Agenda

February 19, 2004

The Wharton School 

5:00-6:00pm

Opening Keynote

February 20, 2004

Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue 

8:00-8:50am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:50-9:00am

Welcome Comments

9:00-10:00am

Morning Keynote

10:15-11:30am

- Pharmaceutical Panel: Effective Corporate Merger and Acquisition Strategies: Is Bigger Always Better?

 

- Payor/Provider Panel: Where Do We Go From Here: Perspectives on Improving the US Health Care System 

11:30-12:45pm

Networking Lunch

1:00-2:15pm

- Medical Device Panel: Can the Current Growth of the Medical Device Industry be Sustained?

 

- Entrepreneurship Panel: From Idea to Implementation: The Company Creation Process

2:15-2:30pm

Break

2:30-3:45pm

- Biotech Panel: From Partners to Platforms to Products:  How will Successful Biotechs Play the Game?

 

- Finance Panel: The Quest for the Perfect Deal

4:00-5:00pm

Closing Keynote

5:00-6:00pm

Cocktail Reception