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Xconomy will host a series of keynote speakers at Biotech Week Boston on September 11, 2019, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
The program, called Xcelerate, will feature Laurie Glimcher, president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the world’s leading cancer research hospitals. She will discuss how far cancer diagnosis and treatment has come and where oncology and cancer research need to go.
Other Xcelerate keynote speakers — including top Harvard scientists at the cutting edge of gene therapy and CRISPR — will discuss how new approaches to correcting disease-causing mutations could transform the lives of people with genetic diseases.
Other Xcelerate keynote speakers include:
- Cindy Perettie, CEO, Foundation Medicine
- David Liu, co-Founder, Beam Therapeutics & Editas Medicine; vice chair of faculty, Broad Institute
- Saurabh Saha, senior vice president R&D, global head of translational medicine, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Luk Vandenberghe, director, Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, co-founder, Akouos Therapeutics and Odylia Therapeutics
The Xcelerate program also includes a startup pitch competition, access to the Biotech Week Boston exhibit hall and a party!
You can get your ticket here.
