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Swedish-American Life Science Summit 2017 Invitation and Program (File 026747)

Promotional material for the SALSS 2017 conference in Stockholm featuring keynote speaker Vice President Joseph Biden, focusing on cancer research, health technology innovation, and investment opportunities in life sciences.

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This document is an exclusive preview invitation for the Swedish-American Life Science Summit (SALSS) 2017, held August 23-25 in Stockholm. The event featured Vice President Joseph Biden as the keynote speaker and founder of the Biden Cancer Initiative, alongside prominent speakers from AstraZeneca, MIT, Google Cloud, and leading Swedish research institutions. The summit included a HealthTech Showroom showcasing state-of-the-art life science technologies, investor forums, a Rising Star Award presented by Prince Daniel of Sweden, and participation from major pharmaceutical and healthcare companies including Pfizer, Elekta, and Philips Healthcare.

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An Exclusive Preview of
The Swedish-American Life Science Summit 2017
"Moonshot & Beyond"
August 23 rd -25 th
Stockholm
SALSS 2017 will focus on
Cancer Moonshot
HealthTech Transformation
Impact Investing
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By Special Invitation
Gold Sponsor Dinner
August 23 rd
Villa Täcka Udden
Hosted by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Ms. Viveka Hirdman-Ryrberg, Executive Director
Highlights
Keynote Speaker
*MR. JOSEPH BIDEN
47 th Vice President of the United States | Founder, Biden Cancer Initiative
Select Speakers & Panelists
DR. BAHIJA JALLAL
Head, MedImmune | Executive Vice President, AstraZeneca
MR. GREGORY SIMON
President, Biden Cancer Initiative, Biden Foundation
DR. GÖRAN K. HANSSON
Secretary General, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DR. CANAN DAGDEVIREN
Assistant Professor, Wearable Electronics, MIT Media Lab
MR. OLA ROSLING
Chairman, Director & Co-founder, Gapminder Foundation
MR. ANDERS LÖNNBERG
The Swedish Government's National Life Science Coordinator
DR. LAURENT LEKSELL
Chairman, Elekta
DR. ANGELA ROSSETTI
Executive Vice President, Cell Machines
MR. RODNEY SCHWARTZ
Founder & CEO, ClearlySo
MR. CHRISTER FUGLESANG
Professor, Royal Institute of Technology | Astronaut
DR. MARIA STRØMME
Professor, Nanotechnology, Uppsala University
*MR. GREG MOORE
Vice President, Healthcare, Google Cloud
DR. WILLIAM A. HASELTINE
Founder, Chairman & President, ACCESS Health International
DR. CARL BORREBAECK
Professor & Director, CREATE Health Cancer Center | Former Vice President, Lund University
DR. MOUNA ESMAEILZADEH
Founder & CMO , SciLife Clinic
DR. JONAS BERGH
Professor & Director, Strategic Research Program in Cancer, Karolinska Institutet
DR. MATHIAS UHLÉN
Professor, KTH | Director, Human Protein Atlas
DR. KARIN HEHENBERGER
Founder & CEO, Lyfebulb
Select Presenting Companies | Rising Stars
*ANTRAD
*APREA
*AVRA MEDICAL ROBOTICS
CELLINK
CERAMEDIX
COALA LIFE
CURE PHARMACEUTICALS
GLACTONE
IOBIOTECH
ISOFOL
MEDIVIR
NORDIC HEALTH INNOVATION
*ONCOPEPTIDES
PILLOXA
PROLUNGDX
RECIPHARM
SMARTWISE
VIRONOVA MEDICA
SALSS 2017 Proudly Presents for the First Time
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HealthTech Showroom - Moonshot & Beyond
