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19th SAPA-NE AC Brochure

Greetings from Conference Chair

Dear SAPA Members and Friends:

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 19^th Annual Conference of the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association New England (SAPA-NE). SAPA-NE is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and currently serves more than 2000 pharmaceutical/biotech professionals. Our mission is to serve its members and foster their career development through conference/symposium/networking and to promote exchanges and collaboration across pharmaceutical/biotech industries and academics between China and the US.

Our annual conference is SAPA-NE’s most prestigious event. Every year we bring together leaders from academia and industry, investors and entrepreneurs from around the world to share the cutting-edge discovery, exciting clinical development, and experiences and trends in business and career in life sciences. The theme of this year’s conference is "Convergence: Transformation of Life Sciences in Boston".

Boston is now recognized as the epicenter of innovation for both biologics and small molecules R&D in the world. More than 400 large and small biopharmaceutical companies have established headquarters or research centers here, plus many world-leading hospitals and prestigious universities, among them are Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Biogen, Merck, Astra-Zeneca, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Takeda, Shire, EMD Serono, J&J and Bayer etc., as well as numerous small innovative companies. It’s difficult to fathom that this healthy and thriving ecosystem has not always been here. It started almost 10 years ago deep in the financial crisis that affected global economy. The Life Science Initiative enlisted the input and resources from government agencies, industry leaders, academic institutions, venture capitalists, and law firms. What we have witnessed since is an unprecedented growth in translating research discovery into therapeutic development. The game-changing immunotherapy in cancer treatment, the potential applications of genome editing technology such as CRISPR-Cas9, are just a couple of many areas that local companies are working on. This is the golden area of life sciences innovation, and Boston is the place where it all happens.

There are multi-national pharmaceutical companies overcoming cultural and organizational challenges to locate research centers in Boston area. There are local startups successfully raising capital when the overall trend is less than ideal. There are talented scientists helping accelerate the R&D process by crossing over between academia and industry. Those are the reason behind the theme for this year’s annual conference, to celebrate what makes Boston uniquely attractive to life sciences – the convergence of all the essential elements needed for transformation. This full day event will include plenary sessions, panel discussion, and a dinner reception. Biopharma industry senior executives, Chinese returnee entrepreneurs, and other experts will share their visions on scientific innovation, high-tech entrepreneurship, new trends in R&D globalization and strategies. Local and Chinese companies will bring a variety of job opportunities and set booths to recruit talents.

This year’s annual conference dinner reception is generously supported by our Diamond Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLC, which is celebrating its 50^th Anniversary. A keynote speech titled “Convergence of Law and Biopharma” will be given by Dr. Fang Xie, co-lead of its Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Group.

Finally, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude towards all the members of the conference organizing committee for their outstanding work and unparalleled dedication in making this event possible. I am also grateful for all our valued sponsors for their generous and continued support. Everybody is welcome to join SAPA-NE and together we build an even stronger community. Thank you!

Sincerely yours,

Larry Cai, MBA, MS.

