8:30am – 8:45am • Welcome and Introduction to the Meeting

8:45am – 9:30am • Greater NY Metropolitan Area:
Life Science Landscape Outlook

Join this opening session to hear how private and public investments are driving exponential growth for the life science industry despite current economic challenges, what new initiatives are furthering innovation in the space and what this means for the Greater NY Metropolitan Area.

This session will also highlight the private sector macro trends driving industry growth, map where concentrated development is occurring, and will provide a forecast for future opportunities and areas of expansion.

Moderator: Michael K. De Chiara
Zetlin & De Chiara, Senior Partner

Speakers:
• Kara Moore, Sector Lead, Life Sciences, Strategic Sector Development, NJEDA
• Deborah Novick, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Westchester County
• Monica Malowney, M.P.H. Vice President, Life Sciences and Healthcare, NYCEDC
• Loretta Beine, Senior Director Industry Development and International Trade Manager, New York Empire State Development
• Matt Weir, Executive Vice President, Taconic Partners and President, Elevate Research Properties

9:30am – 10:00am • Incubators Report

Today, there are more than 33 incubators/ accelerator programs throughout the Greater NY Metro area, each offering homes and financial support to growing companies working on leading edge innovations in life sciences.  The companies that graduate from these programs often take step out space of between 10,000 to 15,000 sq ft as they scale up their products and concepts and raise additional capital.  They are the growth engines for the NY Metro life science economy.  Several of these companies report on the progress of their programs and the products they are developing.

• SUNY Downstate
  • Moderator: Eva Cramer, PhD
    Vice President for Biotechnology and Scientific Affairs, SUNY Downstate
  • Ever Velasquez, Co-Founder and CTO, ChemFinity
  • Chui-Lian Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, Werewool
  • Surajit Dhara, Ph. D., Founder, President & CEO, Episteme Prognostics, Inc.

10:00am – 10:30am • Lightning Talks On Key New Developments

Lots has been happening in the Greater NY Metro life sciences market in 2023. A series of Lightning Talks focusing on key new developments amongst institutions and projects will provide important updates.

• Mount Sinai Launches Discovery and Innovation Center in Midtown West
  • Sarah Millar, Director
    Black Family Stem Cell Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine

• West Harlem BioSpace II at Mink, 10,000 rsf to open Q1 2024
  Samuel K. Sia, Co-Founder of Harlem Biospace, Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University

10:30am – 11:00am • Break •
Networking And Exhibit Hall

11:00am – 11:30am • London/ New York Connection: The London Study Tour And Planned 2024 London Visit

From June 20th to 22nd a Life Science Study Group from London visited New York City with an aim to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration between the life sciences communities in London and New York City. Builds BIO+ and the London Study Group will publish a White Paper summarizing the key findings from the visit which will be announced in January 2024 together with plans for a New York/ London trip to be held in April 2024. This session will present the state of life sciences in London and offer highlights of the upcoming report.

Speakers:
• Bennett John, Senior Capital Investment Officer, Real Estate, British Consulate General New York
• Faaiza A. Lalji, Director Planning & Development, Precis Advisory
• Georgina Rizik, MBA, Executive Director, SC1 London Life Sciences Innovation District

11:30am – 12:10pm • Lightening Talks On Key New Developments

Lots has been happening in the Greater NY Metro life sciences market in 2023.  A series of Lightning Talks focusing on key new developments amongst institutions and projects will provide important updates.

• Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science Fast Tracks New Therapeutics and Diagnostics to Improve Health Care
  • Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr. MD, Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science; Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

• Ford Center for Life Science Innovation @ The Rockefeller University Launched in Summer, 2023
  • Carlo Yuvienco, Director of the Ford Center for Life Science Innovation

• Multi-institutional Metropolitan Anti-viral Drug Accelerator Receives $65 million Grant to Prevent Future Pandemics
  • David Perlin, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health

12:10pm – 1:00pm • Lunch, Networking and Exhibit Hall

1:00pm – 1:40pm • Lightning Talks On Key New Developments

Lots has been happening in the Greater NY Metro life sciences market in 2023.  A series of Lightning Talks focusing on key new developments amongst institutions and projects will provide important updates.

