Forum Agenda

July 23, Morning

The Evolution and Beyond of NewCo Session

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Planners
Jielun Zhu: Partner, NewCo Capital
Jie Wu: Head of Asia Pacific, MPM BioImpact / CBO, K2

 

Recent Trends and Future Outlook of NewCo Transactions
Eric Liu: Locust Walk China Head

 

Key Decisions in the Third Generation Evolution of NewCos and What Lies Ahead
Bella Chen: Partner, JunHe LLP

 

TBD
王宁玲: Managing Partner, Shanghai Office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

 

Roundtable 1: Review, Iteration, and Evolution of the NewCo Model
Jie Wu (Moderator): Head of APAC, MPM BioImpact
Howard Liang: Ex-CFO & Chief Strategy Officer of BeOne (BeiGene); Ex-CFO & President of Tessera Therapeutics
Weidong Liu: Managing Director, Vivo Capital
Mark Tang: Chairman, World Biotech Capital LLC
Pony: CEO & Executive Director, VISEN Pharmaceuticals

 

Roundtable 2: NewCo's Exit and Related Challenges
Jielun Zhu (Moderator): Partner, NewCo Capital
Nisa Leung: Managing Partner, Aulis Capital
Zhui Chen: Founder and CEO, OTR Therapeutics
Hua Jiang: Executive Director, External Innovation & Partnership, BeOne
Ke Geng: Partner, O'Melveny & Myers

July 23, 15:30–17:30

Cross-border Investment Session

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15:20-15:35 Cross-borderM&A of Pharmaceutical Assets:Structures, Trends and Challenges
Frank Zhou: Partner, JunHeLLP

 

15:35-15:50 Offshore Listings of Biotech Companies - Key Considerations 
Ke Geng: Ph.D., Managing Partner、Member of the Firm's Policy Committee

 

15:50-16:05 Global Life Sciences Transactions and the Outbound Expansion of Chinese Innovative Drugs
Daniel Mathews:EY Global Life Sciences Sector Partner

 

16:05-16:40 Roundtable: Cross-Border Investment and Industrial Transactions of Innovative Drugs
Winnie Wang (Moderator): Partner, Pacific Bridge NY Fund
Yongling Shi: Partner, MING BIOVENTURES
Quan Fu: Partner, TTM Capital
Yunlong Song: Founder、CEO,Shanghai Cloudthera Bioscience Ltd. 
Yingjie Wu: Executive Director, Search & Evaluate, Business Development, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca
Yu Zeng: Founder, Teal Rise Capital

 

16:40-17:30 Insight Dialogue: AI-driven Paradigm for China Biotech Innovation Globalization 
Tony Zhang, Ph.D., MBA (Moderator): CEO & Co-founder, BridgeBio Global
Tom Du, Ph.D.: Founder & Chairman, Evergreen Therapeutics
Bin Xiao, Ph.D., M.D.: Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Uni-Pioneers BioMed (UP-Bio)
Stanley Lau: CEO & Founder, Tailai Biosciences
Peter Zhang, EMBA: ex-Head of Strategy and Commercial Excellence & Operations, Biogen China