7:30 - 8:00 AM
Attendee Check-in & Networking Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10 AM
Welcome Remarks
Polly Parsons, MD, ATSF, President - American Thoracic Society DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Tom Salemi, Content Director - Healthegy DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
8:10 - 8:20 AM
The RIS Co-Chair Respiratory Report
Presented By:
Cecilia Gonzalo, Partner - Oberland Capital
Timothy Watkins, MD, MSc, Executive Director, Clinical Research, Respiratory Disease Area Lead, Inflammation/Respiratory Therapeutic Area - Gilead Sciences
8:20 - 8:45 AM
How Innovation Impacts Patient Perspectives
Participants:
Donna Appell, RN, Executive Director - Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
Gregory Porta, Director & Founder - chILD Foundation
Ginger Spitzer, Executive Director - Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
Tonya Winders, MBA, President & CEO - Allergy & Asthma Network
Co-Moderated By:
Theodore Reiss, MD, MBE, Corporate VP, Head of I&I Clinical R&D - Celgene Corporation
Timothy Watkins, MD, MSc, Executive Director, Clinical Research, Respiratory Disease Area Lead, Inflammation/Respiratory Therapeutic Area - Gilead Sciences
8:46 - 9:16 AM
RIS Innovation Showcase
8:46 - 8:52 AM | Altavant Sciences | Lyn Baranowski, COO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
8:52 - 8:58 AM | AVISA | David Joseph, President & CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
8:58 - 9:04 AM | Pharmosa Biopharm | Pei Kan, President DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:04 - 9:10 AM | Pulmocide | Pete Strong, CSO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:10 - 9:16 AM | Savara | John Lord, PhD, SVP & Head of R&D DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:16 - 10:25 AM
Where are the Opportunities, Challenges in Airway Disease
A. Market Overview DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Presented By:
Bruce Levy, MD, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
B. Company Presentations
9:23 - 9:29 AM | Amiko | Martijn Grinovero, CCO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:29 - 9:35 AM | HCmed Innovations | Jason Cheng, Founder & CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:35 - 9:41 AM | Sommetrics | Richard Rose, MD, President & CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9:41 - 9:47 AM | Eldec Pharmaceuticals | Robert Tarran, PhD, Founder & CSO
C. Panel Discussion
Participants:
Benjamin Kramer, MD, VP, Immunology & Ophthalmology, US Medical Affairs - Genentech
Heidi Mansour, PhD, RPh, Associate Professor - The University of Arizona Colleges of Pharmacy & Medicine
Jonathan Phillips, Principal Scientist - Amgen
Colin Reisner, MD, SVP & Head of Late RIA, R&D BioPharmaceuticals - AstraZeneca
Marcella Ruddy, MD, VP, Clinical Development Respiratory & Inflammation - Regeneron
Moderated By:
Bruce Levy, MD, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
10:25 - 10:55 AM
Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
10:55 - 12:00 PM
How AI Will Impact Respiratory Diagnosis and Treatment
A. Market Overview DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Presented By:
Simon Walsh, MD, Cofounder - The Open Source Imaging Consortium / Founder - Euclidean Diagnostics
B. Company Presentations
11:02 - 11:08 AM | ArtiQ | Marko Topalovic, PhD, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
11:08 - 11:14 AM | FLUIDDA | Jan De Backer, MSc, PhD, MBA, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
11:14 - 11:20 AM | Inscope Medical Solutions | Maggie Galloway, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
11:20 - 11:26 AM | Spire Health | Jonathan Palley, CEO & Co-Founder DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
11:26 - 11:32 AM | VIDA | Susan Wood, PhD, President & CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
C. Panel Discussion
Participants:
Chris Hogg, Chief Commercial Officer - Propeller Health
Simon Walsh, MD, Cofounder - The Open Source Imaging Consortium / Founder - Euclidean Diagnostics
George Washko, Jr., MD, Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Susan Wood, PhD, President & CEO - VIDA
Moderated By:
Jan De Backer, MSc, PhD, MBA, CEO - FLUIDDA
12:00 - 12:20 PM
Innovator’s Playbook: How to Find – and Fund – Innovative Respiratory Ideas
Participants:
Mark Gelfand, Managing Partner - Coridea
Mike Pieck, Small Business Program Coordinator - NHLBI
Moderated By:
Tom Salemi, Content Director - Healthegy
12:20 - 12:30 PM
Emerging Medtech M&A and Fundraising Trends
Charles Hamilton, Director - Piper Jaffray
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Networking Lunch
1:20 - 1:55 PM
The Future of Financing Respiratory Start-Ups
Participants:
Cayce Denton, Director - Temasek
James Eadie, MD, Partner - Santé Ventures
Cecilia Gonzalo, Partner - Oberland Capital
Isai Peimer, Senior Analyst - Surveyor Capital
Jonathan Waldstreicher, MD, MBA, Principal - Apple Tree Partners
Moderated By:
Tom Salemi, Content Director - Healthegy
2:00 - 3:07 PM
What’s Next for Interventional Pulmonology
A. Market Overview
Presented By:
Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA, Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy - Duke University Health System
B. Company Presentations
2:07 - 2:13 PM | Gala Therapeutics | Jonathan Waldstreicher, MD, MBA, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
2:13 - 2:19 PM | Lungpacer Medical | Doug Evans, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
2:19 - 2:25 PM | Nuvaira | Dennis Wahr, MD, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
2:25 - 2:31 PM | Optellum | Václav Potěšil, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO
C. Panel Discussion
Participants:
C. Matthew Kinsey, MD, MPH, Director, Interventional Pulmonary - University of Vermont
Jason Pesterfield, President & CEO - Veran Medical Technologies
Beran Rose, VP, Marketing & Business Development - Pulmonx
Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA, Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy - Duke University Health System
Dennis Wahr, MD, CEO - Nuvaira
Moderated By:
Erik Folch, MD, MSc, Chief, Complex Chest Disease Center - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
3:07 - 3:17 PM
Gene Therapy Overview
Presented By:
John Sheridan, Director of Research - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
3:17 - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
3:45 - 4:53 PM
What’s Emerging in IPF/ILD
A. Market Overview DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Presented By:
Eric White, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - University of Michigan Medical School
B. Company Presentations
3:52 - 3:58 PM | 4Dx | Andreas Fouras, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
3:58 - 4:04 PM | Bellerophon Therapeutics | Fabian Tenenbaum, CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
4:04 - 4:10 PM | Indalo Therapeutics | Karl Kossen, PhD, SVP Translational Science
4:10 - 4:16 PM | Pliant Therapeutics | Bernard Coulie, MD, PhD, President & CEO DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
C. Panel Discussion
Participants:
Bernard Coulie, MD, PhD, President & CEO - Pliant Therapeutics
Jonathan Goldin, MD, PhD, Professor - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Benjamin Kramer, MD, VP, Immunology & Ophthalmology, US Medical Affairs - Genentech
Eric White, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - University of Michigan Medical School
Moderated By:
Craig S. Conoscenti, MD, FCCP, ATSF, Medical Expert, Interstitial Lung Disease - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
4:53 - 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Cecilia Gonzalo, Partner - Oberland Capital