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All C Suite Breakfast (Invite-Only) 2026

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oin us at St. David’s Golf Club for an exclusive All C-Suite Breakfast featuring the launch of Alveus Therapeutics and their successful $197 million Series A funding. Hear directly from Raj Kanna, CEO, Alveus Therapeutics, and Ivan Gergel, Chief Medical Officer & Managing Partner, New Rhein Healthcare Investors, as they describe the creation of this new obe…

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42Voices
36Underwriters
0Exhibitors
34On the bill · sessions
77Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at All, in alphabetical order.
Alyssa Johnson
Director Business Development & Analytics · Harmony Biosciences
Benjamin R. Cowen
President & CEO · TicTwo Therapeutics
Brian Hart
COO & Co-Founder · RheumaGen
Caroll Neubauer
Executive Advisor · Water Street Healthcare Partners
Charles Swindell
CEO · Glycotest
Chris Burns
Principal · BBC Pharma Advisory
Chris Molineaux
President & CEO · Life Sciences Pennsylvania
Christine Rohan
CEO · Vasowatch
David Rappaport
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Integration · OraSure Technologies
Duccio Medini, PhD
Chief Science & Technology Officer · BioForge
Eric B. Kmiec
Founder & CEO · CorriXR Therapeutics
Frank Leonard
President · Novocure
Gerri Henwood
President & CEO · Malvern Consulting Group
Gilles Besin, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer · Orbital Therapeutics
Harvey D. Homan
CEO · MetasTx
Heather Callahan
CEO · Swan Neurotech
Ivan Gergel
Chief Medical Officer & Managing Partner · New Rhein Healthcare Investors
Jay Batchu
Associate/EIR · Xontogeny
Jeannie Rojas
Senior Director, Business Development & Licensing · GSK
Jesse Hwang, PhD
Associate Director, Search & Evaluation (East North America) · Johnson & Johnson
John Sanders
Director, Enabling Technologies Search and Evaluation, Business Development & Licensing · Merck
John Welsh
Co-Founder & CSO · ChyloMetis

— and 20 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AdvaMedNational Partner
Allegheny Conference On Community DevelopmentRegional Partner
Assobiotec, The Italian Association For The Development Of BiotechnologyInternational Partner
Association of Clinical Research OrganizationsNational Partner
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Central And Northern PennsylvaniaRegional Partner
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Northeastern PennsylvaniaRegional Partner
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Southeastern PennsylvaniaRegional Partner
BioAdvanceRegional Partner
Bio Business Solutions (Affiliate Bio)National Partner
BioNJRegional Partner
CEO Council For GrowthRegional Partner
Chamber of Commerce for Greater PhiladelphiaRegional Partner
Chester County Chamber Of Business & IndustryRegional Partner
Chester County Economic Development CouncilRegional Partner
Delaware BioRegional Partner
Greater Pittsburgh Chamber Of CommerceRegional Partner
Healthcare Institute Of New JerseyRegional Partner
Hershey Center For Applied ResearchRegional Partner
Indo-Us Science & Technology ForumInternational Partner
Innovate PGHRegional Partner
Innovation WorksRegional Partner
Karnataka Biotechnology And Information Technology ServicesInternational Partner
Lehigh Valley Economic Development CorporationRegional Partner
Life Science Cares PhiladelphiaRegional Partner
Life Sciences Greenhouse InvestmentsRegional Partner
LifeXRegional Partner
Lithuanian Biotechnology AssociationInternational Partner
Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)National Partner
Montréal Invivo & Québec InternationalInternational Partner
One NucleusInternational Partner
Pennsylvania Office of International Business DevelopmentRegional Partner
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)National Partner
Pittsburgh Technology CouncilRegional Partner
Portuguese Pharmaceutical Industry AssociationInternational Partner
Taiwan Bio Industry OrganizationInternational Partner
TeamPARegional Partner
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The Programme

Selected from 34 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00am - 10:20am

    Entrepreneur Arena: DermaBio

    Entrepreneur Arena
  • 10:00am - 10:20am

    Reverse Pitch: Merck

    Reverse Pitch Presentations
  • 10:00am - 10:30am

    Startup Stadium: Aneurisk

    Startup Stadium
  • 1:00pm - 1:20pm

    Reverse Pitch: UPMC Enterprises

    Reverse Pitch Presentations
  • 10:20am - 10:40am

    Entrepreneur Arena: Glycotest

    Entrepreneur Arena
  • 10:20am - 10:40am

    Reverse Pitch: Johnson & Johnson

    Reverse Pitch Presentations
  • 10:30am - 11:00am

    Startup Stadium: Heartio

    Startup Stadium
  • 10:40am - 11:00am

    Entrepreneur Arena: BlueSphere Bio

    Entrepreneur Arena
  • 10:40am - 11:00am

    Reverse Pitch: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Reverse Pitch Presentations
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 77 companies, parsed from the program.

77 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
36Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
41Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

81% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1740%
  • Founder / Owner512%
  • VP-level37%
  • Director / Head of921%
  • Manager / Lead12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles614%

Of 42 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AdvaMedSp·N
  2. 02Allegheny Conference On Community DevelopmentSp·R
  3. 03Assobiotec, The Italian Association For The Development Of BiotechnologySp·I
  4. 04Association of Clinical Research OrganizationsSp·N
  5. 05Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Central And Northern PennsylvaniaSp·R
  6. 06Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Northeastern PennsylvaniaSp·R
  7. 07Ben Franklin Technology Partners Of Southeastern PennsylvaniaSp·R
  8. 08BioAdvanceSp·R
  9. 09Bio Business Solutions (Affiliate Bio)Sp·N
  10. 10BioNJSp·R
  11. 11CEO Council For GrowthSp·R
  12. 12Chamber of Commerce for Greater PhiladelphiaSp·R
  13. 13Chester County Chamber Of Business & IndustrySp·R
  14. 14Chester County Economic Development CouncilSp·R
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
international partner8
22% of 36
national partner5
14% of 36
regional partner23
64% of 36
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters