Best and Brightest Forum on Medical Innovation:
WHAT: | A forum for discussion on how the U.S. can navigate through an economic downturn and upcoming public policy changes to stay the course as a worldwide leader in medical innovation. Economic leaders, academic scholars, researchers, biopharmaceutical company representatives and other stakeholders will share their ideas for preserving and strengthening medical innovation in the U.S. | |||
WHO: | Moderated by: Richard Gephardt,** Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives | |||
Keynote Address: The Honorable Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania | ||||
Featuring: | ||||
-- | Bernard Poussot, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyeth | |||
-- | Paul Howard, Ph.D., Director and Senior Fellow of the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | |||
-- | Russel Kaufman, M.D., President and CEO of the Wistar Institute | |||
-- | Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA), U.S. House of Representatives | |||
-- | George Wohlreich, M.D., Director and CEO of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia | |||
-- | Alan Leshner, Ph.D., CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||
-- | David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., Dean of the Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia | |||
-- | Brenda Gavin, M.B.A., Founding Partner of Quaker BioVentures | |||
-- | Dennis M. “Mickey” Flynn, President of Pennsylvania Bio | |||
-- | Thomas Morr, President and CEO of Select Greater Philadelphia | |||
-- | Barbara S. Schilberg, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BioAdvance | |||
-- | Glen Gaulton, Ph.D., Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | |||
**Richard Gephardt will be available for media interviews between 12:30pm and 1:30pm. Please contact Laura Lowery, 206-799-5604, to secure an interview. | ||||
WHERE: | The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA | |||
WHEN: | Monday, December 15, 2008 | |||
| 1:30 – 4:00 pm | ||||
The United States has historically led the world in medical innovation and scientific discovery, yet today our country faces serious challenges to maintaining its leadership position. Philadelphia is a center for medical research, education and biopharmaceutical industry in the U.S., and the economic impact of public policy changes on medical innovation will most certainly be magnified in the region. The Best and Brightest Forum on Medical Innovation is bringing together top minds from the greater Philadelphia region and beyond to share ideas in an important and timely conversation.
Contacts:
Jen Merchant, 267-761-8140
