TIME SPEAKER TOPIC
8:45 AM REGISTRATION & PARTNERING OPEN
9:30 – 9:35AM  WELCOME & BotB INTRO BotB Team
9:35 – 10:35AM PANEL 1 A Conversation with Investors
10:35 AM Pitch 1 Auburn University | Mark Liles, PhD, Yellowhammer Co-op:
“Yellowhammer Co-op: Biologics for Animal and Plant Health”
10:45 AM Pitch 2 University of Mississippi | Cecil “Bo” Lewis, SimplyBreathe L.L.C.:
“RhinEase(TM) – A Steroid-eluting Implant for the Treatment of Rhinitis” (STARTUP)
10:55 AM Pitch 3 Auburn University | Gary A. Piazza, Ph.D., ADT Pharmaceuticals LLC:  
“Novel anticancer drug for resistant cancers: Killing two birds with one stone” (STARTUP)
11:05 AM Pitch 4 University of Louisville | Melissa Smith,
“Clareo Biosciences: Decoding immune diversity to predict drug responsiveness and improve time to market”
11:15 – 11:45 AM NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK
11:45 AM Pitch 5 Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Ann Coulter, PhD,
“A Potent Supplement that Targets Fat to Stimulate Thermogenesis and Weight Loss”
11:55 AM Pitch 6 Tulane University | Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, LumaWave:
“A handheld device for rapid deep point-of-care oxygenation assessments” (STARTUP)
12:05 PM Pitch 7 University of Tennesee | Sudeshna Roy,
“Before It Becomes ‘The Last of Us’: Smarter Antifungals to Cure Deadly Infections”
12:15 – 1:25 PM LUNCH LUNCH
1:25 – 2:15 PM PANEL 2 How to win friends and influence innovation: partners in innovation advancement
2:15 PM Pitch 8 Johns Hopkins University | Leo Kim, Higher Medicine:
“Cure children’s diseases and solve the longevity puzzle via epigenetic restoration” (STARTUP)
2:25 PM Pitch 9 UNO – The Beach | Mark L. Trudell, PhD,
“Green Catalysts: Recyclable & Highly Catalytic Palladium/Halloysite Nanocomposites for Pharmaceutical Synthesis”
2:35 PM Pitch 10 Tulane University | Lawrence Reiter, PhD,
“Dental Pulp Stem Cells as a Source for Precision Medicine”
2:45 – 3:25 PM NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK
3:25 PM Pitch 11 David Harrell, Helixomer:
“RNA Origami Platform: Rewriting the Future of Drug Design and Development” (STARTUP)
3:35 PM Pitch 12 Louisiana State University and Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine | Michelle M. Martinez, Dynamiko Pharmaceutics:
“Developing selective therapies for cancer ” (STARTUP)
3:45 PM Pitch 13 University Of Southern Mississippi | Faqing Huang,
“Developing a Novel Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccine Platform”
3:55 PM Pitch 14 LSU Health New Orleans | Michael Dunham,
“Personalized AI-Enabled Computer Vision for Monitoring Technology-Dependent Children”
4:05 – 4:45 PM FIRESIDE CHAT Fireside Chat with Walter Isaacson
4:45 – 5:00 PM Day 1 Closing Comments BotB Team
5:00 – 7:00 PM BotB RECEPTION BotB RECEPTION