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ATS 2025 Respiratory Innovation Summit
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
780 Misson Street
San Francisco, CA 94103


Friday, May 16

12 p.m.

Registration Desk Opens

2 p.m. Poster Set Up Available
5 p.m. Networking Reception – Posters Available
6 p.m.

Co-Chairs’ Welcoming Comments

  • Sarah Spencer – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
6:10 p.m.

Pioneer Sponsor Address

  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6:20 p.m.

Patient Advocacy Panel

  • Moderator: Martina Flammer, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Insmed
7 p.m.

Opening Showcase - Welcome to Innovation

  • Moderator: Charles A. Powell, MD, MBA, Florette and Ernst Rosenfeld and Joseph Solomon Professor of Medicine
  • Ivan Lo, CEO, Breath Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Steve St. Onge, PharmD, MBA, SVP, Head of Corporate Development, Clarametyx Biosciences
  • Jonas Biehler, CTO, Ebenbuild
  • Anna Xue Cheng, PhD, Director, R & D Pulmonary Drug Delivery, Feldan Therapeutics
  • Angus McLachlan, PhD, CEO, Liberate Medical
7:30 p.m. Networking Reception and Poster Viewing
9 p.m. Adjourn

Saturday, May 17

7:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Posters Available
8 a.m.

Welcome from the ATS President

  • Irina Petrache, MD, ATSF- Professor of Medicine
8:10 a.m.

Co-Chair Address: State of Innovation and Investment

  • Sarah Spencer – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
8:30 a.m.

Showcase One: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  • Joe GN Garcia, MD, Founder & CEO, Aqualung Therapeutics
  • Russ Lehrman, PhD, CEO, BioSuperior Technology, Inc.
  • Derek W. Russell, MD, I-SPY and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative
  • Alan B. Dogan, MS, Scientific Officer, Recens Respiratio
  • Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD, Chief Scientist - Swaza
9 a.m.

Panel: Investor Discussion

  • Moderator: Brian Matesic, Principal at Norwest Venture Partners, Norwest
  • Matthew Harrison, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley
  • Hal Paz, MD, Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures
  • Niall O’Donnell, PhD, Managing Director at Rivervest
  • I-Hung Shih, PhD, Managing Director at Eventide
9:45 a.m. Networking Break – Posters Available
10:15 a.m.

Showcase Two: Asthma

  • Graeham Rees Douglas, PhD, Founder & CEO, Arete Medical Technologies, Ltd
  • Amir A. Zeki, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine, and InStatin CSO, InStatin
  • Nello Mainolfi, PhD, Founder, President and CEO, Kymera Therapeutics
  • Michael Holtzman, Founder and President, NuPeak Therapeutics
  • Monica Kraft, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, RaeSedo, Inc
10:45 a.m.

Payer Panel Discussion

  • Moderator: Steve Flaim, PhD – Senior Special Advisor & Investor-In-Residence,
11:30 a.m.

Showcase Three: ILD/Fibrosis

  • Ryan Adams, Senior Director, aTyr Pharma
  • Zhenhua Lin, BD Director, Chengdu Huitai Biomedicine Co., Ltd
  • Stephen L. Huhn, MD, CMO, and SVP, Clinical Development, Contineum Therapeutics
  • Anissa Kalinowski, MSc, MBA, CEO, Halo Biosciences
  • Carol Satler, MD, PhD, Vice President Clinical Development, Insilico Medicine US Inc.
12 p.m. Lunch – Posters Available
1 p.m.

Pioneer Sponsor Address

  • United Therapeutics
1:15 p.m.

Panel: Business Development

  • Moderator: Mark Dowling, Head of Search & Evaluation, Immunology Business Development, Partnering, Sanofi
  • Erik Bourhis, Head of Business Development, Genentech
  • Nikhil Mutyal, Executive Director and Head of Search & Evaluation - AstraZeneca
  • Irene Pasquali, Head of Business Development, Chiesi
  • Jeremy Griggs, Head of Business Development, GSK
2 p.m.

Showcase Four: COPD

  • Irina Gitlin, VP, Research and Development, AER Therapeutics
  • James Lovgren, MBA, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Aspiro Therapeutics
  • Sheryl Flynn, PT, PhD, Co-Founder, CEO, Blue Marble Health
  • Noel Greenberger, CEO, Nob Hill Therapeutics
  • David A. Edwards, PhD, Founder, CSO, Sensory Cloud
2:30 p.m. Networking Break - Posters Available
3 p.m.

Showcase Five: Medical Devices

  • Joshua Freedman, BSE, MSE in Bioengineering, Co-Founder & CEO, Airalux Medical
  • Sterghios Moschos, CEO, PulmoBioMed Ltd
  • Laura Kuett, PhD, Chief Commercial Officer, SIVA Health
  • Claire Cherry, MSc, MRSC, Director of Scientific Affairs, Vitalograph
  • Daniel Bollinger, Research Scientist, VosBio
3:30 p.m.

RIS Featured Success Story

  • Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, MTM – Founder & CEO, Samay
3:45 p.m.

Panel: Digital Health (AI, Device and More)

  • Moderator: Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
  • Todd Austin, Executive Vice President, Global Business Development, CAIRE, Inc.
  • Peter George, Senior Medical Director, Brainomix
  • Peter Small, Chief Medical Officer, Hyfe
  • Brian Menjivar, Director LATAM & Global Clinical Specialist, PlumOne
  • Bill Bulman, Medical Director, Veracyte Inc. Medical and Clinical Affairs
4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Sponsor Recognition

  • Sarah Spencer, – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
4:45 p.m. Networking Reception – Posters Available
6 p.m. Adjourn