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2012 Agenda

December 4th
7:00 - 7:40 amContinental Breakfast and Conference Registration
7:40 - 7:50 amWelcome and Opening Remarks

Conference Chairman:
Peter Kleinhenz
Venture Partner - Fletcher Spaght
Managing Director – CID
7:50 - 8:10 amIndustry Update
  • · State of life science venture investing
  • · Impact of the 2012 elections

Mark Heesen
President
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
8:10 - 8:30 amAdvancing Commercialization at the University of Minnesota
  • Transformation as a technology transfer hub
  • A national leader in simplifying the movement of intellectual property onto the marketplace
  • Ongoing innovative research at Minnesota's only comprehensive research university

Guest Speaker:
Eric W. Kaler, Ph.D.
President
University of Minnesota
8:30 - 9:15 amMobile Technology Disrupting the Traditional Healthcare Business Models

Panelists:
Brian Bischoff
CEO
HealthSense

David Van Sickle
CEO
Asthmapolis

James Burgum
Co-Founder
Arthur Ventures

John West
Founder & Chairman
The Whistle

Moderator:
Chris Hoffmann

Senior Director & Chief Marketing Officer
TripleTree
9:15 - 10:00 amViews From Serial Entrepreneurs: The Landscape Today vs. 5-10 Years Ago

Panelists:
Michael Dale
President/CEO
Medical Device Innovations, Inc.

Stan Rose, Ph.D.
Chief Commercial Officer
Nabsys

Mark Gehring
Co-founder and President
Asthmapolis

Moderator:
Barbara Lano Rummel

Partner
Lindquist & Vennum, LLP
10:00 - 10:30 amNetworking and Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:15 amHealthcare Investment Trend: Shift from Medical to Industrial

Panelists:
John Banta

CEO and Managing Director
IllinoisVENTURES

J. Thomas Halverson, Jr.
Managing Director and Group Head Clean Technology & Industrials
Piper Jaffray &Co.

Greg Young
Managing Director
Burrill & Company

Moderator:
William Faulkner
CEO
Ascenix Biotech
11:15 - 12:30 pmCompany Showcase (three tracks)
TimeMedical DevicesBiopharmaceuticals / Regenerative Medicine Diagnostics/Tools
11:20 - 11:30 amCardioInsight Technologies Shamrock StructuresAtiva Medical
11:30 - 11:40 amAdvanced Circulatory Systems, Inc. AllTranz Inc.IntelliCyt Corporation
11:40 - 11:50 amMonteris Medical Corp.Altheus Therapeutics, Inc.  Siloam Biosciences, Inc.
11:50 - 12:00 pmALung Technologies, IncRespira Therapeutics, Inc. Intuitive Biosciences
12:00 - 12:10 pmFlow Forward Medical, LLCFluGen Inc.  Securus Medical Group, Inc.
12:10 - 12:20 pm Metactive Medical, LLC Cell Habitats Delphinus Medical Technologies,
12:20 - 12:30 pm Imricor Medical SystemsSironRX Therapeutics, Inc. 
12:30 – 1:30 pmLuncheon Reception
1:20 – 2:30 pm Company Showcase (three tracks)
TimeMedical DeviesHealthIT/Mobile
1:35 - 1:45 pmNxThera, Inc. Healthsense
1:45 - 1:55 pmPreceptis Medical, Inc. Zipnosis
1:55 - 2:05 pmPulse Therapeutics, Inc Abiogenix
2:05 - 2:15 pmDiagnostic Photonics QuickCheck Health 
2:15 - 2:25 pmHistoSonics IncUbiqi Health, Inc
2:30 – 3:15 pmEconomic Value Analysis: Innovation and How We Pay For It

Panelists:
Robert Plourde

Vice President, Innovation and R&D
UnitedHealth Group

Dr. Jeremy Friese
Founder and CEO, Evidentia Health
Medical Director for New Ventures and Business Development in the Center for Individualized Medicine and Associate Chair of Finance in the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic

Julie Brewer
Vice President, CVG Strategies
Medtronic

Moderator:
David Cassak

Vice President, Content, Managing Director, Medical Devices
Elsevier Business Intelligence
3:15 – 3:45 pmNetworking and Refreshment Break
3:45 – 4:30 pmInvesting in Agri-Health: Opportunities in the Midwest

Panelists:
Diana Twyman
Business Development Executive
Integrated Project Management

Dave Wagner
Vice President, External Partner Development
General Mills, Inc.

Moderator:
Dan Broderick
President
GAIN
4:30 – 5:15 pmNew Models of Financing in Biopharmaceuticals Product Development

Panelists:
Baiju Shah

Chief Executive Officer
BioMotiv

Steven Kuemmerle
Head, Venture Investments
Abbott Biotech Ventures Inc.

Julia Owens
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Atterocor, Inc.

Moderator:
Paul M. Weiss, Ph.D.

Managing Director
VentureInvestors LLC
5:15 – 5:25 pmClosing Remarks
5:25 - 7:00 pm Minnesota Warm-Up Reception (Joint reception with 2012 LifeScience Alley Conference at Mpls. Convention Center)
7:00 pmConference Adjourns
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