ThinkEquity Partners LLC
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
ThinkTank
ThinkTank
November 10, 2006
The Ritz-Carlton Midtown
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-308-9100
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Highlights

Get deep into the subject matter with a half day forum on Hepatitis C, followed by a half day forum deep into the state of the art of Hematology. Hear from key companies and thought leaders, with specific focus on the disease state. We will take time for extensive Q&A with both company managements and practitioners. Registration is required in advance for this event. There will be no walk-in registrations accepted.

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Agenda

 

Continental Breakfast & Registration
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
 
Company Presentations
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Colin Broom

Chief Scientific Officer

Nathaniel A. Brown, M.D.

Executive Vice President Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer

Lawrence Blatt, Ph.D.

Chief Science Officer

Stuart Pollard

Chief Scientific Officer and Julian Symons, Head of HCV Biology of Roche

Bob Kauffman, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice President of Clinical Development

Thought Leader Panel: Today and Beyond for Hepatitis C Treatment
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Panelist Francis Chisari, M.D.

is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Head of the Division of Experimental Virology at Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California. Read bio »

Panelist John McHutchison, M.D.

is a Professor of Medicine at Duke University and Director of GI/Hepatology Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Read bio »

Panelist Stefan Zeuzem, M.D.

is Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology at Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany. Read bio »

15-Minute Networking Break
11:45 AM
Networking Break box lunches will be available in the foyer
 
Company Presentations
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Joi Ninomoto

VP Medical Affairs

Prof. Jan van de Winkel

Chief Scientific Officer

Brian Schwartz, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Michael Saunders, M.D.

Vice President, Clinical Development



Massimo Iacobelli

SVP and Scientific Director



Robert L. Capizzi, M.D.

F.A.C.P. Chief Medical Officer

Thought Leader Panel: The State of the Art of Hematologic Malignancies
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Panelist Hagop Kantarjian, M.D.

is chairman of the Leukemia Department and a professor of Medicine at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Read bio »

Panelist Mark L. Heaney, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Read bio »

Panelist David Scheinberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of the Leukemia Service at Memorial Sloane Kettering in New York and Member and Head of the Hematopoietic Cancer Immunochemistry Laboratory at Sloan-Kettering Institute. Read bio »

Keynote Speakers
Francis Chisari, M.D.

Professor in the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Head of the Division of Experimental Virology at Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California
Read bio »

Mark L. Heaney, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Read bio »

Hagop Kantarjian, M.D.

Chairman of the Leukemia Department and a professor of Medicine at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Read bio »

John McHutchison, M.D.

Professor of Medicine at Duke University and Director of GI/Hepatology Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Read bio »

David Scheinberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of the Leukemia Service at Memorial Sloane Kettering in New York and Member and Head of the Hematopoietic Cancer Immunochemistry Laboratory at Sloan-Kettering Institute.
Read bio »

Stefan Zeuzem, M.D.

Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology at Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Read bio »

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The Ritz-Carlton Midtown
50 Central Park South
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-308-9100
Web: www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/new_york_central_park