Opening Plenary (Salon C)
Economic Engines: How Long Island Institutions Will Drive the Local Bioscience Industry

• Fritz Henn, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Director for Life Sciences,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Eva Brown Cramer, Ph.D., Vice President for Biotechnology and Scientific Affairs, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Concurrent Session I

Angel Financing: Investing in the Biosciences (Salon B)
Moderator: Ann-Marie Scheidt, Ph.D., Acting Executive Director, TechIsland Angels
• Katherine O’Neill, Jumpstart NJ Angel Network
•Richard Lippe, Chair, Long Island Angel Network

Forging Intra-State Collaborations and Strategic Partnerships:
A Corporate Showcase (Salon D)
Moderator: Sean Boykevisch, Ph.D., Business Development Associate, Center for Biotechnology
• Rick Berenson, Director and Treasurer, PersonaDx
• John Willis, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Ultradian
•Albert DiRienzo, SVP & CTO Research & Development
Welch Allyn, Incorporated

Emerging Technology Showcase (Mattituck Room)
Moderator: Anil Dhundale, Director of Scientific Affairs, Center for Biotechnology
• Christine Brakel, Ph.D., Licensing Specialist, Technology Transfer Office, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• John Maroney, Director, Technology Transfer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Invited)
• Kirk Manogue, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology Transfer, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-LIJ (Invited)
• Jennifer Hsieh, Assistant Director, Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Relations, Stony Brook University

Special Interest Tracks:
Human Resources Management- Panel 1
Attracting and Retaining Scientific Talent on Long Island
(Eisenhower Room)
*All human resource track session require special registration. See registration page for more details*

• Ethan Kaufman, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
• Kathy Bernhard, KFB Leadership Solutions
• Hanita Alexander, HR Director, Sunrise Medical Labs

Bioscience Professional Development - Panel 1
From Academia to Industry: Tips for landing and advancing your dream job. (Salon A)
Moderator:Brady Huggett, Business Editor Nature Biotechnology
• Meaghan Maul, Human Resource Generalist, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Saied Tousi, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Director of Compliance and Scientific Affairs, Pall Corporation
• Marianna Savoca, Director, Stony Brook University Career Center

Concurrent Session II

Emerging Company Showcase (Salon D)
Moderator: Ira Halperin, Partner, Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP
• Aaron Oliker, Co-Founder and Director of 3D Technologies, BioDigital Systems LLC
• John Abrams, M.D., President and Co-Founder, EndoMedix Inc.
• Richard Clark, M.D., President and Founder, NeoMatrix
Formulations LLC
•Jim Chinitz, President, CEO and Co-Founder, Population Diagnostics, Inc.

Keys to Unlocking Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding
(Salon B)
MODERATOR: Anil Dhundale, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Affairs, Center for Biotechnology
• Weilliam Chen, Ph.D., Co-Founder, EndoMedix Inc.
• Rick Powell, Ph.D., Nanoprobes Inc. (Invited)
• Lee Chen, Director of Marketing, Vitatex Inc.

Planning and Partnering for Clinical Trials (Mattituck Room)
• Marie Gelato, M.D., Director, General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), Stony Brook University Medical Center
• Sharon Nachman, M.D., Director, Office of Clinical Trials, Stony Brook University Medical Center
• Jules Mitchel, M.D., Ph.D., President, Target Health Inc.

