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CBA 2018 Annual Conference
2018 CBA Annual Conference Agenda
Date& Time: Oct. 6, 2018 (8:00am-5:00pm PDT)
Location: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
Theme: Building Bridges to Biotech Innovations
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Registration, Networking, and Exhibitions |
| 8:30 – 8:35 am | Welcome and Opening RemarksMark Chen, Ph.D., CBA president |
| 8:35 – 8:40 am | Conference IntroductionThomas Wei, Ph.D., CBA Conference Chair |
| Morning Keynote Presentation (Moderators: Mark Chen and Lin Sun-Hoffman) | |
| 8:40 – 9:20 am | Marker-guided targeted therapy, PARP inhibitors, and immune checkpoint therapyMien-Chie Hung, Ph.D. (Basic Research VP, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas) |
| 9:20 – 10:00 am | Entrepreneurship in ChinaWei Wang (Sinopharm Group, President) *Interpreter: Tom Zhang |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Networking and Exhibitions |
| Session I: Drug Regulation (Moderator: Kai Zheng) | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Regulatory considerations in the IND submission of antibody and related productsAudrey Jia, Ph.D. (Principal Consultant, DataRevive LLC) |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Regulatory consideration for clinical development in product life cycle managementArdelle Ying, Ph.D. (Program Director, Genentech) |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Accelerate new drug development: Paradigm shift in the post-ICH regulatory systems in China, and USDan Zhang, Ph.D. (Chairman and CEO, Fountain Medical Development Ltd) |
| Special Talk (Introduced by: Huifang Li) | |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Career Development for Life – IQ, EQ, and SQ / Career Opportunities in the FDAGeorge Chang, Ph.D.(Senior Pharmacologist, FDA) |
| 12:15 pm– 12:25pm | Sponsor Presentation (Eirgenix) |
| 12:25 – 1:15 pm | Lunch, Networking and Exhibitions |
| 1:15 – 1:25 pm | CBA Scholarship Award |
| Afternoon Keynote Presentation (Introduced by: Thomas Wei) | |
| 1:25 – 2:05pm | Engineering Biological Computers for Human Health ApplicationsTimothy Lu, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, MIT) |
| Session II: Digital Health and Big Data (Moderator: Michelle Chen) | |
| 2:05 – 2:35pm | Online dermatology transition from dermatologists to artificial intelligenceAlexander Börve, MD (Founder & CEO, First Derm) |
| 2:35 – 3:05pm | Genomic revolution and blockchainHuijun Zhou, Ph.D. (Co-founder, Doctor Chain) |
| 3:05 – 3:35pm | Using Genomic Features to Make Smart Clinical Decisions: the Power of Machine Learning and RNA-seqJing Huang, Ph.D. (SVP of Bioinformatics and Data Science, Veracyte Inc.) |
| 3:35 – 3:50pm | Networking and Exhibitions |
| 3:50 – 4:50pm | Investment and Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion (Moderator: Lin Sun-Hoffman) Jo Shen, Ph.D. (Vivo Capital) Keting Chu, Ph.D.(Lyfe Venture) Jimmy Zhang, Ph.D. MBA (Lily Asia Venture) Guoliang Yu, Ph.D. (Global CEO of CBT Pharmaceuticals) |
| 4:50 – 4:55 pm | Closing RemarksThomas Wei, Ph.D., CBA Conference Chair |
Conference Ticket Price:
| Tickets | Early Bird (by 9/28/2018) | Regular(9/29/2018 – 10/5/2018) | On-site(10/6/2018) |
| Member | $35 | $55 | $80 |
| Non-member | $55 | $75 | $100 |
| Student (with .edu email) | $10 | $10 | $30 |
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Proceedings Agenda: 2018 CBA AC Proceedings_Agenda
Proceedings Speaker and CBA Moderator Bio: 2018 CBA AC Proceedings_speaker and CBA moderator bio