Fall is well underway, and we are excited to bring you our biggest event of the year, the 6th Annual Biotech Summit! We are concurrently hosting a STEM Student Summit, designed especially for 11th and 12th graders and early undergraduate students interested in STEM careers. In order to ensure a safe and informative experience for all our attendees, we will be hosting both events virtually on the platform Remo. This will provide an interactive networking opportunity while maintaining the layout of a real conference! Read on to find out more about each summit and other content we’re bringing you this fall.
General Summit
for all academics and professionals
THEME: “LA’s evolving biotech industry in an unprecedented time.”
TIME: 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM PDT
DATE: Saturday, October 24th
RSVP: https://6th-bcla-summit-2020.eventbrite.com
PROGRAM:
11:00 AM – Introduction by Jasson Crockett, Manager, Economic Policy, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office
11:15 AM – Keynote by Rick Berk, STAT News, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of STAT News, “Inside STAT News: A year of reporting on the pandemic.”
12:00 PM – Panel 1 – Inequity in Healthcare: The Impact of COVID-19 on LA’s Communities of Color
Moderated by Yordanos Gebretatios (Former Executive Director at LA Bioscience Hub)
Panelists:
Carmen Ibarra, CEO , The Achievable Foundation, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Katya Corado, M.D., Investigator, Lundquist Institute
Reginald Tucker-Seeley, ScD, Assistant Professor of Gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology,
Edward Jones-Lopez. M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC
1:00 PM – Breakout sessions – 40 breakout round tables – Career Development Track & Start-Up studio
Features breakout tables with 40 mentors to help you with your start-up journey or choosing a career in industry. Feel free to jump between the start-up track or the career track and between tables. Use this interactive session to grow your network!
2:30 PM – Fireside Chat & Panel 2 – Accelerating LA’s Biotech Ecosystem
Fireside chat with Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, Founding President & Former CEO, Massachusetts Life Science Centre, President and CEO at Biomedical Growth Strategies LLC and a panel with details below.
Moderated by Dave J. Whelan, CEO at Bioscience LA
Panelists:
Llewellyn Cox, CEO , LabLaunch & General Partner, Marsbio
Bassil Dahiyat, CEO, Xencor,
Jo Bhakdi, CEO,Quantgene, and
Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO at Biomedical Growth Strategies