Keynote Sessions*

• Monday: Driving the Development and Availability of Novel Therapies

• Tuesday: Biotechnology and Its Impact on Global Health

• Wednesday: A Hopeful Future: Gaining the Edge with Biotechnology

Monday, May 7, 2007
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
BCEC, Ballroom

Driving the Development and Availability of Novel Therapies

Sponsored by Genzyme Corporation

There is a great need for creative approaches to speed translation of our significant investments in research and discovery into meaningful, patient-relevant advances in human health. This keynote and panel discussion will explore strategies and solutions to “de-risk” investment in novel therapeutics for the biotechnology industry and academia alike.

Keynote Speaker:

• The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Keynote Speaker:

• Michael J. Fox, Founder, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

Keynote Panelists:

• Debi Brooks, President and Co-Founder, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• Gene M. Johnson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Adviser, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
  

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
BCEC, Ballroom

Biotechnology and Its Impact on Global Health

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Companies

Keynote Speaker:

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
BCEC, Ballroom

Sponsored by AstraZeneca

A Hopeful Future: Gaining the Edge with Biotechnology
Where will biotechnology be in the next 10 years? The next 20? Gain valuable insights as a panel of the industry’s leaders discuss their vision of the future for biotech.

Moderator:

• James C. Greenwood, President & CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
  
  Panelists:
• Virginia Postrel, Author, The Substance of Style
• Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Institute Professor, MIT
• Dr. Robert S. Langer, Institute Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
• Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, The Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School

* Please note that only Unlimited Full Conference Value Pass and Unlimited One-Day Value Pass attendees will be admitted to these sessions.  Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.  Overflow seating will be available at the Westin Waterfront Hotel Grand Ballroom on Monday and Tuesday. The Westin Grand Ballroom is accessible via a bridge from the 2nd level of the BCEC.