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
Additional speakers and panelists will be added as confirmed.
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
Alistair Erskine – Chief Information Digital Officer, Allegheny Health Network
Evan Facher – Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean Commercial Translation, University of Pittsburgh
Matthias Kleinz – Executive Vice President – Head of Translational Sciences Investments, UPMC Enterprises
Moderated by Megan Shaw, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance
10:45 – 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
11:30 – 11:55am · ARPA PGH
TED-style talks from local ARPA-H awardees
Panelists:
Jonathan Steckbeck – Founder, President, and CEO, Peptilogics
DASH - Data and AI for Safety in Humans
John Ash – Executive Vice Chair for Research and Professor in Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
THEA - Transplantation of human eye allografts
Adam Feinberg – Professor, Carnegie Mellon University and CTO and Co-Founder, FluidForm
PRINT – Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue
Moderated by Emily Mullin, biotechnology staff writer, WIRED
11:55am – 12:40pm · 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
12:40 – 2:00pm · Lunch Connections
Meet people building and investing in specific areas of focus including: AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care; Precision Cancer Care & Immuno-Oncology; Delivering Healthcare at Home; AI + Biology: The New Drug Discovery Stack; Rethinking the Pharmacy; Rewiring Neuro Innovation; Cardiovascular Care, Reimagined
2:00 – 2:40pm · Growth Stage Lessons
Abridge is trusted across 300 health systems and Free Market Health has facilitated over $5B in drug spending and has a network of over 400 accredited specialty pharmacies. Learn about their growing pains and gains.
Panelists:
Reba Schenk – VP of Partner Experience, Abridge
Joe Cardosi – CEO, Free Market Health
2:40 – 3:30pm · Exits Are Located Here, Here, and Here
Get perspectives from R+D leaders and founders with successful exits on where they are seeing new capital investment and prioritization from key strategics.
Panelists:
Hari Raghavacharlu, Head of R&D, Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care
Moderated by Evan Facher, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean Commercial Translation, University of Pittsburgh
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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.