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2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur and Investor Life Sciences Summit (E&I Summit), presented by BioUtah
Affiliated Programs
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Friday, March 13, 2026

Hilton Salt Lake City Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Wilson Sonsini is the Title Sponsor of The 2026 Entrepreneur & Investor Summit, Utah's leading event for connecting life sciences companies with investors. This premier gathering offers panels and presentations that explore a wide range of topics related to life sciences investment. The Summit also features a pitch competition, where high-potential start-up life sciences companies present in a dynamic, Shark Tank-style format.

Wilson Sonsini is proud to showcase our expertise with the following attorney-led panels:

  • Farah Gerdes will moderate: Lessons Learned in Building a Life Sciences Company
  • Alison Johnson will moderate: How the VC Landscape is Changing
  • Matthew Meyer will moderate: What you May Not Know About Launching a Life Sciences Company
  • Sara Patak will moderate: Platform or Product? Engineering Optionality in a Volatile Biotech Market
  • Meredith Krannich will lead the Roundtable Discussion: Using AI Inside Startups: Where it Helps, Surprises & Creates Risk
  • Matthew Brown will lead the Roundtable Discussion: Best Practices for Pitching to Investors

Contacts

Melissa Schmidt

melissa.schmidt@wsgr.com

Presenters

Farah B. Gerdes
Partner
Boston

Farah focuses on the representation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostic companies in complex collaboration and partnering transactions.

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Alison G. Johnson
Partner

Alison G. Johnson is a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on the representation of emerging companies at all stages of growth, advising them on venture capital and other financings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate governance matters. She also represents venture capital firms and angel investors.

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Matthew J. Meyer
Chief Business Advisor, Life Sciences Business Advisory
San Francisco

Matthew J. Meyer is chief business advisor for life sciences at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Based in San Francisco, Matthew leads the firm's life science business advisory practice—a newly formed, innovative resource aimed at providing start-up and emerging life sciences companies with business insights, capabilities, and strategies to help them thrive and address some of their most challenging issues.

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Sara L. Patak
Partner
Boulder

Sara L. Patak is a partner in the Boulder office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling, serving clients in a wide range of technology fields, including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

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Meredith L. Krannich
Executive Advisor
Salt Lake City

Meredith L. Krannich is an advisor in the Executive Advisory Program of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Resident in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, she focuses on leveraging her nearly 20 years of experience in the life sciences sector as a lawyer and business executive to advise clients on a variety of legal operational and business matters.

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Matthew G. Brown
Senior Director, Life Sciences Business Advisory
San Diego

Matthew G. Brown is Senior Director for Life Sciences Business Advisory at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Based in San Diego, his practice focuses on advising early-stage life sciences companies with capital raises and strategic business development initiatives.

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