French-American Innovation Days (FAID) 2016

Start:

Tue, 9 Feb 2016, 08:00

End:

Wed, 10 Feb 2016, 12:00

Website:

http://faid2016.france-science.org/

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FAID is an annual Franco-American event which brings together scientists, companies, entrepreneurs and investors. It is a high-level event in the Boston area where researchers and companies have the opportunity to exchange views on a specific technological issue, start co-operative activities and develop business transactions with a transatlantic perspective. The goal of the program is to facilitate the development of innovation ties between France and America.

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The topic of the 2016 edition is “Precision Medicine & New Technologies: Transforming Clinical Research”. This conference is organized by the Office for Science & Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States in collaboration with MIT and the Global Care Initiative, a consortium of 5 non-profit French research Carnot Institutes.

Among the attendees: highly renowned academicians, technology transfer officers, strategic alliances directors and funding/ventures players in healthcare as well as government’s stakeholders. This high-traffic conference will broadcast innovative approaches along with disruptive ways to improve patient care based on state-of-the-art expertise in precision medicine.

Conference highlights

The two days conference offers extensive networking opportunities to identify partners that will share their insights and inspirations on the major trends of the challenging healthcare industry.
Sessions with keynotes, case studies, interactive panel discussions featuring renowned scientists of the field.
Mini showcase of 2 to 3 minutes overviews of different French or American institutions, companies and start-ups determined to make a difference in advancing precision medicine

General Admission to the FAID 2016 - Day 1 (free but mandatory)
General Admission to the FAID 2016 - Day 2 (free but mandatory)
General Admission to the FAID 2016 - 2 Days Pass (free but mandatory)


Day 1

8:00 am	Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcoming Introduction
	- Official of the Consulate General of France in Boston
9:15 am	Presentation of the Instituts Carnot Association / GLOBAL CARE Initiative Presentation
	- Pascal Deschaseaux, MD, MBA, VP Ai Carnot, General Manager, CALYM
9:30 am	Big Data in Clinical Trials: From Integrated Patients’ Profile to Complex Biomarkers
	A Multidimensional Contribution to Personalized Medicine in Lymphoma
	- Gilles Salles, MD, PhD, Chairman, CALYM
	- Michel Meignan, MD, PhD
	- Fabrice Jardin
	- Pierre Tervé, VP Technic & Scientific Advisor, Keosys
10:20 am	Coffee Break / Meet Up
10:50 am	Big Data in Clinical Trials: From Integrated Patients’ Profile to Complex Biomarkers
	On Big Data Analysis/To be defined
11:10 am	Panel I on Big Data and Imaging
12:00 pm	Pitch Sessions
	2 minutes overviews on the Institutes and companies
12:30 pm	Lunch / Meet Up
1:30 pm	Poster Sessions
	Researchers showcase posters
2:00 pm	Big Data in Clinical Trials: From Integrated Patients’ Profile to Complex Biomarkers
	On Big Data Analysis/To be defined
	Next Generation of Clinical trials in Oncology
	- Christophe Le tourneau, MD, PhD, Head of Early Trials, Institut Curie
	- Emanuela Romano, MD, PhD, Head, Immunotherapy Unit, Institut Curie
2:50 pm	Guest Speaker
3:10 pm	Panel II
3:55 pm	Coffee Break / Meet Up
4:25 pm	Guest Speaker
4:55 pm	Institut Pasteur: Global Network for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
	- Arnaud Fontanet, MD, PhD, Director, Institut Pasteur Centre for Global Health, Institut Pasteur
5:15 pm	Guest Speaker
5:30 pm	Closure Day I

Day 2

8:00 am	Registration & Breakfast
8:30 am	From Integrated Business Models to New Funding Strategies for Early Stage R&D
	New Business Models of Innovation
	- Christian Bréchot, MD, PhD President, Institut Pasteur
9:20 am	Panel I
10:00 am	From Integrated Business Models to New Funding Strategies for Early Stage R&D
	Sucess Story: A Relevant Model for academia-industry R&D partnerships
	- Gilles Salles, MD, PhD, Chairman, CALYM
10:20 am	From Integrated Business Models to New Funding Strategies for Early Stage R&D
	Sucess Story: Biological Integrated Approached for Drug Development
	- Sergio Roman-Roman, PharmD, PhD, Head, Translational Research, Institut Curie
10:30 am	Coffee Break / Meet Up
11:00 am	Rare Diseases: Many Models, Many Opportunities
	To be defined
	- Yves Agid, MD, PhD, Founder & Scientific Advisor, ICM
	- José-Alain Sahel, MD, PhD, Director, Institut de la Vision
	- Fanny Mochel, MD, PhD, Head, Metabolic Research Group, ICM
12:30 pm	Pitch Sessions
	Quick fire start-up spotlight
1:00 pm	Lunch / Meet Up
2:30 pm	Keynote Address
	- Stephane Bancel, Founding CEO, Moderna Therapeutics
2:30 pm	Transforming Clinical Research: New End-Points and Regulatory Renewal
	Keynote + Panel / To be defined
	- José-Alain Sahel, MD, PhD, Director, Institut de la Vision
	- Yves Agid, MD, PhD, Founder & Scientific Advisor, ICM
4:00 pm	Coffee Break / Meet Up
4:30 pm	Poster Awards
4:45 pm	Conference Farewell: Networking Buffet