“Where Entrepreneurship Thrives”

Welcome and Opening Remarks      

Nikki Hastings, PhD, Executive Director, CvilleBioHub

Richard Chylla, PhD, CLP, RTTP, Executive Director, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group 

Flashtalk 1

Kimberly Kelly, PhD, CEO, Ziel Bio  

Flashtalk 2

Joe Kilroy, PhD, CEO, Soundpipe 

Keynote Conversation

Unlocking the Power of Intellectual Property – A Conversation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Derrick Brent, JD, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Rick Hamilton, MS – Session Moderator, Chief Technology Officer, Focused Ultrasound Foundation 

Flashtalk #3

Andrew Krouse, MBA, CEO & Co-Founder, GenEP

Flashtalk #4 

Karen Ingersoll, PhD, Warm Health Technologies

Keynote Talk

Trials and Stipulations: The Clinical and Funding Outlook for Biotech

Dr. Marc Hedrick, CEO, Plus Therapeutics 

Closing Remarks

Nikki Hastings

Networking Reception