2021 Knowledge Fair Schedule Agenda

Registration & Check In 8 to 8:30 am Tuesday, October 26/CNM’s Workforce Training Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113

Welcome: Greg Byrnes – 3 minutes

Potential Sponsor could add 3 minutes

First Event – Panel Discussion 8:35 to 9: 30 am

The Knowledge Fair will kick off with a lively panel discussion moderated by Drew Tulchin, President of the New Mexico Angels. “A Glimpse into The Mind of the Life Science Investor”  features an all-star cast of panelists, including Waneta Tuttle, President and CEO of Southwest Medical Ventures,  Stuart Rose, CEO of The BioScience Center and founder/investor in a score of startups, TJ Cook, Fund Manager of ABQid at CNM Ingenuity, and Elizabeth “Lisa” Kuuttila, CEO and Chief Economic Development Officer, UNM Rainforest Innovations.

Second Event – 9:35 to 10:20 am

• Part 1: Speaker Janeen Vilven-Doggett – Partner, Peacock Law — Building Company Value with IP Assets 9:35 to 10 am
• Part 2: Speaker Dale Dekker – Chairman, NM Bioscience Authority Board of Director: New Initiatives — 10 to 10:15 am

Third Event: Session 1 – Five Firms on the Road to Success: 10:20 to 11:10 am

Speakers: 

Rebecca White, President & CEO of Pebble Labs

Kristina Trujillo, CEO of T-Neuro Pharma

Paul Laur, CEO of Spartina Biotechnologies

Tony Pino, Co-founder and President, Sandia Biotech

Alex Hafez, Founder, Circular Genomics 

Fourth Event – 11:15 to 11:45.                                               Sponsor – 3 minutes

Speaker: Howard Kozloff, Co-founder, HATCHspaces, LLC. –Virtual

11:45 to noon – pick up lunches

Fifth Event – Keynote Speaker

Noon to 12:05 Sponsor 3 to 5-minutes

Introduction to the Keynote Speaker – Rick VanNess – 2 minutes

Dr. Douglas Ziedonis 12:10 to 1 pm (includes time for Q&A) How Covid Is Changing the Healthcare Industry & Focus on Changes/Initiatives to UNM-HSC

Break – 15-minutes

Sixth Event 1:15 Session 2:15 Five Firms on the Road to Success

John E. Allen Jr., Chief Commercial Officer, Bright Path Labs

Charles Call, CEO, BioFlyte, Inc.

Sarah Boisvert, Fab Lab Hub and New Collar Network Founder recently launched the New Collar Innovation Center

Alex Koglin, Co-Founder & CEO, NTx

*****A fifth speaker has been invited.

2:20: Deborah Breitfeld – promotion for NM TECH Council Event

Seventh Event:  2:30- 3:15-plus (if needed)

Keynote Speaker:  Hannah Green, Senior Director of Advocacy and Strategic Alliances, PhRMA

PhRMA topic:  Innovation, Investment, and Partnership in New Mexico

Wrap-up: Byrnes—3 minutes

Networking and Visit Exhibitors

3:30 to 4:30 pm