The 9th Annual MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum agenda includes speakers from 25+ privately held companies raising follow-on rounds of capital, along with leading-edge panel discussions within the healthcare industry.

2011 Agenda At A Glance

Tuesday, November 8

7:45-8:45am

Registration & Networking Breakfast

8:45-9:00

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Conference Chairman:
Peter Kleinhenz
Venture Partner - Fletcher Spaght Ventures
Managing Director - CID Capital

Host Committee Chairman:
George Emont
Managing Partner - Triathlon Medical Ventures
Managing Partner - Kentucky Seed Capital Fund

9:00-9:45

Midwest Healthcare Capital Formation Issues

Moderator:
Peter Kleinhenz
Venture Partner - Fletcher Spaght Ventures
Managing Director - CID Capital

Panelists:
Gene Fuqua
Executive Director, Office of Commercialization and Innovation - Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

John Neis
Managing Director - Venture Investors

Frank Samuel
President - Geauga Growth Partnership, Inc.

9:45-10:15

MHIN Special Achievement Award

This honor is extended by IBF and MHIN to investors who, during their lifetime and career, have made creative contributions of outstanding significance to the Midwest venture capital industry.

2011 Special Achievement Award Recipient
Dan Broderick
Vice President, Capital Formation and Entrepreneurship, BIO St. Louis

Special Interview Conducted by:
George Arida
Managing Director – Venture Investors

10:15-10:45

Networking & Refreshment Break

10:45-11:30

Addressing Innovation Concerns from Washington

Representatives from Washington DC will speak to issues that are concerning the Life Science investors and start-up companies.

Moderator:
Mark Duval
President - DuVal & Associates

Panelists:
Susan Alpert
Formerly of Medtronic

Elizabeth Cartier Esham, PhD
Senior Director, Emerging Companies Health and Regulatory Affairs – BIO

Kerry McDermott, MPH
Senior Policy Director - West Wireless Health Institute

11:30-12:34

Medical Device Company Showcase

The showcase will feature eight, eight minute private company presentations

11:30-11:38 - Mobi, LLC - John White
11:38-11:46 - MSDx, Inc. - Marie Wesselhoft
11:46-11:54 - OrthoData, Inc. - Ric Navarro
11:54-12:02 - OsteoDynamics Inc. - David Ralph
12:02-12:10 - Pulse Therapeutics, LLC - Francis Creighton
12:10-12:18 - Bellanovus - Ouchless Needle - Marc Salzman
12:18-12:26 - Siloam Biosciences, Inc. - Aniruddha Puntambekar
12:26-12:34 - Dymedix - Evan Johnston

12:34-1:45

Luncheon & Keynote

Presentation By:
Mike Haugh
Managing Partner - Corporate Strategic Planning
Eli Lilly and Company

1:45-3:05

Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Company Showcase

The showcase will feature ten, eight minute private company presentations

1:45-1:53 - Ratio, Inc - Ben Moga
1:53-2:01 - IKOTECH LLC - David Kennedy
2:01-2:09 - Epiomed Therapeutics, Inc - David Helton
2:09-2:17 - RhinoCyte, Inc - Fred Roisen
2:17-2:25 - TheraVasc Inc. - Tony Giordano
2:25-2:33 - ADS Biotechnology - Todd Davies

2:33-2:41 - Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, LLC - Randall Riggs
2:41-2:49 - All Tranz Inc - Audra Stinchcomb
2:49-2:57 - Altheus Therapeutics, Inc. - Dennis Schafer
2:57-3:05 - ApoVax, Inc. - Andrew Steen

3:05-3:37

Networking & Refreshment Break

3:37-4:41

Digital Healthcare & Diagnostic Company Showcase

The showcase will feature seven, eight minute private company presentations

3:37-3:45 - Lead Horse Technologies, Inc. - Ramona Leibnitz
3:45-3:53 - Ideomed - Keith Brophy
3:53-4:01 - Intrepid Bioinformatics - Tom McMahon
4:01-4:09 - Aptos Medical - Mark Byrne
4:09-4:17 - Ischemia Care - Jeff June
4:17-4:25 - Louisville Bioscience Inc. - Mark Wisniewski
4:25-4:33 - NX Pharmagen Inc. - Alan Ezrin
4:33-4:41 - Shape Medical Systems - Andrew Hofmeister

4:41-5:30

Corporate Venture Capital: the 101 of Syndicating with Big Pharma

Moderator:
George Emont
Managing Partner - Triathlon Medical Ventures
Managing Partner - Kentucky Seed Capital Fund

Panelists:
Arun Bhatia
Sr. Manager, Marketing/Venture Development
Baxter Ventures

Bill Burkoth
Senior Director - Pfizer Ventures

Steven C. Kuemmerle, PhD
Director - Venture Investments - Abbott Biotech Ventures

5:30-7:00

Cocktail Reception

Wednesday, November 9

7:45-8:30am

Continental Networking Breakfast

8:30-9:00

Keynote Address

Kerry McDermott, MPH
Senior Policy Director - West Wireless Health Institute

9:00-9:45

Corporate Venture Capital: the 101 of Syndicating with Device Strategic's

Moderator:
Tim Petersen
Managing Director - Arboretum Ventures

Panelists:
Bulend Corbacioglu
Vice President Business Development & Licensing - Covidien

Ted Davis
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development - Wright Medical Technologies

Mark Holroyd
Sr. VP of Equity - GE Capital

Brooke Story
Director - Corporate Development - Medtronic, Inc.

9:45-10:15

Networking & Reception Break

10:15-11:15

Coast-to-Coast: The MedTech Venture Capital Landscape

Moderator
Kathy Tune
Partner - Thomas McNerney Partners

Panelists:
Aftab Kherani
Associate - Aisling Capital

Guy Fish
Fletcher Spaght Ventures Tim Petersen
Managing Director - Arboretum Ventures

John Rice
Founder & Managing Partner - Triathlon Medical Venture Partners Pete Shagory
Partner - Baird Venture Partners

11:15-11:45

A Public and Private Healthcare Industry Update

John Taylor
Head of Research - National Venture Capital Association

11:45am

Program Adjourns

If you are interested in Speaking at this year's Forum, please contact:

Carissa Stavrakos
Executive Producer
IBF - International Business Forum
Phone: (516) 765-9005 x310
Email: Carissa@ibfconferences.com