Boehringer Ingelheim’s Grass Roots activities are centered around developing a personal relationship with the companies they work with. And their Academy sessions provide an informal opportunity for early-stage life science companies to network with other bio-entrepreneurs as well as hear from Boehringer Ingelheim business development, scientific and commercial leaders and some of their partners and key opinion leaders.

The topic for this Academy will focus on this life science startup trend out of academia in New Jersey and discuss ways to attempt to perform this successfully and in a potentially accelerated way.

Panelists are:

• Scott DeWire, PhD, US Head of BD&L, Boehringer Ingelheim (moderator)
• Patrik Erlmann, PhD, US Head of Research Beyond Borders, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Zemer Gitai, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
• Jim Gunton, Managing Partner, Tech Council Ventures, NJ
• Fei Shen, PhD, Managing Director, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund USA, Inc.