Planning Committee for
Massachusetts
Life Sciences Innovation Day 2009

Chairs

• Abi Barrow, MTTC (Chair, also Sponsorships Subcommittee)
• Anupendra Sharma, Siemens (Chair, also Sponsorships Subcommittee)
• Amy Fredrick, MassMedic (Co-chair)
• Imran Nasrullah, MBC (Co-Chair)

Content

• Richard Anders, MA Medical Angels
• Aaron Sandoski, Norwich Ventures
• Mark Namchuk, Vertex

Innovators' Marketplace

• Pushwaz Virk, Frankel Group 
• Tony Hubbad, Mintz Levin

Keynotes

• Pearl Freier, Cambridge BioPartners

Research & Startup Showcase

• Haleh Armian, CIMIT
• Julia Goldberg, MTTC

Logistics

• Lauren Laidlaw, MBC
• Julia Goldberg, MTTC

CEO & VC Reception

• Denise Aronson, Safety Partners, Inc.

Team

• Glen Comiso, MA LS Collaborative
• Bob Creeden, Partners
• Andrew Jay, Siemens
• Karen Katz, Mintz Levin
• Beth Mollineaux, Partners
• Kevin O'Sullivan, MA Biotech Incubator
• Greta Tinay, MA LS Collaborative

About MALSI

Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day has been developed by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Start-up Initiative (MALSI). MALSI is a platform organization that brings together all major public and private entities in the State that are committed to building the next generation of Massachusetts companies. MALSI's mission is to ensure that Massachusetts maintains its lead as the #1 region in the world to start, nurture and grow life sciences companies.

MALSI partners include: Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, MassMEDIC, TiE Boston, Mass Biotech Council and several major universities and research hospitals.