Dec 5, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

East/West CEO Brings Together Biopharma Trailblazers to Discuss Key Industry Issues - Exclusive savings through Friday with special Cyber Week sale

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LeadingBiotech,?an exclusive event series bringing together senior-level biopharma leaders through off-the-record collaboration and dialogue, today announces key issues to be discussed at its East/West CEO conference to be held January 11-12, 2020 at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.

Kicking off the week of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and other biotech industry conferences, collectively referred to as JPM week, East/West CEO brings together trailblazers in business development, diversity inclusion, patient advocacy and innovation across all areas of biotech to share insights on the state of the industry.

"We're honored to have distinguished industry leaders give a truly comprehensive glimpse into biotech in 2020," said Wendy Nelson, CEO of LeadingBiotech. "As our industry continues to grow, it is crucial to consider the importance of diversity in leadership, the experiences of patients, why we do what we do and how we can do it better."

Key discussions at the conference will include: 

    --  Taking Stock of Where we are On Diversity in Leadership
    --  The Evolving Impact of Machine Learning, Digital Health & Data
    --  The Impact of M&A on Science, Innovation and the Biotech Landscape
    --  A Keynote by Brian Wallach, Co-Founder of I AM ALS
    --  Building a Biotech: Survival Strategies for Biotech CEOs, From Biotech
        CEOs

Key speakers include: 

    --  Brian Wallach - Co-Founder, I AM ALS
    --  Sangeeta Bhatia - John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health
        Sciences and Technology and of Electrical Engineering and Computer
        Science, MIT
    --  Julia Owens - CEO, Millendo Therapeutics
    --  Vali Papadimitrakopoulou, M.D. - Vice President, Clinical Development
        Leader (CDL), GPD, Pfizer
    --  Onno van de Stolpe - CEO, Galapagos
    --  Brandon Allgood, Ph.D. - Co-Founder & CTO, Numerate
    --  Lewis Bender - CEO, Intensity Therapeutics
    --  Diego Miralles - CEO, Vividion Therapeutics
    --  Simeon George - CEO, SR One

See full agenda here.

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About?LeadingBiotech??
Formerly known as Boston Biotech Conferences,?LeadingBiotech?is an event series that brings biopharma CEOs and leaders together through intimate, off-the-record collaboration.?We are?working hard to create more valuable?experiences to re-energize collaboration and infuse fresh ideas to better shape the future of biotech.?For more?information, please visit: http://www.leadingbiotech.com/.

SOURCE LeadingBiotech