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Summit Purpose

New partnerships for research innovation
Identification of regulatory changes, legislation and institutional streamlining that will accelerate the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to businesses
Ideas for product and service development that will guide private sector investment and demonstrate the need for a supportive government infrastructure
Insight about ways to collaborate with university researchers and other partners to transfer new technologies
New information on how to leverage the assets of universities, financial markets and business investment to create companies and jobs that will strengthen the economic foundations of the region

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Monday, March 8

Session
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Leo Morton, chancellor, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Gary D. Forsee, president, University of Missouri System
Brady Deaton, chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Video Message: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Keynote Speaker: William H. Danforth, chancellor emeritus, Washington University: "Partnerships for Progress in Health and Economic Development"
Distinguished Speakers
Scott Peterson, director of functional genomics research technology, professor, J. Craig Venter Institute: "Synthetic Genomics in an Era of Personalized Medicine"
Krzysztof Ptak, Office of Cancer Nanotechnology Research Center for Strategic and Scientific Initiatives; Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute/ NIH: "NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer: Achievement and Path Forward"
Thomas C. Melzer, managing director and co-founder, RiverVest: "Financial Downturn and Impact on Biosciences Development"
The Role of Life Sciences in Building Regional Economy: Legislative and government panel featuring leaders from Missouri General Assembly and regional leaders
Jason R. Hall, executive director of the Missouri Technology Corporation
Missouri Rep. Mike Talboy
Missouri Sen. Jolie Justus
Missouri Rep. Rob Schaaf
Kansas Rep. Kenny Wilk (retired)
Distinguished Speakers
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
David W. Kemper, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the Company and Commerce Bank N.A., Commerce Bancshares Inc.: "Venture Investment in Life Science"
Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond
Chief Research Officers Panel: CROs briefly highlight research strengths of each institution and point out examples of successful collaborations with other represented institutions and industry.
Brady Deaton, chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Nasser Arshadi, vice provost for research, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Lynda Bonewald, interim vice chancellor for research, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Robert Duncan, vice chancellor for research, University of Missouri-Columbia
Cindy Kiel, assistant vice chancellor for research services and executive director, Office of Sponsored Research Services, Washington University in St. Louis
K. Krishnamurthy, vice provost for research, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Raymond Tait, vice provost for research services, Saint Louis University
Paul Terranova, vice chancellor for research, University of Kansas Medical Center
James Guikema, associate vice president for research, Kansas State University
Joseph Heppert, associate vice provost for research and graduate studies, University of Kansas
Jim Bloedel, professor and chair, biomedical sciences, Iowa State University
Scientifically Led National Enterprises: Brief case presentations of academic-industry and national collaborative success stories and lessons learned from small business.
Building Innovative Corporate-Academic Partnerships: What is Needed?: Corporate perspectives on the building blocks necessary to sustain innovative, profitable partnerships
Lesa Mitchell, vice president, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Dan Getman, president, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
Kevin Sweeney, chair, Life Sciences Practice Unit, Polsinelli
Bob Marcusse, president and CEO, Kansas City Area Development Council
Jeffrey Townsend, executive vice president, chief of staff, Cerner Corporation
Joerg Ohle, president and general manager, Bayer Animal Health

