February 19 – ​Meeting was in Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston

Speakers:

• Chris Oates talked about his idea for a start-up “Two Lanterns Platform”, a way to make political information accessible and analyzable for practitioners and engaged citizens
• Jack Penny, Partner Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP gave a presenation on issues around Intellectual Property (IP) and Trade Secrets, of key importance to start-ups

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Independence Wharf
470 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02210

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January 15 – ​Meeting was in Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston

Speakers:Jed Weiner (St. Antony’s College) and Chris Frigon, Partners at boutique law firm Frigon Maher & Stern LLP, presented on issues around startup financing. 

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November 21 – Meeting was in Vivint Smart Homes offices, 101 Seaport Blvd, Boston

Speaker: Tom Chittenden, Chief AI Scientist, Founding Director, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory, WuXi NextCODE Genomics talked about his leading edge work in Artificial Intelligence and Causal Statistical Machine Learning in precision medicine 

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October 22 – Meeting was in DTR Modern Galleries,167 Newbury St, Boston

Speaker: Neil Wolff spoke gave a detailed update on the Oxford Entrepreneurs Network & Fund II

Speaker: Mike Ratcliffe share some of his recent work on the key forces driving change in the healthcare market, the resulting continued restructuring and, hence, potential opportunities and threats

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September 19 – Meeting was on the rooftop of a member Beacon Street apartment overlooking the Charles River

Speaker: Anthony Walsh, Principal, BioInnovation Capital spoke about his experience raising VC funds