china strategy?
•For entrepreneur-to-be: do you have the right people and the right business models?
•Tax and legal aspects for US-China biotech/pharma start-up companies
•Successful biotech entrepreneur stories
•Impacts of US healthcare reforms on biotech/pharma industries
A list of confirmed speakers/panelists is listed as follow.
— Roger Tung, CEO, Concert Pharmaceuticals
— Mark Tang, CEO, World Tech Ventures LLC
— Kevin Counihan, Chief Marketing Officer, the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Health Connector Authority
— Christa Bleyleben, Founder, MassGlobal Partners LLC
— Konstantin Linnik, Senior Patent Counsel, Pfizer
— Linda Ji, Senior Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP
— Pauline W.F. Mak, Partner, KPMG LLP
— Chunlin Chen, CEO, Shanghai Medicilon Inc.
— Jean Qiu, Founder and Chairwoman, Nexcelom Bioscience
— Charles Huang, VP, Sundia MediTech
— Joanne Jiang, VP, Fountain Medical Development
& more…
Admission:
CABA, CAIPLA, ACMA, OCEAN, NECINA, MJNE, ASCEND-NE members: FREE; Non-members: $20. Dinner reception: $30. On-site membership registration available. To become a CABA member ($20 annual membership fee), you can also register online at www.cabaweb.org.
Click here to register today!
A networking reception (wine/beer & Hors d’Oeuvres, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM) will follow the afternoon sessions. Tickets will be available at the registration table at no extra charge. You are also welcome to stay for dinner/ keynote speech, which will start at 7:00 PM. Discount dinner tickets are available at registration (part of the dinner cost will be covered by our sponsors). *Please enter the hotel parking garage from Storrow Drive. The parking is free.
Dedicated space will be available for vendor exhibition and job posting. To learn more about sponsorship and vendor exhibition opportunities, please email Dr. Roger Xie (rogerxie2007@gmail.com).
Jinbo Lee, Ph.D.,
Symposium co-Chair, jk.lee@saga-partner.com
Philip Zhang, Ph.D., J.D.,
Symposium co-Chair, philip.zhang@mzwiplaw.com
