Life Sciences Breakfast: How BC is Transforming Healthcare for Global Impact
Life Sciences Web Summit Side Event is an opportunity to learn what is driving BC’s life sciences sector to global impact. From the prolific research being translated into life-saving medicines; the advancements in bio-medical engineering and robotics; and the infrastructure being built to help scale a thriving bio-manufacturing ecosystem, this will be an exciting look at the future of health care innovation.
Attendees will be treated to a showcase of leading-edge research, startups emerging from academia, along with the ecosystem collaborators helping to accelerate bringing these transformative innovations to market.
Thank you to our partners across the UBC network and Genome BC for their support.
Who should attend:
Industry and Government - come and meet leading innovators
Investors - come and meet BC’s leading Life Sciences startups
Academic partners - connect with potential collaborators
Ventures - Meet your next potential investor
Details:
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 27th 8:30 – 10:30 am
Location: UBC Robson Square, Suite 1900 (e@UBC co-working space)
Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 am Registration
8:30 - 9:30 am Breakfast & Networking
- Meet founders at their booths
9:30 - 10:15 am Panel presentations & Q&A
10:15 - 10:30 am Closing remarks &Networking
Speakers:
Dr. Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia. Project: https://immunoengineeringhub.ca
Dr. Federica Di Palma, Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President, Research & Innovation, Genome BC
Peter Zandstra, Professor & Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia. Project: https://immunoengineeringhub.ca
Rob Rohling, Director ICICS, University of British Columbia
Other speakers to be announced soon
Moderator: Dr. Gail Murphy, Vice-President Research & Innovation, University of British Columbia
Venture Connections: come and meet the next generation of startups revolutionizing life sciences treatments, products, services, applications and technologies:
More to be announced soon!