Ligandal: Future of Biotech Summit
HOW TO FIND THE VENUE
DEEP TECH WEEK
Welcome to the Premier Biotech Event of Deep Tech Week.
Full speaker, panel, and showcase schedules to be announced.
EXPLORE THE CUTTING EDGE OF:
· AI & Gene Therapy
· Nanotechnology & Drug Delivery
· Diagnostics & Therapeutics
· Longevity & Regenerative Medicine
· Healthcare Innovation
· Venture Capital in a Rapidly Evolving Ecosystem
· State-of-the-Art Biomedical Sciences
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard
Co-founder, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (acquired by GSK for $720M)
Co-founder of MetroBiotech, EdenRoc Sciences, Tally Health, and Life Biosciences
Author of Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To
Biotechnologist, Futurist, and Founder of the Human Genome Project-Write
Chairman, Genome Project-write & Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology
Founder, Humane Genomics & Former Distinguished Researcher in the Bio/Nano Programmable Matter department at Autodesk
Expert in synthetic biology and biomanufacturing innovation
Co-author, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Director, Strategic Innovation, Chiesi USA
Biochemist | Scientific Advisor | Mentor | Consultant
MIT's Innovator under 35 (2019)
CEO & Founder, Atomistic Insights
Computational Biophysicist | Chemist
Creating Computational Approaches for Next-Generation Dynamic Protein Modeling
Head of Healthcare Ventures, Lingotto Innovation ($6Bn AUM)
Venture Capitalist | Bioengineer | Medical Engineer
Previously: Medical researcher, scientist and operator with roles at OpenAI, Perkin Elmer, NASA, venture funds and early-stage startups; Applied research in medical robotics, cardiovascular engineering and artificial muscles @ Stanford
General Partner, Terran Applied
Deep Tech & Life Sciences Investor | Former Biologics Manufacturing @ Amgen
Previously: MBA @ Harvard, B.S. ChemE @ MIT
Investment Professional, In-Q-Tel (
Deep Tech, Biotech, AI & Software Investor | National Security
Previously: MBA, JD @ Harvard Business School & Harvard Law School
General Partner, Actual VC
Investing in Science-First Companies to Scale Impact | Forbes 30 Under 30 (Retail & E-commerce, 2021)
Previously: Co-Founder & CEO, ClearMask (Built and Scaled to $40MM ARR before Exit) | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Clinical Researcher, MHSc @ Johns Hopkins University
VP, Head of BD & Strategic Alliances, Arbor Biotechnologies; Partner, SummitBio Advisory
Drug Developer | Company Builder | Corporate Strategist | Deal Maker for Advanced Therapies
Previously: Novartis, Editas Medicines
Senior Director, Alliance Management, Nutcracker Therapeutics
Molecular Biologist | Drug Discovery & Design | Personalized Therapeutics
Making medicine more accessible and individualized via novel RNA therapeutic concepts
CEO & Founder, Precigenetics
Live, continuous single-cell biophotonics & multi-omics
Previously: UPenn Computer Science, Computational Bio
CEO & Founder, Ligandal
Inventor (88 patents) | Forbes 30 Under 30 (Healthcare, 2021)
Biomedical Engineer & Drug/Gene Delivery Nanoscientist
Additional Speakers TBA
EVENT SCHEDULE:
BRIEF NETWORKING
12:00 12:25 PM
OPENING REMARKS & A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR (ACTUAL.VC)
PRELUDES TO THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE (LIGANDAL)
12:25 - 12:30
FIRESIDE CHAT: BIOMANUFACTURING, BIOSECURITY, AND THE FUTURE OF BIODEFENSE
12:30 - 1 PM
Featuring: Andrew Hessel & Andre Watson (Ligandal)
LIGHTNING TALKS: FROM PREDICTION TO DX TO TX
ATOMISTIC INSIGHTS: PROTEIN DYNAMICS FOR BREAKTHROUGH MEDICINES
1 – 1:10 PM
Featuring: Katie Kuo, PhD (Atomistic Insights)
NON-INVASIVE, CONTINUOUS, SINGLE-CELL MULTI-OMIC DIAGNOSTICS OF THE FUTURE
1:10 – 1:20 PM
Featuring: Paramita Mishra (Precigenetics)
FROM PROMISE TO PATIENT: DELIVERING PERSONALIZED THERAPIES WITH MICROFLUIDIC MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
1:20 – 1:30 PM
Featuring: Nicole Fay (Nutcracker Therapeutics)
SPEED NETWORKING & MATCHMAKING
1:30 – 2:00 PM
PANEL: BRIDGING THE BIOTECH VALLEY OF DEATH: HOW VENTURE CAPITAL CAN DRIVE INNOVATION IN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIES
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Featuring: Ileana Pirozzi (Lingotto), Aaron Hsu (Actual VC), Curtis Wu (Terran Applied), James Lim (In-Q-Tel), Andre Watson (Ligandal)
Moderated by Luila Zaimi (The Longevity Adaptation Foundation, Tech M&A @ Deutsche Bank)
THE FUTURE OF PRECISION MEDICINE: HOW PHARMA CAN LEAD IN AN ERA OF CURATIVE THERAPIES
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Featuring: Ester Caffarel-Salvador (Chiesi), Kristine Yu (Arbor Bio)
Moderated by Nicole Fay (Nutcracker Tx)
FIRESIDE CHAT: NANOTECHNOLOGY, PRECISION GENE THERAPY, AND OUR FUTURE OF CURATIVE MEDICINE
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Featuring: Nicole Fay (Nutcracker Tx), Andre Watson (Ligandal)
FEATURED SESSION
FIRESIDE CHAT: THE FUTURE OF LONGEVITY
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Featuring: David Sinclair (Harvard Medical School) & Andre Watson (Ligandal)