SAPA-NE 19^th Annual Conference Chair

SAPA-NE President Elect 2016-2017

Conference Program

8:00 – 9:00	Registration and Breakfast
Opening Remarks
9:00 – 9:10	Mr. Larry Cai, Conference Chair, SAPA-NE President-Elect Hon. Deval Patrick, Governor, Massachusetts (2007-2015) Mr. Jijun Xing, Counselor of S&T, Consulate General of P. R. China
Session 1: Cutting Edge of Biomedical Innovation in Boston Chairs: Drs. Jun Johnny Yang, Xingfeng Bao, Kejie Li, Lin Lin, Jing Tong
9:10 – 9:45	Dr. Andy Plump, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Takeda “The Future of Drug Discovery: Innovation-driven Research & Development at Takeda”
9:45 – 10:20	Dr. Richard Murray, CEO and President, Jounce Therapeutics “Immunology meets oncology: breakthroughs in immunotherapy”
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break and Exhibition
10:50 – 11:25	Dr. Sven Ante “Bill” Lundberg, CSO, CRISPR Therapeutics “Bringing CRISPR Therapeutics to the Clinic”
11:25 – 11:50	Dr. Luhan Yang, CSO, eGenesis “Gene Editing to Transform Xenotransplantation”
11:50 – 12:10	Dr. James Yang, President/CEO of Abpro China “Fast Road Map for Biologic R&D”
12:10 – 1:00	Lunch and Exhibition
Session 2: Collaborations and Opportunities Across the Ocean Chairs: Drs. Mangeng Cheng, Dapeng Chen, Haishan Li, and Bing Ma
1:00 – 1:20	Dr. Rich Soll, SVP & Head of International Discovery Services Unit (IDSU) “Enter the Era of Big Data, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence: Capitalizing on a Transformative Opportunity for Drug Discovery”
1:20 – 1:40	Dr. Shidong Jia, Founder & CEO, Predicine Holdings Ltd. “Precision medicine: clinical application of liquid biopsies in cancer”
1:40 – 2:00	Chaoshe Guo, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior R&D Director, Beijing Biocytogen Co.,Ltd “Humanized immune checkpoint mouse models and in vivo efficacy studies of I/O drugs”
2:00 – 2:20	Ms. Jane Li, Co-founder, AF Recruiting “Landscape of Healthcare Job Market in China”
Panel Forum: Collaborations and Opportunities Across the Ocean Chairs: Drs. Tianxiao Sun and QiYing Hu
2:20 – 3:20	Dr. Shaohui Huang, Zhongshan Tsuihang New District Dr. Ruhong Jiang, Applied Stemcell Dr. Jinbo Lee, Scilligence Dr. John MacDougall, CrownBio Dr. Weimin Tang, Hengrui Therapeutics Inc. Dr. Tony Xie, Xiyu Investment Company
3:20 – 3:50	Coffee Break and Exhibition
Session 3: Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership in Biomedical Sciences Chairs: Mr. Larry Cai, Drs. Guiqing Liang and Jianzhu Chen
3:50 – 4:20	Dr. Lijun Wu, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Atlas Venture, former SVP, Preclinical & Early Clinical Development, Delinia, Inc “From Seed to Exit in 15 Months: The Delinia Story”
4:20 – 4:50	Dr. Yinxiang Wang, Chairman, Beijing JacoBio Pharmaceuticals, former CEO & CSO, Zhejiang Betta Pharmaceuticals “Challenges and Strategies of Innovative Drug R&D in China”
4:50 – 5:25	Dr. Yong-Jun Liu, Head of Research, Global R&D, Sanofi “Follow the Science and Capture the Opportunities”
5:25 – 5:30	Closing Remark: Dr. Jiang Long, President of SAPA-NE
SAPA-NE 19th Annual Conference Dinner Reception (Ticket Required) Sponsored by Greenberg & Traurig, LLP (Location: Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA) Chair: Dr. Jiang Long, President of SAPA-NE
6:00 – 6:30 6:30 – 6:35 6:35 – 6:45 6:45 – 7:00 7:00 – 7:10 7:10 – 9:00	Networking Welcome Remarks Dr. Jiang Long, President of SAPA-NE Keynote Speech Dr. Fang Xie, Co-lead, Global Life Science, Greenburg Traurig, LLP “Convergence of Law and Biopharma” SAPA-NE Cooperate Service Award/Service Award Presentations Dr. Jiang Long and Mr. Larry Cai/ Drs. Bingli Ma, Mark Lin, Xiaotian Zhong, Min Chen SAPA-NE High School Excellence Scholarship Presentation Drs. Huo Li and Guiqing Liang Dinner/Networking

Opening Remark

Honorable Deval Patrick

Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2007-2015)

Jijun Xing, Ph.D.

Science and Technology Counselor, Chinese Consulate-General in New York

Session 1: Cutting Edge of Biomedical Innovation in Boston

Andy Plump, MD, PhD Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Presentation title: The Future of Drug Discovery: Innovation-driven Research & Development at Takeda

Richard Murray, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President

Presentation title: Immunology meets oncology: breakthroughs in immunotherapy

Dr. Sven Ante “Bill” Lundberg, Chief Scientific Officer, CRISPR Therapeutics

Presentation title: Bringing CRISPR Therapeutics to the Clinic

LUHAN YANG, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CSO

Presentation title: “Gene Editing to Transform Xenotransplantation

James Yang, Ph.D., President and CEO, Abpro-China

Presentation title: “Fast Road Map for Biologic R&D

Session 2: Collaborations and Opportunities Across the Ocean

Dr. Rich Soll, SVP & Head of International Discovery Services Unit (IDSU)

Presentation title: Enter the Era of Big Data, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence: Capitalizing on a Transformative Opportunity for Drug Discovery

Shidong Jia, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Predicine Holdings Ltd

Presentation title: “Precision medicine: clinical application of liquid biopsies in cancer”

Chaoshe Guo, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior R&D Director, Beijing Biocytogen Co.,Ltd

Presentation Title: Humanized immune checkpoint mouse models and in vivo efficacy studies of I/O drugs

Ms. Jane Li, Co-founder of AF Recruiting

Presentation title: Landscape of Healthcare Job Market in China

Panel Forum: Collaborative Innovation and Partnership

Shaohui Huang, Ph.D., Business Consultant, Zhongshan Tsuihang New District; President & Co-Founder, LightEdge Technologies, Ltd.; Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ruhong Jiang, Ph.D.,

Co-founder, President and CEO, Applied StemCell, Inc.

