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Frank Grassler, JDVice Chair, bionorthTXVice President Technology DevelopmentUT Southwestern Medical

NEXT SESSION: Welcome and bionorthTX Overview – Dr. Vistasp Karbhari”– 8:15AM

Co-Founder and Chair’s Welcome –Frank Grassler, VP Venture Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Kay Tieman, VP Sales and Marketing AmeriPac, Inc.

Kay TiemanCo-Founder & COO, bionorthTXVice President Sales and Marketing, AmeriPac, Inc.

Chair’s Welcome –Frank Grassler, VP Venture Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Formed 2014Launched June 2015Purpose “Changing Lives Through the Convergence of

Science and Industry”Mission Encourage the development of a rich ecosystem

that allows for the growth and success of North Texas life science companies, as well as strengthening the economy of our local communities

Structure Non-profit 501c(6) trade associationStaff 2 FT and Volunteer Army

*Executive committee member

Thank you to our industry leadership!

Academic Research InstitutionFrank Grassler, UTSW Medical Center, Vice Chair Dr. Duane Dimos, UT Arlington

Bio Pharma/Medical Device Phil Brown, GaldermaDave Carlson, Caris Life Sciences*Vipin Garg, Neos TherapeuticsArt Clapp, Science CosmetiquesFrançois Fournier, Smith & NephewPaul Herchman, ThermiHealthDebbie Hutchinson, Wound ManagementMaxwell Lea, DFB Pharma

Venture Capital

Melissa Krauth, Chair*

Life Science/Tech IncubatorJorge Varela, TECH Fort Worth

Hospital Research InstitutionJamie Walkowiak, Baylor Research Institute

Terry Foster, Executive in Residence*

Members-at-LargeChris Comish, Co-Founder*David Foster, Co-Founder*Kay Tieman, COO & Co-Founder*

StaffMiriam D’Souza, AdministratorHarold Strong, President & CEO *

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Harold Strong, President & CEOMelissa Krauth, Chair

Frank Grassler, UTSW, Vice-ChairKay Tieman, AmeriPac, Co-Founder & COO

Chris Comish, BioNews Texas, Co-Founder, CommunicationsDavid Foster, Tuevol, Co-Founder, Secretary

Dave Carlson, Caris Life Sciences, Treasurer, CFOTerry Foster, Executive in Residence

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Thank you to our industry leadership!

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NEXT SESSION: Opening Keynote – Views On The State Of The Industry – 8:40AM

Introduction of President & CEO Harold Strong

Next Session - Opening Comments, President Vistasp Karbhari – 8:30AM

Harold StrongPresident & CEObionorthTX

NEXT SESSION: Opening Keynote – Views On The State Of The Industry – 8:40AM

Opening Comments

Vistasp Karbhari, Ph.D.PresidentThe University of Texas at Arlington

Next Session: “Charting a National Health Sciences Leadership Strategy for North Texas” – 8:50AM

Opening Keynote – “Charting a National Health Sciences Leadrship Strategy for North Texas”

NEXT SESSION: “Strategies for Success in the emerging personalized medicine era and a look into the future of Cancer Therapeutics and Diagnostics” – 9:30AM

Tom KowalskiPresident & CEO, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute

Brett Giroir, MDManaging Director of the Kirchner Group,

and the founding CEO of Health Scienceand Biosecurity Partners

NEXT SESSION: “What it takes to build a fully integrated bioscience company” – 11:00 AM

Sunil JoshiChief Executive OfficerGradalis

Scott Boyle, Ph.D.Senior Director of Business Development, Caris Life Sciences

John Liete, Ph.D.Vice President of Oncology, Market Development & Product MarketingIllumina

Theodora Ross, MD, Ph.D.Director of Cancer Genetics UT Southwestern

“Strategies for Success in the emerging personalized medicine era and a look into the future of Cancer Therapeutics and Diagnostics”

“What it takes to build a fully integrated bioscience company”

NEXT SESSION: Luncheon Keynote – 12:30 PM

Darlene BoudreauxExecutive DirectorTECH Fort Worth

John HoustonFounder and Chief Executive OfficerDUALAMS

Deborah Jenkins HutchinsonPresidentWound Management Technologies, Inc.

