Summit Agenda

 

7:00 – 7:30 am
Registration

7:15 – 8:00 am
Breakfast Buffet

7:45 – 8:00 am
Welcome Address by Marlborough Mayor Nancy Stevens     
Introduction of George A. Ciccone, MEDC Executive  Director

8:00 – 8:15 am
Opening Remarks & Review of Agenda by George A. Ciccone,  Executive Director, MEDC
Introduction of Arthur Bergeron, Chairman, MEDC Board of Directors and Attorney at Mirick O’Connell   

8:15 – 8:30 am
Presentation of Mirick O’Connell Innovation Award by Jeffrey J. Duquette, Of Counsel, Intellectual Property Group, Mirick O’Connell                                             

8:30 am
Introduction of Panel Moderator by Arthur Bergeron, MEDC Chairman
Panel Moderator:  Kevin O’Sullivan, President and CEO, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives                                  

8:35 – 9:00 am
Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Kevin O’Sullivan, MBI President/CEO 

Keynote Speaker:  Robert Coughlin, President, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council speaking on ’The State of  BioTech: Nationally, Statewide, and Locally’   

 9:00 -  10:15 am
Introduction of Panelists by Moderator Kevin O’Sullivan:

  1. Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD – President, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
  2. Elizabeth Higgins, PhD., Founder & CEO - Glyco Solutions
  3. David Pierce, President –  Endoscopy Division, Boston Scientific Corp.
  4. Jay Warner, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Commercialization – CeQur Ltd
  5. Kathy Singh, Controller – Advanced Cell Technology
  6. Lisa Wilk, President and CEO – Capaccio Environmental Engineering Inc.

Panelist Presentations:

  • Brief description of their business
  • How did they come to locate in Marlborough
  • What they like about being in Marlborough
  • Any concerns, needs, or issues that they would like to see MEDC/ the City of Marlborough address
  • What Marlborough needs to do to grow the existing Life Sciences Cluster; i.e. attract more Life Science Businesses

Moderator Questions to the Panel

Questions for the Moderator and Panelists from Attendees

10:15 – 10:30 am
Closing Remarks by Arthur Bergeron, MEDC Chairman  and Attorney at Mirick O’Connell                                    

  • Key points from panelists
  • Where does Marlborough go from here?                             

10:30 am
Adjournment and Networking