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Livestreamed Monday, January 8th, 2024 to Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 (8 am – 4 pm PST).
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Monday, January 8, 2024
Michele Colucci 
CEO • DigitalDx
Ronak Savla
Director, Strategic Ventures • Catalent Pharma Solutions
Laura Hameed
Executive Director • CureDuchenne
Deborah Hemingway
Managing Partner • Ecphora Capital
Lyndsey Linke
CEO & Co-Founder • SiVEC Biotechnologies
Sami Yusuf
Chairman, Corporate Development • Mayo Clinic
Kirk Taylor
Chief Medical Officer, EVP • Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics
Nola Masterson
Lead Venture Partner • Portfolia
Panel Discussion
Michael Tippie
General Partner • Alignment Ventures
Lisa Diamond
Venture Partner • Alignment Ventures
Elizabeth Ann Smith
CBO • Fzata Live Biologics
Walid Soussou
Founder, President • Wearable Sensing
Harsha Rajasimha
Founder • IndoUS Organization for Rare Diseases (IndoUSrare)
CEO and Founder • Jeeva Clinical Trials
Panel Discussion - Emily Whitehead Foundation
Jeff Milton
CEO • La Jolla Labs
J. Michael Graglia
Co-Founder & Managing Director • SynGAP Research Fund
Justin West
President & Co-Founder • KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation
Michelle Berg
Board Member • Emily Whitehead Foundation
Lee Buckler
President & CEO, Director • Cell Therapy Group
Chris Aleong
Managing Director • BioEngine Capital
William Haskins
CEO • Owl Therapeutics
Brent Rice
SVP, Chief Commercial Officer, Managing Director • Autolus US
Panel Discussion - Patient Perspectives
Shaan Gandhi
Head of Strategic Partnerships • Pfizer Ignite
Andy Holt
Chief Commercial Officer • Viralgen
Charlene Son Rigby
CEO • GlobalGenes
Lynsey Chediak
Rare Disease Patient Advocate and Associate Director • Medicines 360
Matt Hewitt
Vice President, Technical Officer CGT & Biologics • Charles River Labs
George Eastwood
Board Chairman • Emily Whitehead Foundation
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Ariane Tom
General Partner • Kaleida Capital
Rajiv Datar
CEO • ChromaTan
Satish Tadikonda
Senior Lecturer • Harvard Business School
Panel Discussion
Pooja Majmudar
Director Startup Banking • Silicon Valley Bank
Rohit Mehrotra
Head of Wealth Advisory, Growth Markets • Silicon Valley Bank
Justin Irizarry
CEO • OrganaBio
April Wurster
Partner • Snell & Wilmer
Anna Argo
Director Business Developement • CytoTheryx
John Bonham-Carter
President • Jaguar Biotech
Trent Holland
Vice President, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital • Piper Sandler
Mel Hernandez
Senior Vice President • Matterworks
Srinivas Sridhar
Founder and CEO • Neurofieldz
Joel Harris
Co-Founder, CEO • Genvax Technologies
Audrey Greenberg
Founder • Center for Breakthrough Medicines
Armon Sharei
CEO • Portal
Julia Taravella
Executive Director • Rare Trait Hope Fund
Michael Hill
Partner & Head of Science & Technology • Science Innovations
Panel Discussion
Stella Vnook
CEO • Likarda
Lisa Stehno-Bittel
Founder & President • Likarda
Igor Nasonkin 
CEO & Founder • Phythera Therapeutics
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Prasun Mishra
President • American Association for Precision Medicine
Stacie Calad-Thomson
Vice Chair • AAIH
Kristin King
Investor • Boston Harbor Angels
Ashley Prange
VP Business Development • Intrance Medical Systems
Senthil Sambandam
Founder & CEO • Phanes Biotech
Kumaravel Perumalsamy
President & Co-Founder • NueHee
James Cavuoto
Editor and Publisher • Neurotech Reports
Annelyn Torres-Reveron
Co-Founder & CEO • Sur180 Therapeutics
JoJo Platt
President • Platt & Associates
Phil Ebner
Executive Diector, Life Sciences • JPMorgan Chase
Ben Noren
Founder & CEO • CellDrop Biosciences
Maria Luisa Pineda
CEO • Envisagenics
Kaitlin Roberson
Co-Founder & CEO • Cacti Therapeutics
Sarah Benson-Konforty
General Partner • 1010VC
Immanuel Lerner
CEO • Pepticon
Cory Padesky
Sr. Director, Strategy & Marketing • Donaldson
Dave Latshaw II
Co-Founder, CEO • Biophy
Nathan Intrator
Founder, CEO • Neurosteer
Yemi Onakunle
CEO & Co-founder • MabSwitch
Ray Rao
CEO • Ankr Health
Nikhil Joshi
CEO & Co-founder • Cellular Vehicles
Maha Sallam
President • VuEssence
Lindsey Jardine
VP Clinical/ Regulatory • Blackrock Neurotech
Bob Molinari
CEO & Co-founder • Repoxegen
Deep Chakrabortty
CEO & Co-founder • BCN Biosciences
Sherman Williams
Managing Partner • AIN Ventures
James Zanewicz
CBO • Tulane University School of Medicine
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