February 25, 2019 (Monday)

Inauguration of the 16th

BioAsia Convention by H.E. Governor of Telangana Shri ESL Narasimhan
18:00 - 19:30 Hrs
Presentation of Genome Valley Excellence Award to Dr. Don Cleveland, Ludwig Cancer Research, Univ. of California, USA – Recipient of Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences 2018
19:30 - 20:00 Hrs Inauguration and Visit to the Exhibition
20:00 Hrs Welcome Reception (Only for Invitees)
February 26, 2019 (Tuesday)
Keynote Addresses
10:00 - 11:00 Hrs
• Dr. Don Cleveland, Ludwig Cancer Research, Univ. of California, USA – Recipient of Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences 2018
• Mr. Badhri Srinivasan - Head, Global Development Operations – Novartis, Switzerland
11:00 - 11:30 Hrs Networking Break & Visit to the Exhibition

Track 1: Product Innovation & Development Track 2: Product Supply

Changing the rules of the Game
The race is on! Product supply 4.0: How pharma companies globally are shaping the future of
Winning in the era of biosimilars: development to commercialization strategies for supply chain?
global markets (Panel Discussion)
(Panel Discussion)
• Mr. Prashant Sharma, President – Global Manufacturing & Operations,
International
• Dr. Urmish Chudgar, MD, Intas Pharma Zydus Cadila
Exhibition,
• Dr. S Eswara Reddy, DCGI, CDSCO • Mr. Paritosh Dhawale, Head – India & ASEAN, GE Healthcare Life
Startup Stage and
11:30 – 12:30 Hrs • Mr. Cyrus Karkaria, President (Biotechnology), Lupin Sciences
Business
• Mr. Vinay Ranade, CEO, Reliance Lifesciences • Prof. Pierre Pienaar, President, World Packaging Organization
Partnering
• Dr. Fernando de Mora, Professor of Pharmacology, University of • Mr. Deepak Sapra, Senior Vice President & Head PSAI Business, Dr.
Barcelona Reddy’s Laboratories
• Mr. Hua Su, Partner, TS – Corporate Finance Strategy, EY • Mr Ravi Kumar VV, CFO, Laurus Labs Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Dámaso Molero Sánchez, CEO, 3pBio, Spain • Mr. Ashit Saxena, Associate Partner, PI Advisory – Supply Chain &
• Mr. Vikas Dandekar, ET Prime (Moderator) Operations, EY
• Ms. Rajni Sadana, EY (Moderator)
Session Sponsored by Sartorius
Session Sponsored by Waldner
 Can India match China in the “Bio” race? Quality is the best business plan
(Panel Discussion) Quality by design: Is this only a regulatory mandate or a strategic must?
(Panel Discussion)
• Mr. Sharad Tyagi, Managing Director, Boehringer Ingelheim, India
• Dr. Makkapati Satakarni, President Biologics, Aurobindo Pharma • Mr. Thomas Arista, Dy Director, US FDA, India
• Dr. Rajat Goyal MD, Country Director, India, IAVI – the International • Mr. Ganadhish Kamat, EVP and Global Quality Head, Dr. Reddy’s
AIDS Vaccine Initiative Laboratories
• Ms. Kate Beale, Associate Vice President, International Advocacy, • Ms. Astrid Hoffmann-Valley, Head of Global Product Dev QA, Novartis
12:30 – 13:30 Hrs
PhRMA, USA • Mr. Girish Kapoor, VP, U.S. Pharmacopeia
• Dr Manish Diwan, Head - Strategy Partnership & Entrepreneurship • Mr. Rishi Vyas, AVP, Head Corporate Quality, IT and Quality projects,
Development, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council Sun Pharma
(BIRAC) • Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Partner, Assurance - Forensic & Integrity Services, EY
• Mr. Praveen Anand, Managing Partner, Anand & Anand • Ms. Ekta Batra, CNBC-TV18 (Moderator)
• Mr. Utkarsh Palnitkar (Moderator)
Session Sponsored by Koncepo Scientech
Session Sponsored by OPPI & PhRMA

13:30 – 14:30 Hrs Networking Lunch & Visit to the Exhibition

Make to Order
Transitioning from mass therapies to mass customization
(Panel Discussion)

• Ms. Sangita Reddy, Joint MD, Apollo Hospitals International

Exhibition,
• Mr. Kurt Stoeckli, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Glenmark Pharma
14:30 – 15:45 Hrs Startup Stage and
• Mr. Shravan Subramanyam, MD, India and Neighbouring Markets, Roche Diagnostics
Business
• Dr. Mark Bach, VP and Head, Asia Pacific Medical Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Partnering
• Dr. Yann Chong Tan, Chief Innovation Officer, Genome Institute of Singapore
• Dr. Jaanus Pikani, Chairman, Tartu Biotechnology Park, Estonia
• Ms. Kristin Pothier, Partner - Global Head of Life Sciences Strategy, Author of Personalizing Precision Medicine, EY (Moderator)

Session Sponsored by Kewaunee Labway

15:45 – 16:00 Hrs Networking Break
International
Coffee Table Conversation Exhibition,
16:00 – 17:00 Hrs Startup Stage and
Shaping India’s role in global healthcare - A Political and an Economic Perspective Business
Partnering
 • Shri. KT Rama Rao, Working President (TRS), Biotechnologist and Policymaker
• Prof. Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

17:00 – 18:00 Hrs Networking Break & Visit to the Exhibition

CEO CONCLAVE (Only for Registered Delegates)

India for the world: Exploring new horizons!

how can India seize upside of disruption?

