Bay Area

September 28, 2023:  Implications of the IRA


April 25, 2023:  Development & Manufacturing Challenges of Cell & Gene Therapies

   Barbra Sasu, CSO, Allogene

   David Schaffer, Director, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub & Bakar Labs

   Faraz Siddiqui, SVP, Manufacturing Operations, IGM Biosciences

   Julien Meissonnier, CSO, Catalent Pharma Solutions

   Nicole Paulk, Assistant Professor, UCSF

  Moderated by Chris Mason, Co-founder & former CSO, AVROBIO


September 8, 2022:  Current & Future State of M&A

   Darcy Mootz, Head, Amunix Pharmaceuticals

   Jay Stamatis, VP & Head of BD & Acquisitions, AbbVie

   Julianne Averill, CFO consultant, Danforth Advisors

   Lori Hu, Managing Director, Vertex Ventures HC

   Moderated by Samina Bari, Strategic Business Advisor, Cayuga Biotech


May 24, 2022:  Status of the Industry

   Anne Longmire, VP, JP Morgan

   Brent Vaughan, CEO, Cognito Therapeutics

   Mike Guerra, CEO, CA Life Sciences

   Shelley Chu, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

   Moderated by Ben Conway, consultant, Danforth Advisors