CEOs from Clovis Oncology and Array BioPharma will keynote the opening breakfast at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC) September 19 at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. In addition, the conference luncheon will feature Jeff Calcagno, M.D., Principal, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation.

1. Leading CEOs Keynote 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science
Investor & Partnering Conference in Denver
CEOs from Clovis Oncology and Array BioPharma will keynote the opening breakfast at the 2013 Rocky
Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC) September 19 at The Ritz‐Carlton,
Denver. In addition, the conference luncheon will feature Jeff Calcagno, M.D., Principal, Venture
Investments, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation.
Denver, CO, September 13, 2013 – The 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC)
keynote breakfast will include Kyle Lefkoff, founder and General Partner of Boulder Ventures, leading a conversation
with the CEOs of Colorado's two premier publicly‐traded pharmaceutical companies – Patrick Mahaffy, Founder and
CEO of Clovis Oncology and Ron Squarer, CEO of Array BioPharma. The announcement is made by April Giles,
President & CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) who says the regional conference will also feature a
keynote luncheon presentation by Jeff Calcagno, M.D., Principal, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Development
Corporation.
Lefkoff, one of the region’s leading venture capitalists and a member of the conference steering committee since 2009,
says: “Clovis Oncology and Array BioPharma have been incredibly successful reaching both funding and developmental
milestones. This is a great opportunity to hear first‐hand from their leadership how they have achieved this success and
what they look forward to in the future.”
Regarding the conference as a whole Lefkoff says: “It’s important for us to showcase Colorado and other regional
companies to investors from the rest of the country.”
Dr. Calcagno, RMLIPC luncheon keynote, joined Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation in 2013 after two years at
the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science & Technology and the California Innovation Center. He has over two
decades of healthcare and business experience: as a clinician, management consultant, research analyst, entrepreneur,
and venture investor at Scale Venture Partners, a venture fund with over $1B under management.
About the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference
The 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference – spearheaded by the Colorado BioScience
Association in collaboration with associations in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico and Utah — will open with a reception
at the Colorado Governor’s Mansion September 18th
and follow with a full day of company pitch presentations
September 19th
at The Ritz‐Carlton, Denver. Now in its 3rd
biennial cycle, the RMLIPC is the region’s only investor
conference for the life science industry. The conference will bring 30 of the region’s most innovative private and public
life science companies together to present to a targeted audience of biotech, device, diagnostic and pharma investors
and strategic partners. For more information and registration details, visit http://www.RockyMtnBioInvest.com.
On Twitter, please use the hashtag #RockyMtnBioInvest for your tweets.
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About Colorado BioScience Association
The CBSA is a not‐for‐profit organization providing services and support for Colorado's bioscience industry. With more
than 350 members, CBSA actively works to promote the growth of the industry by advocating for a better business
environment, growing the state's biotech workforce, fighting for policies that support a strong bioscience industry in the
state, and speaking with a single voice on behalf of the industry. For more information, visit
http://www.cobioscience.com.
CBSA also is found on these social media sites:
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/COBioscience
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Contacts:
Mae Desaire, Director of Marketing, Colorado BioScience Association ‐ http://www.cobioscience.com – 720‐382‐5918,
mdesaire@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely PR – http://www.absolutelypr.com – 303‐984‐9801,
maggie@absolutelypr.com