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9:30am – 10:00amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
10:00am – 10:30amWelcome and Introductions
Bob Langer, Pablo Legorreta, and Andrew W. Lo
10:30am – 11:45amRecent Innovations and Funding Needs
Ed Benz (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Bruce Chabner (MGH), Jeffrey Flier (Harvard Medical School), Manolis Kellis (MIT), Phil Sharp (MIT Koch Institute), Bob Weinberg (Whitehead Institute and MIT Koch Institute)
11:45am – 12:00pmBreak
12:00pm – 1:00pmLunch Discussion: The Evolving Role of Nonprofits
Louis DeGennaro (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society), Ken Schaner (Schaner & Lubitz), Christiana Stamoulis (Unum Therapeutics)
1:00pm – 2:00pmPharma/Bioetch/Academic Perspectives
Belen Carrillo-Rivas (Pfizer), Doug Cole (Flagship Ventures), Alan Crane (Polaris Partners), Ansbert Gadicke (MPM Capital), Marc Tessier-Lavigne (Rockefeller University), Robert Urban (J&J)
2:00pm – 2:15pmBreak
2:15pm – 3:15pmPotential Business/Financing Structures
Mark Chalek (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Jennifer Goldstein (Silicon Valley Bank), Edward Jung (Intellectual Ventures), Lita Nelsen (MIT), Katrina Niehaus (Goldman Sachs), Issi Rozen (Broad Institute)
3:15pm – 3:30pmBreak
4:30pm – 5:00pmWrap-Up and Next Steps

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