Tuesday, March 9

See also: Monday, March 8

Session
Distinguished Speakers
Dean Chapman, professor, anatomy and cell biology, Canada Research Chair in X-Ray Imaging, University of Saskatchewan: "Biomedical Research Using Synchrotron Radiation"
Robert W. Atcher, director, National Isotope Data Center, University of New Mexico/Los Alamos National Laboratory, professor of pharmacy: "Isotopes for Medicine and Pharmaceuticals"
Breakout Session: Translational Medicine and Nanoscience
Paul Terranova, vice chancellor for research, KU Medical Center
Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu, professor and director of the Center for Nanoscience, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Kattesh Katti, M.Sc.Ed, Ph.D., DSC, FRSC, Curator's Professor of radiology and physics, Margaret Proctor Mulligan Distinguished Professor of medical research, director, University of Missouri Cancer Nanotechnology Platform
Samuel Wickline, professor, internal medicine, Washington University
Frederick Hawthorne, director, International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
Debra Wawro, chief executive officer and chief scientist, Resonant Sensors Inc., Arlington, Texas and Peter Koulen, UMKC professor and Felix and Carmen Sabates Missouri Endowed Chair in Vision Research
Breakout Session: Computing Infrastructure and Informatics to Support Life Sciences R&D, Therapeutics, Diagnostics and Economic Development
Gary Allen, DVM, vice president for information technology, University of Missouri System and chief information officer, University of Missouri-Columbia
Mark Hoffman, vice president, life sciences solutions, Cerner Corporation
Chi-Ren Shyu, director, MU Informatics Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jerry Taylor, professor and Wurdack Chair of Animal Genomics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Gerald Wyckoff, associate professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Breakout Session: Jump Starting and Moving New Technologies to Marketplace
Michael Nichols, vice president for research and economic development, University of Missouri
Steve Wyatt, vice provost for economic development, University of Missouri-Columbia
Brian Clevinger, managing director, Prolog Ventures
Keith Strassner, director, Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Kevin Sweeney, chair, Life Sciences Practice Unit, Polsinelli Shughart P.C.
Andrea F. Sellers, partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Kansas City, Mo.
Paul Dale, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Breakout Session: Translational Vision and Neuroscience Research
Peter Koulen, professor and Felix and Carmen Sabates Missouri Endowed Chair in Vision Research, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Nelson Sabates, chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; president, Vision Research Foundation of Kansas City; president and chief executive officer of Sabates Eye Centers P.C.
Ashim K. Mitra, vice provost for interdisciplinary research, University of Missouri Curators' Professor of Pharmacy and chairman, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Russell H. Swerdlow, professor of neurology, molecular and integrative physiology; director, KUMC neurodegenerative disorders program; University of Kansas School of Medicine; Landon Center on Aging
Daniel Lindgren, president, Ocuscience LLC, Kansas City
Ann Smith, division of molecular biology and biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Dennis O'Brien, chancellor's chair in comparative neurology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
Breakout Session: Advances in Biomaterials and Medical Devices
K. Krishnamurthy, vice provost for research, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Sonny Bal, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia
David B. Henthorn, chemical and biological engineering department, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Reza Derakhshani, computer science and electrical engineering department, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Yinfa Ma, Curators' Teaching Professor of chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Cydney Boler, special counsel, Foulston Siefkin LLP
Mohamed N. Rahaman, professor of materials science and engineering and director, Center for Bone and Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Distinguished Speaker: Rainer Bussmann, Director, William L. Brown Center and William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden: "Plants for a sustainable future"
National Movement of Clinical and Translational Science and Drug Discovery
Jamal Ibdah, senior associate dean for research and director, MU Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Missouri-Columbia: "Translational Medicine: From Discovery To Health
Sitta Sittampalam, professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center: "The Institute for Advancing Medical Innovations: Stepping into the future of drug discovery, delivery and biomedical engineering"
Breakout Session: Comparative Medicine: Innovations for the Animal to Human Health Corridor
Neil Olson, dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
John Critser, Gilbreath-McLorn Professor of Comparative Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jack Schultz, director, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Carolyn Henry, professor of oncology and director, Tom and Betty Scott Endowed Program in Veterinary Oncology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Kevin Wells, assistant professor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
Breakout Session: Functional Brain Imaging and New Frontiers of Neuroscience
John Lauriello, professor and chair, psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia
Cary Savage, professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center
Meena Iyer, assistant professor, occupational therapy, University of Missouri-Columbia
L. Dean Chapman, professor, anatomy and cell biology, Canada Research Chair in X-Ray Imaging, University of Saskatchewan
John G. Kerns, associate professor, psychological sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
Breakout Session: Patent Issues Relative to Life Sciences R&D – Moving from Discovery in Academia to Commercialization
Chris Fender, director, Office of Technology Management and Industry Relations, University of Missouri-Columbia
Cary A. Levitt, of counsel, St. Louis, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
James G. Baxendale, executive director, KU Center for Technology Commercialization Inc.
Wynn Volkert, Curators' Professor Emeritus of radiology, biochemistry and chemistry, director of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia
Robert E. Hanson, partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Dallas
Joseph A. Mahoney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Breakout Session: Biomedical Tissue Engineering – Where We Go in the Future
Lynda Bonewald, interim vice chancellor for research, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Marco Brotto, associate professor, nursing, medicine and biological sciences and director, UMKC Muscle Biology Research Group, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Delbert Day, curators' professor emeritus of ceramic engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Michael Detamore, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, University of Kansas
Mark L. Johnson, department of oral biology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
Walter D. Leon-Salas, computer science and electrical engineering department, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Breakout Session: Public-Private Partnerships for One Health
Robert Duncan, vice chancellor for research, University of Missouri-Columbia
Rebecca A. Johnson, Millsap professor of gerontological nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing; director, Research Center for Human Animal Interaction, MU College of Veterinary Medicine
Chris Fulcher, co-director, Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia
Tom Sack, senior vice president and director of technical operations, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City
Wayne Carter, vice president, clinical nutrition, Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc., Topeka, Kan.
Richard E. Donahue, chairman of the board, Shor-Line/Schroer Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, Kan.
Animal to Human Health Collaborations: The Path Forward: University and business community leaders discuss lessons learned from the summit and charting a road map forward.
Gary D. Forsee, president, University of Missouri System
Brady Deaton, chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Leo Morton, chancellor, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Robert Duncan, vice chancellor for research, University of Missouri-Columbia
Bob Marcusse, president and CEO, Kansas City Area Development Council

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