📍VENUE: CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DOWNTOWN LA

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 •DOWNTOWN LA

Economic Summit

  Bringing together industry leaders, academic, and government officials to shape the future of bioscience in the LA Region.

Day Two: Economic Summit

Greater Los Angeles has extraordinary bioscience assets: world-class research and healthcare institutions, deep talent, capital, technology, diverse industries and communities. The opportunity is to connect that abundance more intentionally and build a distinctive bioscience economy that reflects the scale, strengths and character of our region.

This year’s Economic Summit brought together leaders from industry, academia, government and across the ecosystem to explore what a uniquely Angeleno model could look like, what it will take to realize its full potential, and how we can turn possibility into action. Through a collaborative working session, participants identified opportunities, surfaced challenges, shared perspectives, and helped shape what comes next for Greater Los Angeles’ bioscience economy.

Featured Speakers

Learn from the leaders shaping bioscience.

EVENT SCHEDULE - ECONOMIC SUMMIT

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:05 AM – 10:30 AM

10:30 AM – 11:30 PM

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

2:50 PM – 3:15 PM

Event Arrival

Opening Remarks

Fireside Chat
• Stephanie Hsieh, CEO, BioscienceLA
• Dr. Gary Michelson, Co-Chair, Michelson Philanthropies

Panel: Harnessing Regional Assets to Address Cardiovascular Disease

Break

Panel: Harnessing Human Data Sets: Bioscience, Hospitals, & AI
Moderator: David Chen, Partner, Goodwin Procter
Panel:
• Nasim Eftekhari, Chief AI & Analytics Officer, City of Hope 
• Jason Hinman, MD/PhD, FAHA, Professor of Neurology, UCLA 
• Stephen Motsko, Associate Vice President, Center for Observational Research, Amgen 
• Angela Minniefield, Senior VP, Advancement & Operations, & COO Charles R. Drew University 

Intelligence Platform Unveil & Sizzle Reel

3:05 PM – 3:15 PM

Concluding Remarks

Moderator: Dr. Howie Tran, Executive Medical Director, Hoag Heart Failure Institute
Panel:
• Dr. Susan Cheng, Professor of Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai
• Rhonda Smith, Executive Director, California Black Health Network 
• Leandro Boer, VP, Amgen U.S. Medical for Obesity and Related Conditions 

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Biosciences Ecosystem Discussion & Workshop
Panel:
• Steph Hsieh, CEO, BioscienceLA 
• Rohit Shukla, CEO, LARTA Institute 
• Stephen Cheung, CEO, LAEDC 

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

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