Maxwell LeaManaging DirectorDFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Alvaro (Al) Guillem, Ph.D.President and Co-FounderZS Pharma

Luncheon Keynote

NEXT SESSION: The Helix Award – 1:15PM

John McWhorter, III, DScChief Operations OfficerBaylor Scott & White Health System

The 2016 Helix Award – Dr. Dennis K. Stone

Kern Wildenthal MD, Ph.D.President Emeritus – UT SouthwesternPresident of the Children’s Medical Center Foundation

Presentation of The 2016 Helix Award

The 2016 Helix Award

Dr. Dennis K. Stone, MDfor Contributions to Healthcare Innovation and the Life Science Industry

The “Helix” Award is given out annually to an individual who has positively impacted human health by raising awareness and funds for biomedical research, who has impacted innovation to bring it to commercial relevance, and who has given back to their community and those in the scientific field as a supporter, mentor, leader, and educator.

The 2016 Helix Award

NEXT SESSION: “How academic research fuels discovery and is improving healthcare delivery" - 1:30PM

Dr. Dennis K. Stonefor Contributions to Healthcare Innovation & the Life Science Industry

“How academic research fuels discovery and is improving healthcare delivery"

NEXT SESSION: “Building a Scalable and Sustainable Life Science Ecosystem - 3:00PM

Harold StrongPresident & CEObionorthTX

Robert Rennaker, PhDDepartment Head Bioengineering, Director of the Texas Biomedical Device Center, UT Dallas

Frank Grassler, JDVice President Technology DevelopmentUT Southwestern Medical

Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for ResearchUNT Health Science Center Fort Worth

Jon Weidanz, Ph.D.Associate Vice President for Research

University of Texas at Arlington

Afternoon Keynote “Building a Scalable and Sustainable Life Science Ecosystem”

NEXT SESSION: “Critical funding components of the North Texas Life Science Ecosystem” – 4 PM

Jorge VarelaAssistant DirectorTECH Fort Worth

The Honorable Mayor Betsy

Fort Worth, TX

The Honorable Mayor Jeff Williams

Arlington, TX

“ Two Critical funding components of the North Texas Life Science Ecosystem” – Panel 1

NEXT SESSION: The Role of Philanthropy

Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBACEO, Co-Founder & PartnerHealth Wildcatters

Stella M. Robertson, Ph.D.Founder, Arrochar Consultingand Founding Partner in Bios Partners

Julie GoonewardeneAssociate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Strategic Investment & Managing Director of UT System Horizon Fund

Andrew Offer, CFAManaging Director and CFOScientific Health Development

“ Two Critical funding components of the North Texas Life Science Ecosystem” – Panel 2

NEXT SESSION: iC3 Closing Remarks – 5:15PM

Kathleen GibsonPresident and CEOSouthwestern Medical Foundation

Nicole G. SmallCEO LH Holdings, Inc.President of the Lyda Hill Foundation

Doug WhiteVice President of InstitutionalAdvancementUNT Health Science Center

Patrick BrannellyProgram DirectorThe Tau Consortium, Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Closing Remarks

NEXT SESSION – THANK YOU’S

Duane Dimos, Ph.D.Vice President ResearchUniversity of Texas at Arlington

SPONSORS

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We can not enable the growth of life science in North Texas

without the support of all stakeholders!

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EVENT EXHIBITORS

NEOROPHAGY

THERAPEUTICS

T h a n k y o u t o o u r S p o n s o r s !

