Boehringer Ingelheim Academy

Our Grass Roots activities are centered around developing a personal relationship with the companies we work with. And our Academy sessions provide an informal opportunity for early-stage life-science companies to network with other bio-entrepreneurs as well as hear from Boehringer Ingelheim business development, scientific and commercial leaders and some of our partners and key opinion leaders.

Panel Topic

Boehringer Ingelheim's BI Academy brings together business development, scientific and commercial leaders, together with some of our partners and key opinion leaders to discuss timely topics of interest in an interactive setting. BI Academy is an informal opportunity for early-stage life-science companies to network with other bio-entrepreneurs as well our BI colleagues. In this session we will discuss two topics:

• How does a pharmaceutical company contribute to an ecosystem?

• How to do a deal with Boehringer Ingelheim

It is often argued that ecosystems require the essential ingredients of world class academic institutions, access to capital (especially venture capital), key support services like lawyers and accountants, and big pharma and biotech. But what exactly does pharma do for an ecosystem, and what can it do? At BI we have taken grass roots approach to supporting ecosystems by addressing the needs of burgeoning life-science companies and taking a longer view towards these early-stage companies. Come join this panel discussion to see how pharma increasingly play a much different role in ecosystems and to voice what you want to see pharma companies do.

Panel I: How does a pharmaceutical company contribute to an ecosystem?

Panelists:

• Cyrille Kuhn - North American Head of Research Beyond Borders
• Jennifer Landress - COO, Biocom
• Jen Dryer - Executive Director, USC Stevens Center for Innovation at University of Southern California
• Jasson Crockett - Manager, Economic Policy, City of Los Angeles
• Vasiliki Anest - Sr. Director, Business Development and Industry Relations, Keck School of Medicine, USC

Panel II: How to do a deal with Boehringer Ingelheim

Panelists:

• Kanad Das - Executive Director, BI Venture Fund
• Cyrille Kuhn - North American Head of Research Beyond Borders
• Scott DeWire - Global Head of Immuno-Oncology, BD&L

Agenda

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Arrival, registration & networking

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Panel I: How does a pharmaceutical company contribute to an ecosystem?

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Panel II: How to do a deal with BI

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Networking

Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, and the largest private one. Headquartered in Ingelheim, it operates globally with 146 affiliates and more than 47,700 employees. Unlike most large pharmaceutical companies, the company is private and fully owned by the Boehringer, Liebrecht and von Baumbach families. The company's key areas of interest are: respiratory diseases, metabolism, immunology, oncology and diseases of the central nervous system. Boehringer Ingelheim is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).

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