Research, Publications & Presentations
Research, Publications & Presentations
NYC Metro Now Tops All Other Regions in U.S. for Life Sciences Jobs and Funding
NYC Planning. June 2, 2022.
Life Sciences in the NYC Metro - Exploring One of the Fastest Growing Innovation Sectors Inside the Nation’s Largest Metropolitan Economy
Content Contributor. June 2, 2022.
How You Can Get Involved in Jersey City's Newest Tech & Life Sciences Hub The Cove
TechUnited. November 30, 2021.
Propelify 2021 Partner Check in with The Cove
Propelify. October 6, 2021.
The Cove: An Innovation Ecosystem for the 21st Century White Papers. Co-Author. September 21, 2021.
BisNow, Future of NJ Waterfront. Speaker. Moderator. June 30, 2021.
Building on our Past Innovating for Our Future. Speaker. June 24, 2021.
Commercial Observer Life Science Forum: Analyzing the DNA of Smart Real Estate Strategies. June 22, 2021.
Bio Design Challenge. Judge. June 21-25, 2021.
Jersey City Summit. Speaker. June 15-17, 2021.
A Virtual Tour of the Hudson Research Center and 125 West End Avenue. Organizer. Host. June 17, 2021.
NJ Alliance for Action Annual Healthcare Conference. June 9, 2021.
A Primer on Lab Facilities and Related Cost Considerations For Developers, Investors, Real Estate Professionals and Life Science Executives. Organizer. Host. June 8, 2021.
The Cove: A Global Hub for Innovation in the heart of the East Coast Life Sciences Corridor. Organizer. Host. May 25, 2021.
Expanding NYCs Life Science Footprint – A Case Study on Georgetown & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Organizer. Host. May 6, 2021.
Member Spotlight and Networking Event for Members and Prospective Members – Turner Construction. Organizer. Host. April 22, 2021.
Risk Management for Operating Wet Lab Spaces in New York City and Best Practices for Achieving Them. Organizer. Host. April 15, 2021.
From Beaker to Broadway: Rebuilding NYC as a Dual Hub of Science and Art. Co-Author. amNY. March 16, 2021.
NYC Builds BIO+ Member Spotlight and Networking Event. Organizer. Host. March 4, 2021.
NYC Builds BIO+ Online Webinar Series in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: New Life Science Investment Continues: New York City Invests $38m in New Biotech Centers. Organizer. Host. February 25, 2021.
Crain’s New York Business, “Science will reanimate New York City.” February 12, 2021.
NYC Builds BIO+ Spring 2020 Quarterly Newsletter.
NYC Builds BIO+ May 2020 Virtual Quarterly Breakfast: Uncharted Waters – NYC’s Rapid Response to the COVID19 Crisis. Organizer. Host. Speaker. May 12, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ Inaugural Virtual Webinar in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Vanquishing the Virus: Top 160 COVID-19 Drug & Vaccine Candidates. Organizer. Host. Speaker. May 19, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ May Virtual Networking Reception in partnership with BioCentury. Organizer. Host. Speaker. May 21, 2020.
NYC Build BIO+ Life Science Facility Planning Post COVID-19 in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Organizer. Host. Speaker. May 28, 2020.
2020 Association of University Research Parks Bio Health Caucus: Supporting the Growth of Bio Health Innovation Districts Worldwide. Speaker. June 3, 2020.
BioDesign Challenge Summit. Judge, online Competition. June 15th – 19th, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ Virtual Webinar: In Praise of Life Science – A View from Leading / Emerging Life Science Clusters in the U.S. in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Organizer. Host. Speaker. June 29, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ Virtual Webinar: #ShutdownStem and Black Lives Matter – Call for Diversity in Science, Medicine & Academia in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Organizer. Host. Speaker. July 16, 2020.
BizNow Boston Vertical Labs Webinar. Moderator. July 16, 2020.
New York Building Congress Healthcare & Life Sciences Week. Speaker. July 20, 2020.
NYC Checkup: “An Examination of Healthcare and Life Science Construction with New York Building Congress.” August 10, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ Virtual Webinar in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: NYC Life Sciences Thriving in the Midst of COVID-19. Organizer. Host. Speaker. July 28, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ Virtual Webinar in collaboration with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: The Biodesign Challenge – Growing the Future Pioneered in NYC. Organizer. Host. September 9, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ September Quarterly Lunch: The Scientific/ Medical Renaissance in a “New Bronx”. Organizer. Host. Speaker. September 17, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ 2020 Annual Life Science Real Estate Development Symposium. Organizer. Host. Speaker. October 23rd, 27th and 29th, 2020.
