For more information about this event and about our new Biomedical Group within CUAASC, please contact Ying Zhao (SEAS '03) at: [email protected].
This is a a premier annual business and technology conference for entrepreneurs, scientists, industry executives, investors and policy makers in the medical device industry in Southern California and Pacific Asia. You are cordially invited to join our members and sponsors to enjoy the event. For more information about SABPA and the conference, please visit http://www.sabpa.org.
Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Date: Saturday, March 31, 2007
Location: Beckman Conference Center, 100 Academy, Irvine, CA 92697-2800 (on campus of University of California, Irvine)
Organizer: Sino-American Biomedical Professional Association (SABPA)
Event Website: http://www.sabpa.org/web/ocla_biomedical_forum_2007.html
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Other event sponsors include:
Source Scientific
Alpha Technics
Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney, LLP
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Aubrey Group Medical Device Technology
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Paragon Medsystems
UCI - Paul Merage School of Business
Octane
Registration: Early registration is online only, at http://www.sabpa.org (until March 24th). Please note that CUAASC is not collecting the ticket sales or managing this event.
CUAASC Members & their guests: $30 for "early registration" ($45 at the door)
Non-members $50 for "early registration" ($65 at the door)
Agenda
8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am “Opening Remarks”
Ying Zhao, President, SABPA, OC /LA County Chapter, Alpha Sensors
Zhongping Chen, Board Member, SABPA, Professor, UCI Beckman Laser Institute,
Co-Founder, Director of R & D, OCT Medical Imaging Inc.
Gary Augusta, Executive Director, Orange County Technology Action Network OCTANe
Hengchu Cao, SABPA, Medical Device Committee Co-Chairperson, Edwards Lifesciences
9:15 am – 10:15 am “Product Inception”
Gerald J. Sanders, Managing Director, San Francisco Science
John Shultz, Chief Technology Officer, Biosensors International
Mike Partsch, VC director for medical devices
10:15am – 10:30am Break and Networking
10:30am – 11:30am “Product Development”
John Onopchenko, Managing Director, Synergy Life Science Partners
Walt Baxter, Principal Scientist, Medtronic, Inc.
Shouyan Lee, Director of R&D, Arbor Surgical
Moderator: Vytas Pazemenas, Founder, President, Aubrey Group
11:30am – 12:00pm Panel Discussion – Speakers from morning sessions
Moderator: Paul DeRidder, Executive Committee, Tech Coast Angels
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Break, Networking
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm “Medical Device Opportunities Presented by Southern California Companies”
Ming Wu, VP of Engineering, Edwards Lifesciences
Peter Chen, President, Irvine Biomedical (now part of St. Jude Medical)
Charles M. Warden, Managing Director, Versant Ventures
Moderator: Richard Henson, President, CEO, Source Scientific
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break and Networking
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm “Commercial Opportunities in the US and China Medical Device Industry ”
Frank Zeng, Chief Technology Officer, LifeTech Scientific Inc. China
Moderator: John Shu, Attorney, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm “Closing Remark” & Networking
