Speakers
Shreeram Akilesh, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Chris Arendt, Ph.D.
CSO, Head of Research
Takeda
Colleen Badgley
Partner
Cooley LLP
David Baker, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor, Biochemistry and Director, Institute for Protein Design
University of Washington
Trygve Bakken, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Investigator
Allen Institute
Randal Bass, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Process Design & Biotherapeutic Operations
Just-Evotec Biologics
Tierney Baum, Ph.D.
Biopharma Analyst
BioCentury Inc.
Joshua Berlin
Head of Corporate Alliances & Business Development
BioCentury Inc.
Vanessa Bhark
Principal, Strategic Investment Fund
Gates Foundation
Sam Blackman, M.D., Ph.D.
Enrepreneur-in-Residence
GV
Jeff Bluestone, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Vie Ventures
Melissa Bonner, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
nChroma Bio Inc.
Eliot Bourk, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Bourk BioAdvisors
Robert Bradley, Ph.D.
Scientific Director Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Gabriel Brooks, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Solid Biosciences
Mary Brunkow, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager, Phenome Health and Program Manager, Genetics
Institute for Systems Biology
Elaine Caughey
Partner, Business Development and Investor Relations
Jeito
Matt DeFina
SVP, Regulatory Policy
Canal Row Advisors
Frank DiMaio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute for Protein Design
Eric Dobmeier
Venture Partners
Samsara BioCapital
Jakob Dupont, M.D.
Executive Partner
Sofinnova Investments
Andrew Farnum
CEO
Variant Bio
Simone Fishburn, Ph.D.
VP & Editor in Chief
BioCentury Inc.
Chris Garabedian
Portfolio Manager, PXV Fund and CEO,
Xontogeny
Hans‑Peter Gerber, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Sutro Biopharma
Mitchell Gold M.D.
Venture Partner
Frazier Life Sciences
DANIELLE GOLOVIN, PH.D.
Senior Biopharma Analyst
BioCentury Inc.
Claire Gustafson, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Allen Institute for Immunology
Lu Han, Ph.D.
Partner
Lumira Ventures
Raheleh Hatami, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy and Innovation
Deerfield Discovery and Development
Rob Hershberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Venture Partner
Frazier Life Sciences
Matthew Hewitt, Ph.D.
VP and CTO Manufacturing Business Division
Charles River Laboratories
Michelle Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Karen Knudsen, Ph.D.
CEO
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunology
Selina Koch, Ph.D.
Executive Editor, Head of Intelligence & Research
BioCentury Inc.
Julie Krop, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
DiaMedica Therapeutics
Bryan Lafitte, Ph.D.
Executive Director Novartis Neuroscience & Head of Genetic Medicines
Novartis
Marc Lajoie, Ph. D.
CEO & Cofounder
Outpace
Ryan Larson, Ph.D.
SVP & Head of Research
Umoja Biopharma
Jeff Leek, Ph.D.
VP & Chief Data Officer
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Ed Lein, Ph.D.
EVP and Director of Brain Health Accelerator
Allen Institute
Alice Ly, Ph.D.
Vice President - Alexandria Venture Investments and Head of Alexandria LaunchLabs
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
Thomas Lynch, M.D.
President and Director
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
William McKeon
President & CEO
Texas Medical Center
Vishal Mehta
Founder & CEO
Ubuntu Research
Phil Moquist, Ph.D.
Director of ADC Chemistry
Pfizer
Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Translational Systems Biology and Data Sciences
Borealis Biosciences
Chris Picardo
Partner
Madrona Venture Group
Ujjwal Ratan
Head of ML and Data Science, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Amazon Web Services
Aaron Ring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Klaus Romero, M.D.
CEO
Critical Path Institute
Michael Salgaller, Ph.D.
Supervisory Technology Analysis and Marketing Specialist
National Institutes of Health
Adrish Sannyasi
VP of Customer Solutions
Rhino Federated Computing
Alfica Sehgal, Ph.D.
CSO
Judo Bio
Andrew Seid
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan
Kavya Sharman, Ph.D.
Founder & Managing Partner
Phase Capital
Jay Shendure, Ph.D., M.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Swati Shree, MD
Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Washington
Colby Souders
Chief Scientific Officer
Twist Bioscience
Matthias Stephan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Lesley Stolz, Ph.D.
Head of West North America, External Scientific Innovation
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Jody Thelander
Founder & CEO
J.Thelander Consulting
Richard Tillyer, Ph.D.
Global Head, Discovery, Product Development and Supply
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Karen Tkach Tuzman, Ph.D.
Director of Biopharma Intelligence and Head of Discovery and Preclinical Research
BioCentury Inc.
Takaaki (Aki) Tobaru
Partner
Remiges Ventures
Katherine Vega Stultz
President and CEO
BrainXell Therapeutics
Ben Weintraub, Ph.D.
President
inThought Research
David Younger, Ph.D.
CEO & Co-Founder
A-Alpha Bio