The event at the Club de la Chasse et de la
Nature in Paris June 27-28 will host
over 20 industry leaders as guest speakers
Applications to attend the event are now
open
HOUSTON, May 23, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Rice University
Biotech Launch Pad, a Houston-based accelerator focused on
expediting the translation of the university's health and medical
technology discoveries into cures, today announced it will sponsor
the boutique event BioElectronic Therapeutics (BETx), hosted by the
Rice Global Paris Center at the Club de la Chasse et de la Nature
in Paris on June 27-28.
The invite-only event will feature over 20 leaders from
biotech/pharma, academia, venture capital, government and private
foundations to explore the advancements in the field of
bioelectronic-based therapeutics and how these innovative
modalities hold immense promise for revolutionizing patient care.
The organizers for the event are Omid
Veiseh, associate professor of bioengineering at
Rice and faculty director of the Rice
Biotech Launch Pad; Jacob Robinson,
professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering
at Rice, and CEO and founder of Motif
Neurotech; and Jonathan Rivnay, professor of biomedical
engineering at Northwestern
University.
"We're proud to sponsor an event of this caliber, the first of
its kind in the bioelectronics therapeutics space, and to do so in
collaboration with Rice Global Paris and in the presence of so many
world-class speakers is an honor," said Veiseh. "This gathering
will be a catalyst for innovative discussions with some of the
leading voices in this area on the advancement of bioelectronics
and the impact these new technologies will have on therapeutics
delivery and ultimately patients."
The two-day program will include a series of panels and talks
hosted by the event's organizers and featuring seasoned industry
speakers. The topics of discussion will include:
- Market Driven Innovations in Therapeutics
- Innovating Broadly Scalable Health Solutions
- BioElectronic Integration
- Funding Landscape in BioElectronics
- Bioengineering Cell-Based Therapeutics
- Hybrid BioElectronic Platforms
- Clinician Needs for BioElectronics
Select applications will be reviewed and approved for attendance
at the event. For additional information and applications to
attend, please contact BETx@rice.edu or visit:
https://biotechlaunchpad.rice.edu/paris-biohybrid-workshop.
About the Rice Biotech Launch Pad
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad is a Houston-based accelerator focused on
expediting the translation of the university's health and medical
technology discoveries into cures. This initiative is designed to
help advance internally discovered platform technologies from
concept to clinical studies and commercialization. The Rice Biotech
Launch Pad will identify and support highly differentiated projects
while driving the expansion of Houston as a world-class medical innovation
ecosystem. The accelerator will bring together local researchers
with a network of industry executives. For more information, please
visit https://biotechlaunchpad.rice.edu/.
Jeff Falk
713-348-6775
jfalk@rice.edu
Andrew Bell
713-348-6770
andrew.bell@rice.edu
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