BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1511@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200914T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200914T183000 DTSTAMP:20200913T121055Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/leading-women-2020 SUMMARY:Leading Women Bioscience and Beyond - - 14 Sep 20 17:30 DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\nKick off AZBW 2020 in style and meet some of our c ommunity's thought leaders at this virtual happy hour hosted by Perkins Co ie Phoenix.\nJoin us for an inspirational conversation and the AZBW 2020 K ick Off\n\nSeptember 14\, 2020\n\nFrom 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM.\n\nThis is a fre e event that is available to signup for via your AZBW app after registrati on.\n\nRegister for this and other free Arizona Bioscience Week Educationa l Events via the AZBW 2020 App\nRegister for AZBW 2020\nMeet Our Leading W omen Panelists:\nLara Dueppen\, \; Perkins Coie (Moderator)\n\nDr. Lar a Dueppen is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice and is also the Hiring Partner for the Los Angeles office. She has experience in a wide range of intellectual property development and protection\, includ ing:\n\n Patent procurement and global patent portfolio management\n Str ategic counseling on matters including patentability\, due diligence\, and freedom-to-operate\n Inter partes \;review proceedings before the Pa tent Trial and Appeal Board\n Patent litigation before the Federal courts \n\nLara has represented clients in matters covering a broad range of tech nologies\, primarily focused on biotechnology. Representative clients incl ude startup companies\, public and private research institutions and large pharmaceutical companies.\n\nTrained as an interdisciplinary physiologist \, Lara pursued undergraduate and graduate research projects related to en docrinology\, neuroendocrinology and cardiology. Her doctoral research foc used on estrogen's effect on the development and treatment of atherosclero sis and the physical and molecular changes to the arterial wall with vario us treatment courses.\n\nIn her legal practice\, Lara has advised clients working in such technologies as antibody therapeutics\, cellular therapeut ics\, nucleic acid and small molecule therapeutics\, vaccines\, \;in v ivo \;and \;in vitro diagnostics\, recombinant DNA and proteins\, in silico computer modeling and algorithms of biological and pathological processes\, and nanotechnology. (More)f Arizona.\nJoni Anderson\, VP\, Reg ulatory Affairs\, BD Peripheral Intervention\nBD Peripheral Intervention h as a long history of providing medical device innovations\, proven to be r eliable\, that are truly making a difference in patients’ lives. The BD Peripheral Intervention business unit offers a comprehensive range of medi cal products\, devices and services for the treatment of peripheral arteri al and venous disease\, cancer detection\, and end-stage renal disease and maintenance.\n\n \;\nJen Koevary\, Ph.D. – Chief Operating and Fina ncial Officer\, Avery Therapeutics\nDr. Koevary has a background in busine ss development and medical device R&\;D. She was previously responsible for commercialization of university technology at the University of Arizo na\, where she led educational programs\, community engagement programs fo r small business funding (including the U of A I-Corps Site program)\, bus iness development assistance and the university’s asset development prog ram\, with >\;70 projects under management. Dr. Koevary has previously h eld high responsibility roles in startup companies Yakaroni\, LLC and Surg ical Tools\, LLC\, and has prior research and consulting experience in des ign and analysis for medical devices/software. Dr. Koevary earned a B.S. i n Mechanical Engineering\, B.S. in Health Sciences\,  \;and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship from the Universi ty of Arizona.\nNancy Willems\, Site Quality Leader – Medtronic Tempe Ca mpus\nNancy has the overall responsibility for the Tempe Campus quality sy stem and organization as the Quality Site Leader/Management Representative \, delivering the highest possible quality and reliability for our custome rs in compliance with all applicable ISO and FDA standards.\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190915T173000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR