| 07:00 pm – 10:40 pm | Networking Dinner |
| 08:30 am – 09.45 am | Registration for delegates | |
| 10.00 am – 11:00 am | Inaugural Function | |
| Welcome Address | Mr Snehil Kumar Singh, ED KSIDC |
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| Introductory Presentation on Investment Opportunities in Life Sciences Sector | Mr Suman Billah, Principal Secretary Industries, Government of Kerala |
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| Inaugural Address | Mr P. Rajeeve, Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala | |
| Guests of Honor | 1. Padma Bhushan Prof. T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, DST 2. Prof. T. P. Singh, Distinguished Biotechnologist, AIIMS |
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| Keynote Address | Mr Paul Antony, Chairman, KSIDC |
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| Vote of Thanks | Mr C.N Ramchand, Director, Kerala Lifesciences Industries Parks |
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| 11:00 am – 11:20 am | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 11:30 am – 11:50 am | Plenary Talk How Genomics can revolutionize the Lifesciences Industry in Kerala | Mr. Sam Santhosh Chairman- Scigenom Group of Companies and MagGenome Pvt Ltd |
| 11:50 am – 12:40 pm | Panel Discussion-1: How The Life Science Industry can be brought to Kerala Panelists – Dr. Sanjay Singh, Senior VP, Biocon; Mr Sreejith Viswam, Stryker India; Dr Vinod Pantula, Dr Reddys Lab; Dr. Satish Chandran, ex-CTO. Pfizer USA; Dr. P. M. Murali, President, ABLE Council of Presidents | Moderator: N. Suresh, COO, ABLE |
| 12:40 pm – 01:30 pm | Panel Discussion-2: Key Success Stories of Kerala based Industrialists. Panelists- MagGenomeTechnologies; Bipha Pharma; Care Hospital Terumo Penpol | Moderator: Mr Paul Antony, Chairman, KSIDC |
| 01:30 pm – 02:30 pm | Networking Lunch | |
| 02:30 pm – 03:00 pm | Keynote Address-1: ‘My entrepreneurial journey – A crossroad of Science and Business’. | Speaker: Dr. Satish Chandran, Ex-CTO, Pfizer |
| 03:00 pm – 03:40 pm | Keynote Address-2 and discussion Talk Title- Antibody discovery and Development with Special reference to opportunities in India and Kerala | Speaker: Dr. Sachdev Sidhu, Research Professor; Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Keynote Address-3 and discussion Talk Title- Protein based drug therapeutics and Opportunities. | Speaker: Dr. Shane Miersch, University of Waterloo, Canada | |
| 03.40 pm – 03.50 pm | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| 03.50 pm – 04.35 pm | Panel Discussion-3: How Nutraceutical/Herbal and Formulation Industry can be brought to Kerala- Examples from USA, China, and other Indian States Panelists- Mr. Harish Mohan, Sipwise Beverages, Dr. CN Ramchand. CEO & CSO MagGenome Technologies Pvt Ltd & Director, Kerala Lifesciences Industries Parks Dr. Ajay George, CEO, Bipha Drug Laboratories Pvt. Ltd; Mr Karnvir Mundrey, Atharva Lifesciences; Dr. P. Sanjeev Kumar, State Medicinal Plant Board | Moderator: Dr. P.M. Murali President, ABLE Council of Presidents |
| 04.35 pm – 05.20 pm | Panel Discussion-4: Biotechnology/ Biopharma Panelists- Dr. Praveen Gupta, Premas Lifesciences Dr. Satish Chandran, ProdIgY Biotech Dr. Sanjay Singh Senior VP, Biocon, Dr. T Rajamannar, Sun Pharma Dr. Kavita Iyer Rodriguez, Zumotor | Moderator – Dr C.N Ramchand, CEO & CSO, MagGenome (P) Ltd, CEO, Theargen Biologics |
| 05.20 pm – 05.55 pm | Panel Discussion-5: Research based healthcare opportunities. Panelists- Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy Dr. Mohita Sharma, Founder, Tirupathi Eye Centre | Moderator: Dr. Amit Chaudhuri, Scientific Advisor at SciGenom, USA; Ex VP-R&D MedGenome, USA |
| 09:00 am – 9:05 am | Opening Remarks | Dr. CN Ramchand, MagGenome Pvt Ltd |
| 09.05 am – 9:55 am | Panel Discussion-6: Medical Devices Panelists:- Dr. Sayantani Pramanik, Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions; Binu Mathew, Agappe Diagnostics; Dr.Anitha Thampi, , HLL Lifecare Limited; Mr. A. Manoj, Terumo Penpol; Prof. Vijay Venkatraman, IIM-Bangalore | Moderator: Mr. Padmakumar Special Officer, Kerala Medical Technology Consortium |
| 09:55 am – 10:45 am | Panel Discussion-7: Fisheries/Horticulture/Agri-Food Processing Panelists:- Dr. Rajalekshmi, Kemin Aqua Science M; Dr P. Murugan, Anurapha (P) Ltd Dr Adhi Viswanathan, Natura Crop Care Dr Manojkumar Rupa, Pinnacle Biosciences | Moderator: Dr. B. Meenakumari, ExDG, National Biodiversity Commission, New Delhi |
| 10:45 am – 11:05 am | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 11:05 am – 11:55 am | Panel Discussion-8: Genomic and Related Industries Panelists- Dr. Sachdev Sidhu, University of Waterloo; Dr. Shane Merish, University of Waterloo, Canada; Dr. Amit Chaudhuri, Scientific Advisor at SciGenom, USA | Moderator: Dr. CN Ramchand, MagGenome Pvt Ltd |
| 11:55 am – 12:45 pm | Panel Discussion- 9: ‘How Academic Research can be Translated? – Opportunities and Challenges’ Panelists- Dr. E. Sreekumar, Director, Institute of Advanced Virology; Dr. Sejal Shah, Dept of Comp Science & Bioscience, Marwadi University; Dr. Deepak T. Nair, Regional Centre for Biotechnology; Dr. Amitabha Chaudhuri, Scientific Advisor at SciGenom, US; Dr. CN Ramchand, MagGenome Pvt Ltd; Dr. Anamik Shah | Moderator: Dr Satish Nair, KLIP, |
| 12:45 pm – 01:00 pm | Keynote Address- 4 Legal framework and perspective for Life science corporates and startups | Speaker: Mr. Rajendra Golani, Senior Corporate Lawyer, High Court and Supreme court representing major Indian Biotech companies |
| 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Networking Lunch | |
| 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm | Panel Discussion- 10: “How can Kerala become the first choice for investors in life science projects”? Panelists- Investors and VC’s Ms Ritu Verma, Ankur Capital Mr Siva Vadivelazhagan, Maj Invest Mr Vijay Nallan Chakravarthi, Affirma Capital Mr Vijay Subramoniyam, Immersion capital | Moderator: Mr. V. A. George; Chairman, Thejo Engineering Ltd. |
| 03:00 pm – 04:00 pm | Startup Pitching: Selected start-ups – 3 mins each and Q&A Judges: Mr. V. A. George; Mr. Vijay Subramanian; Dr. Ravikanth Harit; Other Investors and Scientists | Moderator: Dr. Priyanka Samji |
| 04:20 pm – 04:35 pm | Special Address by Guest of Honour | |
| 04:35 pm – 04:55 pm | Summing up– from the Industrial Conclave- BioConnect-2023 1. Scientific opportunities Key takeaways- By Dr. C.N Ramchand (10 mins) 2. Business opportunities Key takeaways- By Dr. P.M Murali (10 Mins) | Dr. C.N. Ramchand, Director, KLIP And Dr. P.M Murali, President, ABLE |
| 04:55 pm – 05:10 pm | Valedictory Address | Mr Suman Billah, Principal Secretary – Industries |
| 05:10 pm – 05:30 pm | Vote of Thanks | Mr Snehil Kumar Singh, Executive Director, KSIDC |