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IN SPINE & ORTHOPEDICS:  Strategic Partnering and Investing in Musculoskeletal Technology
The Venetian
Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Preliminary Program Agenda (subject to change)

All meeting space is located on Level 3 - View floor plan (Adobe PDF)

Monday, December 11, 2006

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Pre-Conference Registration & Reception San Polo 3502

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Panel: Creating Your Legal & Regulatory Roadmap for Clinical Success

Moderator: Anthony Viscogliosi, Principal, Viscogliosi Bros., LLC; Chairman & CEO, Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi); Member of the Board of Managers, Paradigm Spine; Vice-Chairman, Spine Solutions, Inc.

Panelists: Dr. Gary Lowery, World-Renowned Spine Surgeon; Executive VP Research & Technology, Paradigm Spine; Executive VP Research & Technology, Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC (MCRA)

Tram Anh Nguyen, Patent Attorney; Director, Intellectual Property, Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers (MCRA); Former Examiner, US Patent & Trademark Office, Prosthesis Art Unit

Richard Jansen, Pharm. D.; Senior Regulatory Affairs Spine Specialist, Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers (MCRA); Former VP Clinical & Regulatory Affairs, Spine-Tech; Former major Hospital Administrator, Minneapolis, MN

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

7:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast San Polo 3502

8:00 AM

Welcome/Opening – San Polo 3503

David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information

8:15-9:15 AM

Keynote Speaker

The Past, Present and Future of the Orthopedic Market

Christopher J.P. Velis, Chairman & CEO, Medical Capital Advisors

9:15

Moderator – Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

9:20

Axial Biotech, Inc.

9:30

CoreSpine Technologies

9:40

VitalWear Inc.

9:50

SpineMatrix, Inc.

10:00

Bone Biologics, Inc.

10:10

Disc Motion Technologies

10:20

MedicineLodge, Inc.

10:30

ErgoSpine

10:40

Moderator - MCRA

10:45

Bone Solutions, Inc.

10:55

Raymedica, Inc.

11:05

Atlas Spine

11:15

Spine Vision, SA

11:25

Pegasus Biologics, Inc.

11:35

Spinal Elements

11:45

CeraPedics, LLC

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Networking Lunch San Polo 3402

1:05 PM – 1:50 PM

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP featured presentation

1:50

Moderator – Medical Capital Advisors

1:55

Spinal Therapies LLC

2:05

Nerites Corporation

2:15

Orthopeutics, LP

2:25

CryoLife, Inc.

2:35

Moderator -

2:40

HydroCision, Inc.

2:50

BioAssets Development Corporation

3:00

Biowave Corporation

3:10

Gentis, Inc.

3:20

Paradigm Spine, LLC

3:30

Moderator -

3:35

Custom Spine, Inc.

3:45

Small Bone Innovations, LLC

3:55

US Spinal Technologies, LLC

4:05

OrthoMEMS, Inc.

4:15 – 5:15 PM

Industry Panel Discussion

Looking at Spine Innovation from Two Perspectives: A Discussion from Entrepreneurs’ and Investors’ Points of View

Moderator:

  • David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information

Panelists:

  • Christopher JP Velis, Chairman & CEO, Medical Capital Advisors, LLC
  • Mike Sherman, Executive in Residence, MB Venture Partners
  • Chip Stevens, President and Chief Operating Officer, i-spine, formerly Triage Medical
  • James R. Gorman, President, BioAssets
  • Anthony Viscogliosi, Principal, Viscogliosi Bros., LLC; Chairman & CEO, Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi);

Member of the Board of Managers, Paradigm Spine;

Vice-Chairman, Spine Solutions, Inc.

5:20-7:20 PM

Presenting Company Product Exhibits/Networking Dinner San Polo 3502

7:20 PM

Adjournment

Following each 10-minute presentation, companies will be available in assigned breakout rooms.

Business attire is common for this event, however, we leave this decision to each attendee's discretion.
 

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