Bio Innovation Conference 2022 | Maryland Tech Council | 3 October 2022 | Bethesda Country Club, 7601 Bradley Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA

This conference will connect top life sciences professionals in the region with leading global brands, venture capitalists and promising startups. This forum offers an exciting and unique opportunity to reach industry leaders and decision makers across the industry and demonstrate to colleagues and clients how your products or services can lead the way to a healthier tomorrow.

Why you should attend:
By attending, exhibiting or sponsoring the Bio Innovation Conference, you are helping advance your organization and the life sciences community in Maryland.

Support the Maryland Life Sciences Bio Innovation Conference that:
• Connects more than 500 top researchers, business leaders, academia, venture capitalists, promising startups and industry professionals in the life • sciences industry based in the region
• Builds a stronger life sciences community in Maryland by nurturing a vibrant environment where innovation thrives
• Facilitates networking opportunities and business development through the BIO One-on-One Partnering System and dedicated networking time
• Provides access to advocacy, state and federal agencies, and commercial and scientific industries

2022 Speakers

Marty Rosendale
Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Life Sciences

Mike Gill
Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce

Brad Stewart
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Steven Walker
Senior Director, Global Marketing – Early Portfolio Strategy, GlaxoSmithKline

Abhishek Dhawan
Executive and Life Science Core Market Leader, DPR Construction

Tara Schwetz, Ph.D.
Acting Principal Deputy Director, NIH

William Rees
Vice President, Translational Sciences, Horizon

Marty Rosendale
Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Life Sciences

Lili Portilla
Director, Office of Strategic Alliances,National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH

Becky Aistrup, M.B.A.
Managing Partner, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

Peter Reczek
Founder, Centrala IPM, LLC

Scott Lloyd
Principal, Offit Kurman

MODERATORS:

Lesley Eschinger
Director of Market Development, MaxCyte

Dr. Cartier Esham
Chief Scientific Officer, Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Chris Frew
Chief Executive Officer, Workforce Genetics and Founder, BioBuzz Media

Yvonne Sprow
Vice President, External Communications, Novavax

Sally Mossman
Vice President, Head of Research Portfolio and Strategy, Sanofi Pasteur

Naren Kadaba
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations, Kite, a Gilead Company

Jeffrey Hung, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Naogene

Brad Stewart
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Kevin Beverly
Chair, The Universities at Shady Grove

PANELISTS:

Craig Malzahn
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations, REGENXBIO

Dr. Milos Miljkovic
Chief Medical Officer, Cartesian Therapeutics

Cenk Sumen
Chief Scientific Officer, MaxCyte

Nina Hunter
Vice President, Corporate Strategy, REGENXBIO

Colin Werth
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Mark Trusheim
Strategic Director, NEWDIGS, Sloan School of Management MIT

TyNeisha Banks
MSA Principal, Perspectives

Holly Copeland
Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Impact, Horizon Therapeutics

Adrianna Emery
Perspectives Math & Science Academy Alumni; Horizon Scholar, Howard University

Dr. Georges Benjamin
Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Professor Adrian Hill
Director, The Jenner Institute; Lakshmi Mittal & Family Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford

John Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Dr. Ian Simon
Senior Advisor to Director for Pandemic Preparedness, NIAID

John Trizzino
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Business Officer, Novavax

Tim Clay
Vice President, Head of Discovery Performance Unit Vaccines US, GSK

Chris Jewell
Minta Martin Professor of Engineering (Endowed), University of Maryland

Geoffrey Lynn, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Vaccitech

David Pepperl
Senior Consultant and Nonclinical Group Lead, Biologics Consulting

Dave Anderson
Site Quality Head, Kite, a Gilead Company

Brian Kenty
Director, Process Development, Kite, a Gilead Company

Trushar Agrawal
Senior Director, Head of Manufacturing, Kite, a Gilead Company

Kevin Gordon
Chief Digital Officer, OriBiotech

Eric Wu-Nagy
Senior Automation Engineer, Takeda

Bruce Yu
Professor, University of Maryland, Professor and Director, The Bio- and Nano-Technology Center

John Balchunas
Workforce Director, NIIMBL

Jacob Hsu
Chief Executive Officer, Catalyte

Deborah Ricker, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Hood College

Maurice Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer, OneTen

Anne Khademian
Executive Director, Universities at Shady Grove, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University System of Maryland

Marty Rosendale
Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Life Sciences

Yaminah Leggett-Wells
Senior Director, Alliance Management, Horizon

Brad Stewart
Senior Vice President of Business Development, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Sally Allain, MSc., MBA
Head, JLABS @ Washington, DC and Interim Head JLABS North East, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS

Matt Schwee
Associate, Cooley

Lila Inman
Associate, Cooley

2022 Sponsor

PARTNERING SPONSOR:
• Azzur Group