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Opening Keynote

Tenant's Perspective

Punit Dhillon
Keynote

Punit Dhillon

CEO

OncoSec Medical

Jerry Keeney
Moderator

Jerry Keeney

Principal, Managing Director

Avison Young

Jerry Keeney

Moderator

Avison Young

Jerry Keeney began his real estate career in San Diego with CBRE in

1989. In 1993, Jerry relocated to Hong Kong where he worked with JLL,

The John Buck Company and C.Y. Leung on behalf of global US tenants in

the Asia Pacific region. In 1999, Jerry rejoined CBRE as Managing Director

for the Hawaii region and he subsequently sold the Hawaii operations to

the local brokers and the former Chairman / CEO of CBRE. In 2001, Jerry

returned to CBRE and Cassidy Turley in San Diego to become a leading

broker in the Life Science market. Jerry opened the San Diego office for

Avison Young, the fastest growing commercial real estate provider in the

United States. Jerry continues to support his life science clients including:

GNF / Novartis, Nantkwest, Calibr, Kura Oncology, and Avidity

Nanomedicines. Jerry is a graduate of the University of San Diego and

continues to support the University with various causes.

Design and Construction

Brian Gracz

Brian Gracz

Business Unit Leader

DPR Construction

Nancy Escano

Nancy Escano

Managing Principal

DGA Architects

Anne Benge
Moderator

Anne Benge

President

Unisource Solutions

Brian Gracz

Business Unit Leader

DPR Construction

Passionate about problem solving and working with others to build meaningful places, Brian Gracz began building great things at a young age, receiving a B.S. in Construction Engineering from Purdue University and pursuing a career in construction management. Brian has been a DPR employee since 1997 and his current role is business unit leader for DPR in San Diego. A LEED-accredited professional, Brian has a unique combination of technical prowess and leadership aptitude, which has been put to the test on technically challenging projects in a variety of industries. Having worked in the San Diego, Southern California and Mid-Atlantic regions, Brian has managed more than 20 successful projects for DPR, including the $642 million Palomar Medical Center (awarded Best Healthcare Project in the Nation by Engineering News-Record in 2012).

Development Keynote

Owner's Perspective

Dan Ryan
Keynote

Dan Ryan

Co-CIO & San Diego Regional Market Director

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Martin Togni
Moderator

Martin Togni

Partner

Allen Matkins

Martin Togni

Moderator

Allen Matkins

Martin L. Togni is a partner in the San Diego office of Allen Matkins with a practice focusing primarily on Life Sciences, representing a variety of landlords and tenants in the development and leasing of Life Science and Biotech projects. He has successfully completed major leasing transactions totaling more than 40 million square feet in California, the Midwest, and East Coast over the past 25 years, representing some of the nation's leading real estate and end-user companies. Martin also represents a wide variety of clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and ground leasing of shopping centers, industrial projects, office buildings and other commercial and mixed-use projects throughout the country

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Sean Spear

Sean Spear

Hughes Marino

Joseph Franco

Joseph Franco

Event Producer

Bisnow Media

Summary

Join Bisnow and the leaders of the biotech community as we discuss San Diego's life sciences real estate market. Our all-star panelists will review the state of the capital markets, development of new biotech facilities, and new initiatives and trends. 
Also on the docket: the state of the market down the road in 5 years as facilities become more efficient, and impact of the credit crunch on lab facilities and medical office development and acquisitions.

Venue

Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
1380 Harbor Island Dr
San Diego, CA 92101

Ballroom: Bel Aire Ballroom
Floor level: Bay Tower


$10 self-parking, $16 valet

Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast and Networking
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
Welcome and Opening Keynote
9:20 AM
10:10 AM
Design and Construction
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
Closing Keynote
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Post-Event Networking

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