New Frontier in Biopharmaceuticals
May 31 – June 1, 2018
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
Co-Host
Conference Chair
Terry Opgenorth
Terry Opgenorth, Ph.D; Ex-Vice President, Abbott Laboratories, Vice President, CSU Ventures
Orgnizing Committee
Yang Xin Fu MD, Ph.D
Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Professor of Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
James Hussey Ph.D
Executive Vice President, Athenex
Ka Yee C. Lee Ph.D
Professor & Vice President for Research, the University of Chicago
Ying Liu Ph.D
President, SAPA-Midwest
Yingming Zhao Ph.D
Professor, University of Chicago
Gui-Dong Zhu
President, Yao Yuan
Xun Zhu
Chairman, Tong Xie Yi
Program Highlights
- Keynote presentations:Confirmed Speakers: Yong-Jun Liu, Ph.D, Head of R&D, SanofiJose Oberholzer, MD, Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Division of Transplant, University of VirginiaOther invited speakers: Patrick Soon-Shiong, Craig Crews (Lewis B. Cullman Professor, Yale), Bob Langer (MIT), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern), Lei Zhang (CEO, Hillhouse), Bei B Zhang (VP Global R&D, Pfizer), or other prestigious researcher/entrepreneur from NIH and topnotch universities
- A NIH SBIR & STTR Panel Program Introduction and Key Initiatives
- Up to 100 Renowned Venture Capitals and Investment Banks.
- Up to 200 Roadshow Presentations
- Bio-Partnering and Matchmaking Activities