BIA Start-up Festival 2022

The BIA are delighted to announce the return of the Start-up Festival in 2022, which will take place virtually in May.
Expanded to 2 days, the event will bring together the best of rising talent in the sector for a day of informative sessions designed to build on your existing knowledge and allow you to learn from peers and established industry experts alike, followed by a day of 1-2-1 meetings with potential mentors, collaborators and investors.
Attendees will be able to connect through the platform with both peers and potential advisors for meetings and informal networking.
Please note: The Start-up Festival is intended for the leadership of early-stage companies to learn from each other and from invited thought leaders in the sector. In order to ensure a critical mass of startup entrepreneurs, we are limiting numbers of service providers, beyond those sponsoring and supporting the event.
This event is free to attend however attendance is restricted to attendees from start-up companies, entrepreneurs in the life sciences, and invited industry experts.
In order to ensure a critical mass of startup entrepreneurs, we are limiting numbers of service providers, beyond those sponsoring and supporting the event.
Thursday 19th May 2022
09:30 - 10:15 Workshop 1 - Aligning IP strategy with your business goals
- Michael Newton, Associate, Kilburn & Strode
10:15 - 10:30 BIA introduction
- Steve Bates, CEO, BIA
10:30 - 11:30 Session 1 - Deals with big pharma - when, why and how?
- Fintan Walton, Chairman and CEO, PharmaVentures
- Laura Ferguson, Director, BD, Licensing and Strategy, AstraZeneca
- Michalis Papadakis, CEO, Brainomix
- Jonathan Savidge, CEO, Syndesi
- Jennifer Bell, Senior Director, Immunology Scientific Licensing, J&J Innovation
11:30 - 12:15 Workshop 2 - Thinking Big: Key considerations for your lab when growing, scaling and outsourcing.
- Arfan Nazir, Lab Planner, Project Lead UK & Ireland, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Linda Brooks, Research Services Manager, EMEA, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Phillippa Swinden, Snr District Manager - North Region Biotech and Pharma, Thermo Fisher Scientific
12:15 - 13:15 Session 2 - Practical tips for getting investor-ready
- Karolina Zapadka, Investment Manager, Parkwalk Advisors
- Kate Rowley, General Partner, Global Bio Fund
- George Foot, Founder & Co-CEO, Sixfold
- Sarah Bruce-White, Partnerships & Programmes Lead, MedCity
13:15 - 14:00 Workshop 3 - Building your board
- Carmelo Bisognano, Investor and New Companies Relations Lead, Virdis
14:00 - 15:00 Session 3 - Your route to market and regulatory challenges
- Harm Niederlaender, Sartorius
- Andrew Fox, VP Regulatory Affairs, Safety & Medical Science, PsiOxus
- Jacqueline Barry, Chief Clinical Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
- Simon Chandler, CEO and Director, Rinri Therapeutics
15:00 - 15:45 Workshop 4 - Negotiating term sheets with VCs
- Oliver Pumfrey, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
- Ross McNaughton, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- Nell Cooper, Associate, Taylor Wessing
15:45 - 16:45 Session 4 - Incubators vs accelerators: the founder experience
- Barbara Domayne-Hayman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, The Francis Crick Institute
- George Frodsham, Founder & CEO, Medisieve
- Myriam Ouberai, CEO and Founder, Spirea
- James Duboff, CEO and Founder, Medusa Pharmaceuticals
- Federico Paoletti, CEO & Co-Founder, Exogene
Friday 20th May 2022
09:00 - 17:00 1-2-1 virtual meetings
There are a number of opportunities to support the event and raise your profile with the start-up community.
Contact us for further details and to discuss the best opportunity for your organisation:
Samantha Care, Events Manager - [email protected]
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