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7:30:     Continental Breakfast                   Sponsored by

Registration, Networking and Refreshments

8:30:     Welcome & Logistical Remarks

• Shelley Amster, CRO/CMO Committee, Conference Co-Chair

             MA CRO CMO Committee Historical Background

• Ed Price, CEO, PCI Synthesis           

             Opening Remarks

• Raj Rajur, Ph.D., Founder, President and CEO, Creagen Biosciences, Conference Co-Chair
  

             Keynote Presentation                                 

• Josef H. von Rickenbach, Chair of the Board, CEO and Founder of PAREXEL International

9:15:     Regulatory Inspection Trends

• Karen N. Archdeacon, Compliance Officer, FDA New England District
  

 9:45:    Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

10:30    The Changing Paradigm – Reality from the Front Office

Moderator and Panelists:

• Roger Frechette, Ph.D. Co-Founder & CSO, NE Pharma Associates - Moderator
  
• Peter Lanciano, CEO, Neotropix
• Yael Schwartz, Ph.D., CEO & President, Hygeia Therapeutics
• Walter Olgier, CEO, Acetylon
• Leslie Williams, President & CEO, ImmusanT, Inc.

11:15:   Collaboration Drives R & D - Working Together

Moderator and Panelists:

• Norton Peet, Ph.D., Director of Chemistry, Microbiotix, Inc. - Moderator
  
• Barbara Fox, Ph.D., CEO, Avaxia Biologics
• Ross D. Pettit, Ph.D., VP of Clinical Ops & Outsourcing, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, 
• Craig M. Sorensen, Ph.D., VP R&D Network Design & Technology Integration, Vertex
• Murali Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D., Director of Global External Research, Abbott Laboratories       

12:00:   Networking Luncheon Buffet in Exhibit Halls                    

1:15:     Keynote Presentation: Job Creation in This Economic Climate

• Timothy Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (confirmed)               

1:30:     The Evolving VC World & Their Growing Relationships with External Resources

Moderator & Panelists

• Daniel Behr, MBA, Founder, Access BridgeGap Ventures Access Industries, Inc.
• Kevin Bitterman, Principal, Polaris Ventures
• Bernat Olle, Ph.D., Principal, PureTech Ventures
  
• Douglas E. Onsi, Managing Director, HealthCare Ventures
• Chris Velis, Principal, Medcap Advisors

2:15:     CRO CMO Innovation Showcase                

• Marc Bazin, CEO and Co-Founder, HepatoChem
• Deborah J. Moshinsky, Ph.D., President and CSO, Cell Assay Innovations, LLC
• Joel Berniac, Ph.D., MBA, President, CEO/Co-Founder, Akrivis Technologies, LLC

3:00       Partnerships and Funding Alternative Resources                   

Moderator & Panelists: 

• Doug Banks, Associate VP for Economic Development, University of Massachusetts - Moderator
  
• Betsy M. Ohlsson-Wilhelm, Ph.D., CEO, SciGro, Inc.
• Martha Farmer, Ph.D., President & CEO, North Shore InnoVentures
• Richard D. Gill, Ph.D., President & CEO, TruTouch Technologies, LaunchPad Venture Group                                 
• Pamela Norton, VP, Industry and Program Relations, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center  

3:45:     Closing Remarks

• Scott Gillis, CEO, Onsite Therapeutics, Inc. and Board Member, MassBio 

4:00:     Program Adjourns. Networking Reception Begins.

Reception sponsored by:                                                                                                               

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