Senate Communications & Technology Committee and Senate Institutional Sustainability & Innovation Committee
Thursday, January 22, 2026 | 1 p.m.
351 N Sumneytown Pike, North Wales, PA
Agenda
1:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks from Chairs
1:10 p.m. Introduction
Kurt Imhof, Senior Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs – Testimony
Life Sciences PA
1:15 p.m. Panel One: Academic Institutions
Dr. Jacob Gardner, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science – Testimony
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dr. O. Burak Ozdoganlar, Ver Planck Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering – Testimony, Powerpoint
Carnegie Mellon University
1:45 p.m. Panel Two: Emerging Ventures & Partnerships
Mary Zuccato, Chief Operating Officer – Testimony
Every Cure
Eunice Yang, Ph.D., Founder & CEO – Testimony
OK2Standup
David Yonce, CEO – Testimony
Cogwear
2:15 p.m. Panel Three: Established Entities
Nevada Heft, Director of Compliance, Office of Global Policy – Testimony
Merck
Nicole Maciolek, Ph.D., Executive Vice President – Testimony
Altasciences
Jeffrey Headd, Ph.D., Vice President, Commercial Data Science – Testimony
Johnson & Johnson
2:45 p.m. Questions from Committee Members
3:00 p.m. Adjournment