Program Description

We are thrilled to return to an in-person event.

We are pleased to announce the 12th Annual Summer Social Networking Event, Including Lightning Pitches and Keynote Speaker Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., President & Chief Operating Officer, MassBio, to be held on August 1st.

This is the event of the year that you don't want to miss!

This program features several snapshot presentations, or lightning pitches, from local pre-venture and early-stage Life Science and Medical Device companies. Each pitching company will have 1 minute to impress us with their value proposition, and there will also be plenty of opportunities to network with the companies and fellow members.

If you want to participate in the startup pitches, please fill out the brief application form here.

We typically inform you within a few days if you have been selected to participate so you can begin work on your slide. The company's pitches are presented in the order in which they registered for the event.

Not pitching? Please register now for the event. This has been one of the most well-attended events of the year, with health innovation professionals from all backgrounds coming to see what's new and exciting in the local biotech, med-tech, pharma, and health IT economy.

Keynote

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., President & Chief Operating Officer, MassBio

The Boston area is the number one life science cluster in the U.S. As President and COO, Kendalle leads the strategic direction, global expansion, and business operations of the organization, ensuring that Massachusetts life sciences companies have the best environment possible to research, develop, and commercialize breakthrough therapies and cures for people around the world.

We are looking forward to seeing you on August 1st. Please share this with your network!

Foley Hoag requires anyone that visits their office to be fully vaccinated, including the booster, if eligible (per CDC guidelines) that is, 14 days past the second Moderna or Pfizer shot or 14 days past the single J&J. They also require confirmation on your registration ticket of such vaccination status. In addition, no one will be permitted to come into thier offices who have within the last ten days either tested positive for Covid or been in close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid. Masks are optional at this time, but guests should have one with them in case they are asked to wear one.

* Visitors cannot claim a religious or medical exemption to this policy.

* Walk-ins are not permitted at this time.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Best,

NE Healthcare Executive Network

Speaker Bios

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., President & Chief Operating Officer, MassBio

As President and COO, Kendalle leads the strategic direction, global expansion, and business operations of the organization ensuring that MassBio offers the greatest value to its members and that Massachusetts life sciences companies have the best environment possible to research, develop, and commercialize breakthrough therapies and cures for people around the world who need and deserve them.

Kendalle has played a critical role in the growth of MassBio’s membership supporting its expansion to become the largest life sciences trade association in the world with over 1,500 members. Kendalle has overseen the rebrand of a number of MassBio’s core programs and services, including the MassBioEdge, MassBio’s savings and rewards program and MassBio’s highly-rated Employee Rewards program. She also led the development of the MassBioHub, MassBio’s conference and business center, and the oversight of strategic initiatives, MassBio’s 2025 State of Possible Report and MassBio’s multi-year digital health report to support the convergence of digital tech and the life sciences in Massachusetts. In 2022, Kendalle was instrumental in the launch of MassBio’s newest entrepreneurial accelerator program, MassBioDrive and MassBio’s Partnering Week, an initiative to bring together established biopharma companies with early-stage startups and academic institutions.

Kendalle has reached extraordinary heights in her growing career. She is a 2022 recipient of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce Inspire Awards recognizing outstanding women leaders in the Cambridge community, a 2021 executive fellow in the inaugural class of the Civic Action Project Collaborative, and named a 2019 Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree which recognizes a leader’s impact on Massachusetts’ industries. Currently, Kendalle serves as a Board of Director for the Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) and the New England Chapter of the American Cancer Society. She also serves as Co-Chair of the 2022 New England ResearcHERS program for the American Cancer Society.

Prior to joining MassBio, Kendalle practiced law in the areas of Estate and Medicaid Planning, Probate and Asset Protection. She graduated cum laude from Sacred Heart University with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science and received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School. She resides in Haverhill, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

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