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Speakers and Panels
Jedd Skibo
Senior Director, Global Real Estate
Charles River Laboratories
Kevin Mahoney
CEO
University Of Pennsylvania Health System
Jessica Brock
Partner, Real Estate Operations
Longfellow Real Estate Partners
Amrit Chaudhuri
CEO
SmartLabs
Investment Outlook: Transactions & Capital Raising
Quentin Reynolds
President and Chief Investment Officer
The Davis Companies
Thomas Wang
Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Life Sciences
EQT Exeter
Brian Newman
Managing Director, Life Sciences
Ventas
Andrea De Leon
Private Equity
TPG Real Estate
Sava Kobilarov
Managing Partner
Vault Advisors
Sabrina Solomiany
Senior Managing Director, Nat'l Head of Life Sciences
Berkadia
Breakthrough Properties Keynote/Fireside Chat
Dan Belldegrun
CEO
Breakthrough Properties
Amy Schulman
Managing Partner
Polaris Partners
Susie Harborth
Chief Business Officer
Breakthrough Properties
Building & Designing for Tenant Demands Across All Lab Types
Ben Suzuki
Executive Director, Real Estate
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Anthony Guiliano
General Manager, Life Sciences Construction
Lendlease
Alicia Hinds
COO
Alloy Properties
Anthony Montalto
Partner
Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B)
Eric Jaffe
Education & Science Global Director
HDR
Rick Smith
Vice President
Vicinity Energy
Helping Life Sciences Companies Scale
Kendalle Burlin O’Connell
CEO & President
MassBio
Michael Poisel
Executive Director
Penn Center for Innovation
Dora Mitchell
Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief of Staff
Interius Biotherapeutics
Melina Blees
Head of Philadelphia
BioLabs
Tyler Vandegrift
Senior Managing Director
JLL
Dipankar Ghosh
Vice President, BioPharma Services
SmartLabs
Creating Biotech & Innovation Hubs
Carl Rodrigues
CEO
Harvard Allston Land Company
Jamie Schwartz
President
Hudson Valley iCampus
Brent Webb
Development Executive
Mortenson Development
Joe Mamayek
Principal
SGA
Travis McCready
Head of Life Sciences, Industries Americas
JLL
Randal Froebelius
Project Executive & Senior Adviser
MaRS Discovery District
Why Philly: Growing in this Market & Cell Gene Therapy
Matthew McDevitt
President
Warren Avenue Investors
Ed Datz
Executive Director, Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania
John Gattuso
CEO
Gattuso Development
Anthony Green
Chief Scientific Officer
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Scott Mazo
Founder & CEO
University Place Associates
Eli Gurwitz
Chief Investment Officer
Warren Avenue Investors
Claire Greenwood
Executive Director & SVP for Economic Competitiveness
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Top International Markets: Global Trends
Suzet McKinney
Investor
[Previously with Sterling Bay]
Tom Osha
Executive Vice President
Wexford
Sumit Verma
Senior Vice President Global Strategic Manufacturing
Iovance Biotherapeutics
Stephen Blair
Principal, Science & Technology Practice Director
CannonDesign
Abhishek Dhawan
Life Sciences Core Market Leader
DPR Construction
Tiffany Wilson
President & CEO
Science Center
Site Selection, Building on Spec & Analyzing Tenant Needs
Robert Albro
Partner, Chief Investment Officer
King Street Properties
Miguel Ilzarbe
Global Operations
Foundation Medicine
Matthew Malone
Senior Vice President, Life Sciences
Taconic Investment Partners
Scott McNallan
Architectural Design Lead
CRB Group
Tim O'Connell
Senior Principal and Director, Science + Technology
HOK
Kurt Lindorfer
Founding Principal
PARADIGM Structural Engineers
CEO Roundtable: Identifying & Investing in the Next Thriving Life Sciences Cluster
Adam Sichol
CEO
Longfellow Real Estate Partners
Marty Burger
CEO
Silverstein
Jerry Sweeney
President & CEO
Brandywine Realty Trust
Leasing Outlook: Flexibility, Demand & Lease Terms
Cory Matthews
Head of Real Estate & Asset Management
AstraZeneca
Jeff DeVuono
Senior Managing Director
Brandywine Realty Trust
Paul Touhey
Executive Vice President
CBRE
Joseph Fetterman
EVP Healthcare and Life Sciences
Colliers
Dave Hagan
SVP
Netrality Data Centers
Howard Kozloff
Founder & CEO
Noblespace
A PREMIER 2 DAY LIFE SCIENCES CONFERENCE
Setting the Stage
How can commercial real estate support scientific advancements? 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, commercial 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
A Snapshot of Companies Attending
Alloy Properties, Berkadia, Boston Properties, Brandywine Realty Trust, Breakthrough Properties, Center for Breakthrough Medicines, CIC Labs + Innovation Campus, Colliers, Crescent Communities, Cushman & Wakefield, EDGE, EQT Exeter, Foundation Medicine, Frontier Scientific Solutions, GenVault Biorepository, Gilbane Building Company, Gleeds, Harvard Allston Land Company, Hudson Valley iCampus, INTECH Construction, Iovance Biotherapeutics, JLL, JPMorgan Asset Management, King Street Properties, Lendlease, Longfellow Real Estate Partners, Onyx Equities, Oxford University Development, Penn Center for Innovation, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Rialto Capital, Sheridan Road Properties, Silverstein, SmartLabs, South Duvall, Sterling Bay, The Davis Companies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Transwestern, University City Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, University Place Associates, Warren Avenue Investors, Wexford Science + Technology, plus hundreds 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.
