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ATS 2025 Respiratory Innovation Summit
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Yerba Buena Ballroom (Lower B2 Level)
780 Misson Street
San Francisco, CA 94103


Friday, May 16

2 p.m.

Registration Desk Opens / Poster Set Up Available

5 p.m. Networking Reception – Posters Available
6 p.m.

Co-Chairs’ Welcoming Comments

  • Sarah Spencer – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
6:10 p.m.

Pioneer Sponsor Address

  • Amy Olson, MD, MSPH – Executive Director, Medical Affairs Strategy Team Lead, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6:20 p.m.

Patient Advocacy Panel

  • Moderator: Martina Flammer, MD, MBA - Chief Medical Officer, Insmed
  • Siri Vaeth, MSW - Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute
  • Joyce Kullman - Executive Director, Vasculitis Foundation
  • Teresa Barnes - Chief Executive Warrior, PF Warriors
  • Jon Hagstrom - Chairman, BOD, Alpha-1 Foundation
7 p.m.

Opening Showcase - Welcome to Innovation

  • Moderator: Charles A. Powell, MD, MBA - Professor of Medicine and System Division Chief for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
  • Breath Diagnostics, Inc. - Ivan Lo, CEO
  • Clarametyx Biosciences - Charles McOsker, PhD - Co-founder & CSO
  • Ebenbuild - Kei Mueller, PhD - CEO & Co-Founder
  • Feldan Therapeutics - Anna Xue Cheng, PhD - Director of R & D Pulmonary Drug Delivery
  • Liberate Medical - Angus McLachlan, PhD, CEO
7:30 p.m. Networking Reception and Poster Viewing
9 p.m. Adjourn

Saturday, May 17

7:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Posters Available
8 a.m.

Welcome from the ATS President

  • Irina Petrache, MD, ATSF - Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health
8:10 a.m.

Co-Chair Address: State of Innovation and Investment

  • Sarah Spencer – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
8:30 a.m.

Showcase One: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  • Moderator: Lewis Rubinson MD, PhD - Vice President of Technical Staff, IQT
  • Aqualung Therpeutics, Corp. - Joe GN Garcia, MD, Founder & CEO
  • BioSuperior Technology, Inc. - Russ Lehrman, PhD, CEO
  • I-SPY and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative - Derek W. Russell, MD, Founder
  • Recens Respiratio - Alan B. Dogan, MD, MBE, Scientific Officer
  • Swaza - Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD, Chief Scientist
9 a.m.

Panel: Investor Discussion

  • Moderator: Brian Matesic, MD, MBA - Principal, Norwest
  • Matthew Harrison, MS - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Hal Paz, MD - Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures
  • Niall O’Donnell, PhD, MA, MBA - Managing Director, Rivervest
  • I-Hung Shih, PhD, MBA - Managing Director, Eventide
9:45 a.m. Networking Break – Posters Available
10:15 a.m.

Showcase Two: Asthma

  • Moderator: Eric White, MD, MS, ATSF - Director, Clinical Program Leader, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Arete Medical Technologies, Ltd. - Graeham Rees Douglas, PhD, Founder & CEO
  • InStatin - Amir A. Zeki, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine & CSO
  • Kymera Therapeutics - Jared Gollob, MD, Chief Medical Officer
  • NuPeak Therapeutics, Inc. - Michael Holtzman, MD, ATSF, Founder & President
  • RaeSedo, Inc. - Monica Kraft, MD, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
10:45 a.m.

Fireside Chat: Path to Innovation

  • Joshua Fessel, MD, PhD, ATSF - Former CMO, National Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS), NIH
  • David Morris, MD - Vice Chancellor, UCSF Innovation Ventures
11:30 a.m.

Showcase Three: ILD/Fibrosis

  • Moderator - Mitchell Olman, MD, MA, ATSF - Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
  • aTyr Pharma - Ryan Adams, PhD, Senior Director, InVitro Biology
  • Chengdu Huitai Biomedicine Co., Ltd. - Zhenhua Lin, MS, BD Director
  • Contineum Therapeutics - Stephen L. Huhn, MD, CMO, & SVP, Clinical Development
  • Halo Biosciences - Anissa Kalinowski, MSc, MBA, CEO
  • Insilico Medicine US Inc. - Carol Satler, MD, PhD, Vice President Clinical Development
12 p.m. Lunch – Posters Available
1 p.m.

Pioneer Sponsor Address

  • Andrew Nelson, PharmD - Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, United Therapeutics
1:15 p.m.

Panel: Business Development

  • Moderator: Mark Dowling, PhD - Head of Search & Evaluation, Immunology Business Development, and Partnering, Sanofi
  • Eric Bourhis, PhD - Head of Business Development for Immunology, Metabolism, Renal and Cardiovascular, Genentech
  • Nikhil Mutyal, PhD - Executive Director and Head of Search & Evaluation - R & I, AstraZeneca
  • Irene Pasquali, PhD - Head of Global Business Development - Respiratory, Chiesi Group
  • Jeremy Griggs, PhD - Executive Director, Business Development, GSK
  • Carine Boustany, PharmD - U.S. Discovery Research Site Head & Head of Global Immunology & Respiratory, Boehringer Ingelheim
2 p.m.

Showcase Four: COPD

  • Moderator: Jason Kirkness, PhD (Medicine), ATSF, Senior Vice President, Medical and Clinical Affairs and Chair, ATS Committee on Drug Device Discovery and Development
  • AER Therapeutics - Irina Gitlin, PhD, Vice President, Research and Development
  • Aspiro Therapeutics, Inc. - James Lovgren, MBA, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Blue Marble Health - Sheryl Flynn, PT, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO
  • Nob Hill Therapeutics - Noel Greenberger, MBA, CEO
  • Sensory Cloud - David A. Edwards, PhD, Founder & CSO
2:30 p.m. Networking Break - Posters Available
3 p.m.

Showcase Five: Medical Devices

  • Moderator: Joshua Fessel, MD, PhD, ATSF - Former CMO, National Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS), NIH
  • Airalux Medical - Joshua Freedman, MSE, Co-Founder & CEO
  • PulmBioMed Ltd. - Sterghios Moschos, PhD, CEO
  • SIVA Health - Laura Kuett, PhD, Chief Commercial Officer
  • Vitalograph - Claire Cherry, MSc, MRSC, Director, Scientific Affairs
  • VosBio - Daniel Bollinger, Research Scientist
3:30 p.m.

RIS Featured Success Story

  • Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, MTM – Founder & CEO, Samay Health
3:45 p.m.

Panel: Digital Health (AI, Device and More)

  • Moderator: Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
  • Todd Austin,RRT-NPS, RPFT - Executive Vice President, Global Business Development, CAIRE, Inc.
  • Peter George, PhD - Senior Medical Director, Brainomix
  • Peter Small, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Hyfe
  • Adam LaPrad - Chief Technology Officer, PulmOne
  • Bill Bulman, MD - Medical Director, Pulmonology, Veracyte Inc.
4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Sponsor Recognition

  • Sarah Spencer, – Principal, EcoR1
  • Craig Conoscenti, MD, ATSF – Senior Vice President, Avalyn Pharma, Inc.
4:45 p.m. Networking Reception – Posters Available
6 p.m. Adjourn