Catalyst Forum 2022

Catalyst Forum 2022
Collaborate
November 16, 2022

November 16, 2022
Broad Institute
415 Main Street | Cambridge, MA
1:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Thank you for joining us for the fourth edition of the Catalyst Forum: Life Sciences hosted at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. The theme of this year’s program, Collaborate, highlighted the special relationship between life science leaders in Canada and the United States. Our program featured life sciences leaders and showcase Canadian life sciences companies. We also recognized the winners of the Canadian Consulate of Boston’s first annual Trailblazer Corporate Innovation Challenge with the Catalyst Awards.

MAINSTAGE SPEAKER

**JEFF KARP, PhD**

Professor Karp is the Distinguished Chair in Clinical Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is also a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and an affiliate faculty member at the Broad Institute and at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

EVENT SCHEDULE

1:30 - 1:45 | Welcome and Introductions
Karla MacDonald, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Entrada Therapeutics; President, CENE
Rodger Cuzner, Consulate General of Canada in Boston
Kristen Zarrelli, Associate Director, Government Relations, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

1:45 - 2:15 | Overview of Cross Border Opportunities in the Life Sciences
Cheryl Reicin, Partner, Torys

2:15 - 3:15 | Showcase: Canadian Life Sciences Companies
Moderated by Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director, MassVentures

Able Innovations
Breathe Biomedical
MIMOSA Diagnostics
Seespine
Skino pathy
STEMCELL

3:15 - 3:45 | Networking Break Hosted by British Columbia

3:45 - 4:00 | Introduction of the Corporate Innovation Challenge
Dina Santos, Consul and Head of the Commercial Section, Consulate General of Canada in Boston
Phil Bunsick, Trade Commissioner - Life Sciences, Consulate General of Canada in Boston

4:00 - 4:45 | Corporate Innovation Challenge Partner: Ipsen
David Jenkins, Vice President, Head of External Innovation at Ipsen
Moderated by Maude Tessier, Chief Business Officer, Seismic Therapeutic

4:45 - 5:00 | 1st Annual Catalyst Awards: Corporate Innovation Challenge Winners
Dina Santos, Consul and Head of the Commercial Section, Consulate General of Canada in Boston
Phil Bunsick, Trade Commissioner - Life Sciences, Consulate General of Canada in Boston

5:00 - 5:30 | Networking Break

5:30 - 6:15 | Mainstage Session with Jeff Karp, PhD
Jeff Karp, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Moderated by Karla MacDonald, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Entrada Therapeutics; President, CENE

6:15 - 6:30 | Wrap-up and Next Steps
Shayne Gilbert, Executive Director, CENE

6:30 - 7:30 | Networking Reception

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