Get Your Professional Headshot Taken
Biscred will be sponsoring professional headshots at the conference. Stop by their station in the foyer area during one of the time slots below:
Day 1: 12pm - 2pm
Day 2: 11:30am - 1:30pm
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Event Producer, Chris Picher at chris.picher@bisnow.com
For speaker or sponsorship interest, click here.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ellie.boyle@bisnow.com no later than 10 business days prior to the event.
Connect with Other Attendees Now
Typically, our attendee list becomes available the week before an event so you can strategize your networking. ILSBC is not like our other monthly events though. We want to help you get connected and start making plans to meet valuable contacts now.
Network early and arrange meetings ahead of the conference in our exclusive LinkedIn group. If you purchase the attendee list for this event, you'll also receive an invitation to join a private LinkedIn group where you can see and interact with other attendees well in advance.
Venue
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Ballroom: Grand Ballroom AB (The closest entrance to the ballroom is between 11th and 12th on Market Street, next to the Hard Rock Café)
Wednesday Post-Event Cocktail: Transportation will be provided from the Convention Center to the cocktail reception.
We recommend using the Convention Center Parking Facility. Rates and directions can be found at http://www.conventioncenterparking.com/.
HOTEL ROOM BLOCKs: 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: SOLD OUT
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - $399/night: SOLD OUT
Agenda
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Wednesday October 11, 2023
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4:00 PM
5:15 PM
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Registration & Networking
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5:15 PM
6:00 PM
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Investment Outlook: Transactions & Capital Raising
1. Gain a better understanding for what types of institutional capital is entering the space and how this impacts development activity |
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6:00 PM
6:30 PM
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Breakthrough Properties Keynote/Fireside Chat
1. Dan Belldegrun, Amy Schulman and Susie Harborth discuss the latest on biotech trends and capital markets volatility. |
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6:30 PM
7:15 PM
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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 |
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7:15 PM
7:45 PM
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Coffee, Networking & Dealmaking
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7:45 PM
8:30 PM
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Helping Life Sciences Companies Scale
1. As tenants need more space, how are developers accommodating flexibility and growth? |
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8:30 PM
9:15 PM
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Creating Biotech & Innovation Hubs
1. What types of ground breaking science discoveries are advancing the industry forward? |
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9:30 PM
11:30 PM
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Post-Event Cocktail at Budd Bioworks
1. Hosted at Budd Bioworks with Budd Bioworks at 2450 W Hunting Park. |
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Thursday October 12, 2023
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1:30 PM
2:30 PM
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Breakfast, Coffee & Networking
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2:30 PM
3:15 PM
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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? |
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3:15 PM
4:00 PM
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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. |
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4:00 PM
5:00 PM
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Lunch & Networking
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5:00 PM
5:45 PM
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Top International Markets: Global Trends
1. Boston, Cambridge, San Diego, San Francisco, Philly, London & More |
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5:45 PM
6:30 PM
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Site Selection, Building on Spec & Analyzing Tenant Needs
1. Downtown developments versus building in the suburbs versus campus-sized projects |
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6:30 PM
7:00 PM
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Networking
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