• Mr. Pankaj Patel, Chairman and MD, Zydus Cadila

18:00 - 19:30 Hrs • Mr. Glenn Saldanha, CMD, Glenmark Pharma
• Mr. Satish Reddy, Chairman, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
• Mr. Frank Yao, Co-Chairman, Fosun Pharma
• Mr. Samir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Pharma
• Mr. A. Vaidheesh, Managing Director, GSK India
• Mr. Andrew Monro, Head of Life Sciences, UK & Ireland, EY
• Ms. Ekta Batra, CNBC-TV18 (Moderator)

19:30 Hrs Networking Dinner (Only for Invitees)

Schedule for Feb 27 Continued Below

February 27, 2019 (Wednesday)

Oxford Style Discussion: How traditional Life Sciences companies are leveraging Technology vs. how Technology companies are approaching Healthcare
• Ms. Karenann Terrell, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, GSK, UK
09:30 - 10:30 Hrs
• Mr. Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare, USA
• Mr. Ambar Boodhoo, Partner, Americas Life Sciences Transactions Leader, EY (Moderator)

Track 1: Digital Medicine and Health Tech

Startup Stage Boot Camp (Only for Shortlisted Startups)

10.30-10.40 – Opening Address by Dr. Aslam, MD, BIRAC

The time is now!
Life Sciences 4.0: Challenges and strategic opportunities for healthcare in India 10.40-11.10 – Application of new age technologies in the startup ecosystem
(Panel Discussion)
Moderated by Venugopal Kandimalla, Senior Vice President- Healthcare & Life
• Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government Sciences, Tech Mahindra. International
of India Exhibition,
• Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India Panelists: Dr.Uday Saxena, CEO- Reagen Biosciences, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kuhn, Startup Stage and
10:30 – 11:45 Hrs • Dr. Krishna Ella, Chairman and MD, Bharat Biotech Institut für Biochemie (CCM) Berlin, George Mundassery, Global Head- AI & Business
• Ms. Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice- Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Automation, TechMahindra, Rajesh Dhuddu, Global Head- Block Chain Tech Partnering
• Mr. Sanjiv Navangul, MD, Janssen India Mahindra.
• Ms. Lara Bezerra, Chief Purpose Officer (MD) Roche India
• Mr. Rohit Sathe, President – Philips Health Systems, Indian Subcontinent 11.10-11.40 - Valuation and Commercial Aspects on Fund Raising for startups
• Mr. Kaivaan Movdawalla, Partner, PI Advisory – Healthcare (Moderator) (Session by Transaction Square)

Session Powered by BIRAC 11.40-12.45 – Role of Startups in Life sciences 4.0

- Mr. Krishna Kumar Vaidyanathan, Partner, Life Sciences Mergers & Acquisitions,
EY; Mr. Arun Nagarajan, Director, PI – Digital Advisory Services, EY; Mr. Jayesh
Sanghvi, Partner, International Tax Services
11:45 – 12:15 Hrs Networking Break & Visit to the Exhibition

Data, the new currency

International
How can Life Sciences harness the power of data to achieve better patient outcomes?
Exhibition,
(Panel Discussion)
12:15 – 13:30 Hrs Startup Stage and
Business
• Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Axilor Ventures
Partnering
• Shri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, IT and Industries and Commerce Departments, Government of Telangana
• Dr. Bhaskar Rao, MD & CEO, KIMS
 • Dr. Sridar Natesan, VP - Head of Strategic Initiatives and Scientific Relations, Sanofi
• Mr. Achim Plueckebaum, Global Head, Drug Development IT, Novartis
• Mr. Atanu Roy, CIO, Sun Pharma
• Mr. Sriram Shrinivasan, Partner, National Life Sciences Leader, Emerging Markets LS Lead / Global Generics Lead, EY

13:30 – 14:30 Hrs Networking Lunch & Visit to the Exhibition

Disruptive technologies are shaping the future of business across LS value chain
(Panel Discussion)

• Dr. Anand Gautam, Head - Emerging Science & Innovation (ES&I), Australia, New Zealand & Southeast Asia, Pfizer
• Mr. Willem Broekaert, Co-founder and Managing Director, V-Bio Ventures International
• Mr. Suresh Katta, CEO and Founder, Saama Technologies Exhibition,
14:30 – 15:45 Hrs • Mr. Naveen Gullapalli, Head, Novartis Business Services, India Startup Stage and
• Mr. Chandra Sekhar Chivukula - President- Corporate and International, Apollo Hospitals Group Business
• Mr. Mukesh Rathi, CIO, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Partnering
• Dr. P Ratnakar, Vice President & Practice Head- Life Sciences, Tech Mahindra
• Mr. Pramod Sudhindra, Partner – Digital Advisory Services, EY (Moderator)

Session Sponsored by Innopolis

Valedictory Ceremony and Start-Up Stage Final Presentation

Chief Guest:
• Dr. Vinod K Paul, Member, NITI Aayog

Keynote Address:
16:00 – 17:00 Hrs
• Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Axilor Ventures

Guests of Honour:

• Shri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, IT and Industries and Commerce Departments, Government of Telangana
• Mr Bhaskar Sharma, IAS, Commissioner-cum Secretary to Government, Science and Technology Department, Government Of Odisha