Organization in Special Consultative
Status with UN ECOSOC

2017 World Alliance Forumin San Francisco
Healthcare Game Changers
Co-Organized by: Alliance Forum Foundation & Government of JapanSan Francisco, California, USA | November 29 & 30, 2017

2017 WAFSF: Healthcare Game Changers
A tsunami lies in wait for nations that do not embraceinnovation in the healthcare sector. Healthcare costs
continue to spiral. Populations of developed nations continue
to age, and the incidence of chronic diseases continues toescalate. Fortunately, against this backdrop is the emergenceof innovations that will allow us a much needed change ofcourse.

“Never before in history hasinnovation offered promise of so muchto so many in so short a time.”_________
Bill Gates

2017 WAFSF highlights dramatic new innovations in the lab, clinic, at the regulatory level, and in finance, that will help pave
a new path. It includes presentations from lawmakers regarding new laws and regulatory pathways designed to deliver
better healthcare, and business leaders who will discuss new business and financing models. In addition, the conference willfeature presentations from top-tier regenerative medicine, gene therapy, and digital health companies and researchers.
Esteemed thought leaders will also discuss how companies and universities can continue to foster innovation and bring gamechanging therapeutics to the market.
Those who should attend this conference include:
multinational corporate executives seeking insights on how
to keep their companies relevant and how to access the highgrowth healthcare market; researchers in the healthcare fieldseeking information on innovations in the advanced
therapeutic and digital health sectors; entrepreneurs andstartup executives; and patients and advocacy groupsinterested in learning more about emerging healthcaretechnologies.

This conference brings the best minds
together from the both sides of the Pacificalong with leaders of other parts of theworld… This conference is an accelerator –it brings the great minds together. It sharesideas. It drives progress. It drives therapies
and outcomes, and eventually, cures.
– Robert Klein, CIRM

About WAFSF
Since 2013, the World Alliance Forum in San
Francisco (WAFSF) has focused on thecommercialization and industrialization of newtechnologies in healthcare fields including
regenerative medicine, gene therapy, cancerimmunotherapy, and digital health.
In the past four years, a total of more than one
thousand leaders from the US, Japan, andothercountries,
representing
diversecompanies from different industries, academic
and research institutions, governments, andnonprofit organizations were in attendance.
As a result of this premier, annualinternationalconference,multiple
partnerships and countless connections wereformed.
Immersion in the active discussions byleading visionaries and unique attendee
composition at WAFSF encourages crossindustry, cross-sector, and cross-boardercollaborations, which makes WAFSF animportant
destinationfor
businessdevelopment.

The most important part of the conferenceis the amount of partners that are available
here for us to meet with, global partners. It
has really opened doors for us to think
about partnering with organizations fromJapan especially here at the World Alliance
Forum. It’s been an enormous help for us asa company. – Robin Smith, ORIG3N

I am so pleased to see that the organizers
have been able to move with the times andorganize discussions around timely, newapproaches such as gene and CAR-T celltherapy… Great hockey player Gretzky said“You don’t aim for the puck – you aim
where you think the puck is moving
toward.” That’s what this meeting does. –Arlene Chiu, City of Hope

Forum Feature
Distinguished Speakers

High Quality Networking

Every year, WAFSF is proud tohost the world’s leading figuresand visionaries in the field. On thepicture are Nobel laureates Dr.
Shinya Yamanaka (left) and Dr.
Paul Berg (right) at 2013 WAFSF.

Attendees represent different
industries, research institutions, andgovernmental agencies. This
unique composition of attendees
make way for new ideas and haveresulted in multiple collaborationand partnership deals.

Business Opportunities

Compelling Agenda

Many business opportunities areoffered at WAFSF, ranging fromsponsorships, exhibitions, andpresentations, which give directaccess to key decision makers
from the industry, academia, andgovernments.

From trending innovations andstartups and funding andcommercialization strategies to new
regulatory frameworks, discussions
at WAFSF are active, exciting,comprehensive, andinterdisciplinary.

Speakers (Selected, 2013-2016)

ShinyaYamanaka(Kyoto U.)

PaulBerg(Stanford U.)

MasayoTakahashi(RIKEN)

DanielKraft(Singularity U.)

PitchJohnson(AMC)

SatoshiImamura(JMA)

Susan
Solomon(NYSCF)

MichaelDoherty(Roche)

Emily DrabantConley(23andMe)

Keiya
Ozawa
(Tokyo U.)

Stacy
Feld(JNJ)

IrvingWeissman(Stanford U.)

EdwardLanphier(Sangamo)

RobertKlein(CIRM)

Robert
Preti(ARM)

Hideyuki
Okano(Keio U.)

GeorgeHara(DEFTA)

JonathanThomas(CIRM)Yuzo
Toda(FIRM)

Perry
Karsen(Celgene)

Yoshiki
Sawa(Osaka U.)

Brock
Reeve
(Harvard U.)

Seigo
Izumo
(Takeda)Amy
DuRoss(GE Ventures)Attendee Background50%+ Business, 20% Academic, 10% Government
Just over half of the participants represent businesses. Of the businessparticipants, about 50% are from large or public corporations, and the other halffrom startups, small and medium companies.

90% Decision Makers
Out of the business participants, about 40% are key decision
makers – chairpersons, presidents, board directors, CEOs orother C-level officers. Another 50% hold middle management
positions.

Gov’t

1,000+ Since 2013
Since 2013, more than 1,000 people have attended WAFSF. Participants comefrom the United States, Japan, China, Korea, Canada, Israel, Sweden, andseveral other countries.

Governmental Agencies, Industry Groups, Media…
Regulatory, policy-making, and funding officials are in attendance as well as manyindustry and nonprofit groups such as ARM, FIRM, and JMA. WAFSF is covered bymedia outlets, including Cell Stem Cell, BioCentury, NHK, Forbes Japan, etc.

Details & Summary
Event2017 World Alliance Forum in San Francisco: “Healthcare Game Changers”

Dates

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 &Thursday, November 30, 2017

Venue

Golden Gate Club, San Francisco, California, USA

CoOrganizers

Alliance Forum Foundation (Organization in Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC)
Government of Japan

Objectives

Support the commercialization and industrialization of technological innovations in healthcare byencouraging cross-industry, cross-boarder, cross-sector collaboration

FeeEarly Bird Registration: $600*, General Admission: $900**Subject to change. Academic & Students discounts are available. Additional costs may apply.

Registration & Information
Please visit WAFSF website to see the latest
news, updated agenda, supporters, and speakerbiographies, and to register:

www.wafsf.org
For questions or business opportunity inquiries,
please email:programs@allianceforum.org