International Life Sciences & Biotech Conference

Wed Oct 11, 2023 - Thu Oct 12, 2023

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International Life Sciences & Biotech Conference

Name: International Life Sciences & Biotech Conference
Start: 2023-10-11T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2023-10-12T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center

Dealmaking, Funding, Top Biotech Markets, Leasing, Graduating from Incubators & The Global Impact from Lab Discoveries

Wednesday October 11-Thursday October 12

$465.00

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SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME

October will be here before we know it! Bisnow is gearing up for what's sure to be our largest conference of the year centered around the hottest asset class in our industry. The event is bringing in speakers and attendees from across the states and the UK for insights, networking and business opportunities. With the way our recent life science events have been selling, we expect this one to be a total sell-out. Secure your pass early to this two-day event and take advantage of our limited-capacity room block to get the best savings.

Speakers and Panels

Adam Sichol

CEO, Longfellow Real Estate Partners

Dan Belldegrun

CEO, Breakthrough Properties

Marty Burger

Marty Burger is Chief Executive Officer of Silverstein Properties. He leads the company’s day to day activities, and focuses on its acquisition, development, financing and fund management efforts in the United States and abroad. Prior to joining Silverstein, Mr. Burger was President and Chief Executive Officer of Artisan Real Estate Ventures, a company he founded in 2006. Prior to Artisan, Mr. Burger spent 15 years at Related, including serving as President of Related Las Vegas and Executive Vice President of The Related Companies, L.P. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Burger was a Vice President at The Blackstone Group working on acquisitions for its first three real estate opportunity funds. From 1993 to 1994, he worked for Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall Real Estate funds, also on the acquisition side. Prior to that, Mr. Burger spent five years at The Related Companies where he was a Vice President of Development and Acquisitions. Mr. Burger received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Trustee and a Governor of the Urban Land Institute, and formerly a member of the Global Board, the America’s Executive Committee, Chairman of the New York District Council, and Chairman of his Urban Development Mixed-Use Council. Mr. Burger is on the Executive Committee of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an Advisory Board Member of the Center for Real Estate and Finance at Cornell University, the Advisory Board of the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate, and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He is an active member of the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, DC, and is on the Directors’ Advisory Council and the New York City Mortgage Committee of M&T Bank. Mr. Burger was a member of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Transition Team, is a Trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission, a Board Member of the Partnership for New York City, and is on the Real Estate Life Science Advisory Board for New York. Mr. Burger is a Board Member of SparkYouth, a charitable organization providing funds to multiple programs benefitting underprivileged inner-city children in the New York City metro area. He is a Trustee of National Jewish Health, is on the Lincoln Center Real Estate and Construction Council, and is Co-Chair of the Real Estate Division of the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces where he has chaired multiple missions to Israel. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Battery Conservancy, and a former board member of the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District. In addition, Mr. Burger has been active in different divisions of the UJA Federation.

Silverstein

CEO

Marty Burger

CEO, Silverstein

Amy Schulman

Managing Partner, Polaris Partners

Ben Suzuki

Executive Director, Real Estate, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Jerry Sweeney

CEO, Brandywine

Ed Datz

Executive Director, Real Estate, University of Pennsylvania

Anna Strongman

CEO, Oxford University Development

Dr. Suzet McKinney

Principal & Director of Life Sciences, Sterling Bay

William F. McKeon

William “Bill” McKeon is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Medical Center. He is responsible for driving strategic, operational and programmatic initiatives across the Texas Medical Center’s member institutions to enhance its leadership position in the life sciences. McKeon joined the Texas Medical Center in 2013 as executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief strategy officer. McKeon attended Roger Williams University on the Harold G. Way Scholarship for Leadership and Academic Excellence. He worked throughout his college years as a legal intern at Asquith, Merolla, Anderson, Ryan & Wiley – a prestigious law firm in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated with top honors with a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies. He earned his master’s degree from University of San Francisco School of Management. McKeon began his professional career at Du Pont de Nemours. He initially led the implementation of large news publishing systems around the world and was later promoted to run marketing and business development. During his time at Du Pont, McKeon lived throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. His career shifted to health care when he was recruited to Stanford University Medical Center, where he initially led the Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery business. He was then promoted to Director of Market Development for all 17 business lines at Stanford. He then went to Raytel Medical Systems - the largest cardiac monitoring business in the United States. He served as Executive Director and digitized all businesses so that physicians could see patients’ EKGs online from anywhere in the world. At Raytel, he won the Computer World Smithsonian Award in Medicine. McKeon came to Houston to join U.S. Oncology, which provides cancer care for over 25 percent of the U.S. population. There, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Pharmaceutical Business Relations. During McKeon’s tenure, U.S. Oncology grew from $250 million to $1.4 billion, filed for IPO and was later acquired by the McKesson Corporation. McKeon then moved to Medtronic Inc., the largest medical device company in the world. He led Strategy and Emerging Technologies across all of the Medtronic businesses. His main focus was to define the digital strategy for all Medtronic medical devices so that they could connect to cellular devices. McKeon was then recruited to serve as President and CEO of Microport Inc. in Shanghai. He grew the business from $17 million to $157 million in two years. Additionally, he diversified the business from one line to four lines and prepared the company for IPO. Today, Microport is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. McKeon then moved to London to serve as President and CEO of Cellnovo, the first mobile diabetes management system in the world. He raised $10 million for its Series A round and $57 million for the Series B. Cellnovo is public on the European Exchange.

Texas Medical Center

President & CEO

William F. McKeon

President & CEO, Texas Medical Center

Robert Albro

Partner, Chief Investment Officer, King Street Properties

Carlos Santiago

VP, Head of Americas, Real Estate & Facilites, GSK

Sumit Verma

Senior Vice President Global Strategic Manufacturing, Iovance Biotherapeutics

Audrey Greenberg

Founder, Center for Breakthrough Medicines

Michael Poisel

Executive Director, Penn Center for Innovation

Quentin Reynolds

Chief Investment Officer, The Davis Companies

Miguel Ilzarbe

Global Operations, Foundation Medicine

Matthew McDevitt

President, Warren Avenue Investors

Tom Osha

Executive Vice President, Wexford

Anthony Guiliano

General Manager, Life Sciences Construction, Lendlease

Tiffany Wilson

President & CEO, University City Science Center

Randal Froebelius

Project Executive & Senior Adviser, MaRS Discovery District

Kurt Lindorfer

Founding Principal, PARADIGM Structural Engineers

George Wiker

CEO, CleanSpace

Tim O'Connell

Senior Principal and Director, Science + Technology, HOK

Anthony Montalto

Partner, Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B)

Abhishek Dhawan

Life Sciences Core Market Leader, DPR Construction

Brooks Slocum

Principal, SGA

Thomas Joyner

Partner, AHA Consulting Engineers

Eric Jaffe

Education & Science Global Director, HDR

Scott McNallan

Architectural Design Lead, CRB Group

Moderator

Amrit Chaudhuri

CEO, SmartLabs

Moderator

Susie Harborth

Chief Business Officer, Breakthrough Properties

HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS: AVAILABLE UNTIL SOLD OUT

After you book your conference ticket, take advantage of Bisnow's preferred rates at either The Notary Hotel or The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. You can book directly using the links below. Please note, we only have a specified number of rooms allotted at the discount and they are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Notary Hotel - $279/night: https://book.passkey.com/go/BisnowOctober2023
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - $399/night: https://book.passkey.com/go/BISNOW2023

If you are unable to book via the link please reach out to ellie.boyle@bisnow.com.

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Venue

Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Ballroom: Ballroom AB (The closest entrance to the ballroom is through12th and Market Street next to the Hard Rock Café)

Parking Information:

We recommend using the Convention Center Parking Facility. Rates and directions can be found at http://www.conventioncenterparking.com/.

