WuXi Healthcare Forum 2021

6:00 – 6:05pm Welcome  

Hui Cai, Forum Chair; VP and Head of Content Division, WuXi AppTec 

6:05 – 6:15pm Opening Remarks

Steve Yang, Co-CEO, WuXi AppTec

Philip Ross, Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

6:15 – 6:45pm Shaping the Future of R&D

James Bradner, President, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research 

Andy Plump, President of R&D, Takeda

Session Leader: Steve Yang, Co-CEO, WuXi AppTec

6:45 – 7:40pm The World for Asia. Asia for the World.  

Nisa Leung, Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures Partners

Kevin Looi, Managing Director and Head of Asia, GIC Private Equity

Leon Wang, EVP of International & China President, AstraZeneca

Bernhardt Zeiher, CMO, Astellas Pharma

Session Leader: Dan Wang, Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Asia Pacific

7:40 – 8:30pm Partnerships in Europe: An Inspiring Cross-Regional Discussion

Casper Breum, Senior Advisor, Lundbeckfonden Ventures

Geert-Jan Mulder, Managing Partner, Forbion

Ena Prosser, Partner, Fountain Healthcare Partners

Rafaèle Tordjman, Founder & CEO, Jeito Capital

Session Leader: Mary Kerr, CEO, NeRRe Therapeutics

BREAK

10:00 – 11:30pm New Changes in Healthcare Industry: Capitalization, Innovation and

Internationalization

Partners’ Satellite Forum Hosted by Huatai Securities

11:30 – 1:00am Global Healthcare Sector in Pandemic: Past, Present and Future

Partners’ Satellite Forum Hosted by J.P. Morgan

6:00 – 8:00am CEO Roundtable Session I (invitation only)

8:00 – 8:15am Welcome to Innovation Spotlight Part I

A conversation on Global Solutions for Global Challenges with special guest Jenny Yip, Managing Partner, Adjuvant Capital

Host: Richard Soll, Head of Boston Office and Senior Advisor of Strategic Initiatives, WuXi AppTec

8:15 – 9:10am Germany: Translating Scientific Excellence

Marianne De Backer, Head of Strategy, BD&L and Member of the Pharmaceuticals Executive Committee, Bayer

Bernd Goergen, Partner, High-Tech Gruenderfonds

Marcus Kostka, CEO, Abalos Therapeutics

Ioannis Sapountzis, Corp. SVP and Global Head of BD&L, Boehringer Ingelheim

Session Leader: Caroline Xu, Co-Founder & CEO, ViGeneron

9:10 – 10:00am Switzerland: A Global Life Sciences Hub in the Heart of Europe

Ulf Grawunder, CEO, NBE Therapeutics

Chandra Leo, Investment Advisor, HBM Partners 

Chris Martin, CEO, Co-Founder & Director, ADC Therapeutics

Alex Mayweg, Managing Director, Versant Ventures

Jordi Montserrat, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Venturelab

Session Leader: Michael Altorfer, CEO, Swiss Biotech Association

10:00 – 10:10am A Special Musical Tribute to Patients  

BREAK

6:00 – 8:00pm CEO Roundtable Session II (invitation only)

8:00 – 8:55pm South Korea’s Rising Roles in the Global Innovation Ecosystem  

Kyoung Kim, EVP, CHA Biotech

James Jungkue Lee, CEO, Bridge Biotherapeutics

Lauren Young-Mi Lee, SVP, Head of Global R&D Innovation, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals

Jin-San Yoo, President & CEO, PharmAbcine

Session Leader: Chris Kim, Managing Director, Novatio Ventures

8:55 – 9:50pm From Japan to Global: State of Innovation

Sakae Asanuma, President, Taiho Ventures

Mayu Morishima, Executive Officer & Biotech Lead Capitalist, Beyond Next Ventures