Jinbo Lee, Ph.D., Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Scilligence Corporation

John MacDougall, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Engagement, CrownBio

Weimin Tang, Ph.D., Head of BD, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co.

王利春，科伦药物研究院常务副院长，国家大容量注射剂工程技术研究中心主任

Mr. Shuijiang Zhou, Founder, Xiyu Investment Company

Session 3: Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership in Biomedical Sciences

Lijun Wu, Ph.D., Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Atlas Venture, former SVP, Preclinical & Early Clinical Development, Delinia, Inc

Presentation title: “From Seed to Exit in 15 Months: The Delinia Story”

Yinxiang Wang, Ph.D., Chairman, Beijing JacoBio Pharmaceuticals, former CEO & CSO, Betta Pharmaceuticals

Presentation title: Challenges and Strategies of Innovative Drug R&D in China

Dr. Yong-Jun Liu, Head of Research, Global R&D, Sanofi

 Presentation title: Follow the Science and Capture the Opportunities

Dinner Reception Keynote Speech

Dinner Keynote Speaker:

Fang Xie, Ph.D.

Of Counsel, Co-lead, Global Life Sciences, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston

Presentation title: “The Convergence of Law and Biopharma”

CAPAC Chair Statement on DACA and DAPA

CAPAC Chair Statement on DACA and DAPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) issued the following statement on the status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs:

“Maintaining the DACA program is a critical step to protecting the millions of undocumented youth who have been able to come out of the shadows since the program was first launched in 2012. It’s also supported our economy by helping these young Americans continue to work, pursue higher education, and contribute to our society. However, by rescinding DAPA and continuing to build a mass deportation force, the Trump Administration continues to generate fear and anxiety within our immigrant communities. If this Administration truly cares about immigrant families, they must stop pursuing xenophobic and hateful policies that do not reflect our widely-shared values as a nation. Instead, we must take more substantive steps to ensure that we keep families together and work toward a permanent solution to fix our broken immigration system.”