An Exclusive Preview of State-of-the-Art Life Science Technologies
Select Exhibiting Partners
MR LINAC – IMAGE GUIDED REAL TIME RADIOTHERAPY
Elekta
MINITEM – DIGITAL IMAGING NANOTECH ANALYSIS
Vironova
VIRTUAL HEALTH ROOMS – INTEGRATED EHEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Nordic Health Innovation
COALA HEART MONITOR – EASY SELF-MONITORING AND ANALYSIS
Coala Life
SMART PILLBOX – INTELLIGENT DRUG ADHERENCE
Pilloxa
BIO X - GO-TO 3D BIOPRINTER
CellInk
*VIRTUAL OPERATING ROOM – PROFESSIONAL SIMULATORS FOR CLINICAL TRAINING
ScioVR
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SALSS Rising Star Award
Select Market Accelerating Players & Beyond
Introducing the SALSS 2017 Rising Star Award
*HKH DANIEL
Prince of Sweden
Jury
DR. CARL-HENRIK HELDIN
Chairman, The Nobel Foundation | Director, Ludwig Cancer Research
DR. MIKAEL DOLSTEN
President, Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer
*MS. GUNILLA VON PLATEN
Multiply Awarded Serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Leader
MS. SUSANNE NAJAFI
Entrepreneur, Investor & Founding Partner, Backing Minds
MS. BARBRO C. EHNBOM
Founder & Chairman, The Swedish-American Life Science Summit
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SALSS Investor Forum
Enhancing the Interaction with Especially Invited Investors
Select Investors
ARCTIC AURORA LIFE SCIENCE
BRIDGEPOINT
EQT
GULLSPÅNG INVEST
GU VENTURES
HEALTHCAP
IMPACT INVEST SCANDINAVIA
ORBIMED
PRIVATE INVESTORS CLUB
PULS INVEST
RHENMAN & PARTENRS
STOCKHOLM CORPORATE FINANCE
VATOR SECURITIES
AND MORE…
Select Summit Partners
ELEKTA
VIRONOVA
ASTRAZENECA
TORREYA PARTNERS
NASDAQ STOCKHOLM
MANNHEIMER SWARTLING
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
EMBASSY OF THE U.S. TO SWEDEN
ACCESS HEALTH INTERNATIONAL
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN
EMBASSY OF SWEDEN TO THE U.S.
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES
PHILIPS HEALTHCARE
DUHAAN GROUPE
RECIPHARM
VINNOVA
PFIZER
EY
Organizers
BARBRO C. EHNBOM, Founder & Chairman
YLVA NICOLAE SANTESSON, Senior Project Manager
SALSS 2017 TEAM
www.salss.com
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Senior Advisory Board
DR. ROBERT LANGER, David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT
MR. FREDERICK FRANK, Chairman, EVOLUTION Life Science Partners
DR. WILLIAM A. HASELTINE, Founder, Chairman & President, ACCESS Health International
DR. HANS WIGZELL, Professor Emeritus, Karolinska Institutet
DR. MATHIAS UHLÉN, Professor, KTH | Director, Human Protein Atlas
MR. MOHAMMED HOMMAN, Founder & CEO, Vironova
DR. JENNI NORDBORG, Director & Head, Health Department, VINNOVA
MR. RICHARD SERBIN, Founder & CEO, Seaweed Biotechnology
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DR. CHARLES F. FERRIS, Special Scientific Advisor to the Chairman
MR. PETER UTTERSTRÖM, Legal Advisor
MS. LENA TIBELL, Program Advisor
AMBASSADOR KARIN EHNBOM PALMQUIST, Chief of Protocol

Topics

cancer research conference program healthcare technology pharmaceutical industry

People Mentioned

Dr. Laurent Leksell Executive Director at Elekta

Dr. William A. Haseltine President of ACCESS Health International

Dr. Karin Hehenberger Executive VP & CMO at Coronado Biosciences

Frederick Frank Vice Chairman at Peter J. Solomon Company

Professor Emeritus Hans Wigzell Professor Emeritus at Karolinska Institutet

Lena Tibell Program Advisor at SALSS