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SUMMARY:Road to Web Summit Vancouver: Preparing the Perfect Pitch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\nWeb Summit – one of the world’s leading tech and innovation conferences – is coming to Vancouver this May\, creating an unparalleled opportunity for BC companies to connect with a global network of investors\, entrepreneurs\, media\, and industry leaders.   \nIn partnership with Innovate BC\, we’re launching Road to Web Summit Vancouver\, Powered by Innovate BC (R2WSV) – an exclusive program series designed to help B.C. startups enhance their skills in communication strategies\, pitch preparedness and investor readiness. This initiative will equip participants with the tools and insights needed to maximise their Web Summit Vancouver experience and capitalize on its potential to support their growth.  \nOur second R2WSV program will focus on Preparing the Perfect Pitch and is designed for startups ready to take their venture to the next level. Whether you’re seeking funding\, partnerships\, or simply want to sharpen how you communicate your value proposition. This expert-led session will equip you with the tools to craft a clear\, compelling\, and confident pitch. We’ll explore how to define the problem you’re solving\, articulate your solution\, understand your market and competition\, highlight milestones\, and present your team and financials effectively.   \nJoin us on April 30 to learn how to polish your pitch and leave with the clarity and confidence to present your venture with impact.   \n  \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\nNorth America’s First Web Summit  \nWeb Summit Vancouver will bring thousands of international innovators\, investors\, industry leaders and media to our province\, putting British Columbia – and B.C. companies – on the global stage and at the center of an incredible opportunity for our ecosystem. This is our chance to engage with new markets\, new industries\, and new paths forward\, and Innovate BC is ready to help our innovation community make their mark.    \nRegister and learn more about the conference →  \n  \nRoad to Web Summit Vancouver:  \nIn support of Web Summit Vancouver\, Innovate BC is proud to deliver a sector development initiative to help B.C. startups maximize their Web Summit Vancouver experience and capitalize on its potential to support their growth. This initiative is called ‘Road to Web Summit Vancouver\, Powered by Innovate BC (R2WSV). \nClick here to learn more about R2WSV Events and Programming → \n  \nEvent Details: \n\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 30\, 2025 \nTime: 9:30-11:00 a.m. \nLocation: Zoom Webinar (link will be provided 2 days prior to the event) \nTickets: \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=””]JTNDZGl2JTIwaWQlM0QlMjJldmVudGJyaXRlLXdpZGdldC1jb250YWluZXItMTMxOTQxOTUyMjMwOSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRSUwRCUwQSUwRCUwQSUzQ3NjcmlwdCUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmV2ZW50YnJpdGUuY2ElMkZzdGF0aWMlMkZ3aWRnZXRzJTJGZWJfd2lkZ2V0cy5qcyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRSUwRCUwQSUwRCUwQSUzQ3NjcmlwdCUyMHR5cGUlM0QlMjJ0ZXh0JTJGamF2YXNjcmlwdCUyMiUzRSUwRCUwQSUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMHZhciUyMGV4YW1wbGVDYWxsYmFjayUyMCUzRCUyMGZ1bmN0aW9uJTI4JTI5JTIwJTdCJTBEJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwY29uc29sZS5sb2clMjglMjdPcmRlciUyMGNvbXBsZXRlJTIxJTI3JTI5JTNCJTBEJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTdEJTNCJTBEJTBBJTBEJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwd2luZG93LkVCV2lkZ2V0cy5jcmVhdGVXaWRnZXQlMjglN0IlMEQlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMkYlMkYlMjBSZXF1aXJlZCUwRCUwQSUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMHdpZGdldFR5cGUlM0ElMjAlMjdjaGVja291dCUyNyUyQyUwRCUwQSUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMGV2ZW50SWQlM0ElMjAlMjcxMzE5NDE5NTIyMzA5JTI3JTJDJTBEJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwaWZyYW1lQ29udGFpbmVySWQlM0ElMjAlMjdldmVudGJyaXRlLXdpZGdldC1jb250YWluZXItMTMxOTQxOTUyMjMwOSUyNyUyQyUwRCUwQSUwRCUwQSUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCUyRiUyRiUyME9wdGlvbmFsJTBEJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwaWZyYW1lQ29udGFpbmVySGVpZ2h0JTNBJTIwNDI1JTJDJTIwJTIwJTJGJTJGJTIwV2lkZ2V0JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTIwaW4lMjBwaXhlbHMuJTIwRGVmYXVsdHMlMjB0byUyMGElMjBtaW5pbXVtJTIwb2YlMjA0MjVweCUyMGlmJTIwbm90JTIwcHJvdmlkZWQlMEQlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBvbk9yZGVyQ29tcGxldGUlM0ElMjBleGFtcGxlQ2FsbGJhY2slMjAlMjAlMkYlMkYlMjBNZXRob2QlMjBjYWxsZWQlMjB3aGVuJTIwYW4lMjBvcmRlciUyMGhhcyUyMHN1Y2Nlc3NmdWxseSUyMGNvbXBsZXRlZCUwRCUwQSUyMCUyMCUyMCUyMCU3RCUyOSUzQiUwRCUwQSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”52416″ img_size=”Full” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:An Investor’s Guide to Web Summit Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\nAre you an investor planning to attend Web Summit Vancouver this May? Don’t miss this exclusive webinar designed to help you maximize your experience at this highly anticipated annual global technology conference. \nWho should attend the webinar:  \nThis session is for active investors – whether you’re experienced in technology investing or exploring ways to begin investing in the sector – who are looking to: \n\nIdentify and connect with high-potential startups\nStrategically navigate the conference\nBuild meaningful relationships with innovators\, founders\, and fellow investors\n\nWeb Summit Vancouver brings together over 15\,000 industry leaders\, startups\, investors\, and innovators from around the world. It’s a unique opportunity to gain cutting-edge insights\, expand your network\, and explore new avenues for business growth. \nJoin us on April 22 for an exclusive webinar designed to help investors make the most of Web Summit Vancouver. \n  \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\nNorth America’s First Web Summit  \nWeb Summit Vancouver will bring thousands of international innovators\, investors\, industry leaders and media to our province\, putting British Columbia – and B.C. companies – on the global stage and at the center of an incredible opportunity for our ecosystem. This is our chance to engage with new markets\, new industries\, and new paths forward to help our innovation community make their mark.    \nRegister and learn more about the conference →  \n  \nEvent Details: \n\n\n\n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 22\, 2025 \nTime: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT \nLocation: Zoom webinar (link will be provided 2 days prior to the event) \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Blakes Breakfast Speaking Series: Navigating Life Sciences M&A: Thought Leader Insights
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\nWe invited you to join us for our Blakes Breakfast Speaking Series: Navigating Life Sciences M&A: Thought Leader Insights\, taking place on Tuesday\, March 5. \nThis event featured a panel of experts who shared invaluable insights to the process of M&A\, the current state of the market\, how to work with financial and legal advisors\, and much more. \nAttendees interacted with our speakers via the chat and Q&A features on the event platform. \nTheme: Navigating Life Sciences M&A: Thought Leader Insights \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfirmed Speakers:\n\nDr. Alicia Levey\, Venture Partner\, Versant Ventures\nSean MacGregor\, Executive Director\, Healthcare Investment Banking\, J.P. Morgan\nSteven McKoen\, Partner\, Blakes\nSiobhan Pomeroy\, VP\, Corporate Development\, Gilead Sciences\nNigel Sheail\, Venture Partner\, Versant Ventures\n\n\nEvent Details:\nDate: Tuesday\, March 5\, 2024 \nTime: 8:00-9:30am PT \nLocation: Virtual; Zoom Webinar \nTickets: Complimentary for LSBC members\, non-members\, and students \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”44394″][vc_column_text]Dr. Alicia Levey\nVenture Partner\nVersant Ventures[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Alicia Levey is a Venture Partner in Versant’s San Francisco office where she is focused on both investing and new company creation. Alicia has an established track record as a company creator\, operator and deal maker. She was most recently the President and COO at Pionyr Immunotherapeutics and was instrumental in the company’s collaboration and partial acquisition by Gilead Sciences and eventual merger with Ikena Oncology.Prior to Pionyr\, she served as both a member of the Versant Investment Team as an Operating Principal and as the business development lead for portfolio companies as CBO of Tempest Therapeutics (TPST) and VP of Business Development for Versant’s Inception Sciences drug discovery engine. During this time\, she was a key contributor to multiple Series A investments including Novira\, Audentes and Therachon.