2019 Itinerary


August 20th

3:30 – 8:00 PM: Travel
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Dinner
9:00 PM: Introductions and networking


august 21st

7:30 – 8:30 AM: Breakfast

8:30 – 11:30 AM: Choose your activity:

  • Fishing (pre-registration/fishing license required)

  • Wreck Island hike, explore, swim

  • Relax on the island

11:30 – Noon: Break

Noon – 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 PM: “Sidestepping the FDA: How Stem Cell Clinics and ‘Right to Try’ Are Offering the Availability of New Medical Products Without Premarket Review (and Reimbursement) - An Introduction” – David Smith (Of Counsel, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

1:45 – 2:15 PM: Company presentation “Update on Autem Medical – What a gEM ” – Frederico Costa, M.D. (Co-Founder, Center of Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil)

2:15 – 2:45 PM: “Managing Investors and Expectations” – Andrew Powell (Board Member, Aclaris)

2:45 – 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 – 3:45 PM: “A Proven Vertical Innovation Process” – John Nottingham (Co-President, Nottingham Spirk)

3:45 – 5:15 PM:  Company presentations (Clinical-Stage Assets)

  • Sarabjit Ashta (Chief Business Development Officer, Glycadia Pharma)

  • Hank Safferstein (Senior Vice President, Aging NewCo)

5:15 – 6:00 PM: Break

6:00 – 7:00 PM: Dinner

7:00 – 7:30 PM: Michael Hoerres (Chief Executive Officer, Cernostics, Inc.)

7:30 – 8:30 PM:  Company presentations (Early-Stage Companies)

  • Wade King (Chief Executive Officer, Prota Therapeutics)

  • Robert Bianchini (Vice President of Research, Innovation & Engineering, Rodan + Fields)

8:30 – 9:15 PM:  “Innovation Through the Eyes of Venture Capital” – John Friedman (Managing Partner, Easton Capital Investment Group)

9:15 – 10:00 PM:  “Integrating Business Concerns with IP Protection – a Novel Pepper Model – Creation of ‘Functional Exclusivity’” – Craig Markovitz (Entrepreneurial Specialist, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

10:00 PM:  Networking


August 22nd

8:00 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 AM: Company presentations (The Role of Business Development)

  • Jim Nolan (Operating Partner, Velocity Fund Partners LP)

  • David Seemungal (Director, Cubase Consulting Limited)

10:00 – 11:00 AM: Company presentations (Importance of Technology)

  • David Model (Chief Operating Officer, Triton Systems Inc.)

  • Bill Mitchell (Vice President of Legal, IP, Licensing & Employment, NOVA Chemicals Inc.)

11:00 – 11:15 AM:  Break

11:15 – 11:45 AM:  “IP Implications of Compounding Pharmacies” – Ray Miller (Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

11:45 AM – 3:00 PM: Pomeroy Island, picnic lunch, company presentation, travel back to Black Blass Island

  • Amany Mansour-Awad (President and Founder) and Lars Brichta (COO and Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs), Chemistry Rx

3:00 – 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 – 4:15 PM: “Compounding Pharmacies – Recent Enforcement and Inspection Trends of Compounds” - Cal Stein (Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

4:15 – 5:00 PM:  “Understanding Exclusivity in the Pharma, Biologics and Medical Device Industries” - N. Nicole Stakleff (Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

5:00 – 5:45 PM:  “Compliance: The Best Armor Against the DOJ” - Miranda Hooker (Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

5:45 – 6:00 PM: Break

6:00 – 7:00 PM: Guest Speaker: “The History of the Georgian Bay”

7:00 – 8:00 PM: Dinner

8:00 – 9:30 PM: Company presentations (Concerns of the In-House Counsel)

  • “Patent Pools in Healthcare: Is It Hurting or Helping?” - Craig Thomson (Partner, HGF Limited)

  • “A New Way to Deliver Rx Therapies” - Brandon Kirsch (Co-Founder, Clearifi Rx)

  • “Identifying and Protecting Trade Secrets” – Will Taylor (Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP)

9:30 PM:  Networking


august 23rd

8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Seaplane Departs for Toronto Pearson International Airport
9:00 AM: Seaplane Departs for Atlantic Aviation, Pittsburgh