BioFinance 2010 Program
Below is the Biofinance 2010 Preliminary Program. Please visit our website again for continuing program development.
| Tuesday | April 6, 2010 | 12:00-5:30 pm | The MI Early Stage Technologies Showcase
Presented by the MaRS Innovation Group This is an offsite Showcase - click here for more information |
1:00-2:00 pm | Listing on the Canadian Exchanges
TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges Seminar |
2:15-4:15 pm | Why Don't They Get It
Equicom Investor Relations Seminar for Public and Private Companies |
4:30-5:30 pm | You Could Have Doubled Your Money in 2009
Equicom Healthcare Investing Seminar for Professional Investors |
4:30-5:30 pm | Economic Up-Date by John Johnston, Chief Strategist Harbour Group
Sponsored by RBC Financial Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
6:00–8:30 pm | BioFinance Opening Reception at the Marriott Hotel | Wednesday | April 7, 2010 | 7:00-9:00 | Registration & Breakfast | 8:00-9:00am | Breakfast with Dealmakers – The US Venture Capital Panel I
Moderator: Brian Bloom - Bloom Burton & Co. Panelists: Rod Altman - CMEA Ventures David Hirsch - Logitude Capital Guarv Aggarwal - Panaroma Capital Peter van der Velden - Lumira Capital |
9:00-12:00pm | LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY PRESENTATIONS - SESSION 1 | 9:00-10:00am | Strategic Alliances - The Pharma Perspective
Moderator : Lisa Simeoni - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Moderator : Eileen McMahon - Torys LLP Panelists: William Hilson - EMD Serono Canada Gavin Zealey - Sanofi Pasteur Steven Xanthudakis - Merck & Co.(invited) Charles Rosenweig - Bayer Grant Gunn - Amgen Canada (invited) |
9:00-10:00am | Building Successful Early Phase Companies
Moderator: Manoj Pundit - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Panelists: Cathy Auld - Biosyntech David Young - Actium Capital Kevin French - RBC Royal Bank Lawrence Bloch - NeurAxon Inc. Rafiel Hofstein - MaRS Innovation Frank Gleeson - LOM Bioquest |
10:00-11:00am | Strategic Alliances - The Biotech Perspective
Moderator: Vanessa Grant - McCarthy Tétrault LLP Moderator: Karen Atkinson - Ernst & Young LLP Panelists: Paul Walker - Spectral Diagnostics Kevin Giese - BioMS Ian Mortimer - Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Lloyd Segal - Thallion Pharmaceuticals Jim Moults - Nuvo Research |
10:00-11:00am | Alternative Financing Panel
Moderator: Jeremy Grushcow - Ogilvy Renault LLP Panelists: Yorkville MMV DRI Capital Gordon McCauley - Allon Therapeutics |
11:00-12:00pm | IPO Readiness for the Life Sciences
Moderator : Bill Stamatis - Deloitte LLP Panelists: Philippa Flint - Bloom Burton & Co. James Smith - Equicom Group Shameze Rampertab - LOM Bioquest Manoj Pundit - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Jeremy Webster - Deloitte LLP |
11:00-12:00pm | Canadian Buy Side Panel
Moderator: Brian Bloom - Bloom Burton & Co. |
12:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCHEON WITH DEALMAKERS - VIEW FROM WALL STREET
Moderator: Cheryl Reicin - Torys LLP Panelists: Noel Brown - Rodman Renshaw Stuart Barich - Oppenheimer Brian Giraudo - Leerink Swan Andrew Singer - RBC Capital Markets David Sable - Special Situations Fund |
2:00-5:00 pm | LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – SESSION 2 | 2:00-3:00pm | Life Sciences - The View from Bay Street
Moderator: Wayne Schnarr - Equicom Group Panelists: Andrew Smitiuch - Dundee Capital Markets Connie Chen - Loewen, Ondaatje McCutcheon Ltd. Nitin Kaushal - Desjardins Securities Steven Salaman - Rosalind Advisors Inc. David Deane - Cormark Securities |
2:00-3:00pm | US Venture Capital Panel II
Moderator: Stephen Hurwitz - Choate Hall Stewart LLP |
3:00-4:00pm | Attracting and Maintaining Retail Investors
Moderator: Ali Hakimzaday - Cannacord Adams Panelists: James Beesley – Protox Therapeutics Martin Foster- CIBC David Tolls - Canaccord Adams David Armstrong - BMO |
3:00-4:00pm | Canadian Venture Capital Panel
Moderator: Brian Underdown - Lumira Capital Corp. Panelists: Richard Meadows - CTI Life Science Fund Cédric Bisson - iNovia Capital Kenneth Galbraith - Ventures West Benny Rovinsky - Lumira Capital Corp. Damian Lamb - Genesis Capital |
4:00-5:00pm | Getting Money out of the Tax System
Moderator: Ernst & Young LLP |
4:00-5:00pm | Government Funding for Early Stage Life Science Companies
Moderator:Gord Jans - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Panelists: Michael Rosen - Illinois Biotechnology Association Jason Rose - State of Pennsylvania Office Cédric Bisson - iNovia Capital (for Québec) Rafiel Hofstein - MaRS Innovation (for Ontario) |
5:00-7:00 pm | Sponsors Reception at Marriott Hotel | 5:30-7:30 pm | Torys LLP Reception at MaRS | 7:30-9:30 pm | Equicom & BioFinance Pub Night for Cool People | Thursday | April 8, 2010 | 8:00-12:00pm | BioFinance Sponsors' Seminars
These seminars will be offsite - more details to follow |