Programs & Events

2015 Speaker Series

Legal Challenges of Early Start-ups

November 23, 2015
Carolyn Hochstadter, Esq. | E. Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker, LLC 

Innovating in & with Large Organizations: The IBC/TJU Collaboration

November 9, 2015
Terry Booker | Vice President, Corporate Development & Innovation, Independence Blue Cross

Crowdfunding for Your Innovation

November 2, 2015
Devin Thorpe | Author, Crowdfunding for Social Good; Contributor, Forbes

Oh, The Places You'll Go! Starting and Funding Philadelphia Life Sciences Companies

October 19, 2015
Joan Lau, PhD, MBA | Managing Partner, Militia Hill Ventures

Regional Angel Investing: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

October 5, 2015
Wayne Kimmel | Founding & Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital

The BEN Process: Funding Guidance

September 21, 2015
Jennifer Hartt | Director of Investments, Life Sciences, Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The Innovation Journey

September 14, 2015
Tom Oleznak | Innovation Director, Business Development, Independence Blue Cross

Improving Human Experiences Through Design Thinking

April 15, 2015
Russ Starke | Thinking Brownstone

BioAdvance: Building & Sustaining a Life Sciences Greenhouse

April 13, 2015
Barbara Schilberg, Esq. | Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, BIOAdvance

SPECIAL EVENT: The Art of Battling Giants with Malcolm Gladwell & Stephen K. Klasko

April 8, 2015 | Penn Museum
Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell explored topics from his latest book, David and Goliath, with Dr. Klasko and an audience of 800+ attendees.

Hallelujah Moments: Tales of Drug Discovery

March 30, 2015
Eugene H. Cordes | Author

Innovating with Large Corporations

March 23, 2015
Marc Siry | Vice President Strategic Development, Comcast

Serial Entrepreneurship and 3D Printing: Past as Prologue

March 16, 2015
John Springrose | Chief Executive Officer, inDimension3

Physician Entrepreneurs: Challenges & Opportunities

March 9, 2015
Alex Vaccaro, MD, PhD | President, Rothman Orthopaedics

Investing in Life Science and Health Care: Challenges & Opportunities

March 2, 2015
Brenda Gavin, DVM | Founding Partner, Quaker Partners

PACT: A Regional Overview of the Funders of Innovation

February 23, 2015
Dean Miller | President and CEO, PACT

Venture Capital 101

February 9, 2015
Louis Berneman, EdD | Founding Partner, Osage University Partners

The Craft of Fabrication: From Concept to Prototype to Newco

February 2, 2015
Evan Malone, PhD | President, NextFab Studio, LLC

Start-Ups: What You Should Know & Your Lawyer Should Tell You

January 12, 2015
Karen Keating Mara, Esq. | Owner, Keating Mara & Associate

National Trends & Regional Implications

January 5, 2015
Fritz Bittenbender | Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Biotechnology Industry Organization