The 10th SABPA Pacific Forum

When: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday, October 4, 2014 
Where: Hilton Del Mar, 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, CA 92014

Registration: 

$20 for early birds by Sept 30; $30 online regular registration closes on Oct. 03; $50 for onsite registration（cash or check onsite）; $10 off for students and postdocs. Fees include program brochure, continental breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch and onsite reception.

Event Program:

8:30 am Breakfast and Registration

8:45 am Welcoming    

Mingzhu Zhang, Ph.D. - President, SABPA, San Diego Chapter; VP of Business Development, Shanghai Medicilon

Stephanie Shi, Ph.D. - Chair, Pacific Alliance, SABPA; Integrated Sourcing Lead, Pfizer

9:00 am Jerry Sanders – President & Chief Executive Officer, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, Former Mayor of San Diego

9:15 am Wendy Pan, Ph.D., J.D. - Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP

9:45 am Jingyi Wang, Ph.D. - Vice President, Kelun Pharmaceutical

10:15 am             Start-up, Growing, Pain and Gain in China

Shiang Huang, M.D. - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kindstar Global                       

10:45 am Coffee Break

11:15 am Panel Discussion：Emerging Trends in Cross-Pacific Investment 
Session Leader: Wendy Pan, Ph.D., J.D. - Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Panel Speakers：

Michael F. Haller, Ph.D. - Chief Operating Officer, Denovo Biopharma

Lan Huang, Ph.D. - Cofounder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals

Christopher J. Reinhard, Ph.D. – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals Group

12:45 pm             Lunch

1:45 pm Opening of Afternoon Sessions

Lana Feng, Ph.D. - Co-Chair, Pacific Alliance, SABPA; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Personalized Diagnostics

1:50 pm Steve Q. Yang, Ph.D. – Chief Operating Officer, WuXi Apptec

2:20 pm Jean Pierre Wery, Ph.D. – President, Crown Bioscience

2:50 pm Coffee Break

3:20 pm Panel Discussion：Redefining the Roles of CROs in Global R&D Transformation 
Session Leader: Sylvie Sakata, Ph.D. – Senior Director, Pfizer

Panel Speakers:

Chen Chen, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Sundia MediTech 
Chunlin Chen, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Shanghai Medicilon

Yu Geng, M.D. – President & Chief Executive Officer, ProSci

Steve Q. Yang, Ph.D. – Chief Operating Officer, WuXi Apptec

Hao Zhang, Ph.D. – Director of Business Development, ACROBiosystem

4:50 pm Closing Remarks

Yahu Liu, Ph.D. – Executive Vice President, SABPA, San Diego Chapter; Research Investigator I, GNF

5:00 pm Close of Forum