Agenda
Monday, June 15, 2020 | Dan Tel Aviv Hotel
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration Check-in & Networking Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05 AM
Welcome and Introduction to OIS
Presented By:
Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, Senior Managing Director - Blackstone Life Sciences
9:05 - 9:10 AM
OIS Israel: First Meeting and Beyond
Presented By:
Daphne Haim-Langford, PhD, Founder & CEO - Tarsius Pharma
Suzana Nahum Zilberberg, CEO - Bio-Light Life Sciences Ltd
9:10 - 9:46 AM
Innovation Showcase 1
9:10 - 9:16 AM | EyeYon Medical | Nahum Ferera, CEO
9:16 - 9:22 AM | CorNeat Vision | Almog Aley-Raz, CEO & VP, R&D
9:22 - 9:28 AM | Precise Bio | Aryeh Batt, CEO & Co-Founder
9:28 - 9:34 AM | Orca Surgical | Yariv Baron, Founder
9:34 - 9:40 AM | Keranova | Michael Brownell, Strategic Advisor
9:40 - 9:46 AM | ForSight VISION6 | Ayman Naseri, President & CMO
9:46 - 10:16 AM
Innovation Showcase 2
9:46 - 9:52 AM | ELGAN Pharma | Miki Olshansky, CEO
9:52 - 9:58 AM | Panoptes Pharma | Franz Obermayr, CEO
9:58 - 10:04 AM | Eyevensys | Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
10:04 - 10:10 AM | Isarna Therapeutics | Marion Munk, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer
10:10 - 10:16 AM | Galimedix Therapeutics | Hermann Russ, Chief Scientific Officer
10:16 - 10:45 AM
Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
10:45 - 11:20 AM
Igniting Ophthalmic Innovation in Israel: From Concept to Company
Research Presentations
Presenters:
TBD
Panel Discussion
Participants:
Nahum Ferera, CEO & Co-Founder - EyeYon Medical
Michal Geva, Co-Founder & Managing Partner - Triventures
William J. Link, PhD, Managing Partner - Flying L Partners
Jason Menzo, COO - Foundation Fighting Blindness
Barak Singer, CEO - Trendlines Incubators Israel
Moderated By:
Daphne Haim-Langford, PhD, Founder & CEO - Tarsius Pharma
11:20 - 11:50 AM
Digital Innovation Spotlight Session
Market Overview
Presented By:
Ofer Limon, CEO - 6Over6
11:25 - 11:30 AM | Notal Vision | Kester Nahen, CEO
11:30 - 11:35 AM | SensEyez | Matan Dishon, Founder & CEO
11:35 - 11:40 AM | Talshir Medical Technologies | Yair Yahav, CEO
11:40 - 11:45 AM | EyExam | Tamar Levi Vineberg, MD
11:45 - 11:50 AM | NovaSight | Ran Yam, CEO
11:50 - 12:00 PM
Global Funding Trends
Presented By:
Udit Patel, Executive Director - Piper Sandler
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Global Funding Sources
Participants:
Eugene de Juan, MD, Vice-Chairman - ForSight Labs/Professor of Ophthalmology - University of California, San Francisco
Michael Keyoung, MD, PhD, Managing Director & Head, North America - CBC Group
Anat Naschitz, Managing Director - OrbiMed Advisors
Sara Nunez-Garcia, Senior Director Investments - Roivant Sciences GmbH
Jeffry Weinhuff, Managing Partner - Visionary Ventures
Moderated By:
William J. Link, PhD, Managing Partner - Flying L Partners
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch
1:30 - 1:45 PM
2020 OIS Ophthalmology Innovator Award
Presented to:
Barak Azmon, MD, Director - Pres-By, Notal Vision, CameraEyes, V6 Israel
Interviewed By:
Suzana Nahum Zilberberg, CEO - Bio-Light Life Sciences Ltd
1:45 - 2:15 PM
Pathways to Market: Entering the EU & US
Panel Discussion
Participants:
Marc Abitbol, PhD, CEO - Visionix
Susan Benton, General Manager & Head of the US - Thea Pharmaceuticals
Yuval Binur, Chairman - Sanoculis
Lee Kramm, President - ClinReg Consulting Services
Neil Levinson, PhD, MBA, Director - Navigant – A Guidehouse Company
Kester Nahen, PhD, CEO - Notal Vision
Moderated By:
Suzana Nahum Zilberberg, CEO - Bio-Light Life Sciences Ltd
2:15 - 2:45 PM
Glaucoma Spotlight Session
Market Overview:
Presented By:
Michael Belkin, MD, Professor - Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Company Presentations:
2:20 - 2:25 PM | Sanoculis | Nir Israeli, CEO
2:25 - 2:30 PM | BELKIN Laser | Daria Lemann-Blumenthal, CEO
2:30 - 2:35 PM | EYE TECH CARE | Dietrich Wolf, CEO
2:35 - 2:40 PM | Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH |
Max Ostermeier, CEO
2:40 - 2:45 PM | IOPtima | Ronen Castro, CEO
2:45 - 3:10 PM
Dry Eye Spotlight Session
Market Overview:
Presented By:
David Zadok, MD, Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology - Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Company Presentations:
2:50 - 2:55 PM | Azura Ophthalmics | Marc Gleeson, CEO
2:55 - 3:00 PM | DiagnosTear | Ronen Shoushan, CEO
3:00 - 3:05 PM | EpiTech Mag| Asaf Bar, MD, Medical Director
3:05 - 3:10 PM | AdOM advanced optical technologies| Alon Harris, Professor of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Hospital
3:10 - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
3:40 - 4:10 PM
Drug Delivery Spotlight Session
Market Overview:
Presented By:
Anat Loewenstein, MD, Director, Division of Ophthalmology, Vice Dean - Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University
Company Presentations:
3:45 - 3:50 PM | Eximore | Eyal Sheetrit, CEO
3:50 - 3:55 PM | Vi-Sci | Yoni Manor, CEO
3:55 - 4:00 PM | OphRx | Sharon Garti-Levi, Project Manager
4:00 - 4:05 PM | Eleusis | Shlomi Raz, CEO & Founder
4:05 - 4:10 PM | VisusNano | Philip Alexander, Chief Medical Officer
4:10 - 4:55 PM
Innovating Internationally: Industry Insights
Participants:
Laurent Attias, SVP, Corporate Development Strategy, BD&L and M&A - Alcon
Prabhu Velusami, MD, Senior Director of New Ventures and Transactions Lead for Vision - Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Moderated By:
Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, Senior Managing Director - Blackstone Life Sciences