• Hutchinson Metro Center Bronx Campus Expansion Ushers in a “New Bronx”
  • Megan Guy, Senior Vice President, Development, Simone Development Companies

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Enters a New Era and Accelerates Medical Progress
  • Harris Goldstein, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs and Director, Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• The Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Center in NJ Opens New State-of-the-Art Life Science Campus
  • Matt Flath, Senior Vice President Asset Management, Onyx

1:40pm – 2:10pm • Incubators Report

Today, there are more than 33 incubators/ accelerator programs throughout the Greater NY Metro area, each offering homes and financial support to growing companies working on leading edge innovations in life sciences.  The companies that graduate from these programs often take step out space of between 10,000 to 15,000 sq ft as they scale up their products and concepts and raise additional capital.  They are the growth engines for the NY Metro life science economy.  Several of these companies report on the progress of their programs and the products they are developing.

Biolabs@NYU Langone:
Moderator: Glennis Mehra, PhD, Director

• • Anthony Johnson, CEO & President, Kodikaz Therapeutics
  • Dori Thomas-Karyat, CEO, Synthis
  • Prakrit Jena, Co-Founder & CTO, Lime Therapeutics

2:10pm – 2:30pm • Break •
Networking And Exhibit Hall

2:30pm – 2:50pm • Fireside Chat With BioCentriq: The State Of The Market For Cell Therapy 

Speakers:

• Haro Hartounian, Ph.D., Founder, Board Member, President & CEO, BioCentriq
• Jennifer Manning, MPA, Chief Commercial Officer, BioCentriq

2:50pm – 3:20pm • Lightning Talks on Key New Developments

Lots has been happening in the Greater NY Metro life sciences market in 2023.  A series of Lightning Talks focusing on key new developments amongst institutions and projects will provide important updates.

• Tech-Forward Life Sciences, Supporting the Advancement of Technology in the Life Sciences Industry
  • Susan Rosenthal, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences and Healthcare, NYCEDC

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Launches New Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine in Partnership with The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Deepak Vashisht, PhD, Director
  • Shirley Ann Jackson, Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies; Associate Director, Rensselaer Icahn School of Medicine Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

3:20pm – 3:40pm • Incubators Report

Today, there are more than 33 incubators/ accelerator programs throughout the Greater NY Metro area, each offering homes and financial support to growing companies working on leading edge innovations in life sciences.  The companies that graduate from these programs often take step out space of between 10,000 to 15,000 sq ft as they scale up their products and concepts and raise additional capital.  They are the growth engines for the NY Metro life science economy.  Several of these companies report on the progress of their programs and the products they are developing.

• Incubator at North Brunswick, New Jersey Bioscience Center
  • Moderator: Lenzie Harcum, Director, New Jersey Bioscience Center
  • Manish Arora, Founder and CEO, LinusBIO
  • Cultured Colonies
  • Vishaal B. Bhuyan, Co-Founder & CEO, Aanika Biosciences

3:40pm – 3:55pm • Builds Bio+ Leadership Committees

• Joseph Bolano, Managing Director,
  Colliers Healthcare & Life Sciences Group (Institutions Committee)
• Chris Horch, Associate Partner,
  Jaros, Baum & Bolles (Life Sciences)
• Chris Stoddard, Partner,
  Ennead Architects (NYC Subclusters)
• Erin Stolz, Environmental, Health and Safety Manger,
  Triumvirate Environmental (Regulatory Committee)
• Brad Todd, Life Science Project Executive,
  Shawmut Design and Construction (Planning)

4:00 – 5:00pm • Reception and Networking

Exhibitors

• NY Metro Builds Bio+ Leadership Committees And Membership
• Company Exhibitors
• Incubator/ Accelerator Exhibitors