胡桃山音樂營 7/20 開營

中華表演藝術基金會  Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts               3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln, MA 01773 ChinesePerformingArts.net Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net  Upcoming Events 2016-2017 , the 28th Season July 20 - August 13, 2017 The 26th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill 胡桃山音樂營   2017-2018 , the 29th Season 1, Saturday September 23, 2017, 8 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall Reflections on Diaspora花果靈根集 Bao Jian包键, Hu Jianbing胡建兵,  Chen Tao陳濤,  Liu Li 劉麗, Zhou Yi 周懿 , Weng Hui 翁慧, and  Cai Zhenqi 蔡振起   2, The 9th Annual Youth Poetry in Silk and Bamboo 絲竹春吟青少年中國器樂賽及音樂會 Audition: Saturday, September 30, 2017, 2 PM at First Church Boston Concert: Saturday, October 7, 2017, 7:30 PM at First Church Boston   3, Saturday, November 4, 2017, 8 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall co-presenting with the  Korean Cultural Society of Boston The Parker Quartet  and Jung-Ja Kim, piano   4, Saturday, January 27, 2018, 8 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall Pi-Hsien Chen 陳必先 , piano   5, Saturday, March 31, 2018, 8 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall Angelo Xiang Yu 于翔 , violin and Andrew Hsu, piano 6, April 15, 2018 (application deadline) The 27th Annual Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition Jury date: Saturday April 21, 2018   全美青少年國畫書法比賽    7, Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall Dang Thai-Son 鄧泰山, piano   8, July - August , 2018 The 27th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill  胡桃山音樂營   UPCOMING EVENTS ----------------- 胡桃山音樂營 The 26th Annual Walnut Hill Music Festival 2017 date: 7/20/2017 check in,  8/13/2017 check out.  Concerto 2017:  Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Th  eme of Paganini http://chineseperformingarts.com/contents/festival/index.htm   Saturday, 9/23/2017, 8 pm  at Jordan Hall  Reflections on Diaspora花果靈根集 The 9th Annual Youth Poetry in Silk and Bamboo  at First Church Boston  絲竹春吟青少年中國器樂賽及音樂會 Audition: Saturday, September 30, 2017, 2 PM                                                                                                                                         Concert: Saturday, October 7, 2017, 7:30 PM   Saturday, 11/4/2017, 8 pm, Jordan Hall,  Co-presenting with  the Korean Cultural S ociety of Boston  The Parker Quartet and Jung-Ja Kim, piano        Saturday, 1/27/2018, 8 pm, Jordan Hall,  Pi-Hsien Chen  陳必先, pianist    Saturday, 3/31/2018, 8 pm, Jordan Hall,                                                    Angelo Xiang Yu 于翔, violinist and  Andrew Hsu, pianist   Saturday, 5/12/2018, 8 pm, Jordan Hall,  Dang Thai-Son 鄧泰山, pianist   We Need Your Support Support us make a Donation www. ChinesePerformingArts.net     Your tax-deductible donation enables us  to continue presenting the best artists,  maintaining low admission and free student tickets.   Please support us especially at this time 現今社會動盪，人們生活中充滿不安。文化藝術安定人心的重要性，在此時更為明顯。但經費來源卻更艱難。 您的免稅捐款，可使我們繼續舉行高水準音樂會， 提供最低票價，及免費學生票。 並鼓勵青年才俊在古典音樂、傳統中國書畫、 及民族國樂樂器各方面學習傳承。 希望您慷慨解囊，大力支持。 Your Donation is  appreciated: http://chineseperformingarts. net/donation/   Order Ticket Online: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net Email: Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts Cathy Chan 譚嘉陵, Founder and President

Ben Chin for Mayor talking about opioid

Hey Folks-
 
            In case you missed it on facebook, one of our top volunteers, Kiernan, started talking to a woman this week about economic development and housing.  When he got to the opioid epidemic, she stopped him and sadly said, “That’s why I’m raising my granddaughter.”  That same night, I talked to a woman who lost her sister to an overdose.  Earlier in the week, I talked to a woman whose husband is in jail, separated from family, not getting the treatment or support he needs, because of a heroin addiction.  On average, someone overdoses every other week in Lewiston.  These deaths may not be on the front page of the paper, but they should.  It's our job to make that happen.
 
            If you or someone you love has been touched by addiction and has a connection to Lewiston, please write back and let me know. We are getting ready to roll out or policies around these important issues, and want to gather together as many personal stories as we can to make sure people understand how important it is to come together as a community on this issue.
 
            Also, if you have anything that you’ve been reading, or are connected to a smart person who knows best practices on this issue, please write back and send them my way.  I’ve been doing my best to research what cities across the country are up to.  Sadly, Lewiston has done very little.  I’d love to be connected resources or people that you think are insightful.  Of course, these policy options must move us away from the, failed, cruel “war on crime” and “war on drugs” approach that have disproportionately incarcerated black and brown people.  
 
And before well-meaning people write back to tell me that it’s too risky to appear to be “soft on crime,” let me assure you: come out with me and knock on doors.  It’s not the nineties anymore.  I’ve talked to hundreds of people about this issue, and the vast majority support a public health approach, not criminalization. It’s time to say what we believe.  (And donations help us get the message out there!)
 
            Unfortunately, when I do get pushback, it isn’t about jail.  People typically say those struggling with addiction should just die.  It’s awful.  On Monday night, for example, a woman told me she thought people struggling with addiction were “weak” and deserved to die, so they could be “weeded out.”  It boiled my blood.  I am so tired of the politics that divides the world into the worthy and the unworthy, the people who deserve life, and the people who don’t.  Believing in equality means recognizing that every human being has hopes and flaws, possesses beauty, and makes mistakes.  We all deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  At the core, our campaign is about making that point on as many issues in as many ways as possible.
 
            So write back and tell me if you are willing to share your experience, or if you’ve read anything recently that I should be thinking about.  And please donate!  We’re cranking through materials talking to voters and can use all the grassroots contributions we can get!
 
            Finally, as Kiernan said in his post, “It's easy to get wrapped up in the competition of politics, of who's up and who's down and who said what. We would do well to remember what's truly at stake when our government makes decisions, and fight with blazing determination to make a better world for everyone.”  Amen.
 
