University of California, San Francisco

Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building

Opening Day Keynote Speech and Panel Discussion

Keynote Speech

J. Craig Venter, one of the premier scientists of the 21st century and the pioneer responsible for sequencing the human genome.

Panel Discussion

Speakers:

  • Susan Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF’s chancellor-elect and former president of product development at Genentech.
  • J. Craig Venter, one of the premier scientists of the 21st century and the pioneer responsible for sequencing the human genome.
  • Frank McCormick, director of UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and internationally renowned cancer researcher.
  • Brook Byers, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a venture capital investor, entrepreneur and company builder since 1972.