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Events | Past | Annual Conference | April 23, 2008

 

BIO IT Coalition 7th Annual Conference

The State of Healthcare & Medical Technology in 2028

Carnegie Institution

PROGRAM

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast Hosted by Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Introductions

Openining Remarks

Robert Murphy, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Chairman, BIO IT Coalition (Bio)

Breakfast Sponsor Welcome
& Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Lawrence C. Mahan, Ph.D., Senior Strategic Advisor,
Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development
(Bio)

 

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Address

Genomic Medicine

Francis Collins, MD, Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),
National Institutes of Health
(Bio)

 

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Networking and Cappuccino Bar
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Morning Panel

Introduction

John Holaday, Ph.D., Managing Director, President and CEO; and founding Director of QRxPharma (Bio)

Changing Biotech

Taping of NPR's Radio's BioTech Nation

Co-Hosts:  David E Duncan, Journalist, Author, Television and Radio Producer and Correspondent (Bio); and Dr. Moira Gunn, Author, Host, Tech Nation and Co-Host BioTech Nation (Bio)

Panel Members

Jennie Hunter Cevera, Ph.D., President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Bio)

Lance Liotta, MD, Ph.D., Founder and Vice President of Research and Development, Theranostics Health (Bio) and Emanuel F. Petricoin, Ph.D., Founder, Vice President, and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics Health (Bio)

Greg Stock, Ph. D., President/CEO Signum Biosciences (Bio)

 

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Networking Lunch and Cappuccino Bar
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Tribute

Steve A. Mandell,
Founder and Former Chairman, BIO IT Coalition
1947 - 2008
(Agenda)

 

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Pesentation

Two Future Views of Healthcare Technology

G. Terry Sharrer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Medical Innovation & Transformation Institute, Inova Health System (Bio)

 

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

2008 BIO IT Coalition Scholarship Awards

Introduction

Lloyd Griffiths, Ph.D., Dean, The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University (Bio)

Recipients

BIO IT Coalition Steve A. Mandell Scholarship: Faezeh Razjouyan, Senior, George Washington University (Bio)

Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) Scholarship: Konrad Hsu Aschenbach, Ph.D. candidate, University of Maryland, College Park (Bio)

5am Solutions Scholarship: Aristide Chikando, Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University (Bio)

Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology Scholarship: Ganiraju Manyam, Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University (Bio)

Pepper Hamilton LLP Scholarship: Ixchel Montenegro, Senior, Montgomery Blair High School (Bio)

Arlington Economic Development Scholarship: Edward Rice, Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Bio)

 

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Networking
2:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Afternoon Panel

Introduction

Robert Murphy, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Chairman, BIO IT Coalition (Bio)

New Paradigms for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Moderator:  Andrew E. Kantra, Partner Pepper Hamilton LLP (Bio)

Panel Members

Meena Augustus, Ph.D., Co-founder and Sr. Exec. VP and CSO, Shreis Scalene Sciences LLC (Bio)

Lisa Conte, CEO, NAPO Pharmaceuticals (Bio)

 

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Networking & DNA Extraction Demonstration by DC Biotech students
4:25 PM - 5:30 PM

Capstone Arts/Science Program

Introduction

Jennie Hunter-Cevera. Ph.D., President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Bio)

Ferocious Beauty: Genome

Presented by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

Members

Liz Lerman, Founding Artistic Director, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Bio)

Elizabeth Johnson, Associate Artistic Director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Bio)

Susie Richard, Artistic Director, Washington, DC's Open Circle Theatre (Bio)

 

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Event Wrap Up

Robert Murphy, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Chairman, BIO IT Coalition (Bio)

 

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Cocktail Reception Hosted by Pepper Hamilton LLP

Cocktail Reception Welcome

Robert Murphy, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Chairman, BIO IT Coalition (Bio)

 

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