CBA 2016 Annual Conference

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  • Morning Keynote speaker Dr. Lawrence Steinman (Professor, Stanford)
  • Afternoon Keynote speaker Dr. Michele Cleary (VP and Head, Bristol-Myers Squibb)
  • Dr. Betty Chang (VP, Pharmacyclics, an Abbvie Company)
  • Dr. Lawrence Gan (President and CEO, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan)
  • Dr. Ruhong Jiang (Co-founder and CEO, Applied StemCell, Inc)
  • Dr. Jack Li (Associate Professor, University of San Francisco)
  • Dr. Cheng Liu (Founder & CEO, Eureka Therapeutics)
  • Dr. Henry Lu (VP, WuXi AppTec)
  • Dr. Yang Pan (Director of Biomarker Sciences, Gilead)
  • Dr. Juha Punnonen (Executive Director, Merck)
  • Dr. Stanley Qi (Assistant Professor, Stanford)

Registration:
Active CBA members:
$20 online registration from Sept 19th to Oct 4th. Lunch included. Online registration closed.
$30 onsite. Lunch not guaranteed.
Non-Members
$45 online registration from Sept 19th to Oct 4th. Lunch included. Online registration closed.
$55 onsite. Lunch not guaranteed.
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2016 CBA Annual Conference Agenda

(Conference Brochure)

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration, Networking & Exhibitions
9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Kai Zheng, 2016 CBA president
9:05 – 9:10 am Conference Introduction
Dr. Mark Chen, 2016 CBA Conference Chair

Session I: Therapeutic discovery

Moderator: Dr. Huifang Li

9:10 – 9:50 am Morning keynote presentation: Molecular guardians in inflammatory disease
Dr. Lawrence Steinman, Professor, Stanford University
9:50 – 10:20 am The landscape and capabilities of new drug discovery and development in Taiwan
Dr. Lawrence Gan, President and CEO, Development Center for Biotechnology
10:20 – 10:30 pm Networking & Exhibitions
10:30 – 11:00 am Genomics and translational science for drug discovery and clinical development
Dr. Henry Lu, Vice President, WuXi AppTec
11:00 – 11:30 am The development of ibrutinib, a first-in-class small molecule BTK inhibitor
Dr. Betty Chang, Vice President, Pharmacyclics
11:30 – 11:45 am
11:45 – 12:00 pm
Sponsor presentation by Merck, Simcere, and Gilead
Networking & Exhibitions

Lunch Session

Moderator: Dr. Patrick Yang

12:00 – 12:35 pm History of anti-ulcer drugs
Dr. Jack Li, Associate Professor, University of San Francisco
12:35 – 12:45 pm Ho Family Scholarship Award
Mr. Caesar Ho
12:45 – 1:00 pm Networking & Exhibitions

Session II: Translational Science

Moderator: Dr. Shian-Jiun Shih

1:00 – 1:40 pm Afternoon keynote presentation: Enabling drug development through translation Research
Dr. Michele Cleary, Vice President and Head, Bristol-Myers Squibb
1:40 – 2:10 pm Optimize biomarker strategy for clinical drug development
Dr. Yang Pan, Director of Biomarker Sciences, Gilead
2:10 – 2:25 pm Networking & Exhibitions

Session III Immunotherapy

Moderator: Dr. Michelle Chen

2:25 – 2:55 pm The new era in immuno-oncology: anti-PD-1 and beyond
Dr. Juha Punnonen, Executive Director, Merck
2:55 – 3:25 pm New technologies in CAR-T therapy for treatment of solid tumors and reducing “Cytokine Storm”
Dr. Cheng Liu, Founder & CEO, Eureka Therapeutics
3:25 – 3:35 pm Networking & Exhibitions

Session IV: Panel Discussion

Moderator: Dr. Lin Sun-Hoffman

3:35 – 4:25 pm Gene editing: Science and legal stories behind CRISPR
Dr. Stanley Qi, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Dr. Ruhong Jiang, Co-founder and CEO, Applied StemCell, Inc.
Dr. Lin Sun-Hoffman, J.D., President, Sun-Hoffman Consulting
4:25 – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Dr. Mark Chen, 2016 CBA Conference Chair
There will be a networking reception after the conference close in the Ultra Lounge at Crowne Plaza