Biomed 2015 – Conference Program

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TUESDAY 12TH MAY 2015
07:30-09:00 Registration Open
09:00-09:30 Welcome by IATI Biomed Chairpersons                                                                                                                      Maxidome
Ruti Alon, General Partner, Pitango Venture Capital
Dr. Benny Zeevi, IATI Co-Chairman, Managing General Partner, DFJ Tel Aviv Venture Partners
09:30-10:00 Opening Session                                                                                                                                                            Maxidome
THE RISE OF THE DATA RELIGION
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10:00-10:50 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                             Maxidome
WINNING IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Erez Vigodman, CEO, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:10 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                            Maxidome
CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BIOPHARMA INNOVATIONS – CHALLANGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Sophie Kornowski-Bonnnet, Global Head Roche Partnering, F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
12:10-13:00 Panel Discussion                                                                                                                                                            Maxidome
BANKERS GIVE DIRECTIONS: TAKE THE NEXT EXIT
Moderator: Jonathan Silverstein, General Partner and Co-Head of Venture Capital, OrbiMed
Panelists:
Gil Bar-Nahum, Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking Jefferies International Limited
Jed Cohen, Managing Director, Medical Technology Investment Banking, Leerink Partners LLC
Robert Dentice, Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, Cantor Fitzgerald
Edwin H. Gordon, Managing Director, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co
Steve Levy, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-15:20 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                             Maxidome
MEDICAL DEVICES IN THE CARE CONTINUUM … AND THE CHANGING ECONOMICS OF HEALTHCARE             
Geoffrey S. Martha, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development & Chief Integration Officer, Medtronic
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-18:20 Company Presentations
Hall C2
15:40-18:20
Company Presentations
Hall C4
15:40-18:20
Company Presentations
Hall C5
15:40-18:20
Panel Discussion       Hall C6
15:40-16:40
M&A, FROM DUE DILIGENCE TO POST MERGER INTEGRATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
Moderator:
Jonathan Losk,
 Partner, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP                  
Panelists:
Alan Adler
Assaf Bash
, Vice President, Managing Director & Discovery, Edwards Lifesciences (Israel) Ltd             
Udi Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Biocontrol Medical Ltd. 
Uri Yaron, Vice President, R&D, Cardiovascular and Specialty Surgery Group, Johnson & Johnson. General Manager, Sterilmed
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Company Presentations  Hall C6
16:20-18:00  _____________________________________
16:20-16:40    Merck KGaA
Case Study of a New Partnership Model: The European Lead Factory______________________________________
16:40-17:00    Mybiotics Pharma
The New Market of Microbiome and Pharmabiotics Therapy ______________________________________
17:00-17:20    ViDAC Pharma
Breakthrough Drugs for Oncology and Dermatology 
HEALTH – IT HACKATHON
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15:40-18:00   Maxidome
Judges:
Ziv Ofek, Founder & CEO, CDI Negev; founder and former Chief Innovation Officer of dbMotion
Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Senior Health Policy Analyst, ELS Directorate, Health Division, OECD15:40-16:30
Lecture:
NAVIGATING THE US REGULATORY CHALLENGES TO ENABLE INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE IT SOLUTIONS

