After teaming together for a successful Forum in 2016, Cavendish and AZBIO are joined together once again to host Cavendish’s 22nd BioHealth Impact Forum in October 2019.
AZBIO, a proud partner, is committed to building a top-tier life science industry in the State of Arizona. Arizona hosts a sizable and rapidly growing bioscience industry. State bioscience firms employed 25,686 in 2016 in 1,310 individual business establishments. Industry employment has grown by 9 percent since 2014, twice the growth rate of the nation, with four of the five major sub-sectors adding jobs during the period. Both drugs and pharmaceuticals and research, testing and medical labs have experienced double-digit job growth since 2014. Arizona inventors have been awarded nearly 2,000 bioscience-related patents since 2014, among the second quintile of states in patent activity. Since 2015, NIH awards to Arizona institutions have increased, reaching $189 million in FY 2017.
The Phoenix Forum was a centerpiece of the larger State of Arizona’s Bioscience Week, an annual tradition recognizing the tremendous power and promise behind the state’s bio community. Cavendish guests were invited to join the AZBIO community for their 14th Annual AZBIO Awards and Gala on Wednesday, October 2.
Forum Schedule and Speakers
Wednesday | October 2 | Phoenix Convention Center
Full day-long schedule to be announced! | UA Phoenix Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building
Presented by the Arizona Center for Drug Discovery and the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
The Summit will highlight key areas of research in discovering effective drug candidates in prevalent diseases in Arizona while establishing collaborations that enable success in these key areas.
Click here for more information and registration for the Summit (this does not register you for the October 3 Cavendish Forum).
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Phoenix Convention Center - West Ballroom
Registration will open at 3:00 PM for the AZBio Awards Ceremony and Fiesta. Attendees of the Cavendish Forum are invited to join the Arizona bioscience community at both the Awards Ceremony and the evening Fiesta.
Photo feature: Scene from 2018’s AZBio Awards Ceremony and Reception.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Phoenix Convention Center - West Ballroom
Cavendish will join together with Arizona’s bioscience community, led by AZBio, for the 14th Annual AZBio Awards Ceremony. The AZBio Awards Ceremony celebrates Arizona’s leading educators, innovators and companies.
The awards ceremony will feature remarks by Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of the State of Arizona.
The 2019 Ceremony will celebrate and honor the Honorable Jane Dee Hull (AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement), Regenesis Biomedical, Inc. (2019 Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year), Martha Brumfield, PhD, Critical Path Institute (Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year), Debbie McCune Davis, TAPI (2019 Public Service Award Honoree), Monica Kraft, MD, University of Arizona (2019 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year), Marti Lindsey, PhD, University of Arizona (Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year), and the AZBio Fast Lane Award Honorees: Biosensing Instrument, GT Medical Technologies, OncoMyx.
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Phoenix Convention Center - West Ballroom
The 14th Annual AZBio Awards Ceremony will conclude and open the Awards Fiesta, featuring cocktails and a buffet dinner, networking and exhibitions from the Arizona bioscience community. Cavendish Forum attendees are invited to join the Arizona bioscience community for the Fiesta.
Thursday | October 3, 2019 | Phoenix Biomedical Campus
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Atrium at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Registered attendees may stop by the registration desk to collect Forum materials, consult with our Digital Services team on the use of Cavendish IQ for setting partnering meetings, sending messages, profile building, and to grab breakfast, ahead of opening remarks.
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM | Guy Reed, MD, MS, Dean and Valley of the Sun Professor, University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix
Guy Reed, MD, MS, is an internationally recognized and renowned cardiologist, physician-scientist, educator and health administrator. As dean, he spearheads the college’s proud tradition of excellence in advancing medical education, research and clinical care in the state of Arizona and beyond. Learn more about Dr. Reed.
Photo: Guy Reed, MD, MS, Dean, University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Featuring John Antretter, COO, and Michael Christiansen, CFO, Weild & Co, Inc.
Named as one of the fastest-growing investment banks, Weild & Co. provides a broader spectrum of client-focused corporate finance and capital raising services for companies. Details to be announced!
Photo: Michael Christiansen and John Antretter, Weild & Co.
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Cavendish Innovation Partners
Cavendish Innovation Partners, individually-curated early-stage biohealth companies, will deliver impact presentations on their latest breakthrough work.
Interested in becoming a Cavendish Innovation Partner and presenting at our Phoenix Forum? Contact Gwen Snyder.