“How is the Life Science Environment Unfolding in NYC? The Developing Subclusters.” NYC Builds BIO+ 2020 Annual Life Science Real Estate Development Symposium, October 23, 2020.
NYC Builds BIO+ December Virtual Networking Reception. Organizer. Host. Speaker. December 8, 2020.
Ennead’s Symposium on “Creating the Urban Life Science Hub of the Future.” Keynote Speaker. December 10, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ Fall 2019 Quarterly Newsletter.
NYC Builds BIO+ November 2019 Quarterly Breakfast: Rockefeller University’s River Campus. Organizer. Host. Speaker. November 14, 2019.
Association of University Research Parks, Bio Health Caucus. Speaker. November 5, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ 2019 Leadership Committee Orientation, New York Stem Cell Foundation. Organizer. Host. Speaker. September 24, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ September Quarterly Breakfast: NYC Long Island City Science Property Tours. Organizer. Host. Speaker. September 19, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ Summer 2019 Newsletter
BioDesign Challenge Summit. Judge. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. June 20 and 21, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ 2019 Life Sciences Real Estate Development Symposium. The Times Center. Organizer. Host. Speaker. June 12, 2019.
WX May Breakfast. Speaker, New York Women Executives in Real Estate. May 7, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ Networking Reception. Organizer. Host. Speaker. CBRE, March 11, 2019.
NYC Builds BIO+ February 2019 Quarterly Breakfast Featuring New York Genome Center, JLABS and New York Stem Cell Foundation. Organizer. Host. Speaker. February 21, 2019.
Forum on Building Life Science Facilities. Moderator, Professional Women in Construction. February 5, 2019.
"NYC Builds BIO+ 2018 Inaugural Quarterly Breakfast: NYC as the Next Big Life Science Market: Meet the Start-ups, Owners and Developers Putting NYC on the Map.” Organizer. Host. Speaker. November 8, 2018.
“Give Life Sciences Space and Watch It Boom.” Co-Author. Crain’s. July 16, 2018.
2018 Biodesign Challenge Summit. Judge, Presenter of The Outstanding Science Prize. Museum of Modern Art + Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. June 20-21, 2018.
“Building the Future with Biology, A Strategic Overview of the GP-write Grand Challenge & The Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology.” Speaker, CERN Alumni Event. NYU Physics Department, New York, NY. June 19, 2018.
NYC Builds BIO+ Inaugural Annual Life Sciences Real Estate Development Symposium. Key Note Speaker. Organizer. The New York Academy of Sciences. June 12, 2018.
“The Century of Biology,” Keynote Speaker, Life Sciences 2018 Real Estate Development Symposium. The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY. June 12, 2018.
IXbio Summit Meeting. Participant, Meeting by Invitation Only. MIT Endicott House conference center, Dedham MA, May 5, 2018.
GP-write: A Grand Challenge Project to Build and Test Genomes in Living Cells. Meeting Summary. Jef Boeke, George Church, Andrew Hessel, and Nancy J Kelley. May 1, 2018.
GP-write Scientific Working Group Meeting. Speaker, Host. Harvard Medical School conference center, May 1, 2018.
“The Role of Lawyers in Serving Community, Nation, and World [in Turbulent Times].” Speaker, Panel Discussion. Harvard Law School Class of 1988 Symposium, Cambridge MA. April 21, 2018.
“Commercial Incentives and Business Models for Scientific Reproducibility and Enabling Laboratory Automation.” Moderator, Panel Discussion. GBSI BioPolicy Summit 2017: Improving Reproducibility of Research Through Digital Tools, Technologies and Laboratory Automation. San Francisco CA. October 16, 2017.
BioPolicy Summit 2017 Steering Committee: Improving Reproducibility of Research Through Digital Tools, Technologies and Laboratory Automation. Steering Committee Member. San Francisco CA. October 16, 2017.
Biodesign Challenge Summit 2017. Judge. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. June 22nd and 23rd, 2017.
“Writing Our Genome.” Speaker, Techonomy Health 2017. New York, NY. May 16, 2017.
“The Promise and Future of Synthetic Biology.” Harlem BioSpace Riverside Chats: Speaker Series. May 16, 2017.
GP-write. A Grand Challenge Using DNA Synthesis, Gene Editing and Other Technologies to Understand, Engineer and Test Living Systems. Host and Organizer. New York Genome Center. May 10 – 11, 2017.
GP-write: A Grand Challenge Using DNA Synthesis, Gene Editing and Other Technologies to Understand, Engineer and Test Living Systems. Co-author. May 9-10, 2017
“The Business Potential of Engineering Biology” Moderator, Panel Discussion. Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. New York, NY. January 18, 2017. Sold out.
“Antibody Validation: Standards, Policies and Practices.” Attendee. Workshop sponsored by Global Biological Standards Institute. Asilomar Conference Grounds. Asilomar Antibody Workshop Report. September 25 – 27th, 2016.
Nature Biotechnology First Rounder Podcast. September 22, 2016.
“Genome Project-write: A Grand Challenge Using Synthesis, Gene Editing and Other Technologies to Understand, Engineer and Test Living Systems.” Co-author. November 30, 2016.
Biodesign Challenge Summit 2016. Partner. Judge. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. June 23rd, 2016.
“The Genome Project Write.” Science Commentary. Co-author. June 6, 2016.
HGP-write. Testing Large Genomes in Cells. Host and Organizer. Harvard Medical School. May 10, 2016.
HGP2: The Human Genome Synthesis Project, Scientific Organizing Meeting. Host and Organizer. NYU Langone Medical Center. October 31, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for a Sustainable Future.” Lecturer. IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Computational Biology Center Seminar. October 28, 2015.
“Give Up or Get Up?” Key Note Speaker. Women’s Forum Education Fund, Fall Fanfare. September 28, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for a Sustainable Future.” Speaker. C&EN 2015 Virtual Symposium, Advances in Drug Discovery & Development. September 16, 2015.
“Genome Engineering & Society”, Moderator, Panel Discussion. 4th Annual Sc2.0 & Synthetic Genomes Conference. July 16-17, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for Science and Industry: On the Promise and Challenges of Engineering Biology.” July 14-15, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for Science & Industry: On the Promise and Challenges of Engineering Biology.” Meeting Summary. Nancy J Kelley + Associates and The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. July 14 – 15, 2015.
“The Century of Engineering Biology: A New Innovation Narrative”, Speaker. Bank of America – Next Big Thing. May 4, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for Science and Industry: Accelerating Progress.” Agenda. Nancy J Kelley + Associates. The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Alfred P Sloan Foundation. April 17, 2015.
“Engineering Biology for Science and Industry: Accelerating Progress.” Meeting Summary. Nancy J Kelley + Associates. The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Alfred P Sloan Foundation. April 17, 2015.
“Sitting on a Can of Miracles”, Speaker. TechonomyBio 2015. Mountain View, CA. March 25, 2015.
“Synthetic Biology: A Challenge for US Leadership”, Moderator, Panel Presentation. Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy. December 9, 2014.
“The Next Revolution Will Be Biologized” Speaker. Techonomy Conference. Half Moon Bay, CA. November 10, 2014. View video.
“A Century for Biology: Opportunities and Challenges” Keynote Address. Livingston Securities Annual Life Science Stakeholders Summit. October 2, 2014.
“A New Era of Clinical Diagnostics – How the Business Model is Changing” Keynote Presentation. BTIG Emerging Technologies in Healthcare Diagnostics. September 29, 2014.
“Engineering Biology to Address Global Challenges” Speaker. Techonomy Conference. Mountain View, CA. June 17, 2014.
“Sustainability Initiative: Strategic Recommendations & Plan” Co-Author. Co-funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Synberc. June, 2014.
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2014
“The Promise and Challenge of Engineering Biology in the United States” Author. Industrial Biotechnology. June 5, 2014.
“Engineering Biology to Address Global Problems: Synthetic Biology Markets, Needs, and Applications” Co-Author. Industrial Biotechnology. June 5, 2014.
“Reimagining the Future” (video) Commencement Speaker. Manchester Community College. Manchester, CT. May 29, 2014. View PDF.
“Sustainability Plan Update” Speaker. Synberc 2014 Spring Symposium. University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. March 2014.
“Synthetic Biology: Beyond Medical Genomics Towards the Next Frontier of Science” Moderator. NYC Tech Connect Riverside Chat Speaker Series.Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY. February 4, 2014.
Panelists:
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, MPP. President & CEO, Nancy J. Kelley Associates
Jef Boeke, PhD. Director, Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Medical Center
Andrew Hessel, PhD. Distinguished Researcher, Autodesk
Paula Olsiewski, PhD. Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
“Synthetic Biology Strategic Planning Session” Speaker and Sponsor. Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport. Synberc. Chicago, Il. January 21, 2014.
“Final Report: Building the Future with Biology; Sustainability Initiative – Initial Findings and Recommendations” Co-Author. Co-funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Synberc. January, 2014.
“Progress Report: Overview of Synthetic Biology – Markets and Community” Speaker. Synberc 2013 Fall Symposium. The Stata Center at MIT. Cambridge, MA. September 29, 2013.
