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FEB 18 - FEB 19 2018

Industry Academia Alliances

HILTON HOTEL DOHA

Schedule

Registration and Breakfast

 Foyer of Nashira Ballroom 3

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh
Dr. Khaled Machaca
The Qatar Landscape
Building Bridges between Academia and Industry: A Strategy for Qatar
Speaker:
Dr. Hadi Abderrahim
Building Innovation Ecosystem in Qatar
Speaker:
Dr. Maher Hakim
QBB: Milestones in Building a Successful Biobank
Speaker:
Dr. Nahla Afifi
Coffee Break
SESSION I: Omics toward Precision

Session Chair: Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh

Precision Diagnosis Combines Metabolomics and Whole Genome Sequence
Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Caskey
The Unique Power of Metabolomics GWAS to Provide Insight into the Mapping of SNPs to Causal Genes
Speaker:
Dr. Eric Fauman
Integrating Genomics, Metabolomics and Phone Apps to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Speaker:
Dr. Laureano Simon
ValDia Health: Bridging the Multi-Omics Precision Medicine Gap
Speaker:
Dr. Carlos Malpica
Roundtable Discussion
Networking Lunch

 Mawasem Restaurant - Hilton Doha

Breakout Session
One-on-One Meetings/Discussions
Breakout Session
One-on-One Meetings/Discussions
Symbiosis: Academic Collaborations and the Development of RNAi Therapeutics
Speaker:
Dr. Rachel Meyers
SESSION II: Academia - Biotech

Session Chair: Dr. Khaled Machaca

Strategies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Academic-Industry Collaboration to Develop Novel Therapeutics
Speaker:
Dr. Ronald Crystal
Messenger RNA as Software of Life
Speaker:
Dr. Paolo Martini
Big Data Applied to Healthcare – A Case: Cellular Therapy Against Cancer
Speaker:
Dr. Romana Tomasoni
Roundtable Discussion
Registration and Breakfast

 Foyer of Nashira Ballroom 3

Areas of Research & Development Where Collaborations Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Academia will be Most Critical
Speaker:
Dr. Robert R. Ruffolo
Novel Approaches for Interventions in Obesity and Diabetes: Fighting a Hidden Hunger
Speaker:
Dr. Gabriele Ronnett
Lessons Learned as a Serial Entrepreneur in Biotech
Speaker:
Dr. Alexandra Glucksmann
An Industry-Academic Partnership to Bring a Gene Therapy to the ALS Clinic
Speaker:
Dr. Benjamin Shykind
From Concept to Commercialization – Many Roads to the Same Destination
Speaker:
Dr. Richard O’Kennedy
Roundtable Discussion
Breakout Session
Networking Lunch

 Mawasem Restaurant-Hilton Doha

In the 21st century, Business Development in Healthcare Can Only Mean Business Model Design and Validation. The Rest is All About Being Consistent
Speaker:
Dr. Sergi Trilla
How to Overcome Bottlenecks of Collaboration between Biobanks and Biomedical Industry
Speaker:
Dr. Daniel Simeon-Dubach
Enabling Industry and Academia Collaboration
Speaker:
Dr. Aubrey Watkins III
Camelid Single-Domain Antibody Repertoires
Speaker:
Dr. Louis Herlands
SESSION III: Entrepreneurship and Pharma

Session Chair: Dr. M. Elizabeth Ross

SESSION IV: Business Development & Partnerships

Session Chair: Dr. Marco A.E. Marcus

Revolutions in HCV Management: Shaping the Narrative Through Academia-Industry Partnership
Speaker:
Dr. Adeel Ajwad Butt
Roundtable Discussion
Breakout Session
One-on-One Meetings/Discussions

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