Global Summit
For Cancer Research and Entrepreneurship
Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Summit Overview
New Frontiers For Cancer Research
Master of Ceremony: Mr. Lance Kawaguchi, Board Member of NFCR, Chairman of AFCR
8:45 – 8:55 am
Welcome Remarks
Sujuan Ba, Ph.D. | CEO of National Foundation for Cancer Research & CEO and Co-Founder of AIM-HI Accelerator Fund & Founder of AFCR
8:55 – 9:15 am
Keynote Presentation
To Be Announced
Session I: Molecular Approaches to Understand and Treat Cancer
9:15 – 10:45 am
Moderator: Dr. Web Cavenee, USCD and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Panel Members:
Dr. Ken Anderson, Professor of Medicine, Harvard; Physician Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Teresa Davoli, Assistant Professor, Cancer Genetics and Genomics, New York University
Dr. Aaron N. Hata, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Harvard
Dr. Jeremiah Johnson, Professor of Chemistry; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Suzanne Topalian, Professor of Oncology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Katherine Uyhazi, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania
10:45 -11:00 am: Coffee Break
Session II: New Approaches to Treat Breast and Pancreatic Cancer
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Grandis, University of California, San Francisco
Panel Members:
Dr. Lisa Coussens, Professor and Chair, Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Sciences University
Dr. Daniel Haber, Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Dr. Courtney Houchen, Professor, Chief of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Oklahoma University School of Medicine
Dr. Daniel Johnson, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Kornelia Polyak, Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard
Dr. Xiang-Lei Yang, Professor of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Scripps Research
Closing Remarks: Mr. Lance Kagawuchi
AIM-HI Women’s Leadership Forum
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Rose Wang, Executive Advisor of AIM-HI
Opening Remarks: Dr. Sujuan Ba, CEO & Co-Founder, AIM-HI
Award presenting speech to introduce the 3 Finalists of the 2022 AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition:
Pam Garzone & Raju Kucherlapati, Co-Chairs of the Competition Selection & Judging Committees
Presenting the Awards to the Top 3 Finalists:
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- Johanna Webb, President, RiverWalk Therapeutics
- Revital Mandil-Levin, CEO & Co-Founder, Nanocarry Therapeutics
- Rosa Hwang, Co-Founder, Stellanova Therapeutics
Award presenting speech to introduce the 2022 AIM-HI Women’s Beacon Award for Leadership in Oncology
- Award Speech, winner of the 2022 AIM-HI Women’s Beacon Award for Leadership in Oncology (To Be Announced)
AIM-HI Portfolio Companies Showcase
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Dr. Sujuan Ba, CEO of NFCR, Co-Founder of AIM-HI & Founder of AFCR
Presentation:
Dr. Lou Lieto, Partner, Patents and Innovations, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Critical Intellectual Property Protection Strategies & Common Pitfalls for Early-stage Companies
Panel Discussion: Opportunities & Challenges Facing Leadership of Early-stage Oncology Companies
Moderator: John Stanford, Executive Director, Incubate
Panel Members:
Pritesh Gandhi, CEO, TellBio
Manijeh Goldberg, CEO, Privo Technologies
Vlad Hogenhuis, CEO, Chimera Bioengineering
John Luk, CEO of Arbele Bio
Ken Malone, CEO, Rasio Therapeutics
Closing Remarks: Dr. Alfred Slanetz, Chairman of the NFCR
Szent-Györgyi Prize Award Ceremony
Black Tie Optional
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Dinner Awards Ceremony
Master of Ceremony: Mr. Lance Kawaguchi, Board Member of NFCR, Chairman of AFCR & CEO of CBCF
Moment of Silence
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Dr. Sujuan Ba, CEO of NFCR and Co-Chair of the 2022 Selection Committee for the Szent-Györgyi Prize
Keynote Presentation: To Be Announced
Introduction of the 2022 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner and Award Trophy Presentation: Dr. Mark Davis and Dr. Tak Mak, Co-Chairs of the 2022 Selection Committee for the Szent-Györgyi Prize
2022 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner Award Speech: Rakesh K. Jain, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School
Cancer Research Advocate and Cancer Survivor: Katie Banovich and her son, Greyson
Acknowledgments & Closing Remarks: Lance Kawaguchi
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“The Women’s Leadership Forum was spectacular and the chemistry between all of the people on the podium and the energy was wonderful. It was inspirational to all and especially young women who were there and might have been watching.”
-Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and 2021 Precision Medicine in Cancer Panel Moderator
“Absolutely wonderful, inspirational meeting…thanks so much to everyone involved and to NFCR for making it possible for us to get together. I am grateful to be included!”
-Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Former President of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and 2021 Women’s Leadership Panel Participant
Click here to see details about the sessions of our 2021 Global Summit.
All sessions from our 2021 Gobal Summit are now available on-demand on our Oncology Metaverse. 2022 Virtual participants will also be able to join the meeting from here.
