NCLifeSci Medical Device Luncheon and Forum


Thursday, May 15, 2025
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
* Registration open until 5/13/25 at 12:00 PM (EST)
Register Now
* Registration open until 5/13/25 at 12:00 PM (EST)
Category: NCLifeSci Life Sciences Forum

Join NCLifeSci members for a networking luncheon and panel discussion on the Regulatory Landscape: Changes and Impact beyond Medical Devices.

Thank you to our event sponsor.


If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Membership Director Natacha Janvier.

Agenda

May 15
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Schedule
11:30 a.m. Check-in/registration
11:40 a.m. Networking Lunch
12:10 p.m. Welcome and Sponsor Remarks
12:20 p.m. Panel
1:25 p.m.   Closing Remarks
1:30 p.m.   Extended Networking

Anna Abram, senior advisor, Akin

Abram is a respected health policy thought leader who advises a range of clients in health care with a particular focus in life sciences. Her policy experience includes more than a decade on Capitol Hill, including serving as Sen. Richard Burr’s health policy director at the Senate HELP Committee, as well as serving as the FDA’s deputy commissioner for policy, legislation and international affairs and as an associate director at the White House. Abram is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.


Juliana Blum, chief executive officer, BioAesthetics

Bio coming soon.


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Cartier Esham, chief executive officer, Esham Strategies and executive director, Alliance for a Stronger FDA

Esham works to empower thought leadership, disrupt the status quo and advance innovative health policy solutions. Prior to launching her own firm, she served as the chief scientific officer at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization where she managed and directed BIO’s policy development, advocacy, research and educational initiatives. Esham has over 20 years of health policy experience. Prior to BIO, she was a vice president and director of research at Dutko Worldwide where she worked on a variety of environmental, education, science, technology and health care related issues on the federal, state, and local levels. Esham has a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Georgia, a master’s degree in marine biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky.

* Registration open until 5/13/25 at 12:00 PM (EST)
Register Now
* Registration open until 5/13/25 at 12:00 PM (EST)

NCLifeSci members must register online. You will need to create a login to your new member portal in order to sign up for the forum. 

If you are not a member and are interested in learning more, please contact NCLifeSci Membership Director Natacha Janvier.

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Amber Niebauer

Amber Niebauer

Events Director, North Carolina Life Sciences Organization

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