11th Annual Summit for Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law 2024 | American Conference Institute | 25 July 2024 | Seaport Hotel Boston, 1 Seaport Ln, Boston, MA 02210, USA

This Year’s Highlights:
• Exploring the Intersection of Life Sciences, Women’s Health, and Politics
• Collaboratives on Career Laddering, Reframing Professional Setbacks as Growth Opportunities, Shaping Legal Teams and Thriving on Company Boards
• Spotlight Sessions on the Inflation Reduction Act, Artificial Intelligence, and Semaglutide and GLP-1s
• New Breakout Sessions on: Advertising, Managing Global Competition and Trade Dynamics, Navigating Today’s Capital Markets and M&A Landscape, and Patent Prosecution

This event is dedicated to providing the invaluable opportunities for networking and collaboration with the chance to meet, engage with and learn from nearly 200 female attorneys and executives from the biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries and keep you up-to-date on the latest developments and challenges in the industry.

2024 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

Veronica M. Lei
Assistant General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company

Elena Rossano
Senior Counsel, Global Commercial Operations, Amgen

CEO SPOTLIGHT:

Paula Ragan, PhD
CEO & President, X4 Pharmaceuticals

Miruna Sasu
President & CEO, COTA Healthcare

GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS:

Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay
Principal Deputy Center Director - Center For Drug Evaluation And Research | CDER, U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Denise Cote
Senior United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Linda Horner
Acting Senior Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Patti Saris
District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

SPEAKERS:

Deidre Arnold
VP - Commercial Legal, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Caryn Borg-Breen, Ph.D.
Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

Kate E. Cassidy
Partner, Wiggin & Dana LLP

Victoria Wohlfeil Cherry
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Meitheal Pharmaceuticals

Ellen Chiniara
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Kymera

Rebecca Clegg
Counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Halli Cohn
Partner, Troutman Pepper

Lauren Cole
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

Selina P. Coleman
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Kellie Combs
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Rupa Cornell
VP President & Head Counsel, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Jean Cunningham
Principal Consultant, Larson Maddox

Jacqueline deGrandpre
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Jennifer DiFruscio
Assistant General Counsel, Vertex

Joy Dowdle
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP

Celia Eckert
SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Xencor

Jennean Endres
Vice President US Legal, GSK

Annabelle Fowler
PhD, Associate Principal, Charles River Associates

Megan N. Gates
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Kathleen Gersh
Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Nancy Bonifant Halstead
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Suneeta Hazra
Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Elizabeth Holland
Partner, A&O Shearman

Lisa Jakob
Executive Director, Intellectual Property, Merck

Thora Johnson
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Jaelyn Edwards Judelson
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Christine Kain
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Kristen R. Klesh
Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Amanda Klingler
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Elona Kogan
Chief Legal Officer, Seer Inc.

Verna Krishnamurthy
Assistant General Counsel, Specialty Care, Sanofi

Jee Lehmann
Managing Principal, Analysis Group

Lauren M. Lesko
Partner, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP

Lisa LeCointe-Cephas
Partner, DLA Piper LLP

Diane E. Lifton
SVP, Head of Legal, Biopharma and R&D, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.

Deborah A. Logan
Associate General Counsel, EMD Serono

Jeny Maier
Managing Partner, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Nicole Mantini
Partner, Torys LLP

Lynn Mehler
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Donna M. Meuth
Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Eisai Inc.

Lauren Misztal
SVP, General Counsel, Clario

Mary B. Murrane
Deputy U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts

Juliana Neves
Partner, Licks Attorneys

Qing Nian
Head of Legal - North America & Corporate, BeiGene

Kristen O’Shaughnessy
Partner, White & Case LLP

Tanvi B. Patel
Partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Zoe Philippides
SVP, Chief Ethics, Compliance & Privacy Officer & Global Head of Litigation, Moderna

Pamela Politis
Associate Vice President, North American Legal, Incyte Corporation

Jane E. Remillard
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Terra Reynolds
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Elizabeth Richards
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Jenny Robertson
Chief Business and Legal Officer, Lexeo Therapeutics

Rita Sanzgiri
Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Colorado BioScience Association

Christine Savage
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Christina Schwarz
Partner, Venable LLP

Ellen Scordino
Partner, DLA Piper LLP

Karin Simonson
VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Envoy Medical

Lora Spencer
Principal Global Litigation & Investigations Counsel, Medtronic

Gargi Talukder
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Leticia Padilla De Truman
Corporate Counsel, AVEO Oncology

Malaika D. Tyson Ph.D.
Shareholder, McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd

Ingrid E. VanderElst, PhD
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Jami Vibbert
Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Anne K. Walsh
Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara

Debbie Walters-Francique
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer

Ashley Watson
General Counsel MedTech, Johnson & Johnson

Rebecca K. Wood
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Rachel Yu
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

2024 Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Arnold & Porter
• Axinn
• DLA Piper
• King & Spaiding
• Latham
• Orrick
• Paul Hastings

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Akin
• A&O Shearman
• AG Analysis Group
• Ballard Spahr
• CRA Charles River Associates
• Fasken Own Tomorrow
• Larson Maddox
• Licks Attorneys
• McAndrews
• Neal Gerber Eisenberg
• 20Year Anniversary RMMS
• Ropes & Gray
• Sullivan & Cromwell
• Torys
• Troutman Pepper
• Venable LLP
• White & Case
• Wiggin

WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Loeb&Loeb LLP

DAY 1 LUNCHEON SPONSOR:
• Faegre Drinker

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Nelson Mullins

POCKET AGENDA SPONSOR:
• ReedSmith

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• Abbvie
• Exponent