BIOMED FINANCE 2019, Montreal Life Sciences Investors Forum

BIOMED Finance is half-day investor conference devoted to providing digital health, life sciences and healthcare companies with an opportunity to present to, and meet with, investors, analysts, bankers and industry professionals.

Reasons to attend :

• Meet investors, VC's, bankers, angel investors
• Learn how to integrate the global R&D supply chain
• Learn about the top investment trends of the health sector
• A unique opportunity for networking between entrepreneurs, top pharmaceuticals, academics and medtech managers
• Dragon's Den Pitch for Invicare, Nanogenecs, Oligo and Pharma in Silica in presence of a panel of investors

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BIOMED Finance est une conférence d’une demi-journée permettant aux entreprises en technologie de la santé et biopharmaceutique de présenter et rencontrer des investisseurs, des analystes de l’industrie, des banquiers et des professionnels de l’industrie.

Pourquoi y participer :

• Rencontrer les investisseurs, les capitaux de risques, les banquiers et les anges financiers
• Apprendre comment intégrer les canaux de fournisseurs de R&D
• Apprendre les principales tendances d’investissements du secteur des sciences de la vie
• Avoir une opportunité unique de réseauter avec les entrepreneurs, les grandes pharmaceutiques, les académiciens et les décideurs des sciences de la vie
• Session de Pitch (façon Dragon's Den) pour les start-ups Invicare, Nanogenecs, Oligo et Pharma in Silicaf devant un panel d'investisseurs Canadiens et internationaux

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PROGRAMMATION | PROGRAM

11:30-12:00 - INSCRIPTION | REGISTRATION

12:00 - MOTS D'OUVERTURE | OPENING REMARKS

Perry Niro, President, Pharmed Canada & CEO, Quebec Center for Biotechnology Innovation

12:10 - 13:00 - DEJEUNER CONFERENCE | LUNCHEON CONFERENCE

Life Sciences Stock Exchange & Market Overview (English presentation)

Laurent Lavallée, Associate, RBC Capital Markets

13:00 - 13:45 - Funding challenges for the biotechnology industry in Quebec : Issues & solutions - Presented by Deloitte Life Sciences Team
(French & English presentation)

Moderator: Anie Perreault, Executive Director, BIOQuébec

• Guy Barthell, Partner, Deloitte
• Louis Cossette, Senior Manager, Deloitte
• Maha Katabi, Partner, Sofinnova Investments
  

13:45 - 14:45 - How to translate early-stage discoveries into commercially-viable new health products (English presentation)

Moderator : Perry Niro, CEO, CQIB

• Lahav Gil, CEO and Director, Relay Medical Corp (Israel)
• Youssef Bennani, Venture Partner, AdMare BioInnovations (Canada)
• Patrice Allibert, PhD., Former CEO, GenePOC (Canada)

14:45 - 15:00 - PAUSE RESEAUTAGE | NETWORKING BREAK

15:00 - 15:45 - Quebec Medical Devices and Digital Health Overview and Opportunities
(French presentation)

Moderator : Romain Lortille-Bruel, Manager CTS Accelerator

• Jean-Pierre Robert, President, CTS Accelerator
• Rémi Richard, Head of Growth & Co-founder, Chronometriq [TBC]
  

15:45 - 17:15 - PRESENTATION START-UP STYLE DANS L'OEIL DU DRAGON | DRAGON DEN'S START-UP PITCH (English presentation)

Quatre entrepreneurs feront une présentation de leur entreprises devant un panel d'investisseurs qui manifesteront leurs intérêts et conseils. Le gagnant remportera une subvention de 5000$ en services professionnels de la part de Fasken.

Four companies will make a 5 minutes pitch to our panels of investors. The panelists will be invited to comment on the presentation, give some advice and share some insight. Following these presentations, participants will be invited to vote on the best presentation. The winner will receive a receive a $5000 grant in Fasken professional services.

Cette année, nos Dragons sont | This year's Dragons are :

• Jean-Francois Pariseau, Co-Founder and Partner, Amplitude Ventures (Canada)
• Lahav Gil, CEO, Relay Medical Corp (Israel)
• Maha Katabi, Partner, Sofinnova Investments (USA)
• Hadi Salah, Director, Health & Wellness RBC Venture (Canada)
• Youssef Bennani, Venture Partner, AdMare BioInnovations (Canada)

Cette année, nos participants sont | Our participants this year are :

• INViCARE

• Nanogenecs

• Oligo

• Pharma in Silica

Pitch winner contest rewarded by our partners FASKEN, CTS and CQIB :

​- Fasken is proud to support the biotechnology and life sciences ecosystem, including its start-up community. To show their support, Fasken is offering a $5,000 grant, in form of professional services in intellectual property and business law, to the winning entrepreneur of the Start-up pitch !

- CTS is offering 10 hours of consultation to validate the business model

- Quebec Center for Biotechnology Innovation (CQIB) is offering a one-year membership to its co-working space (value of 3500$ and 10 hours of consultation)

17:15 - 18:00 - CLOTURE ET COCKTAIL RESEAUTAGE | CLOSING REMARKS & NETWORKING COCKTAIL