Special Interest Tracks:
Human Resources Management- Panel 2
Rewarding Scientific Talent and Promoting an Environment of Creativity (Eisenhower Room)
*All human resource track session require special registration. See registration page for more details*

• Ted Turnasella, Compucation/Wagelink
• Kevin Quinn, Partner, Chernoff Diamond Benefits Consultants • Steve Haas, VP of Human Resources, Pall Corporation

Bioscience Professional Development - Panel 2 (Salon A)
BioProfessional Development Laboratory Management
MODERATOR: Lorrence Green, Ph.D., President, Westbury Diagnostics Inc.
• John Jarres, Assistant Laboratory Director, Scientific and Laboratory Services Pall Life Sciences
• Edward Chan, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University

2007 Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program Graduation Ceremony (Salon C)

Luncheon Keynote (Salon C)

"A Call to Action: Forging a University/Industry Partnership to Place New York at the Forefront of Computational Biology"

• Introduction: Nathan Tinker, Ph.D., Executive Director, New York Biotechnology Association
• Keynote Speaker: Robert McGrath, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President Brookhaven Affairs, Stony Brook University
Keynote Panelists:
• Ajay Royyuru, Senior Manager, Computational Biology Center, IBM
• Robert Rizzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Applied Math & Statistics, Stony Brook University;
• Charles S. Peskin, Ph.D., Professor, Mathematics, New York University;
• Wolf von Maltzahn, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Acting Vice President for Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Concurrent Session III

Expanding Company Showcase (Salon D)
Moderator: Merrill Kraines, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
• Daniel Yarosh, Ph.D., CEO, AGI Dermatics
• James Hayward, Ph.D., CEO, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
• Karim Berrada, Ph.D., inGenious Targeting Laboratory

Investor Perspective: Accessing Early-Stage Venture Capital
(Salon B)
MODERATOR: Carlos Velez, Ph.D., M.B.A,, Erie Hudson Life Science Consulting
• Mike Kaswan, KBL Capital (Invited)
• John Pyrovolakis, Minos Capital (Invited)
• Anthony Quenelle, Acting Managing Director, Small Business Technology Investment Fund (Invited)
• Alex Zisson, TM Partners (Invited)

Special Interest Tracks:
Human Resources Management- Panel 3
Long Island’s Workforce in 25 Years, Preparing Now for the Changes Ahead (Eisenhower Room)
*All human resource track session require special registration. See registration page for more details*
•Diane Pfadenhauer, SPHR, Esq., Employment Practices Advisors, Inc.
•Domenique Camacho Moran, Partner, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
•Pearl Kamer, Chief Economist, Long Island Association

Bioscience Professional Development - Panel 3
Roundtable Discussion - Careers in the Life Sciences (Salon A)
*This session requires pre-registration* Please contact the Center for Biotechnology at 631-632-8521.
Public Relations/Communications:
• Julie Huang, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, FD, a division of FTI Consulting
Financial Markets/Equity Research
• Craig Cinquina, Ph.D., Vice President, Healthcare & Biomedical Research, Gerson Lehrman Group
• Nelson Scharadin, Healthcare Investment Banking, Formerly of Oppenheimer & Co
Legal
• Russel Garman, Ph.D., Scientific Advisor,  Frommer, Lawrence and Haug
• Sandra P. Kim, Ph.D., Senior Specialist, NY Patent Department, Pfizer, Inc.
• Philip Braginsky, J.D., Sills, Cummis, Epstein and Gross
Business Development:
• Jeffrey Yablon, Vice President, Business Development, Perceptive Informatics Division, PAREXEL Int.
• Lorrence Green, Ph.D., President, Westbury Diagnostics Inc.
Corporate Research and Development
• Elizabeth Buck, Ph.D.,Senior Research Scientist, Department of Translational Research, OSI Pharmaceuticals
• Christina Agbunag, Ph.D., Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Consulting
• Walt Mardis, Founder, SWGC-Life Sciences
• Gary Gustavsen, Senior Analyst, Health Advances, LLC
Regulatory Affairs
• Tom Ippolito, VP Regulatory Affairs, Chembio Diagnostics Inc.
• Fredy Valera, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Target Health
Technical Sales and Marketing
• Kristen Twidy, Scientific Sales Associate,  inGenious Targeting Laboratory Inc.
Medical Writing/Journalism
• Anjani Shah, Ph.D., Medical Writer and Communications Consultant