3rd CvilleBioHub BioDiscovery Summit

Presented by CvilleBioHub and Cooley LLP, The 3rd CvilleBioHub BioDiscovery Summit will feature a 90 minute program followed by a networking reception.

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• Are there proven, replicable Accelerants that can spur healthcare innovation? Is there a reliable recipe for Biotech success?

• What Barriers currently obstruct the path to transformative healthcare solutions? How should investors and entrepreneurs approach regulatory hurdles, market uncertainties, and investment risk?

• What Catalysts will have the biggest impact on the healthcare landscape moving forward? How will changes in technology, funding accessibility, and regulation influence what we will see in Biotech twenty years from now?

Nikki Hastings - Session Moderator

Executive Director, CvilleBioHub

Mike Nelson
Venture Capital & Emerging Company Partner, Cooley LLP

Additional Panelists to be announced soon.

Special guest to be annouced soon.

Nikki Hastings

Executive Director, CvilleBioHub

Nikki Hastings is co-founder and Executive Director of CvilleBioHub, a biotech accelerator in Charlottesville, Virginia focused on growing the local biotech sector. Nikki is also an adjunct faculty member teaching the biotechnology track at the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA. She has over 15 years of experience working with early-stage biotech/medtech and medical device companies, specifically with expertise in working with academic and first-time founders. She has led operations in executive management roles at companies including HemoShear Therapeutics, Contraline, and Cerillo. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia, and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from NC State.

Mike Nelson

Venture Capital/Emerging Company Partner

Cooley LLP

Michael Nelson's practice focuses on advising emerging and growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, and the funds that invest in them, on matters relating to corporate finance, corporate governance, licensing and other intellectual property-based transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Mike holds a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia, a MS in Applied Anatomy from Boston University, and a BS from Willamette University. 

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Irving Theater, CODE Building, 225 W Water St, Charlottesville, United States