MEET THE SPEAKERS
Marc Appel
Managing Partner
Pacific Bridge NY
Joshua Berlin
Head of Corporate Alliances & Business Development
BioCentury Inc.
Ana-Maria Boie
General Manager, South Korea
Boehringer Ingelheim
Harm-Jan Borgeld, Ph.D.
Head, Pharma Partnering, Asia
Roche
Seungjoon Chang
Vice Chairman
Maekyung Media
Derek Chim
Head of Startup Ecosystem and Development
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP)
Billy Cho
Senior Managing Director
CBC Group
Byoung Chul Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chief, Lung Cancer Center, Yonsei Cancer Center
Yonsei University College
Jiwoong Chun
Managing Director
Woori Venture Partners
Tae-Yon Chun, Ph.D.
CEO
ALTEOGEN Inc.
Jeff Cranmer
Executive Editor and Head of Daily Global Intelligence
BioCentury Inc.
Alex Delbridge
Principal
Brandon Capital
Marc Estigarribia
Managing Director
MSQ Ventures
Simone Fishburn, Ph.D.
VP & Editor in Chief
BioCentury Inc.
David Flores
Co-Founder, President & CEO
BioCentury Inc.
Toshio Fujimoto, Ph.D.
CEO
Shonan Health Innovation Park
Lauren Grau
Partner
Sidley Austin
Sonia Gulati, Ph.D.,
Principal
RM Global/GBF
Femida Gwadry-Sridhar, R.Ph., Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Pulse Infoframe Inc.
Gabor Gyülvészi
Principal, Seed Investments
Novo Holdings
June Hahn, Ph.D.
Head of BD&L Korea
Boehringer Ingelheim
Jin-Hwan Han, Ph.D.
Head of Institute for Advanced Medicines
LigaChem Biosciences
Christopher Hansung Ko, Ph.D.
President & Head, Future Business Division, Samsung Electronics; and President,
Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO)
Tai Harada
Partner
Fast Track Initiative
Nam-Gu Her
CEO
Aimed Bio
Matthew Hewitt, Ph.D.
VP, CTO Manufacturing Business Division
Charles River Laboratories
Yao Ho
Managing Director
LYFE Capital
Joshua Ho, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Innovation & Technology Transfer
University of Hong Kong
Ken Horne
Managing Partner
AN Ventures
Mia Hu
Senior Director
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
James Huang
Managing Partner
Panacea Venture
Kevin Huh
CEO
KIMCO (Korea Innovation Medicines Consortium)
Jurie Hwang
Director, Public & International Affairs
KoreaBio
Min Hyun, Ph.D.
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company
Eunji Ju
Principal Investor
Smilegate Investment
Hailey Jung
Director, Business Development
Roche
Nobu Kazama
Operating Officer & Head, Collaborate to Cure Japan Hub
Bayer Yakuhin
Albert Kim
Managing Director, Korea
MSD
Minji Kim, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur in Residence, Formation Bio, and Board Director
SK Biopharmaceuticals
Paul Kim
CEO
Matica Biotechnology
Minyoung Kim, M.D.
Partner
McKinsey & Company
MJ Kim, Ph.D.
Senior Investment Manager, Bio-Investment Team
Mirae Asset Capital
Won Kim
Head, Business Excellence & Innovation
Novartis
Fong Ming Koh, Ph.D.
Principal
LYFE Capital
Chae Joon Lee, Ph.D.
Co-Chief Executive Officer
ILDONG Pharmaceutical
Kunwoo Ryan Lee
CEO & Co-Founder
Genedit
SJ Lee, Ph.D.
CEO
Orum Therapeutics
Sang Hoon Lee, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
ABL Bio
Ji Hyung Lee
President & CEO
Invest Seoul
Ya-Ting Lei, Ph.D.
Director, Business Development & Licensing
Merck Group
Andrew Levin, Ph.D.
Partner
RA Capital Management
Bin Li, Ph.D.
Founder, CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Lake Bleu Capital
Shaolin Liang, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Investor Engagement
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP)
Da Liu
Managing Director
CR-CP Life Science Fund
Yiming Liu
Partner in Charge, Shanghai
Cooley
Carol Liu
Associate Director, IncuBio Startup Ecosystem
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP)
Shyam Masrani
Partner
Medicxi
Yeo Jung Moon, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Managing Director
IMM Investment
Ted Moon
Managing Director
RM Global
Takeshi Mori
Country Head, Japan
Novotech
Jay Park
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Jo Hae Park, Ph.D.
Head, Business Development & Licensing
TriOar Inc.
Sanghoon Park
Co-Founder & CEO
Illimis Therapeutics
Taeyong Park
Executive Vice President & Co-Founder
Galux
Mario Pennisi
Managing Director
Biostate
Xueming Qian
Chairman & CEO
Transcenta Holding
BG Rhee, Ph.D.
Special Advisor
Flagship Pioneering
Gunnar Riediger
Country President, Korea
GSK
Christian Rodseth
SVP & Managing Director, North Asia
Johnson & Johnson
Khoo Shih, Ph.D.
CEO
ClavystBio
Elia Stupka
Managing Director
Angelini Ventures
Mark Tang
Founder, Phagionics and Managing Director & Founding Partner
Good Health Capital
Xuelin (Steve) Wang, Ph.D.
Partner
Davis Polk
Betty Yan
Partner
Arnold & Porter
Jin-San Yoo, Ph.D.
President & CEO
PharmAbcine Inc.
Derek Yoon
President & CEO
Solasta Ventures
Derek Yuan, M.D.
General Manager, China
Candid Therapeutics
Maziar Zarrehparvar
Fund Advisor
Kurma Partners
Dan Zhang, M.D.
Co-Chairman
Hillgene
Tong Zhang, Ph.D.
CFO and Chief Business Officer
VelaVigo
Linda Zhao
Managing Partner
MSQ Ventures
Luther (Ruizhe) Zhao
VP, China Clinical Analytics
Caidya
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