Events
Meet the Team: Johnson & Johnson's Wonder Entrepreneur Accelerator
October 5, 2015
Presented by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS
Time: 11:30AM - 3:00PM
Location: Lobby
Program Overview:
Want to take your idea to the next level? Come learn about Johnson & Johnson Innovation and our new platform for helping entrepreneurs found, mitigate risk and continue to develop their companies.
Our Wonder Entrepreneur Accelerator is a platform where Johnson & Johnson Innovation is looking for talent who have the passion to develop transformational assets for the global pipeline. By using our collaboration with WuXi AppTec, a leading China based CRO, entrepreneurs can leverage the scientific and translational expertise of Johnson & Johnson Innovation along with the research capabilities of WuXi to found companies in one of the world's fastest growing biotech hubs, China, to develop transformational products for a global market.
Come have lunch with us and learn about what Johnson & Johnson Innovation and our Wonder Entrepreneur Accelerator platform can do for you. For those companies who apply online and receive approval, one-on-one meetings with Jimmy Zhang will provide a private forum to discuss your company
Agenda:
11:30am | Registration Opens, Lunch and Networking
12:00pm | Presentation
12:30pm | Q&A
1:00-3:00pm | One-on-one Meetings*
*Companies must have applied for a one-on-one meeting ahead of time. The one-on-one application period ends on September 30th, 2015.
Participating Representatives:
Jimmy Zhang | Vice President, Transactions, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Asia Pacific
Kuldeep Neote, Ph.D. | Senior Director, New Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Boston
About the Meet With... series:
The purpose of the Meet with Series events sponsored by JLABS is to help start-up entrepreneurs, as well as the academic community, connect with potential partners, such as big pharma or other investment corporations, through one-on-one meetings. It is also a chance for the featured corporation to outline their specific business development goals and clarify what types of products or research they are interested in and how best to approach them to get the partnering process started. Past participants include the Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MedImmune Ventures, NCI, Mercury Fund, DARPA's Biological Technologies Office, Correlation Ventures, Breakout Labs, New Enterprise Associates, Canaan Partners, Thomas McNerney & Partners, NCATS, NINDS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Poliwogg, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Astellas Venture Management, and OrbiMed.