| 8:30 | Registration and coffee |
| PLENARY KEYNOTES | |
| 9:25 | Welcome remarksNeil Darkes and Terry O’Dwyer, Co-CEO’s, Biotech and Money |
| 9:30 | Keynote: 2015/2016 Life Science and Healthcare Market OutlookDavid MacMurchy, Partner, Consumer Products, Retail and Life Science Leader and Head of Life Sciences, EY |
| 9:50 | Keynote: Capital Market Perspectives: addressing the imbalance between the UK and USGil Bar-Nahum, Managing Director, Global Healthcare Investment Banking, Jefferies and Co. |
| 10:10 | Keynote: Evolution of tapping public marketsNelson Griggs, EVP, Listings, Nasdaq |
| 10:30 | Coffee and networking |
| DISCUSSION GROUPS | |
| 11:00 | Strategies on fundraising and raising capital · Where and how to raise funds for development projects: In the very early stages, and when market sentiment is low
· Where and how to target investors: retail vs institutional vs specialist · What strategies work best and why? · Going global: advantages and challenges of dual listings Group 1: Gil Bar-Nahum, Managing Director, Global Healthcare Investment Banking, Jefferies and Co. Group 2: Bob McCooey, Senior Vice President, Global Relationship Management, Nasdaq |
| 12:30 | Seated networking luncheon |
| DISCUSSION GROUPS | |
| 13:30 | How and where will you grow?· When should growth be organic or inorganic?
· How should current trends in deal structures, M&A and licensing inform your strategy? · Moving into new markets vs expanding your share in existing markets · Mergers & Acquisitions: strategies to acquiring or being acquired · How to reconcile relative valuations? · What should CEO’s focus on when searching for collaborations or partnerships? Group 1: Jamie Heath, Head of Life Sciences Transaction Advisory, Europe, Middle East, Africa and India, EY Group 2: David MacMurchy, Partner, Consumer Products, Retail and Life Science Leader and Head of Life Sciences, EY |
| 15:00 | Coffee and Networking |
| DISCUSSION GROUPS | |
| 15:30 | Investor Engagement, Education and Communication· How can the industry better educate and engage with generalist investors?
- Communications strategy: how to deliver the message - Understanding what investors are looking for and why · How to engage with specialist investors? What strategies work best and why? · How should CEOs and CFOs work with retail investors? · Communication: placements & capital raising, M&A communication and continuous financial communication and IR Group 1: Melanie Toyne-Sewell, Partner, Instinctif Partners Group 2: Mary Clark, Managing Director, International Healthcare, Hume Brophy |
| DISCUSSION THEATRE | |
| 16:30 | How to improve investor appetite for the sector · How can CEO’s better collectively influence healthcare investment appetite?
· Strategies to cultivate a strong climate and environment ripe for investment; · Developing and cultivating entrepreneurs and talent · Areas of collaboration between CEOs and CFOs · How to celebrate success stories and communicate them · What tangible actions can be made? John Hodgson, Data Editor, Scrip |
| 17:30 | Action points and Wrap Up |
| 17:40 | Drinks Reception |