3:00 pm - 7:00 pmSpecial Partnering Session: Speed DatingThis special session will feature a 'speed dating' networking event, allowing investors and sponsors quick private breakout sessions to meet presenting companies. The event includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvre.
June 27, 2013
8:20 am - 9:10 amSecuring Funding After the JOBS ActIn an era of increased financial regulation such as Dodd-Frank, Congress quickly passed The JOBS Act in April of this year in response to a need to increase the flow of capital to job creating entrepreneurs. Some argue that the most important and far reaching component of the JOBS Act was the removal of the ban on General Solicitation
9:10 am - 10:45 amPrivate and Public Company Presentations
10:50 am - 11:20 amConnected Health PanelThe cloud. You’ve done the research, you know if you don’t act you’ll be left behind. You’ve chosen your development partners, maybe you’ve even gone as far as connecting your device. Congratulations…now what do you do? You’ve made all the right decisions but you may have overlooked a key question. How can you utilize this connected device to bring in the revenue you need?
11:20 am - 12:20 pmPrivate and Public Company Presentations
12:40 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:10 pmNon-Dilutive Financing PanelNon-dilutive funding has emerged as a favorable mechanism for early-stage incubation, bridge financing for EGC’s, and later, for engaging in clinical development. At the later stages of company financing, grants and strategic partnerships may placate institutional investors, as well as retain and grow valuation.
2:20 pm - 4:20 pmPrivate and Public Company Presentations
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmEmerging Secondary MarketsEmerging secondary markets have become a media-friendly channel to potentially support investment activity in a recovering economy. Popular in the tech space, this concept is now being introduced to the life science sector. Among the problems facing investors in life sciences is the exit strategy: access to liquidity in a reasonable time, despite long-term revenue projections.