Haru Morita, Chairman & CEO, Modalis Therapeutics

Mark Noguchi, SVP and Head of Business Development, Chugai Pharmaceutical 

Makoto (Mark) Ohori, Partner, UTokyo Innovation Platform 

Aki Tobaru, Partner, Remiges Ventures

Session Leader: Tai Harada, Manager & VP of US Operation, Fast Track Initiative

9:50 – 10:00pm A Special Musical Tribute to Patients  

10:00 – 11:00pm Global Healthcare Industry: Challenges and Opportunities (invitation only)

Partners’ Satellite Forum Hosted by Goldman Sachs

11:00 – 12:30am Healthcare Innovation under New Norms

Partners’ Satellite Forum Hosted by China Renaissance

7:00 – 7:15am Welcome to Innovation Spotlight Part II

A conversation on Global Solutions for Global Challenges with special guest Laurent Fraisse, R&D Director, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)

Host: Dave Madge, VP of Research Service Division, WuXi AppTec

7:15 – 8:05am New Models of Therapeutic Innovation in UK 

Julie Brady, Business Development Manager for Drug Discovery, University of Dundee

Kathryn Chapman, Deputy Director, Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge

Chris Molloy, CEO, Medicines Discovery Catapult

James Naismith, Director, Rosalind Franklin Institute; Professor, Structural Biology, University of Oxford

Session Leader: Ian Tomlinson, Chairman, Apollo Therapeutics; Chairman, Start Codon

8:05 – 9:05am Ireland, an Innovative Global Leader in the Digitalised Life Sciences Sector

Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland 

Barry Heavey, Managing Director, Accenture Life Sciences

Darrin Morrissey, Chief Executive of the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Ireland

Session Leaders: Emmanuel Dowdall, Global EVP and CEO Asia Pacific, IDA Ireland

9:05 – 9:15am A Special Musical Tribute to Patients  

BREAK

6:00 – 8:00pm CEO Roundtable Session III (invitation only)

8:00 – 9:00pm Singapore’s Growing Vibrant Biotech Ecosystem

Piers Ingram, CEO, Hummingbird Bioscience

XQ Lin, Group President & CEO, Esco Group; Chairman, EVX Ventures 

Damian O’Connell, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Development Centre, A*STAR

Khoo Shih, Managing Director, Life Sciences Investments, Temasek

Session Leader: Danny Soon, CEO, Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore

9:00 – 10:00pm Israel: The Startup Nation 2.0

David Aviezer, Chairman, MetaboMed and FRONT BioPharma; Associate Professor, Adjunct, Bar-Ilan University

Anya Eldan, VP of Innovation Authority and Head of Startup Division 

Leah Klapper, CTO, FutuRx

Yanay Ofran, Founder & CEO, Biolojic Design

Opher Shapira, CEO, Yeda R&D, The Weizmann Institute of Science

Session Leader: Julian Adams, CEO, Gamida Cell

10:00 – 10:10pm A Special Musical Tribute to Patients  

8:00 – 8:10am Welcome

Steve Bates, CEO, UK BioIndustry Association

8:10 – 8:35am What Can Healthcare Learn from the Tech Industry? 

A Conversation between Vijay Pande, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

and Edward Hu, Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, WuXi AppTec

8:35 – 9:25am Engineering the Future of Health

Ram Aiyar, CEO, Korro Bio 

Michael Curtis, President of R&D, eGenesis

Yaron Daniely, Head of aMoon Alpha; Investment Lead, aMoon Velocity 

Justin Kao, Venture Partner, Khosla Ventures

Jason Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks

Session Leader: Misti Ushio, CEO, TARA Biosystems

9:25 – 9:50am Prevention. Prediction. Precision. 

A Conversation between Laurie Glimcher, President & CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Cyriac Roeding, Co-Founder & CEO, Earli

9:50 – 10:15am Speed. Scale. System. 

A Conversation between George Vradenburg, Convener, Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease; Co-Chair, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative; Chairman & Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s and Genya Dana, Head of Healthcare Transformation, World Economic Forum

10:15 – 10:20am Closing Remarks

Hui Cai, Forum Chair; VP and Head of Content Division, WuXi AppTec