 
-Ben 

響應新南向 台商包機越南員工遊寶島

新南向政策持續發酵，台資金屬大廠越南精密集圑勝邦金屬有限公司，在僑務委員會積極協助下，總經理吳明穎將親自帶隊，包機招待表現優異的越南員工分兩梯次來台觀光，第一梯6月21日至6月25日，第二梯次6月25日至6月29日，六百多人將在北部停留，並至南投埔里及日月潭旅遊， 享受南投特有的湖光山色及埔里美食!

僑務委員會配合新南向政策推動，除了做為東南亞台商和國內產官學界人力、資金及技術的交流平台，同時關注到台商在協助台灣觀光方面的潛力，因此今年大力促成台商員工返台旅遊。吳明頴率先響應，他受訪時表示，希望藉此拋磚引玉，吸引更多東南亞台資企業招待當地員工到寶島一遊，實地欣賞台灣湖光山色，體驗淳厚的風土民情。

    越南精密集圑勝邦金屬有限公司位於同奈省松梅工業區，鄰近胡志明市，人口約284萬人，是越南台商的重鎮區。此次吳明穎斥資新台幣4000萬, 以實際行動表達對台灣這塊土地的熱愛，食宿全額招待越南表現優良的員工, 除了體恤員工們的辛苦, 也希望他們體會台灣之美。

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2017-2018 SPARK BOSTON COUNCIL

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2017-2018 SPARK BOSTON COUNCIL

Council members to serve as leaders who will empower and support Boston's young adults

BOSTON - Friday, June 16, 2017 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced applications for the 2017-2018 SPARK Boston Council are now available. The SPARK Boston Council is a group of volunteers charged with leading the City's efforts to engage Boston's young adult population.   "We're proud to have the highest percent of young adults out of any major city in the country," said Mayor Walsh. "The SPARK Boston Council gives us an opportunity to challenge young adults to think big and become neighborhood leaders.  This population is diverse, well-educated and full of ideas that will help us grow the city in a sustainable and positive way."   Under the direction of the SPARK Boston Director, the 2017-2018 Council will spend the year using its talent and innovation to identify ways in which Boston can grow as an inviting, connected, culturally rich and sustainable place for young adults. Projects may include programming and projects on housing policy, economic development, equal pay, public art and neighborhood engagement.  Throughout the SPARK Boston Council Term, members also hear from key members of the Mayor's staff as well as leaders within City Hall.            "The SPARK Boston Council has always been defined by civically engaged, energetic Boston residents who are passionate about their future and our city," said Amy Mahler, Director of SPARK Boston. "Council members serve a multitude of roles: ambassadors of City programs and ideas to their peers, focus group for City staff, conveners of policy conversations and neighborhood celebrations, and so on." The 2016-2017 Council featured social workers, small business owners, undergraduate students, union organizers, aspiring faith leaders and more. Approximately half of the group are native Bostonians, while others grew up as far outside of Boston as Georgia, Texas and Jamaica. They currently live in 19 different neighborhoods across Boston. Last year, the SPARK Boston program received more than 300 applications for the Council, showing a robust interest for involvement and engagement. Projects for this Council cohort have included pop-up polling locations to promote the first early voting period in Massachusetts history, the launch of the Chief Chat policy talk series, and the Millennial Homeownership & Networking Social, a collaboration with the Boston Home Center to bring educational materials, lenders, and realtors to millennials.   "To me, SPARK Boston represents a team of millennials seeking to learn about and influence our communities," said Tariana Little of the 2016-2017 SPARK Boston Council. "We are young leaders hailing from Boston and across the country, representing diverse backgrounds, sectors, and ideas for social change."   "I am still amazed by how warmly schools, local businesses, my neighborhood, and City Hall welcomed me when I moved to here," said Oliver Madden of the 2016-2017 SPARK Boston Council.  "Boston helped me grow into who I am today, and SPARK has taught me that leadership is not an organizational position that you hold; it is taking action to benefit your community."   Applicants must be Boston residents, are between the ages of 20 to 34 to apply for the Council. Applications for the Council can be found here  and submission deadline is July 16th, 2017. For more information on the SPARK Boston Program, please visit http://www.sparkbos.com/.     About SPARK Boston Boston is home to a large and diverse millennial population. SPARK Boston (formerly ONEin3) is a City of Boston initiative that aims to empower the millennial generation to play a greater role in planning for the future of our city. Learn more at www.sparkbos.com.