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Agenda

October 11	Activity
12:00 PM 1:15 PM	Registration & Networking
1:15 PM 2:00 PM	International Investment Roundtable 1. Gain a better understanding for what types of institutional capital is entering the space and how this impacts development activity 2. Capital Markets outlook for the life sciences industry. Closer look at the accessibility of debt and equity
2:00 PM 2:45 PM	Public, Private & Municipal Partnerships 1. Developers, Cities & Local Organizations Discuss Best Practices to Fostering Community Development 2. Strategies to getting life science developments approved without community pushback
2:45 PM 3:00 PM	Coffee, Networking & Dealmaking
3:00 PM 3:45 PM	Building & Designing for Tenant Demands Across All Lab Types 1. From GMP facilities to wet labs to research and development spaces, hear how top designers are accommodating for varying needs 2. Understand what key market factors are determining where companies will build on spec.
3:45 PM 4:30 PM	Finding Graduation Space for Tenants, Incubator Space & Workforce Development 1. As tenants need more space, how are developers accommodating flexibility and growth? 2. What are the keys for early stage life sciences companies to have success? How can real estate help foster collaboration?
4:30 PM 5:15 PM	Behind the Science: Research Roundtable 1. What types of ground breaking science discoveries are advancing the industry forward? 2. Closer look at different types of labs: cell gene therapy, drug discovery, cancer research, etc.
5:15 PM 7:30 PM	Cocktail Reception
October 12	Activity
9:00 AM 10:30 AM	Breakfast, Coffee, Registration & Networking
10:30 AM 11:30 AM	CEO Roundtable: Future of the Sector 1. Inside look from the top life sciences thought leaders on the future of the industry. 2. Hear from CEOs of development companies and innovative biotech firms.
11:30 AM 12:15 PM	Leasing Outlook: Supply & Demand, Pricing & Lease Terms 1. Which types of developments are leasing with the highest rents and what do lease negotiations look like in top markets? 2. Where is there an imbalance of supply and demand and how does this impact deal flow nationwide? 3. How about the subleasing market, how is that shifting market dynamics?
12:15 PM 1:15 PM	Lunch & Networking
1:15 PM 2:00 PM	Why Philly: Growing in this Market & Cell Gene Therapy 1. Hear from Local Philly life sciences leaders on the evolution of this market and the role gene therapy plays in advancing the city. 2. Learn how the city is accommodating the growth of all sized tenants in this growing ecosystem.
2:00 PM 2:45 PM	Top International Markets: Coast to Coast Trends 1. Boston, Cambridge, San Diego, San Francisco, Philly, London & More 2. Which markets are next and what specific factors lead to high demand?
2:45 PM 3:30 PM	Site Selection, Building on Spec & Analyzing Tenant Needs 1. Downtown developments versus building in the suburbs versus campus-sized projects 2. How do you manage risk and maximize return by determining whether or not to build on spec?
3:30 PM 4:00 PM	Networking & Deal Making
4:00 PM 6:30 PM	Closing Cocktail Reception

A PREMIER 2 DAY LIFE SCIENCES CONFERENCE

Setting the Stage

With unprecedented growth and demand for the life sciences sector across the globe, Bisnow is hosting a two-day, internationally focused Life Sciences Event, featuring top thought leaders across life sciences investment, development, research, design and the next wave of biotech innovators.

This conference's overall objective is to deliver content and deal-making opportunities at the intersection between the biotech and real estate communities.

What You’ll Learn

Hear from CEOs, CIOs, Presidents, and Heads of Real Estate and Research about how the industry is learning and prioritizing the growth of these mission-driven biotech companies. The most successful real estate transactions and investments in the biotech industry are ones that understand the unique vision of these evolving companies. This event is meant to further connect, educate and inspire innovation in life sciences so that the real estate community can provide a flexible and welcoming home for continued growth in the world's most untapped industry. Key discussions will include:

Public-Private Partnerships
Fundraising & Life Science Investment
Teaching & Training for the Next Generation of Life Science Talent
Key Ingredients for Successful Development & Design Across Various Lab Products
Site Selection & Acquisition Strategies
Top Markets: Following Where Tenants Want to Grow

Who Will Attend

Executives from life sciences companies, developers, owners, investors, researchers, construction, architects, engineers, consultants, brokers, property managers and more.

What Your Ticket Gets You

Access to notable keynote presentations, roundtable discussions, panel insights, targeted networking sessions and cocktail receptions across two days of networking and deal-making in Philly. Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in each niche sector to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

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