Welcome to BIO Alabama’s Virtual Annual Conference: Blair King - Alabama Power Company; Amy Sturdivant - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Sonia Robinson - BIO Alabama

Warp Speed: Biopharma’s Response to a Pandemic: Sonia Robinson - BIO Alabama; Dr. Mike Ybarra - PhRMA

Power of Advancement through Diversity: Tiffany Jordan-Whitlow - Acclinate Genetics; R’Kes Starling, RPh, MBA - Reveles Clinical Services; Theodore Harvey - SynsorMed; Del Smith, PhD - Acclinate Genetics

UnHealthcare: A New Category of Data-Driven Health Assurance: Kevin Maney - Category Design Advisors; Peggy Sammon - GeneCapture

Keynote Fireside Chat: Doug Jones - United States Senator; Michelle McMurray-Heath - BIO - Biotechnology Innovation Organization; Sonia Robinson - BIO Alabama

Made in Alabama | How Alabama’s Manufacturers Play a Major Role in the Global Supply Chain: John R. Daly - Evonik Health Care; Roger Graben - Vitruvias Therapeutics, Inc; Timothy C. Tyson - TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC; Art Tipton - Vulcan Gray

Equity Encounters | Stories at the intersection of our unconscious bias, uncomfortable experiences, and desire to belong: Darryl L. Goss - Inform Diagnostics; Sarah Thompson Schick - DLA Piper LLC (US); Patti Rossman - Life Science Women’s Conference and Life Science Women’s Network; Globiox, Inc.; Precision Biopharm; Jasmine Ward, PhD - Black Ladies in Public Health

Bioscience Investors Forum: Benjamin Scruggs, PhD - Hatteras Venture Partners; Matthew Miessau - Epidarex Capital; Ali Behbahani, MD - New Enterprise Associates; Rigved Joshi - Invention to Innovation (I2C) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

Merger & Acquisition Strategy: What Entrepreneurs need to know: Michael White - Founders Advisors Healthcare practice

Engaging the SBIR Audience: How to communicate your value proposition to SBIR/STTR grant reviewers: Rachel Lane - The Written Science; Erik Schwiebert, Ph.D. - Discovery BioMed

Innovate Alabama - Growing the State’s Technology and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem through Collaboration and Smart Policies: Peggy Sammon - GeneCapture; Representative Bill Poole - Alabama House of Representatives; Senator Greg Reed - Alabama State Senate; Representative Anthony Daniels - Alabama House of Representatives

Frontiers of Precision & Genomics Medicine: Camerron M. Crowder - University of Alabama at Birmingham; Brittany N. Lasseigne - The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Liz Worthey - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Matt Might - University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andy Crouse - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Plant Genomics | Next Generation Crops for a Diverse Alabama Agricultural Economy: Jeremy Schmutz - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Josh Clevenger - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Brian Hardin - Alabama Farmers Federation; Kyle Bridgeforth - Bridgeforth Farms; Kira Bowen, PhD - Auburn University

PART I | Good Things in Small Packages - Drug and Gene Delivery in the Age of Nanotechnology: Maaike Everts - Evonik Health Care; Eugenia Kharlampieva - University of Alabama at Birmingham; Parissa Heshmati, PhD - Evonik Corporation

Alabama’s Strategic Bioscience Economic Development Roadmap: Blair King - Alabama Power Company; Jonathan Cox - Aerotek; Saksham Narang - The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Amy Sturdivant - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Keynote Address with Bob Hess, Newmark Knight Frank & Economic Development and Life Sciences Site Selection Process with Alan Reeves, Newmark Knight Frank

State Perspective on Bioscience Economic Development: Greg Barker - EDPA - Economic Development Partnership of Alabama; 
Greg Canfield - Alabama Department of Commerce

Founders and Funding: Fundraising stories as told by founders and bioscience investors: Neill S. Wright - Bronze Valley; Greg Schmergel - Yuva Biosciences, Inc; Bob Shufflebarger - TriAltus; Charlie Perry - Private Investor; Miller Girvin - Alabama Capital Network

Bioscience Angel Investors Forum: Tommy Satterfield - Private Investor; Daniel Coleman - Private Investor

Securing Your First Institutional Round - Inside Investor Relations: Stephanie Carrington - Investor Relations at Westwicke

PART II | Good Things in Small Packages - Drug and Gene Delivery in the Age of Nanotechnology: Stephen Burgess - Avanti Polar Lipids, Part of Croda International Plc.; Qiana L. Matthews - Alabama State University

Biotech Innovation and Early Stage Resources and Opportunities - The Importance of Mentorship, Incubation, and Ideation: Alec Santiago - Van Heron Labs; Rebecca Vaught - Van Heron Labs; Robert Williams - 7 Hills Pharm; Mark Liles - Varigen Biosciences

Alabama’s Incubators & Accelerators: Drew Honeycutt - Innovation Depot; Caitlin Myers - City of Auburn; Michelle Parvinrouh - Innovation Portal; Theresa M. Welbourne, PhD - University of Alabama; Haley Medved Kendrick - Bronze Valley Accelerator; Alex Cate - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

From Licenses to Spinouts - How Alabama’s Academic Technology Transfer Offices Support Innovation and New Business: Nicholas J. Landau, Ph.D. - Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP; Andrew E. Byrd, MBA, PhD - USA Office of Commercialization and Industry Collaboration; Brian Wright PhD, RTTP, CLP - Auburn University; Dan Blakley - University of Alabama; Sat Balachander, PhD - Harbert Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at UAB

Innovation and New Knowledge - A Bold Vision for Alabama: Dr. Karim Budhwani - Cerflux, Inc.

Keynote Address with Dr. Regina Benjamin, 18th U.S. Surgeon General and Healthcare Disparity Expert & Preventative Medicine Advocate