OneMedForum is pleased to announce the assembly of the OneMedForum NY 2011 Steering Committee. The committee was designed to provide guidance on overall strategic direction of the Forum and to help identify qualified companies. Members were carefully selected from a pool of investors, venture capitalists, and former Medical Directors from both Europe and the United States.
“Our goal was to attract some of Europe’s leading venture investors to create a Trans-Atlantic conference featuring some of the most promising companies in Europe and North America,” said Brett Johnson, President and CEO of OneMedPlace and Forum Organizer. “We are delighted with the response. Co-chairs Daniel Bertholet from Endeavor Vision who is leading on the venture side and Erik Baas who brings his long experience at Medtronic to lead on the business development side has given us a great start and enabled us to attract some of the best and brightest in Europe.”
The committee includes Otto Ankarcrona, Vice President, Investor Growth Capital Europe; Thom Rasch, Partner, Earlybird Ventures, Germany; Erik Baas, Former director business development, Medtronic, Europespan; Josh Scheinfeld, Found & Managing Member, Lincoln Park Capital; Daniel Bertholet, Investment Manager, Endeavour Vision; Anthony Sun, Partner, Aisling Capital; John Milad, Investor, NBGI Ventures; Don Urbanowicz, Former Director Business Development, Stryker; Antoine Papiernik, Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners in Paris; and Steven D. Weinstein, Managing Director, Novartis Venture Funds.