Thursday April 11, 2013
6:00pm – 8:00pm
VC Jam Session & Networking Reception
Friday April 12, 2013
8:00am
Registration, Exhibit Hall, Breakfast
8:30am
Opening Act
Anders Aannestad, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Robert Buderi, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Xconomy
Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
8:45am
Keynote Speaker
Introduction by Maria Walker, Partner, KPMG, LLP
Chris Anderson, CEO, 3D Robotics, Inc.
Former Editor-in-Chief, Wired
Author of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution; Free: The Future of a Radical Price and The Long Tail: Why The Future of Business is Selling Less of More
9:30am
Rock Stars of Research: Personalized Medicine – Completing the Supply Chain
Moderated by Kim Kamdar, Partner, Domain Associates, L.L.C.
Scott Lippman, Director, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Cyrus Mirsaidi, CEO, Molecular Response, LLC
Mark Stevenson, President and COO, Life Technologies Corporation
10:00am
Midas Touch: Drug Development Spinouts
Jerel Davis, Investment Professional, Versant Ventures, Inc.
Peppi Prasit, Founder and CEO, Inception Sciences, Inc.
10:20am
Break, Exhibit Hall, Networking
10:40am
Rock Stars of Capital: Alternative Strategies for Venture Capital
Moderated by Marty Felsenthal, Partner, HLM Venture Partners
Dave Girouard, Co-Founder and CEO, Upstart Network, Inc.
Avak Kahvejian, Vice President, Development – Partner, Flagship VentureLabs
Gary Morgenthaler, Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
11:10am
Cross Fire Talk: Building a Successful Business Model Around Wireless Health Devices/Technologies
Rick Valencia, Vice President and General Manager, Qualcomm Life, Inc.
Lisa Suennen, Managing Member, Psilos Group
11:30am
Garage Band Start-Up Company Presentations
Introduction by Steven Pacelli, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Dexcom, Inc.
1. DermTech
2. MetraLabs GmbH
3. Tricopian, LLC (dba SaveME Batteries)
4. Tellus Technology, Inc.
11:50am
Networking Lunch and Exhibits
12:50pm
R&D Fusion: Drug Discovery Partnerships
Melissa Fitzgerald, Head of Strategic Research Partnerships, Pfizer Inc.
Ben Cravatt, Chairman of the Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute
1:10pm
Garage Band Start-Up Company Presentations
Introduction by Anthony Shimkin, Senior Director of Marketing, Qualcomm Life, Inc.
1. Soccerly
2. Ten8Tech
3. Nasseo, Inc.
4. JET Surgical, Inc.
1:30pm
Final Keynote
Introduction by Michael Jackson, Vice President Drug Discovery and Development, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Napoleone Ferrara, Senior Deputy Director for Basic Sciences, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
2:00pm
Closing Act
Robert Buderi, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Xconomy
Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
2:10pm
Networking and Exhibit Hall
2:45pm
Summit Closes
