17th Annual League for Entrepreneurial Women’s Conference

Climbing the Chromosomal Ladder: Creating Your Own Domain

Wed.,  Oct 19, 2016

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Main Campus

Alter Hall, 7th Floor

The 17th Annual League for Entrepreneurial Women’s Conference features several alumnae and prominent women in the Philadelphia entrepreneurial ecosystem who will share their experiences in launching novel products and services in science, medicine and health care. These dynamic women will provide a birds-eye view on how to create your own path to success as an entrepreneurial thinker and innovator. The conference is free and open to the public.

o  8:30 a.m. – Registration/Light Fare

o  8:45 a.m. – Program Begins

o  Keynote Speaker Lori Bush (FOX '85): “Going the Distance” -- leader in anti-aging skincare who revolutionized this industry and grew Rodan & Fields to become the nation’s second-largest premium skincare brand.

o  Temple Talks

• Dana Donofree, founder of AnaOno, attractive lingerie for women with mastectomies
• Bethany Edwards (SMC ’06), co-founder of LIA Diagnostics, a flushable, bio-friendly pregnancy detection kit
• Kriti Sehgal, co-founder and owner of PureFare and other healthy living restaurants

o   10:00 a.m. – Conversation with Dr. Amy Goldberg, Chair and Professor of Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, who brought the one-of-a-kind hospital-based violence prevention program “Cradle to Grave” to Temple.

o   10:30 a.m. – Hall of Fame Inductions

o   11:00 - 11:30 a.m. – Closing/Networking