Speakers

Breakfast Conference

Dr. Alain Beaudet, MD, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ)

Workshop 1: International Markets: USA, Europe and Asia

Moderator

Me Raymond Chrétien LL.L.,
Strategic Advisor

Fasken Martineau
Former Canadian Ambassador to France, the United States, Belgium, Mexico and the Congo.

Speakers/panelists:

Me Gary Howse
Partner
Fasken Martineau, London

Christine Gallagher
Managing Director, Head of US Life Sciences Investment Banking
BMO Capital Markets, New York.

David Griller, Ph. D., F.C.I.C, F.R.S.C.
Consultant
SECOR-TAKTIK – Mid-sized enterprises and institutions counselling.

Vickie Wong, Ph.D.
Consulting Assistant
Specialized in Life Sciences and Asian markets at SECOR.

Workshop 2A : Government programs

Moderator

Patrick Hagarty, M.A., Adm. A.
Senior Manager, Advisory Services, Transaction Advisory
KPMG

Speakers/panelists:

Laurent Waessa,
Commercial attaché
Government of Québec, Délégation générale du Québec à New York

Pierre Bourassa, B.Sc. MBA
Industrial Technology Advisor
National research Council of Canada (NRC)

Hugues Lachance, CA
Associate, Taxation
KPMG

Robert Landry, MBA
Trade Commissioner, Life Sciences Industry
Government of Canada, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada (DFAIT)

Workshop 2B: Private and Public Financing

Moderators

Me Jean-François Pelland
Partner
McMillan Binch Mendelshon

Me Charles Chevrette
Partner
McMillan Binch Mendelshon

Speakers/panelists:

Cédric Bisson
Managing Partner, Life Sciences & Energy
iNovia Capital

Louis Doyle
Vice President, Corporate Finance
TSX Venture Exchange

Dr. Maha Katabi
Vice-president, Life Sciences
VenturesWest

Claude Leduc
President & CEO
Biosyntech Canada inc.

M. Daniel Pharand
Chief Financial Officer
Cato Research, Inc.

Luncheon

Moderators

Stephen A. Hurwitz
Partner
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP.

Brenda H. Jarrell
Partner
Choate Hall & Stewart, USA.

Speakers/panelists:

Scott Requadt
Principal
Clarus Ventures, LLC

Robert G. McNeil, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Sanderling

Mrs. Wing Delatorre, M.D., M.B.A.
Director, New Ventures
Biogen Idec

Workshop 3A:Partnerships and Alliances

Moderators

Pierre Cantin, MBA
Senior Director, Investments, Life sciences
Société générale de financement (SGF)

Speakers/panelists:

Martin Leblanc
President
Caprion Proteomics

Donald Olds
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Aegera Therapeutics Inc.

Mark Nawacki
Vice-president, Business & Corporate Development
Paladin Labs Inc.

David Brenner
Strategic Alliances Director
Pfizer Canada

Workshop 3B: Legislation and Regulations

Moderator

Me Emmanuel Manolakis
Partner, Department of Intellectual Property
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson, Montréal

Speakers/panelists:

Santino Di Libero
Senior Director, National Transfer Pricing and Competent Authority Group
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson

Wayne Critchley
Partner, Leader, Drug Pricing and Reimbursement Team
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson

Dr. Jamal Hejazi
Chief Economist,  National Transfer Pricing and Competent Authority Group, 
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson (Ottawa Office)

Workshop 4: Success Stories

Moderator

Me Jacques Lemieux, B.Sc., MBA
Partner
Ogilvy Renault

Speakers/panelists:

Pierre Lemieux, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Biolactis

Claude Leduc
President & CEO
Biosyntech Canada inc.

Adam Buckley
Director, Corporate Development
Variation Biotechnologies Inc.