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”44441″][vc_column_text]Sean MacGregor\nExecutive Director\, Healthcare Investment Banking\nJ.P. Morgan[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Sean MacGregor is an Executive Director in J.P. Morgan’s Healthcare Investment Banking Group based in New York covering biopharma companies. Sean joined J.P. Morgan in 2021\, having previously spent 6 years in Citi’s Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group. Sean previously was an attorney at Skadden\, Arps\, Slate\, Meagher & Flom LLP. Sean received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”44398″][vc_column_text]Steven McKoen\nPartner\nBlakes[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Steven practises securities and corporate law. His practice emphasizes domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions\, corporate finance\, and corporate governance. He acts for a wide variety of issuer\, underwriter and private equity clients in a variety of sectors including biotech\, high-tech\, and others. Steven is a Life Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia and\, as an Adjunct Professor\, has taught classes on public company mergers and acquisitions at both UBC’s Allard Hall and UVic Law.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”44401″][vc_column_text]Siobhan Pomeroy\nVP\, Corporate Development\nGilead Sciences[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Siobhan Pomeroy joined Gilead Sciences Corporate Development team in June 2019 and has held roles of increasing responsibility\, including oversight of the company’s oncology group. In her current role as Vice President\, Corporate Development\, Siobhan oversees a team responsible for executing transactions\, including M&A\, R&D collaborations\, licensing and equity investments\, across Gilead’s core therapeutic areas – virology\, oncology and inflammation. Since joining Gilead\, Siobhan has been instrumental in executing a variety of transactions and partnerships\, including the acquisitions of Immunomedics and Miro Bio\, as well as strategic collaborations with Arcus\, Dragonfly and Tentarix. She sits on the Board of Tizona Therapeutics and is a Board Observer for Tentarix Biotherapeutics. \nSiobhan previously spent four years at AbbVie\, where she focused primarily on oncology opportunities and led negotiations for several transactions\, including novel early-stage collaborations with Pure MHC and Genomics Medicine Ireland.  In 2015\, Siobhan was involved in AbbVie’s acquisition of Pharmacyclics and later transitioned to California\, as AbbVie built out their West Coast presence. Siobhan began her BD career as an Associate in Smith & Nephew’s Strategy & Business Development group. \nSiobhan received a B.S. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In her free time\, Siobhan enjoys traveling\, skiing\, and spending time with her husband\, son and two cats. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”44402″][vc_column_text]Nigel Sheail\nVenture Partner\nVersant Ventures[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Nigel Sheail is a venture partner based in Basel\, Switzerland. He brings exceptional business development capabilities and deep insights into our industry from over two decades of leadership roles within the pharmaceutical sector. Nigel has been one of the pharma industry’s top dealmakers and his unique set of capabilities is intended to build on Versant’s track record of partnerships across the firm’s portfolio. \nPrior to joining Versant\, Nigel was Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development & Licensing at Novartis\, where he served as a member of the company’s senior leadership team. In that role\, he was responsible for the execution of a broad range of healthcare deals spanning research and technology collaborations through to large M&A transactions. Prior to Novartis\, Nigel was Head of Business Development and Licensing for Bayer Healthcare\, and before that served as Head of Group M&A at Roche and Head of Licensing for its Pharma division.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”43657″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][mvc_advanced_button align=”center” btn_animation=”button–ujarak” btn_text=”TO USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL KIT\, CLICK HERE” padding_top=”9″ btn_block=”btn_block” border_style=”groove” btn_size=”15″ icon_size=”20″ icon_space=”7″ transform=”normal” text_style=”normal” text_decoration=”none” use_theme_fonts=”yes” btn_url=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FBlakes_March2024_MediaKit|title:Blakes%202024%20Social%20Media%20ToolKit|target:_blank” btn_clr=”#ffffff” btn_bg=”#1c4b8b” btn_hvrclr=”#ffffff” btn_hvrbg=”#00a4e0″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]\nFor more information\, please contact:  \nClaire Nelson \nManager\, Events \ncnelson@lifesciencesbc.ca  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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