Bethany J. Hills, Member of the Firm, Health Care and Life Sciences, Epstein Becker Green.
Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Senior Member, Health Care and Life Sciences and Litigation, Epstein Becker Green and Strategic Counsel, EBG Advisors, Inc.16:30-18:00 Q&A and time to strategize
15:40-16:00 Beta-O2
Bio artificial Pancreas – First Clinical Data
EyeYon Medical
Innovative solutions for Corneal Edema
Applied Immune Technologies (AIT) Ltd
Targeting the Intracellular Proteome: Novel Therapeutic Antibodies that Mimic T cell Specificity
16:00-16:20 AFfix Medical 
Bipolar Ultrasound Ablation – The Ultimate Tool for Treating Cardiac Arrhythmia  (AF &VT)
Nyxoah
Miniature Wireless Neurostimulator Controls Sleep Apnea
SmartZyme
16:20-16:40 Biop Medical
Innovative Technology for Pre-cancer and Cancer Diagnosis
EarlySense
Contact-Free and Continuous Monitoring
Silenseed
Effective RNAi-Based Treatment For Solid Tumors
16:40-17:00 Biovo Technologies
ICU Solutions: Efficiency You Can See
MeMed
Relying on the Most Accurate System to Diagnose Infections…Your Immune System
Atox Bio
Developing a Novel Immuemodulator for Severe Infection
17:00-17:20 Bluewind Medical
Injectable Wireless Micro-Stimulators – The Future of Neuro-Modulation
CollPlant Ltd.
Plant Derived rhCollagen Products for Tissue Repair
Peritech Pharma
A Game Changer in Hemorrhoids Treatment
17:20-17:40 Cologuard Ltd
Enhancing Colorectal Surgery
Sealantis
Alga-Mimetic Tissue Adhesives
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Oral Delivery Solutions
17:40-18:00 CoreBone
Bioactive Coral Bone Graft
Allium Medical
Advanced Minimally Invasive Proprietary Technologies and Solutions
D-Pharm
THR-18: For Safe Thrombolysis and Improvement of Stroke Outcome
17:20-17:40    BioSight
ASTARABINE – A Novel Drug for Treatment of Leukemia                   
17:40-18:00 XTL Biopharmaceuticals
18:00-18:20 Endotect Ltd.
A Game Changer in Routine Care of Cardiovascular Diseases
CoVa Ltd
Confirmation of CatheterVascular Location
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics
Clinical Trials with Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secreting Neurotrophic Factors (MSC-NTF, NurOwn®) in Patients with ALS
18:20-20:00 IATI Biomed 2015 Welcome Reception: Iki Levy & the Rasta Hebrew Man
WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY 2015
08:00-09:00 Registration Open
09:30-10:20 Panel Discussion                                                                                                                                                              Maxidome
MEDTECH COMEBACK TIME?
ModeratorDr. Stephen Oesterle, Senior Vice President, Medicine & Technology, Medtronic, Inc.
Panelists:
Chris Cleary, 
Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic, Inc.
Dr. Nissim Darvish, Senior Managing Director, Orbimed
Veronica Descotte, Senior Manager, Strategy & Portfolio Management, Patient Monitoring & Recovery, Medtronic
Dr. Adam Keeny, PhD, Global Head, External Innovation Operations, Sanofi
David Knapp, PhD, Vice President, Corporate Research Boston Scientific
Xiao-Yu Song, Vice President, Research and Development, Ethicon Biosurgery
10:20-11:10 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                             Maxidome
CREATING VALUE THROUGH INNOVATION

Joanne Waldstreicher M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Johnson & Johnson
11:10-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:30 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                            Maxidome
3D PRINTING IN HEALTHCARE: PRESENT AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

Avi Cohen,  Director of Global Dental, Stratasys Ltd
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:00 Company Presentations  Hall C4
PUBLIC COMPANY TRACK
Company Presentations  Hall C5 Company Presentations   Hall C6 HEALTH – IT HACKATHON    
Click Here for Morning Sessions and Full ProgramMaxidome
Judges:
Prof. Rafi Beyar, Director, Rambam Health Care Campus; Women’s  Division/Dr Phillip and Sara Gotlieb Chair Professor of  Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Technion
Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Senior Health Policy Analyst, ELS Directorate, Health Division, OECD 14:00-20:00
Team Work
ITTN Session Hall C2
HOT TRENDS IN BIOMEDICINE RESEARCH & INDUSTRY