EVENT EXHIBITORS

NEOROPHAGY

THERAPEUTICS

ASQ Biomedical Discussion Group Dallas

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SPEAKERS

Scott Boyle, Ph.D. Caris Life Sciences

Darlene Boudreaux TECH Fort Worth

Patrick Brannelly Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D. Baylor Scott and White System

Kathleen Gibson Southwestern Medical Foundation

Brett Giroir, MD Kirchner Group, Health Science and Biosecurity Partners

Julie Goonewardene UT System

Frank Grassler, JD UT Southwestern Medical Center

Al Guillem ZS Pharma

John Houston Dualams

Deborah Hutchinson Wound Management Technologies

Sunil Joshi Gradalis

Vistasp Karbhari, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Arlington

Thomas Kowalski Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute

John Leite Illumina

John McWhorter Baylor Scott and White System

Andrew Offer, CFA SHD Partners

Representative Tan Parker Flower Mound

Mayor Betsy Price Fort Worth

Rob Rennaker, Ph.D. UT Dallas

Stella M. Robertson, Ph.D. BiosPartners

Theodora Ross, MD, Ph.D. UTSW

Nicole G. Small Lyda Hill Foundation

Harold Strong bionorthTX

Kay Kirk Tieman bionorthTX, AmeriPac, Inc.

Jon Weidanz, Ph.D. UT Arlington

Doug White UNT Health Science Center

Kern Wildenthal, MD Children's Medical Center

Mayor Jeff Williams ArlingtonHubert Zajicek, MD, Health Wildcatters

T h a n k y o u t o o u r A m a z i n g V o l u n t e e r s !

VOLUNTEERS & STAFF

Melissa Acosta, Baylor Scott & White Health (BRI)

Scott Boyle, Ph.D., Caris Life Science

Art Clapp, NUVOTHERA

Steve Curtis, 2M

Duane Dimos, Ph.D., UT Arlington

Miriam D’Souza, bionorthTX

Trevor Dyck, IGY Life Sciences

Victor A. Fishman, Ph.D., UT Dallas

JR Garcia, Green Park and Golf

Frank Grassler, JD, UTSW

Melissa Krauth

Mike Kreitzinger, Illumina

Phong Le, SGI/HP

Susan McClure, Genome Magazine

Fiona Schlachter, Health Wildcatters

Teri Schultz, Esq., UT Arlington

Kay Tieman, Co-Founder & COO, bionorthTX

Jorge Varela, Tech Fort Worth

Jaime Walkowiak, Baylor Scott & White Health (BRI)

Elizabeth Weathersby, The Weathersby Group

Jon Weidanz, Ph.D., UT Arlington

Hubert Zajicek, MD, Health Wildcatters

STEERING COMMITTEE EVENT VOLUNTEERSAmy Osborne Jordan Patik

Arul Thirumaran Kimberly Bowles

Aruna Govaindaraju Koffi Egbeto

Asami Nagakura Krishnan Shreyas

Auburn JohnsonLokeshwar Raj Mohan

Raj

Banu Mukundan Mahesh Padanad

Caleb Brown Melissa Acosta

Caleb Liebman Mitchell Kroll

Cynthia Gross Rachel Gaskin

Delania Klinger Ryan Rosenberry

Dhivya Srinivasan Seungyong Lee

Edidiong Inyang Sharon Ngwenya

Gunes Bender Somdutta Chakraborty

Henry Chan Supriya Sinha

Irina Filonova Susie Chung

Jackie Gonzalez Venkatesh Srinivasan

Jake Samuel Victoria Messerschmidt

Jasdeep Kaur Wesley Tucker

Jenny Vranish Xinlong Wang

E N J O Y O U R C O C K T A I L R E C E P T I O N S P O N S O R E D B Y C R B U S A

HOST ORGANIZATION

THANK YOU TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UT ARLINGTON INCLUDING:

THE RESEARCH STAFF, COLLEGE PARK CENTER, CHARTWELLS, AND TED E’S WHO ENABLED

THIS EVENT TO BE A SUCCESS!