Leveraging Government/Incubator Partnerships to Advance Your Life Sciences Innovation

Representatives from BARDA, BARDA DRIVe, Johnson & Johnson Innovation | JLABS, and the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) will introduce you to the partnership they’ve formed to help advance innovations tackling our biggest health security threats. You’ll learn from BARDA and BARDA DRIVe about their missions, areas of interests, partnerships and the opportunities they provide to help further innovation. You’ll also hear from JLABS and M2D2, two active incubator programs that have partnered with each other and BARDA to serve as pipeline builders and resource centers. Not only do these centers compliment and expand on BARDA’s mission but they can work with you to fill in the advancement gaps needed to position your innovation on the path to success. Join us and learn about the added-value government/incubator partnerships can bring to the table to help advance the opportunity of success for life science innovators. Speakers: • BARDA: Mary Holmer (Chief and Project Officer) • JLABS: Rachel Rath (Director, BARDA Alliance) • UMass Lowell: Steven Tello (Vice Provost) or MaryAnn Picard (Director of Operations) • BARDA DRIVe: Sandeep Patel (BARDA DRIVe Director) Agenda: 12:00pm – 12:05pm: Opening remarks and Intros 12:05pm – 12:25pm: BARDA Presentation w/ Q&A 12:25pm – 12:45pm: BARDA DRIVe Presentation w/ Q&A 12:45pm – 1:05pm: JLABS Presentation w/ Q&A 1:05pm – 1:25pm: M2D2 Presentation w/ Q&A 1:25pm – 1:55pm: Company Spotlights 1:55pm – 2:00pm: Closing Remarks