14:00-15:00
“MICROBIOME AND PERSONAL THERAPEUTICS
Moderator: Amir Naiberg, C.E.O, Yeda R&D Co. Ltd
15:00-16:00
 “TAMING THE GENOMIC TSUNAMI: BUILDING NEW HEALTH-CARE PRACTICES
Moderator: Michal Rosen Zvi, Senior Manager, Analytics Department Haifa Research Lab, IBM
14:00-14:20 Foamix Pharmaceuticals 
Innovative Foam Technologies
BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
A Novel Universal Vaccine for Any Influenza
Extreme Reality
Moving the Physical Therapy Process Forward on Any Device
14:20-14:40 Vascular Biogenics Ltd. (VBL Therapeutics)  cCAM Biotherapeutics
Inhibition of the Novel Immune Checkpoint CEACAM1 by CM-24 Enhances Anti-Tumor Activity as Monotherapy or in Combinations
FDNA
Can Facial Recognition Accelerate the Diagnostic Odyssey of Rare Disease Patients?
14:40-15:00 Compugen
Predictive Discovery of First-in-Class Biologics
Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd.
Preserving Sight with a Novel Cell Therapy Product
HOME TRAX
IMMAGES Connects IV Patients to the IOT World
15:00-15:20 MediWound
A Fully Integrated Company Revolutionizes Wound Care
Finnegan
Like Ants to Honey: How  Creative Patenting Can Attract Large Medical Device Companies
Intendu
Revolutionizing Brain Rehabilitation
15:20-15:40 Alcobra
Developing New Medications to Treat Cognitive Disorders, Including ADHD
Kadimastem Ltd.
Quality Stem Cell Based Cell Therapy  to Treat ALS and Diabetes
MediSafe 
Beyond The Functional: Let’s Get Personal
15:40-16:00 Kamada Ltd.
High Value Pipeline Focused on Orphan Indications
KAHR Medical Ltd.
KAHR-102 and KAHR-101 Represent Two Dual Signaling Proteins (DSP) Platforms
Myndlift
Neurofeedback Made Accessible
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:50 Company Presentations  Hall C4
PUBLIC COMPANY TRACK
Company Presentations  Hall C5 Company Presentations   Hall C6 HEALTH – IT HACKATHON            Maxidome

14:00-20:00
Team Work

 

ITTN Session (Contd.) Hall C2
HOT TRENDS IN BIOMEDICINE RESEARCH & INDUSTRY

16:00-17:00
“THE WAR OVER CANCER – WILL THE IMMUNE SYSTEM PREVAIL?”
Moderator: Yaacov Michlin, CEO, Yissum Technology Transfer
17:00-18:00 
NEURODEGENERATIVE:
“EARLY DETECTION AND MONITORING OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES”

Moderator: Dr. Michal Roll, PhD, MBA
16:30-16:50 BioLineRx
Advancing BL-8040, a unique hematology-oncology platform, and additional Israeli-based innovations
OPKO Health
A Multi-National Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics Company 
PhysiMax
Cloud-Based 
Bio-Mechanical Automated Assessment
16:50-17:10 Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.
Regenerative Medicine – When Placental Cells Meet Technology
PolyPid
PLEX™ Local Drug Delivery Enables Prolonged Controlled Release Medications
Sweetch
A Revolutionary Platform for Large-scale, Cost-effective, Diabetes Prediction and Prevention
17:10-17:30 NeuroDerm
ND0612L and ND0612H – NeuroDerm’s Continuous Subcutaneous Delivered Levodopa/Carbidopa for the treatment of Moderate to Severe Parkinson’s Disease
Quiet Therapeutics Ltd.
Gagomers, A Novel Targeted Drug Delivery System
Telesofia Medical
Making Medical Information Clear.
17:30-17:50  

Cellect Biotechnology
Functional Selection of Stem Cells
RealView Imaging Ltd.
Live Medical Holography – The Next Generation of 3D Imaging
18:30-19:30
Exhibition Hall
BIOBAR- “Food for Thoughts”. Stimulating topical discussions by 9 of the best. Free beer at the bar!  
Bar #1: Rothschild Blvd Bar #2: Maskit Street Bar #3: Habarzel Street
18:30-18:50 LETS NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL
Prof. Oded Shoseyov

Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
THE COMPULSIVE BRAIN
Prof. Ami Citri
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
THE SILENT DEATH OF CANCERS BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Dr. Michal Lotem

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
18:50-19:10 GENE EDITING IN HUMANS, A NEAR TERM REALITY?
Dr. David Baram

