NCLifeSci Annual Meeting 2024

The 2024 Annual Meeting will feature a keynote presentation and three panel sessions.

• Keynote by Edgardo Hernandez, executive vice president and president, manufacturing operations, Eli Lilly and Company.
• Learn how organizations are working with the patient advocacy community and making progress on shared goals.
  • Karin Hoelzer, senior director, policy and regulatory affairs, National Organization for Rare Disorders
  • Melissa Horn, director of state legislative affairs, Arthritis Foundation
  • Michele Oshman, vice president, external affairs, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
  • ​Brian Smith, executive director, patient advocacy, Merck
  • Rhoyge Traylor, global senior director of patient engagement, Edwards Lifesciences
• Explore best practices and lessons learned from AI.
  • Alyssa Farrell, director, global health and life sciences industry market strategy, SAS
  • ​Jay Silver, partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (moderator)
  • John Van Hoy, executive director, data science and advanced analytics, PPD
• Hear from leaders on how advances in technology are affecting the patient experience.
  • Dave Clifford, head, data science and applied machine learning, Biogen
  • ​Todd Durham, senior vice president, clinical and outcomes research, Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Jude Samulksi, co-founder, Jurata Thin Film
  • Josh Sommer, executive director, Chordoma Foundation
  • Jan-Willem van Klinken, senior vice president of medical, scientific & regulatory affairs, Brightseed Bio

There will also be opportunities to network during the break(s) and lunch. Schedule is subject to change. 

Thank you to our current sponsors.

Podcast - Maynard Nexsen
Platinum - American Laboratory Trading, Avantor, Azzur Group and Kymanox
Gold - FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, Grifols, Novartis, PSC Biotech, Smith Anderson and The Conafay Group
Silver - AdvaMed, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, BioCryst, Eli Lilly and Company, Flad Architects, KBI Biopharma, New England Biolabs, PHC Corporation of North America, UCB and UniFirst
Bronze - BIO, Marsh McLennan Agency, Mispro, NIIMBL, Novonesis, Surplus Solutions and TeamLogic IT

If you are interested in sponsoring the Annual Meeting, we have bronze sponsorships available. All other sponsor levels are sold out. Contact NCLifeSci Membership Director Natacha Janvier for more information.

Your entry into and presence at the NCLifeSci Annual Meeting constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed and otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with the NC Life Sciences Organization and its initiatives. By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event.

Please join the North Carolina Biotechnology Center on Thursday, July 19, for their Life Sciences Economic Development Summit in downtown Raleigh in conjunction with their 40th Anniversary Celebration. Join NCBiotech for an informative programming, ample networking, and a celebration of our highly collaborative life sciences ecosystem. Learn more.