2026 Annual Conference -  Speakers

Rep. Hai Pham, D.M.D.

State Representative, District 36Oregon House of Representatives

Tatum Albertine

Global Trade ManagerBusiness Oregon

Karina Barao

Policy and External Affairs AdvisorNational Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

Connor Barth

Co-Founder and CEOTrace Biosciences

Todd Bedrick

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting OfficerAbsci

Andrew Desmond

Director of Economic Development PolicyOregon Business Council

Oren Beske

Head of BiologicsTwist Bioscience

Travis Cook

Senior Director, Technology TransferOregon Health & Science University

Paul Dalton

Co-FounderVivoTex

Christine Dixon Thiesing

Associate Vice President for Industry, Innovation and TranslationUniversity of Oregon

Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.

PresidentOregon Health & Science University

Atul Jain

Executive Director, BD & LicensingNovo Nordisk

Shula Jaron

Chair, Oregon Bio Women; Entrepreneur-in-ResidenceONAMI

Jenn Klotz

Senior Lead, Local Government Genentech

Timothy Layton

Director, State Government AffairsGenentech

Larry Martin

President, VivoTex; Chief Growth Officer, A-dec
A-dec and VivoTex

Sean McClain

Founder and Chief Executive OfficerAbsci

Trevor Nicks, Ph.D.

Founder and CEOCaravel Bio

Ruben Rathnasingham

Executive Director, Huang Collaborative Innovation ComplexOregon State University

Steve Rodden

Head of GrowthVivoTex

Patti White

Co-Founder and CEOHemex Health