SmartZyme Innovation
ENZYMOTEC, ZAITONA, METALLO-THERAPY, AND TRANSBIODIESEL – 15 YEARS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Dr. Sobhi Basheer
CEO, TransBiodiesel Ltd.
THE NEXT NUTRITIONAL REVOLUTION: PERSONALLY TAILORED MICROBIOME DIETS
Prof. Eran Segal
Weizmann Institute of Science
19:10-19:30 DISCOVERING THE HUMAN CELL LINEAGE TREE
Prof. Ehud Shapiro
Weizmann Institute of Science
BIONIC PEOPLE: SCIENCE OR FICTION?
Prof. Yael Hanein
Tel Aviv University
RNA THERAPEUTICS – THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE
Prof. Dan Peer
Tel Aviv University
THURSDAY 14TH MAY 2015
08:00-09:00 Registration Open
09:30-10:20 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                                        Maxidome
ISRAEL’S BIOMED SECTOR: THE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy of the State of Israel
10:20-11:10 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                                        Maxidome
DRIVING VALUE FROM R&D IN THE ERA OF SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE     
Mikael Dolsten M.D., Ph.D., President, Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer Inc.
11:10-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:30 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                                      Maxidome
THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY IN 2015: NEW IMPERATIVES

David Cassak and Stephen Levin,  Managing Partners, Innovation In Medtech, LLC, Editors-in-Chief, The MedTech Strategist
12:30-13:20 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                                                       Maxidome
BIG PHARMA’S PLACE IN THE BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM                                                   
Dr. 
Tetsuyuki Maruyama,
 General Manager, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.
13:20-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:30 Company Presentations
Hall C4
Company Presentations
Hall C5
Company Presentations
Hall C6
HEALTH – IT HACKATHON                         Maxidome
Click Here for Morning Sessions and Full ProgramJudges:
Prof. Rafi Beyar, Director, Rambam Health Care Campus; Women’s  Division/Dr Phillip and Sara Gotlieb Chair Professor of  Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Technion
Panel Discussion: 14:30-15:20
DOES SIZE MATTER? HOW CAN BIG DATA IMPROVE CARE AND REDUCE COST
Hackathon Moderator:
Eyal Gura, Co-Founder & President, Zebra Medical Vision
P
anelists:
Eran Agmon, VP Product Management, Medisafe
Dr. Gidi Stein, MD PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, MedAware
Dr. Arturo Weschler, MD, Medical Director, Medial Research
14:30-14:50 Sight Diagnostics
A Computer Vision Platform for Malaria Diagnostics
NanoPass Technologies
The Intradermal Power House
Discover Medical Devices
Revolutionary CPAP Mask that Helps Patients with Cardiac Dysfunction
14:50-15:10 Endospan
Novel Design Philosophy of Stent Graft Systems
Medasense Biometrics Ltd.
Bringing Objectivity to Pain Management
Enopace Biomedical

Device Based Therapies for the Treatment of Heart Failure
15:10-15:30 AiM GmbH
Generating RCT Evidence for Market Access and Reimbursement of Medical Devices in Germany: A New AMNOG Approach?
Access for Life
Vascular Access for Life: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality
GluSense Ltd.
Long Term Implantable Clucose Sensor
15:30-15:50 Avalere Health
Regulatory & Reimbursement Policy Trends Affecting Market Access for Diagnostic Devices
ExceeMatrix
Native Sea Coral Collagen – Strength in Regeneration
Nano-Retina
Bionic Retina
15:50-16:10 WuXi AppTec
Global Platform, One Vision
Lyra Medical
A New, Safe and Effective Concept for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment

V-Wave Ltd.
Inter-Atrial Shunt for Left Atrial Decompression in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
16:10-16:30 Startup Pavilion WOW Competition
FinalistsExovite
Vicut
Greenbone
Startup Pavilion WOW Competition Finalists

NovellusDx
TransAlgae

Startup Pavilion
WOW Competition

FinalistsG-Med
Vaica
Physimax
16:30-17:00 Awards Ceremony – Startup WOW Competition and Hackathon Winner                                                  Maxidome
WOW Competition Winners
MedaSense
Quiet Therapeutics
Hackathon Winning Team