OFFSET SYMPOSIUM 2020:
BIOSECURITY
Launched by Second Front in 2017, the Offset Symposium promotes constructive engagement between the venture-backed innovation ecosystem, traditional defense base, academia, and national security mission users to accelerate the development and scaling of new technologies for national security.
This year’s Offset Symposium theme is Biosecurity. Why Biosecurity? In the US alone, COVID-19 has infected over 10M people, causing 250,000 deaths, and trillions in economic disruption. Pandemic response is just one aspect of biosecurity. Health, economic, and national security are now intertwined. Beyond COVID, McKinsey & Co. forecasts that the bioeconomy will produce $2-4T in annual economic impact by 2030. Biosecurity is now an undeniable enabler of the Third Offset.
Second Front has partnered with the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum and the Defense Innovation Unit to bring you this event. We are bringing together members of the defense community, biosecurity subject matter experts, and entrepreneurs and venture capitalists building the bioeconomy.
AGENDA
Day 1 – Wednesday December 9th
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Networking
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Opening Remarks – 4th Annual Offset Symposium
Peter Dixon, Second Front Systems11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Keynote – Why Biosecurity?
Austin Walne, Artis Ventures11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Fireside Chat
Jason Rathje, AFWERX (Speaker)
Brittney Martino, Second Front Systems (Moderator)12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Panel – Cyber Biosecurity: Securing Biological Data
Sterling Sawaya, Geneinfosec
Austin Walne, Artis Ventures
Dr. Aaron Hansen, GeneInfoSec1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Keynote – Enabler of the Third Offset Strategy
Diane DiEuliis, National Defense University1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Panel – Proactive Biosecurity: Surveillance, Testing, & Design
Paul Garofolo, Locus Biosciences2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Round Table Session 1 – Hosted by Startup & VCs
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Round Table Session 2 – Hosted by Startup & VCs
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Happy Hour Hosted by the Defense Innovation Network
Day 2 – Thursday December 10th
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Networking
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Day 2 Opening Remarks
Austin Walne, Artis Ventures
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Keynote – Biosecurity Policy: Societal Implications of Emerging Biotechnologies
Sarah Carter, Science Policy Consulting11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Fireside Chat – Biotechnology and Biosecurity: The Future of Defense Modernization
Diane DiEuliis, National Defense University (Speaker)
Alexander Titus, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) (Moderator)12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Panel – Reactive Biosecurity: Counter-Measures, Vaccines, Therapeutics
Diane DiEuliis, National Defense University
Peter Emanuel, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
Alexander Titus, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Panel – Synthetic Biology: Engineering life, Industry 4.0, and Oversight
Jim Giordano, Georgetown University Medical Center
Peter Emanuel, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Panel – Cognitive Biosecurity: MUCH More Than Mis/Disinformation
Jim Giordano, Georgetown University Medical Center
Pat Scannell, Technestar2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Round Table Session 1 – Hosted by Academia & DoD
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Round Table Session 2 – Hosted by Academia & DoD
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Happy Hour Hosted by the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum
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