Jim Wilson has 35 years of experience in commercial real estate and leads a contract real estate team working exclusively with Tenants in Canadian Life Sciences. He is the founder and Chair of www.NextGreatBigIdeas.com - Canada's Life Sciences Summit and the host of the NGBIdeas & NGBI Lab podcasts.

Ivy Parks is currently President at BD Canada.

Academic researcher and innovator with expertise in molecular virology and cancer immunotherapy.

Michael May is President and CEO of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), a Canadian, not-for-profit that develops technologies, launches new companies and catalyzes investment in the field of regenerative medicine, including cell and gene therapy. Prior to CCRM, Michael was the President, and co-founder, of Rimon Therapeutics Ltd., a Toronto-based tissue engineering company developing novel medical polymers that possess drug-like activity.

CEO of @CASTLCanada

Sarah is a business development professional with extensive experience fostering research and innovation, and developing strategic business operations. Sarah is the COO of the Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton.

Dr. Tom Mikkelsen is a Canadian neuro-oncologist who is president and scientific director of the Ontario Brain Institute and co-director of the Hermelin Brain Center at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. He completed his MD at the University of Calgary in 1983.