Executive Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, JP Morgan
2026 Speakers
2026 Speakers and Panelists
President & CEO, Iterion Therapeutics
Vice President, Research & Technology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Executive Director, Digital Health Institute, Rice University and Methodist Hospital
Founder & CEO, Elixiron Immunotherapeutics and NeuroVantix Therapeutics
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Executive Director, Commercialization & Technology Management, BCM Innovation Institute, Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Vice President, Innovation, TMC Innovation Factory
Partner, Winston Taylor
Director, Business Development and Commercial Strategy, Strategic Industry Ventures, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
CEO, Biointelect
CEO, Center for Houston's Future
Vice President for Innovation & Tech Development & Transfer, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
CEO & Cofounder, Informuta, Inc.
CEO & Co-Founder, March Biosciences
Partner, Winston Taylor
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, CJNV Bioventures
Managing Director and Head of Research, Rodman & Renshaw
Executive Director, Beacon CoLab
Chief Executive Officer, 4M Therapeutics
Co-founder and Managing Partner, BCM Legacy Fund
Chief Innovation Officer, Texas Medical Center
Chief Executive Officer, Discover International
Executive Vice President of Regulatory Policy, ELIQUENT Life Sciences
President and CEO, Texas Medical Center
Founder & Managing Partner, pH Partners
Chief Scientific Innovation Officer (CSIO), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)
Associate Vice President for Industry and New Ventures, Rice University; Executive Director, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
President and CEO, Nurix Therapeutics
President and CEO, Aether Therapeutics
President, Russo Partners
Vice President, Life Sciences Banking, JP Morgan
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Baylor Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Partner, Baker Botts
Chief Scientific Officer, Lewy Body Dementia Association
CEO, OmniNano Pharmaceuticals
Chairman of the Board, Steinberg Sports and Entertainment
Assistant Vice President for Technology Transfer, Rice University
Partner, Corporate and Securities, Wilson Sonsini
Co-Founder, Board Member, Investor, MPN Therapeutics
Interim Vice President for Innovation and Chief Innovation Officer, Office of Innovation, Rice University
Chairman, BioHouston
Principal, Capital Factory
Vice President, Innovation Economy - Life Science, Startup Banking, J.P. Morgan