Agenda Sessions

October 4, 2010

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Looking Back to See Ahead

Keynote presentation: G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.The Emerging Markets of China and India

Confirmed Moderator: Charles Hsu, Bay City Capital

Confirmed Speakers:
•Hank Nordhoff, Chairman, Gen-Probe
•Ravi Kiron, Managing Director, Adjuvant Global Advisors LLC
•Helen Chen, Head of China Life Sciences, L.E.K. Consulting

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.Networking Lunch and Partner Showcase

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Considerations For Establishing Operations in Asia Pacific

Moderator: David Jiang, BIOCOM
Confirmed Speakers:
•Gary Titus, SciClone Pharma
•Michael Farrell, Senior Vice President, Global Sleep Strategic Business Unit, ResMed
•Ih-Ming Chan, Singapore Economic Development Board
•Brian Moloney, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Evotec
•Mark Bagnall, CEO, GenturaDx

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.The Indian Biotechnology Industry: It’s Growing

Moderator: Barney King, Macnas Consulting
Confirmed Speakers:
•Vis Niranjan, President, RxMD
•Bob Easton, Scisive Consulting
•Sanuj Ravindran, Managing Director for the Asian Healthcare Fund
•Cellia Habita, Arianne

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Top US-Asia Deals: The do’s and don’ts – Case Studies

Moderator: Mitch Truelock, Managing Director, Investment Banking, ROTH Capital Partners

Confirmed Speakers:
•Jonathan Mow, VP, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
•Mark Saad, CFO, Cytori Therapeutics
•Shintaro Asako, CFO, MediciNova


5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.Networking Reception

October 5, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.China's Healthcare Market- What Does Increased Government Spending Mean for Life Science companies

Moderator: Gerald Yakatan, IriSys
Confirmed Speakers:
•Hongbo Lu, Sr. Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray
•Jeff Parker , Founder, Vision in Practice, and Editorial Director, ILX Media Group
•Jonathan Zifferblatt, MD, General Biologic

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Keynote

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.Networking Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Drug Discovery and Asia’s Research Institutions

Moderator: Vivian Lee, Aqua Partners
Confirmed Speakers:
•Mierelle Gingras, Huya Biosciences
•Jing-Shan (Jennifer) Hu, Ph.D. , Director, Licensing & External Research, Merck & Co.
•Richard Soll, Sr. VP of Integrated Services, WuXi AppTec

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.A Showcase of Driving Forces in the Bio-Industry and Healthcare in China

Moderator: John Oyler, CEO, BeiGene
Confirmed Speakers:
•Mang Yu, CEO, NexBio
•Ming Guo, COO, Ascentage Pharma Group Corp, Ltd.
•Zhenping Wu, VP, Hutchison MediPharma
•Xuehai Tan, CEO, HD Biosciences (China) Co., Ltd.
•Xumu Zhang, CTO, Chiral Quest
•Alex Wu, CEO, Crown Bioscience, Inc.
•James J. Zhu, Partner, Jun He Law Offices

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.IP & Litigation Challenges and Opportunities

Moderator: Randy Berholtz, Former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ACON Laboratories, Inc. in San Diego and Hangzhou, China and Adjunct Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego

Confirmed Speakers:
Peng Chen, Partner, Morrison and Forester
Shantanu Basu, PhD., J.D., Eckman Basu LLP
Andrew Woodmansee, Partner, Morrison & Forester