2019 Program

7:00 am | Registration, Breakfast & Networking

Continental Breakfast (Location: Charley’s Place)
The Innovators Breakfast (Location: Beinecke Room)

8:00 am | Kickoff & Opening Keynote

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9:10 am | Panel Session One

BIOTECH | Breadth vs. Depth of Assets/Platform in Value Creation | Room: Zhang (Video)

Moderator Domingos Silva (Saul Ewing)

Geeta Vemuri (Agent Capital)

Kuldeep Neote (Eli Lilly and Company)

Stacey Seltzer (Aisling Capital)

Adam Koppel (Bain Capital)

Ben Dake (RA Capital Management)

Stephen Knight (F-Prime Capital)

TECH |Digital Health Trends and Opportunities | Room: 2400 (Video)

Tripp Peake (Long River Ventures)

John Rosano (Cigna)

Patrice Wolfe (Caresource)

Lisa S. Stump (Yale New Haven Health)

Moderator Frank Milone (FML, LLP)

Matt Storeygard (CT Innovations)

Connecticut Innovations | Portfolio Pitches (Therapeutics & DX) | Room:2410

10:10 am | Panel Session Two

BIOTECH | Business Development & Partnership Is there an Ideal Time? | Room: Zhang (Video)

Moderator Dormer Stephen (Shipman & Goodwin)

Sara Nayeem (NEA)

Marian Nakada (Johnson & Johnson Innovation)

Briggs Morrison (MPM Capital)

Denis Patrick (Pfizer Ventures)

Christine Brennan (MRL Ventures Fund)

TECH | Where will A.I. displace N.I. | Room: 2400 (Video)

Chris McLeod (Elm Street Ventures)

Martin Wattenberg (Google Brain)

Rania Khalaf (IBM)

Max Nova(SilviaTerra)

Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC)

Connecticut Innovations | Portfolio Pitches (Therapeutics & DX cont.) | Room:2410

11:00 am | Courtyard Activities

12:30 pm | Afternoon Keynote

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1:30 pm | Pitch Hour

Biotech: Pitch Contest| Room: Zhang | (Video)
Tech: Pitch Contest | Room: 2400 | (Video)

Connecticut Innovations: Portfolio Pitches (Med Dev, Healthcare IT, & Chem)

3:00 pm | Panel Session Three

BIOTECH | Hot Areas for Investment and Why | Room: Zhang (Video)

Moderator Farah Gerdes (WSGR)

Jim Reddoch (Royalty Pharma)

Alex Zisson (HIG Biohealth Partners)

Jason Hafler (Sanofi Bioventures)

Claire Leurent (Samsung Ventures)

Mike Dial (Hatteras)

Peter Bak (Back Bay Life Science Advisors)

TECH | Rise of the Family Office: Shaking up the Investment Landscape | Room: 2400

Moderator – James Gelfer (PitchBook Data, Inc.)

Eric S. Stein ESS Capital Management, LP

Brian Miller (North Sound Management)

Jay Newman (Ginzan Management Ltd)

Julia Paliare (RSL Investments)

Connecticut Innovations | Portfolio Pitches (Tech & Energy) | Room:2410

4:00 pm | Closing Keynote & Award Ceremony

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5:00 pm | Summit Reception & Poster PrizesLocation: Peabody Museum