SPEAKERS
Vanessa Atkins, MS
Cheyney University
Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships & Career Pathways
Division of Social Equity
John Balchunas
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals
Workforce Director
Jennifer Bell
Peter Powerhouse Foundation
President
Melina Blees, PhD
BioLabs Philadelphia
Site Head
Tracy Brala
University City Science Center
SVP, Strategy and Partnerships
Phil Brooks
University City Science Center
Director of STEM Workforce Partnerships
Kathleen Brunner
Acumen Analytics
President
Matthew Burkhardt
B+labs
Director
Doug Carr
Century Therapeutics
Senior Vice President and Head of Finance
David Chang
WuXi App Tech (Advanced Therapies Group)
President and Chief Technology Officer
Sangeeta Bardhan Cook, PhD, MBA
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Chief Innovation Officer
Temple University Health System, SVP of Strategy and Business Development
Jeffrey DeVuono
Brandywine RealtyTrust
Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director
Benjamin Dibling, PhD
Penn Center for Innovation
Deputy Managing Director
Susan Dillon, PhD
Aro Biotherapeutics Company
President and CEO
Jonathan Epstein, MD
Penn Medicine
Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer
Michael Flaschen
Daiichi Sankyo
SVP, Global External Innovation
Andrei Georgescu
Vivodyne, Penn Spinout
Co-Founder
Jennifer Griffin, PhD
Mission BioCapital
Partner, Strategy & Investor Relations
Eric Hacherl, PhD
Kyttaro Therapeutics
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Heil
Medical Excellence Capital
Managing Partner
Misun Hwang, MD, MS
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Radiologist, Director of Neonatal Imaging
Jesse Johnson
Serna BIO
Chief Technology Officer
John Karanicolas
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Professor of Molecular Therapies
School of Pharmacy’s Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Director
Louis P. Kassa III
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and PA Biotechnology Center
Chief Executive Officer
Nancy J Kelley
Builds Bio+
Founding Member,
Nancy J Kelley + Associates
President & CEO
Todd Kilbaugh, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Endowed Chair of Translational Science and Innovation
Sima Singadia Kulkarni
Duane Morris LLP
Special Counsel: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licensing
Joseph La Barge
Apertura Gene Therapy
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Laurenzi
Aro Biotherapeutics Company
Chief Administrative Officer & Vice President, Legal
John Lunger
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC
Chief Patient Supply Officer
Tia Lyles-Williams, MS, MRSc
Goffman Bougard
Chief Executive Officer
LucasPye BIO & HelaPlex
Founder & CEO
Jennifer Manning, MPA
Kyttaro Therapeutics
Commercial Executive for Cell & Gene Therapy, Strategic Advisor
Colin Moran
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center
Senior Director, Transactions / Global Innovation Partnering Lead, Discovery Sciences
Ben Pascal
BioMerieux
Global Head xPRO Program
Invisible Sentinel
Chief Business Officer
Lorenzo Pellegrini, PhD
Hatch Biofund
Managing Partner
William Peranteu, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Fetal Surgeon, Division of General
Thoracic and Fetal Surgery
Tom Piombino
Integrated Project Services
Managing Director, Americas
Mitchel W. Simpler
Builds Bio+
Founding Member
JB&B
Partner Emeritus
Shivaranjani Sridharan
Bayer
Senior Director, Business Development & Licensing
Sumit Verma, MEM
Iovance Biotherapeutics
SVP, Global Strategic Manufacturing
Nelson Way
Ensemble
Director, Leasing and Development
Elizabeth White
Entrepreneur and Former Pharma Executive
Peter Zucca
Peter Powerhouse Foundation
Founder
David Zuzga, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Associate Dean
of Biomedical Studies
2nd Annual Symposium for Life Science Innovation and Development
September 12, 2023
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 S Broad St, Philadelphia
Gold Sponsors
Breakfast and Lunch Co-Sponsors
Institutional Sponsors
Lanyard Sponsor
Association Partners
