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Program
Please note that the Fair-Exhibition will be taking place on March 29th, from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm,
Sheraton Laval Hotel, Laval 1 Room.
| Wednesday, March 28,
2007 - Intercontinental Hotel |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
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Opening
conference and cocktail
Special guest : Larry Smith
CEO Alouettes of Montreal Football Team
« The Coach Pep Talk »
Place: Intercontinental Hotel, Maisonneuve Room
360, St-Antoine Street West
Montreal, QC H2Y 3X4 |
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| 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Executives Dinner (By invitation only) |
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| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Sheraton Laval Hotel |
| 8:00 am -
9:00 am |
Registration |
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Track
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BIOMatch
Duvernay Room |
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Track
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Pharma Forecast
Auteuil-Vimont Room
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Track
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Technology Transfer / Rebuilding Portfolio
Saputo Room |
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| 9:00 am - 10:15 am |
Financing
life sciences businesses in 2007: challenges
and successes
Speakers:
Simon Gill, Co-Head of Health
Care Investment Banking, RBC Capital Market, USA.
Minhas Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer, MMVF, Canada.
Kelly Holman, Managing Director, Genesys Capital Partners Inc., Canada.
Moderator:
Dr. Gilles Duruflé, Consultant, Canada. |
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Challenges
and issues with the Pharma image
Speakers:
Geoff Collett, Director, Business Development, AstraZeneca Canada.
Beverly Lyons, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Canada.
Jacques Lefebvre, Vice-President, Strategic Affairs and Communications, Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), Canada.
Moderator:
Catherine St-Jacques, Head, External Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim Canada.
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Early
technology assessment in Big Pharma
Speakers:
Douglas J. Pon, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Vaccine Licensing, Global Business Development, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, USA.
Erik Kuja, Manager Strategic Alliances,
Research Technology Center, Pfizer, USA.
Tim Hendrickson, Department Head, Finance and New Business Development, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Canada.
Moderator:
Cédric Bisson, Partner - Life Sciences & Energy Investments, MSBi Capital, Canada. |
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| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Making partnerships happen with big pharma / big medical device companies
Speakers:
Jean-Marc Séquier, Global Business Development and Licensing, Head of Partnering / Out Licensing, Novartis Pharma AG , Switzerland.
Martin Leblanc, CEO, Caprion Proteomics, Canada.
Moderator:
Pierre Cantin, Vice-president, Investments, Société générale de financement du Québec, Canada.
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Online
marketing: How new technologies are integrated
into Pharma marketing strategy
Speakers:
Ray Chepesiuk, Commissioner, The Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB), Canada.
Paul Bergeron, Executive Vice-President, Managing Director, LXB Communication-Marketing, Canada.
Dean Michelin, Director of Client Services, Boom Works Enterprises Inc., Canada.
Moderator :
Benoît Picard, Vice-President, business development, The Biotech City, Canada.
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Case
Study : The Biolactis Story
Speakers:
Pierre Lemieux, President & CEO,
BIOLactis, Canada.
Achim Kaufhold, Chairman, BIOLactis, Canada.
Pierre Lapointe, CEO, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada.
Pierre Maheux,
Strategic Financing Advisor, Canadian Technology Network (RCT), Canada.
Moderator:
Normand DeMontigny, Executive Director, Quebec Biotechnology Innovation Centre (QBIC), Canada. |
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12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Laval 2 room |
Pharma Lunch (Panelists from Merck Canada, Wyeth, Novartis and Pfizer USA)
"Partnering with Big Pharma: 2007 Global Perspective"
Moderators : Brenda H. Jarrell, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart, USA.
Steven Hurwitz, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart, USA. |
| 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
Attracting,
developing, evaluating and retaining human
talent
Speakers:
Anita Graham, Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources, Shire Global, USA.
Philippe Bourbonnais, Senior Client Partners, Korn/Ferry International, Canada.
Moderator:
Samir Mounir, President, Strategic BioConsulting, Canada. |
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Biotech and Pharma markets: Todays Growth Paradym and the Pipeline Outlook
- The growth of biotech today and tomorrow;
- Profile of leading world markets and the major players;
- Critical market factors that will shape future performance.
Speaker:
Ian Therriault, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Optimization / Managed Care, IMS Health Canada.
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“Innovation at your fingertips”: Come to discover 40 Life Science Innovations from France and Québec.
Part 1: France Innovations
Claudia Chagneau, Chargée de Mission Biotechnologie, Agence Rhône-Alpes Technologies Médicales et Biotechnologies (ARTEB), France.
Antoine Agathon, Ph.D., Project Manager, Alsace BioValley, France.
Moderator:
Richard Cloutier, Vice-President Development, Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies (CQVB), Canada.
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Generating
awareness in life sciences
Speakers:
Marcia Kean, Chief Executive Officer,
Feinstein Kean Healthcare (FKH), USA.
Sophie Egholm, Associate Director,
Strategic Alliances, Pfizer, USA.
Moderator:
Patrice Roy, Regional Director, Research and Development, Pfizer, Canada. |
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“Innovation at your fingertips” Come to discover 40 Life Science Innovations from France and Québec.
Part 2: Quebec Innovations
Speakers: Quebec’s Technolgy Transfer Agents (Universities, Research Centers and Offices of Technology Transfert)
Moderator:
Richard Cloutier, Vice-President Development, Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies (CQVB), Canada.
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4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Duvernay Room |
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Keynote
speaker
Dr. Kary Mullis
1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Inventor
of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
"Innovation in life science firms: The PCR Story"
- The aura of the early biotech;
- Challenges as the source of innovation;
- The care and watering of creativity.
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| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Cocktail |
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6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Laval 2-3 Room |
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Genesis
Awards Gala |
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