Columbia Biomedical Technology Accelerator (BioMedX) Pitch Day

May

01

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2019

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8:00am

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12:30pm

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Welcome to the 2019 Columbia BiomedX Pitch Day

On Wednesday, May 1st, teams of Columbia University scientists, engineers, clinicians, and students, will pitch their envisioned technologies and business opportunities to a panel of judges and invited guests for potential commercialization support. This is the culminating event of a semester long technology commercialization "bootcamp" during which teams have been working to develop their cutting-edge biomedical technologies and research from the lab and into the market.

Each team will convey their findings on the following fundamental questions to a panel of judges and industry experts:

1.Does the envisioned product address a true unmet clinical need?

2. Is there a viable business opportunity?

We hope you can join us for the final event of this exciting program. Food and refreshments will be served.

Agenda

8:30 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:45 AM

Cuffless, non-invasive, and self-calibrating device for accurate and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure

Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Sia, Daichi Shimbo

9:10 AM

Biomimetic lung sealant to rapidly heal pulmonary air leaks, decrease recovery time, and reduce healthcare costs.

Principal Investigator(s): Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Matthew Bacchetta

9:35 AM

Rapid, point-of-care, low-cost aneuploidy screening using a handheld nanopore-based DNA sequencer

Principal Investigator(s): Zev Williams, Shan Wei

10:00 AM

A novel CRISPR/Cas 9 Based Mutation Correction Method for Hemoglobinopathies

Principal Investigator(s): Suleyman Ucuncuoglu, Wendy Chung

10:25 AM

A Growth-Accommodating Heart Valve for Pediatric Use

Principal Investigator(s): David M. Kalfa, Jeffrey W. Kysar

10:50 AM

Networking Break

11:05 AM

Virtual and Augmented Reality Rehabilitation (VARR): Promoting Health and Function in People with Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Principal Investigator(s): Steven Feiner, Margaret O'Neill

11:30 AM

Drug Based Modulation of Endogenous Fibrocartilage Stem Cells for TMJ Regeneration

Principal Investigator(s): Mildred Embree, Mo Chen

11:55 AM

Improved T cell production through Immunomesh

Principal Investigator(s): Lance Kam, Pawel Muranski

12:30 PM

Adjourn for Invited Guests | Closed Door Judging Session

Rapid, point-of-care, low-cost aneuploidy screening using a handheld nanopore-based DNA sequencer

Principal Investigator(s): Zev Williams, Shan Wei

Biomimetic lung sealant to rapidly heal pulmonary air leaks, decrease recovery time, and reduce associated costs to the healthcare system

Principal Investigator(s): Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Matthew Bacchetta

Immunomesh: Enhancing T cell Immunotherapy

Principal Investigator(s): Lance Kam, Pawel Muranski

Drug Based Modulation of Endogenous Fibrocartilage Stem Cells for TMJ Regeneration

Principal Investigator(s): Mildred Embree, Mo Chen

CRISPR/Cas9 Based Therapy for Genetic Blood Disorders

Principal Investigator(s): Suleyman Ucuncuoglu, Wendy Chung

Cuffless, non-invasive, and self-calibrating device for accurate and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure

Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Sia, Daichi Shimbo

Growth-accommodating valved conduit prosthesis to reduce the number of open-heart surgeries for children with heart valve disease

Principal Investigator(s): Jeffrey Kysar, David Kalfa

Virtual and Augmented Reality Rehabilitation (VARR): Promoting Health and Function in People with Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Principal Investigator(s): Steven Feiner, Margaret O'Neill

Brought to you by:

The Columbia Biomedical Technology Accelerator (formerly the Columbia-Coulter Translational Research Partnership) aims to catalyze the advancement of biomedical technologies by providing funding, education, resources and mentorship to teams of clinicians, engineers and scientists working to develop solutions to clinical unmet needs, with the ultimate goal of bringing innovative research out of the lab to benefit society.

Project support is expected to serve as a bridge to commercial investment, with awards granted to perform specific tasks needed to validate a commercial hypothesis (vs. a scientific hypothesis).

Program Sponsors:

Agenda

8:30 AM

Arrive + Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome + Review of Agenda

9:30 AM

Keynote

Presented by: Marie Wieck

10:00 - 12:00 PM

NETWORK Company Pitches

12:00 - 12:30 PM

LAUNCH Company Introductions

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Lunch + Networking

Join our PowerBridgeNY Judges and Cycle 4 applicants to see the final pitches that will determine which teams will receive $150K in funding to build their prototype and conduct in-field testing.

Location

We are excited to share the 2019 applicant projects and look forward to hosting you on May 1st!

Pitching Teams

Faizaan Ghauri

Design Partner, The Minimal NYC

Faizaam Ghauri founded The Minimal NYC in late 2012 at the height of the mobile advertising boom. In just 3 years, the agency has emerged as the premier provider of unique mobile ad solutions and has won more creative awards than any agency in North America.

JESSICA ANNAS

Design Partner, Sparkwave Media

Jessica Annas has studied the art of complex data design for more than a decade. Data Designer at Sparkwave Media, Annas works with the company's roster of Fortune 500 brands to make data more beautiful, relatable, and accessible across every screen.

ASHTON AJAYI

VP Of Product Experience, Pixel Palace.

Ashton Ajayi leads sustainability initiatives at Pixel Palace, an agency founded on helping companies make good money while doing good things. He primarily focuses on inventing custom business models for companies who want a higher purpose without sacrificing profit.

The Judges

Andrew Reid

Con Edison

Ben Sampson

GE Ventures

Blake Stevens

LaunchLabs

Christopher Cavanagh

National Grid

Cyril Yee

IP Group

David Cruikshank

Arch Ventures

David Dorsey

Osage Partners

Edward Greer

Dow Chemical Company

Jake Berlin

ICF International

Jean-Noel Poirer

Clean Energy Venture Group

Josh Gould

Con Edison

Mike Shimazu

NYSERDA

Parker White

Usurp Power

Serena Lee

Con Edison

Shirley Speakman

Cycle Capital

Steven Kloos

True North Ventures

Map

Block #3

TBD

“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”

Louis Kahn

The Minimal NYC

Architect

Columbia Biomedical Accelerator (BioMedX) Pitch Day

With $10M in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), PowerBridgeNY’s mission is to turn cleantech innovations from the academic research labs of our six partner institutions into strong, cleantech businesses in New York State. We do this by offering teams up to $150K each to conduct 100 Customer Discovery interviews and develop a prototype or conduct in-field testing to move the technology closer to commercialization via a startup (preferable) or license. During the program, we host a series of events and monthly check-ins using the NSF I-Corps/Lean LaunchPad Methodology as well as subsidize the cost of necessary services, provide industry Mentors, and arrange pro bono office hours with experts in law, finance, grant writing, and more.

PowerBridgeNY is two separate proof-of-concept centers (POCC), both funded by NYSERDA, collaborating as one program. One POCC is led by Columbia University and includes Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cornell Tech, and Stony Brook University. The other POCC is led by the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University and includes the City University of New York.

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