2024 Arizona BioPreneur Conference

Thriving in a Challenging Economy 

March 15, 2024

ASU Health Futures Center
6161 E. Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix

Arizona’s life-science community joins renowned national investors, entrepreneurs, analysts, and banking experts for an exclusive conference filled with learning and networking opportunities.



Program

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Registration


9:00 – 9:20 a.m.

Welcome

9:20 – 10:10 a.m.

Opening Keynote – “The State of Risk Capital”
  • Brandon Clark, Director, Life Science and Healthcare, HSBC Innovation Banking
  • Introduced by Bob DeLean, Chairman, Arizona Technology Investors

10:10 – 10:40 a.m.

Break


10:40 – 11:30 a.m.

CEO and Investor Panel – “How I Met my Mother Investor”

11:30 a.m.– 12:20 p.m.

“Preparing for a Capital Raise”
  • Fireside Chat with:

12:20 – 1:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch


1:00 – 1:50 p.m.

Panel – “Extend the Runway vs. Raise to Grow”

1:50 – 2:40 p.m.

“Surviving the Economic Crisis and Achieving Liquidity”
  • Fireside Chat with:

2:40 – 3:10 p.m.

Break


3:10 – 3:50 p.m.

Panel – “Life after Exit”
  • Moderator:
    • Chris Yoo, General Partner and Managing Director, Xcellerant Ventures
  • Panelists:
    • Scott MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor, UBS Private Wealth Management
    • Michael Howell, Founder and Managing Partner, Howell Capital Partners

3:50 – 4:30 p.m.

Closing Keynote – “Three Decades”

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Networking Reception


Questions 

Contact Mary O’Reilly, Vice President, Bioscience Research Programs, Flinn Foundation, at [email protected].

Hosted by

Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee and the Flinn Foundation.

Sponsored by


Thank you to our partners