2018 Itinerary


August 7th

3:30 - 8:00 PM: Travel, guests arrive, settle in, cocktails

8:00 - 9:00 PM: Dinner

9:00 - 10:30 PM: Welcome by Ray Miller, guest introductions, networking


august 8th

7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

8:30 - 11:30 AM: Choose your activity:

  • Fishing (pre-registration/fishing licence required)
  • Wreck Island hike, explore, swim
  • Relax on the island

11:30 AM - Noon: Break/get ready for lunch

Noon - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 - 1:45 PM: “Considerations Relating to Corporate Formation in Early Stage Life Science Companies” – David Smith (Pepper Hamilton LLP)

1:45 - 2:30 PM: “Update on Autem Medical - What a Difference a Year Makes” – Frederico Costa, M.D. (Co-Founder, Center of Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil)

2:30 - 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 - 3:45 PM: “And Now You Need Investors - Are You as Ready as You Think You Are?” – Andrew Powell (Director, NeuDrive)

3:45 - 4:30 PM: “A Proven Vertical Innovation Process" – John Nottingham (Co-President, Nottingham Spirk)

4:30 - 5:30 PM: Company presentations (Clinical Stage Assets)

  • Sarabjit Ashta (Chief Business Development Officer, Glycadia Pharmaceuticals)

  • Hank Safferstein (Senior Vice President, Cognition Therapeutics)

5:30 - 6:00 PM: Break for dinner

6:00 - 7:00 PM: Dinner

7:00 - 8:00 PM: Company presentations (Early Stage Companies)

  • Milind Deshpande (Former CEO of Achillion and Chairman & Co-Founder, Spero Therapeutics)

  • Jessica Gibson (CEO, Ariel Precision Medicine)

8:00 - 8:45 PM: “Innovation Through the Eyes of the Investment Banker” -James McNaughton (Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC)

8:45 - 9:30 PM: “Innovation Through the Eyes of the Acquisitive Company” - Lindsay Kelly (Vice President, Head of Transactions and Executive Recruiting, Roivant Sciences)

9:30 PM: Networking


August 9th

8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 AM: Company presentations (The Role of Business Development)

  • Michael Tung, M.D. (SVP/Corporate Strategy/Investor Relations, Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.

  • David Seemungal (Director, Cubase Consulting Limited)

10:00 - 11:00 AM: Company presentations (Importance of Technology)

  • Jed Johnson (Co-Founder/CTO, Nanofiber Solutions)
  • Ray Stevens (Founder & Vice President of Operations, Velicept Therapeutics)

11:00 - 11:45 AM: Break

11:45 - 3:00 PM: Pomeroy Island, picnic lunch, company presentations, travel back to Black Bass Island. Company presentations on Pomeroy:

  • Sean McDonald (President/CEO, Ocugenix)
  • “From Surgeon to Serial Entrepreneur” – Stu Shanler (Chief Scientific Officer, Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.)

3:00 - 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 - 4:15 PM: “Dazed & Confused: The Alphabet Soup of the Life Sciences” – Ray Miller and Alicia Palladino (Pepper Hamilton LLP)

4:15 - 5:00 PM: “Understanding Exclusivity in the Pharma, Biologics and Medical Device Industries”– Ray Miller and N. Nicole Stakleff (Pepper Hamilton LLP)

5:00 - 5:45 PM: “Issues Facing Public BioPharma Companies” – Scott Jones (Pepper Hamilton LLP)

5:45 - 7:00 PM: Pre-dinner games on deck

7:00 - 8:00 PM: Dinner

8:00 – 9:30 PM: Company presentations (Concerns of the In-House Counsel)

  • Bill Mitchell (VP and General Counsel, NOVA Chemicals)
  • Ken Peist (Vice President Intellectual Property Counsel, Roivant Sciences, Inc.)
  • Greg Kolocouris (Intellectual Property Counsel, Eaton Corporation)

9:30 PM: Networking


august 10th

8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 AM: Seaplanes depart for Toronto Pearson International Airport and Atlantic Aviation, Pittsburgh