Bio+Health Summit
Pittsburgh is where AI, clinical data at scale, and world-class life sciences research share one square mile. Join us during StartUP PGH for a one-day summit that puts national investors and strategics in the room with the Pittsburgh companies and people driving human health innovation.
Experience fireside chats with leading life sciences and healthcare investors, panels with the region's university and health-system leaders, company showcases, a networking lunch, and an evening reception.
Agenda
8:30 – 9:30am · Registration & Breakfast
Check-in and badge pickup open at 8:30am, and breakfast is served in Ballroom A on the first floor. Find a seat before the program begins at 9:30am.
9:30 – 10:30am · Big Bets from Key Institutions
These regionally anchored, globally influential institutions share the big bets they are making to discover, invest in, commercialize, and deploy human health innovation.
Panelists:
Theresa Mayer – Vice President for Research, Carnegie Mellon University
Mike Stimpson – Chief Technology Officer, enGen, a Highmark Health company
Evan Facher – Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean Commercial Translation, University of Pittsburgh
Matthias Kleinz – Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises
Moderated by Megan Shaw, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance
10:30 – 10:40am · Break
10:40 – 11:30am · Cozy Capital: Bio + Med Device
Where life sciences investors are placing early-stage bio and medical device bets, and the signals they watch most closely.
Panelists:
Kevin White – Executive Director, Boehringer Ingelheim
Deborah Palestrant – Partner, 5AM Ventures
Jennifer Griffin – Partner, Strategy & Investor Relations, Mission BioCapital
Moderated by Phil Jones, VP Science and Discovery, UPMC Enterprises
11:30am – 12:10pm · ARPA PGH
TED-style talks from local ARPA-H awardees
Panelists:
Nick Nystrom – Chief Technology Officer, Peptilogics
DASH: Data and AI for Safety in Humans (CATALYST program)
John Ash – Executive Vice Chair for Research and Professor in Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
VISION: Strategies for Whole Eye Transplant (THEA program)
Adam Feinberg – Professor, Carnegie Mellon University and CTO and Co-Founder, FluidForm Bio
LIVE: Liver Immunocompetent Volumetric Engineering (PRINT program)
Moderated by Emily Mullin, biotechnology staff writer, WIRED
12:10 – 1:10pm · Lunch Connections
Meet people building and investing in specific areas of focus: AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care; AI + Biology: The New Drug Discovery Stack; Precision Cancer Care & Immuno-Oncology; Novel Therapeutics & Advanced Therapies; Medical Devices & Surgical Robotics; Diagnostics & Precision Medicine; Delivering Healthcare at Home; Payers, Pharmacy & Value-Based Care. Open seating will be available as well.
1:10 – 2:00pm · Cozy Capital: Healthcare Innovation
Nationally recognized health tech and digital health venture firms discuss their current theses and key innovation trends they are watching.
Panelists:
Stephen Klasko – CEO, GC Health Assurance Foundation; Former President and CEO, Jefferson Health
Catherine Olexa-Meadors – Head of Growth and Partnerships, Town Hall Ventures
Meela Imperato – VP of Marketing, Redesign Health
Moderated by Brian Urban, Vice President of Strategic Growth, Duo Health
2:00 – 2:10pm · Break
2:10 – 3:00pm · Growth Stage Lessons
Abridge is trusted across 300+ health systems, and Free Market Health has $15B in annualized specialty medication spend and 11M lives managed. Learn about their growing pains and gains.
Panelists:
Reba Schenk – VP of Partner Experience, Abridge
Joe Cardosi – CEO, Free Market Health
Moderated by Patrick Colletti, CEO, CoSage
3:00 – 3:10pm · Closing Comments
By Megan Shaw, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance
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Brought to you by Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Innovation Works, LifeX, and the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance.
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Questions? Reach out to info@pittsburghlifesci.org.