U.K. Midlands Engine and the Department for International Trade Webinar
On July 16, 2020, Dave Whelan, the CEO of BioscienceLA, led a conversation with U.K. Midlands Engine and the Department for International Trade. The session begins with a video featuring local life sciences leaders, followed by recent LA announcements, concluding with an interactive Q&A.
Post-COVID-19 Plans to Provide Exceptional Care to the People of Los Angeles and the World
As part of Omnia Health Live (22–26 June 2020), BioscienceLA CEO Dave Whelan moderated an engaging panel with international leaders from some of LA’s leading medical centers: Cedars Sinai, City of Hope, UCLA Health, and Keck Medicine of USC. Watch as the city’s top speciality care providers discuss their plans for continuing to provide excellent medical care post COVID-19 pandemic, as well as what makes LA special when it comes to innovation in research and care delivery.
#BuiltWithBiology Summit
Join Dave Whelan (BioscienceLA) moderating a panel featuring Kimberly Baker (Elemental Excelerator), Stephen Cheung (LAEDC/LAWTC), Pedro Coelho (Provivi), Arye Lipman (MarsBio), and Margeaux Sullivan (Syndicate 708) to discuss LA’s position as the largest manufacturing center in the US, with a strong history across multiple industries, from aerospace to apparel, agriculture to cleantech, and of course life sciences and pharma. With steady growth in biotech, including a significant push from local governments and over $1b in NIH research funding in 2018 alone, as well as a diverse workforce, LA has the potential to become the biomanufacturing hub of the future.