This conference will benefit venture capitalists and angel investors who are interested in early-stage life sciences companies. Key attendees will be business development and senior executives from biotech, pharmaceutical and biomedical companies.
Be among the first to see a range of new companies spun off from Massachusetts research institutions, and see new technologies that are available for commercialization through licensing agreements and the creation of new companies.
MTTC will be glad to consider you as a presenter. To see detailed eligibility criteria and to apply please download the LS 2011 Presenter Application.
MTTC will be glad to consider you as an exhibitor. To see detailed eligibility criteria and to apply please download the LS 2011 ExhibitorApplication
April 14, 2011, 1:00-7:00 pm
Merck Research Laboratories
33 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
The Early-Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference VII will showcase 20 life sciences technologies developed at the universities, research institutions, and hospitals of Massachusetts and recently formed Massachusetts companies to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate investors.
The Forum is an opportunity for these companies and researchers to present to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate investors. Companies that have presented at our first six Early Stage Life Sciences Conferences have raised over $100 million in new investments.
Welcome at the event by Dr. Gary O'Neill, Vice President and Discovery Site Head, Merck Research Laboratories.
Keynote by Dr. Donna Ambrosino, Executive Director, MassBiologics, UMass Boston - "Development of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies for Unmet Medical Needs"
Companies that will present an Investor Pitch at the conference include AcuityBio, Advirna, Aquilus Pharmaceuticals, Avaxia Biologics, Bryan Oncor, Cellgenex Diagnostics, CMB Science, Noblegen Biosciences, ONCoPEP, Optasia Medical, Perfusion Technology, Pharyx, Segterra, Thermedical, and Translational Sciences Corporation.
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Registration and Dessert Bar
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Welcome and Keynote
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM Company presentations - Session One
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Company presentations - Session Two
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Networking Reception and Poster Session
The Early-Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference is an annual showcase for platform technologies developed at the research institutions, hospitals and universities of Massachusetts and for recently formed Massachusetts companies. Presenters will include founders of new Massachusetts companies and faculty of Massachusetts institutions with technologies that could be the basis of a start-up or license. The Forum is an opportunity for these companies and faculty to present to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate investors.
Presenters will be able to give 10-minute presentations on their business opportunity to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate investors. In addition presenters will be given a poster board to exhibit during the conference.
In order to present, you must complete Pitch Presenter Application form and submit it to the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center to jgoldberg@umassp.edu by March 1, 2011.
To be eligible to present at the program you must meet the following criteria:
You must have recently formed a MA based company which has the following characteristics:
1. The company must be developing biotechnology products, related services or commercially applicable technologies;
2. The company must not have yet received professional venture capital - the company may have received grant funding or angel investments;
3. The company must be actively looking for either capital investment or a corporate partnership or both.
Or
You must be a PI or Technology Transfer Officer at a Massachusetts based research organization and have a technology that could be the foundation for a new start-up company.
Exhibitors will be given a poster board to exhibit during the conference.
In order to exhibit, you must complete Exhibitor Application form and submit it to the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center to jgoldberg@umassp.edu by March 1, 2011.
To be eligible to exhibit at the program you must meet the following criteria:
You must have recently formed a MA based company which has the following characteristics:
You must be a PI or Technology Transfer Officer at a Massachusetts based research organization and have a technology that could be the foundation for a new start-up company.
Or
1. The company must be developing biotechnology products, related services or commercially applicable technologies;
2. The company must not have yet received professional venture capital - the company may have received grant funding or angel investments;
Please register at the Registration link
$3,000 Sponsorships Available
Sponsorship benefits:
For sponsorship information, please contact:
Abigail Barrow
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