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM | Outdoor “Canyon” and indoor Atrium at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Immediately following Innovation Partner impact presentations, members enjoy a break to grab coffee, meet one-on-one with fellow attendees and continue conversations with Innovation Partners on the details of their presentations.
Meetings may be set in advance on the Cavendish IQ digital platform. Interested in joining Cavendish IQ? Contact Gwen Snyder.
Photo: The “Copper Canyon” area at the newly-constructed Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Panel moderated by Joan Koerber-Walker, President and CEO, AZBio, and Trustee, Healthcare Impact Foundation; featuring Brad Halvorsen, Executive Vice President, Flinn Foundation, Charlie Lewis, Senior VP of Venture Development, Skysong Innovations, Doug Hockstad, AVP, The University of Arizona and Tech Launch Arizona.
Details to be announced!
Photo: Joan Koerber-Walker, President and CEO, AZBio
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Moderated by Mara Aspinall, Managing Director, BlueStone Venture Partners, with Timmeko Love, Mayo Clinic Ventures and Managing Partner of the ASU Mayo Clinic MedTech Accelerator; and Jim Goulka, Chairman and Managing Director, Arizona Tech Investors.
Details to be announced!
Photo: Mara Aspinall, Managing Director, BlueStone Venture Partners, and President and CEO, Health Catalysts
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Virginia G. Piper Auditorium on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Break bread with fellow Cavendish members over a casual buffet lunch at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Cavendish luncheons do not feature keynote speakers, leaving attendees uninterrupted to network, meet and dine.
Photo: Exterior of the Virginia G. Piper Auditorium in Phoenix.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Keynote from William Graves, PhD, BioDesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery; Associate Professor, Physics Department Arizona State University
Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C—the latest addition to the BioDesign Institute at Arizona State University—a pathbreaking machine is quietly taking shape. Designed to unlock some of nature’s tiniest and most fleeting mysteries, the Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser (CXFEL) is the only instrument of its kind in the world.
Photo: William Graves, PhD, Arizona State University, together with the CXFEL Laser
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Cavendish Innovation Partners
Cavendish Innovation Partners, individually-curated early-stage biohealth companies, will deliver impact presentations on their latest breakthrough work.
Interested in becoming a Cavendish Innovation Partner and presenting at our Phoenix Forum? Contact Gwen Snyder.
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Outdoor “Canyon” and the indoor Atrium at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Immediately following Innovation Partner impact presentations, members enjoy a break to grab coffee, meet one-on-one with fellow attendees and continue conversations with Innovation Partners on the details of their presentations.
Meetings may be set in advance on the Cavendish IQ digital platform. Interested in joining Cavendish IQ? Contact Gwen Snyder.
Photo: The “Copper Canyon” area at the newly-constructed Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
4:15 - 4:45 PM | Stephen Albert Johnston, PhD, Director, BioDesign Institute, Arizona State University
ASU and Calviri have been working on developing a vaccine to PREVENT any cancer. They are testing it now in an 800 dog, owner-enrolled trial that if successful would set the stage to test it in humans.
Photo: Stephen Albert Johnston, PhD, Arizona State University
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Moderated by Joann Sweasy, PhD, Interim Director, University of Arizona Cancer Center; featuring:
Emmanuel Katsanis, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Pathology and Immunobiology, the Louise Thomas Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research, the Peter and Paula Fasseas Chair in Cancer Research, Director of the Adult & Pediatric Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy & Transplant Program, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona
Melissa M. Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of the Women’s Health Microbiome Initiative, Department of Basic Medical Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, Chief, Section of GI Medical Oncology, Director of the UACC Clinical Trials Office, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center
Robin B. Harris, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Zuckerman College of Public Health, Co-Director of the Skin Cancer Institute at the University of Arizona Cancer Center
Photo: Joann Sweasy, PhD, Interim Director, University of Arizona Cancer Center
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM | Chris Reiling, General Manager & Commercial Leader, US MedTech Solutions, Vik Malik, Commercial Partner & Senior Director, US MedTech Solutions, together with Chris Chalmers, PharmD, Senior Director of Business Development, US Contract Sales & Medical Solutions
Details to be announced!
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM | Arizona Science Center, 600 E Washington St., Phoenix
Forum attendees will join with IQVIA and the larger Arizona bioscience community for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, networking and full access to the Arizona Science Center. This is a can’t-miss reception.