BOSTON'S PREMIER LEGAL LIFE SCIENCES CONFERENCE
CONNECTING LAWYERS & INDUSTRY
The Boston Bar Association is excited to once again host its annual Life Sciences Conference. This is the premier legal conference for Boston-area practitioners and industry experts from law firms, in-house legal departments, academia, and government.
Each year we feature high-level keynote discussions, interactive breakout sessions, and robust networking. Our panelists include general counsel, entrepreneurs and business leaders, investors, regulators, and top lawyers who represent clients from throughout the life sciences sector on IP, transactional, and regulatory matters. Sessions will provide cutting edge industry knowledge and strategies for you to bring to
back to your practice.
You won’t want to miss out on this year’s lineup of panel topics and speakers. Reserve your seat today, space is limited.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
8:30AM – 4:45PM
Boston Marriott Cambridge – 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Agenda
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | KEYNOTE DISCUSSION
New Developments in Drug Pricing and Reimbursement
Michael Caljouw, Vice President, State Government and Regulatory Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Pat Cerundolo, Partner, Foley Hoag
Tim Hunt, Senior Vice President, Editas Medicine
Beth Roberts, Hogan Lovells
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | BREAKOUT SESSION 1
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Big Data & Artificial Intelligence
Carl A. Kukkonen III, Partner, Jones Day (Moderator)
Deniz Kural, CEO & Founder, Totient
Kevin Lynch, Chief Business Officer, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Long Phi Le, Director of Computational Pathology, Mass General Hospital
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Licensing Agreements with Universities & Research Institutions
Robert Licht, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart (Moderator)
Nate Kurtis, Director, Strategic Transactions, Broad Institute
Janet Smart, Vice President, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs, Proteostasis Therapeutics
Robin Walker, Vice President, Head of Legal, Casebia Therapeutics
WHAT’S TRENDING
IP Trends
Catherine McCarty, Partner, Goodwin
Jennifer Zarutskie Sieczkiewicz, Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel,Wave Life Sciences
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 2
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Digital Health Medicine
Sandra Brown, Vice President of Intellectual Property & Legal Affairs, Akili Interactive Labs
Alexis Gilroy, Partner, Jones Day
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Trends in Capital Raising
Mark Fitzgerald, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Panel Chair)
Douglas Eby, Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Science Corporation
Anthony Walsh, Principal, BioInnovation Capital
Mark Nuttall, Chief Business Officer, Kymera Therapeutics
WHAT’S TRENDING
IP Litigation Trends
Kevin Prussia, Partner, WilmerHale (Moderator)
Eric Marandett, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
Jeremy Younkin, Partner, Foley Hoag
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | LUNCH
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 3
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Gene Therapy
Susan Langer, Senior Manager, Business Development, Biogen
Manny Simons, Founder & CEO, Akouos
Magdalena Tyrpien, Director, Corporate Strategy, Abeona
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Trends in Biotech Licensing
Marcia Anderegg, Lead Counsel, Shire
David McIntosh, Ropes and Gray
WHAT’S TRENDING
Innovations in Clinical Trial Design
Brian Alexander, President, Chief Executive Officer, Global Coalition for Adaptive Research
Stephen Friend, 4youandme
Farah Gerdes, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 4
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Privacy Developments Within the Life Sciences Industry
Jennifer Couture, Executive Director, Chief Privacy Officer, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Julia Hesse, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart (Moderator)
Susan Wise, Chief Privacy Officer, Biogen
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Disputes Over the Back-End Money: The Litigator’s View
Stephanie Blazewicz, Lead Counsel US Litigation and Investigations, Shire
Joshua Roth, Corporate Patent Counsel, Celgene
John Dougherty, Partner, Haug Partners (Moderator)
Devin Smith, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Minerva Neurosciences
Joseph Vittiglio, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel, AMAG Pharmaceuticals
WHAT’S TRENDING
Government Enforcement
Kirsten Mayer, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Giselle Joffre, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
Ingrid Martin, Partner, Todd & Weld LLP
4:00 PM | Networking Reception
Conference Advisory Committee
Farah Gerdes
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Hong-Van M. Le
Novartis
Robert Licht
Choate, Hall & Stewart
David McIntosh
Ropes & Gray
Jennifer Zarutskie Sieczkiewicz
Wave Life Sciences
Sponsors
Thank You to Our Partner Leaders Life Sciences
For information regarding sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming Life Sciences Conference, please contact
Erica Southerland: 617.778.1930 | esoutherland@bostonbar.org
Registration
BOSTON BAR MEMBERS
Boston Bar Members – $450.00
Government Lawyers/Legal Services Members – $250.00
NON MEMBERS
Non-Member Guests – $525.00
Conference + Membership – $675.00
To reserve your seat, create a New User account -or- contact Rachel Andreas: 617.778.1904 randreas@bostonbar.org
Biotech Week Boston, September 4-7, 2018 at Hynes Convention Center is dedicated to accelerating the business of biotechnology through new ideas, science, technology and partnerships to make a positive impact on patient health. It is a festival of leading events spanning the drug development value chain, giving you access to the most inventive scientific minds and business leaders in Boston and around the world.
BBA Members get a discounted rate for selected events. Click here to learn more.
BBA Launches Life Sciences Industry Group
The Boston Bar is excited to announce the establishment of a Life Sciences Industry Group, a professional network dedicated to providing year-round, multi-disciplinary educational, networking, and business development opportunities for lawyers and business leaders across a variety of practice areas working within the life sciences sector. To join the Life Sciences Industry Group and stay up-to-date on its programming and events, login to your BBA online account here and check off the Life Sciences Industry Group box. If you’d like to join but have forgotten your login information, simply email cle@bostonbar.org to be added.
This conference is sponsored in part by the Joan B. DiCola Fund of the Boston Bar Foundation. This fund provides critical support for Boston Bar Association programs and initiatives that foster the education and professional development of lawyers. For more information on the BBF or this fund, please contact Megan Leppert at mleppert@bostonbar.org or (617) 778-1924.