2022 STEP UP 2

STEP-UP Program (Tentative, Time in the US Eastern Time)

May 23, 2022 (Monday)

• Opening (20:00 – 20:55)
  Opening Remarks, IL Minn, Ph.D., STEP-UP Chair
  Welcoming Remarks, Brian Park, Ph.D., KSEA President
  Congratulatory Remarks, Chung, Byung Hwa, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York (tentative)
  Keynote Speech: Donghoon Lee, MBA, Executive Vice President, SK Holdings

• Coffee Break (20:55 – 21:00)

• Academic Entrepreneurship (21:00 – 23:00 - A)

  • 21:00 – 21:40: “Where to start to form a business around my academic achievement?”, Janice H. Logan, Ph.D., Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • 21:40 – 22:20: “Roadman to a successful academic spinoff”, TBD
  • 22:20 – 23:00: “Tips for Getting Started as a Science Entrepreneur”, Jungeun Kim, M.S., Director of Customer Success, Quotabook

• Entering the US Market (21:00 – 23:00 - B)

  • 21:00 – 21:30: “Role of KSEA in supporting Entrepreneurship”, IL Minn, Ph.D., KSEA Entrepreneurship Director
  • 21:30 – 22:15: “Starting a U.S. Business: from Incorporation to Taxation”, Byoung Jo Kang, Esq. CPA., B.J. Kang Law, PC.
  • 22:15 – 23:00: “US Financial Landscape: Healthcare Industry”, Tae Heum Jeong, Managing Partner, KSV Global Innovations

May 24, 2022 (Tuesday)

• Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) (20:00 – 22:00)

  • 20:00 – 20:30: "Introduction to CGT",
  • 20:30 – 21:00: "Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) in AGT", Donghoon Lee, MBA, Executive Vice President, SK Holdings
  • 21:00 – 21:30: "CGT start-ups", TBD
  • 21:30 – 21:50: Q/A & Panel Discussion

• Coffee Break (21:50 – 22:00)
  FDA and Regulatory Strategy (22:00 – 23:00)

  • 22:00 – 22:30: “FDA regulation in CGT", Lei Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Commander USPHS Commissioned Corps, US Food and Drug Administration
  • 22:30 – 23:00: “FDA regulation in Healthcare AI/IT”, Sung Park, Attorney, Reed Smith LLP

May 25, 2022 (Wednesday)

• Healthcare AI and Digital Health (20:00 – 22:00)

  • 20:00 – 20:40: “Concept and landscape of healthcare AI and digital health”, Jangwon Kim, Ph.D., Applied Scientist, Amazon.
  • 20:40 – 21:20: “AI in Healthcare: Disease Prediction to Multi-modal Learning”, Edward Yoonjae Choi, Assistant Professor, Kim Jaechul AI Graduate School, KAIST
  • 21:20 – 22:00: “Digital health”, Taehyun Hwang

• Coffee Break (22:00 – 22:10)

• Wellness Entrepreneurship (22:10 – 23:00)

  • 22:10 – 22:35: “TBD”, Saeju Jeong, CEO Noom. (Tentative)
  • 22:35 – 23:00: “TBD”, April Koh, CEO, Spring Health. (Tentative)

May 26, 2022 (Thursday)

• Banquet (18:00 - 20:00)

• Congratulatory Speech, Chung, Byung Hwa, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in New York (tentative)

• Congratulatory Speech and KSEA Announcement, Dr. Young-kee Kim, KSEA President-Elect

• Fundraising for Healthcare Startups (20:00 – 21:00)

  • 20:00 – 20:20: “Investment landscape in CGT fields”, Noel Jee, Ph.D., Principal, Sofinnoval Investments
  • 20:20 – 20:40: “Investment landscape in Healthcare AI/IT fields”, John J. Kim, Principal, Cota Capital
  • 20:40 – 21:00: Investor Panel Discussion

• Closing (21:00 – 21:30)

  • Raffle
  • Closing Remarks, IL Minn, Ph.D., STEP-UP Chair

• Networking (21:30 – 23:00)

  • Dinner and Networking