Date: Tuesday, October 7th 2025
Location: TMC3 Collaborative Building (Atrium)
7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston, TX 77030
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
Paul Klotman, M.D., FACP
President and CEO, Baylor College of Medicine
Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Innovation Officer, BCM Ventures
Chair, Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Professor, Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Director, Alkek Center for Metagenomics & Microbiome Research
9:00 a.m. BCM Technology Showcase #1 March Bioscience – 9:00a-9:30a
Sarah Hein, Ph.D., CEO, Co-Founder
Marker Therapeutics – 9:30a-10:00a
Juan Vera, MD, Chief Executive Officer Phiogen – 10:00a-10:30a
Amanda Burkhardt, MS, MBA, CEO, Phiogen Inc.
Yap Therapeutics OR Kyros (PENDING) – 10:30a-11:00a
Tyler Kibbe, Chief Operating Officer, Yap Therapeutics
OR
Oliver Hardcastle, Kyros
11:00 a.m. Speaker Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular
Virology & Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
11:45 a.m. Lunch
Fireside Chat #1: Translating Research into Returns: The Role of State-Funded Science in Venture-Backed Biotech
Rep. Gary VanDeaver (PENDING)
Texas State Representative of House District 1
Chair, Texas Public Health Committee
Kristen Doyle, JD, MS
Chief Executive Officer, CPRIT
Andrew Strong, JD
Partner, Hogan Lovells
1:00 p.m. Speaker Mehran Anvari, O.ONT, MB BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor, Surgery, McMaster University
Founder, Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS)
Scientific Director and CEO, Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii)
1:45 p.m. BCM Technology Showcase #2
Coregen – 1:45p-2:15p
John Thomas, CFO, Treasurer & Corporate Secretary
MS Pen – 2:15p-2:45p
Livia Eberlin, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery, Co-Director of INSTINCT, BCM
Aspira Medical – 2:45p-3:15p
Todd Rosengart, M.D., MBA, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Zaffer Syed, MBA, MS
CEO, Aspira Medical, Inc.
3:15 p.m. Fireside Chat #2 Across the Horizon: Uncovering Texas’s Emerging Investment Landscape
Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D. (Moderator)
Chief Scientific Innovation Officer, BCM Ventures
Emily Reiser, Ph.D.,
Director of Strategy and New Ventures, TMC
Aimee Minnich, JD
CIO and Cofounder of the Impact Foundation
Modi Ventures (PENDING)
Portal Innovations (PENDING)
3:45 p.m. BCM Technology Showcase #3
Diakonos – 3:45p – 4:15p
Will Decker, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor
CDD/Deliver Therapeutics – 4:15p-4:45p
Kevin Slawin, M.D. Founder & CEO
BiVACOR (PENDING) – 4:45p-5:15p
William Cohn, M.D.
Director of CDI TMC Innovation
Optellum – 5:15p-5:45p
Johnathan Watkins, Ph.D.
CEO at Optellum
6:00 p.m. Networking Reception
North Room