“Stranger Visions: The DNA You Leave Behind” Speaker. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Washington, DC. June 3, 2013.
Moderators:
Dr. Todd Kuiken, PhD. Synthetic Biology Project
Eleonore Pauwels, PhD. Synthetic Biology Project
Other Speakers:
Heather Dewey Hagborg, BA, MPS. Information Artist and PhD Candidate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sonia M. Suter, JD. Professor, George Washington University Law School
“Filling the Pipeline: An Overview of the Trends and Policies that will Influence Drug Development” Speaker. Plenary Session. Life Sciences Summit. New York, NY. December 13, 2012.
Panelists:
Ron Cohen, MD. President and Chief Executive Officer, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, MPP. Founding Executive Director, New York Genome Center
John McKew, PhD. Chief, Therapeutics Development Branch, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NCATS, NIH
Mark J. Simon, MBA. Advisor, Torreya Partners
“NYGC: Collaboration for Life (SM) – Transforming Healthcare Through Genomics” Speaker. Conference: Faster Cures: Partnering for a Cure. New York, NY. November 28, 2012.
Inaugural Illumina Symposia: Understanding Your Genome. Invited Participant. San Diego, CA. October 22, 2012.

BLOOMBERG HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE
“The Next Game-Changer in Health Care” Speaker. Bloomberg Healthcare Innovations Conference. New York, NY. October 10, 2012.
Panelists:
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, MPP. Founding Executive Director, New York Genome Center
Mitch Higashi, PhD. Chief Economist, GE Healthcare
William J. Kridel, JD. Jr. Managing Director, Ferghana Partners Group
“Collaboration for Improved Patient Outcomes” Keynote Speaker. Conference: Applying Next Generation Sequencing, Delivering Genomes at Exponential Rates. Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Providence, RI. August 13, 2012.
“The $1,000 Genome Revolution.” Speaker. Chemical Marketing & Economics Group Luncheon/Webcast. New York, NY. June 7, 2012.
“The $1,000 Genome Revolution” Speaker. Co-sponsored by the New York Biotechnology Association and the American Chemical Society. New York, NY. June 7, 2012.
Panelists:
Nancy J. Kelley, JD MPP. Founding Executive Director, New York Genome Center
David Darst, MBA. Biotechnology Analyst, Orbimed
David Ferreiro, MS, PhD. Executive Director and Sr. Life Science Analyst, Oppenheimer
“The Right Medicine for the Right Person at the Right Time” Speaker. US Healthcare & Life Sciences Conference. New York, NY. June 6, 2012.
Panelists:
John Crowley, JD, MBA. Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Amicus Therapeutics
Geno Germano, BS. President and General Manager, Specialty Care and Oncology, Pfizer Inc.
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, MPP. Founding Executive Director, New York Genome Center
Edward Michael, JD. Executive Vice President, Diagnostics, Abbott Laboratories
Moderator:
Andrew Jack, MPP. Pharmaceuticals Correspondent, Financial Times

ERIC SCHADT AND NANCY J. KELLEY SPEAKING AT THE NYBA CONFERENCE.
“A Unique Collaborative Ecosystem Designed to Deliver Personalized Medicine” Moderator. New York Biotechnology Association 21st Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 2, 2012.
Panelists:
Herb Pardes, MD. President, New York Presbyterian Hospital. Vice Chairman, New York Genome Center
Chris Sander, PhD. Chair, Computational Biology Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Eric Schadt, PhD. Director, Institute for Genomics and Multi-scale Biology. Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomics Sciences
James C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Genomatics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“A Unique Collaborative Ecosystem Designed to Deliver Personalized Medicine”. Moderator, Panel Discussion. New York Biotechnology Association 21rst Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 2, 2012.
“Biomedical Breakthrough” Speaker and Invited Guest. The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC. New York, NY. December 2, 2011.

LAUNCH OF THE NEW YORK GENOME CENTER
Launch of The New York Genome Center. “Transforming Science and Healthcare” and “Academic/Private Collaboration” Sponsor and Speaker. New York, NY. November 3, 2011.
Panelists:
Thomas P. Maniatis, PhD. Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Columbia University Medical Center
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD. President, The Rockefeller University
Herbert Pardes, MD. President, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Vice Chairman, New York Genome Center
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, MPP. Founding Executive Director, New York Genome Center
Jay T. Flatley. President & Chief Executive Officer, Illumina Inc.
Jacques Banchereau, PhD. Chief Scientific Officer, Roche Nutley, Roche
“The Changing Face of Bioscience Real Estate” Author. Bio-IT World. May 18, 2010.
Elements, 2007: Annual Review and Analysis of Real Estate Trends in Life Science Industry. Editor and Chief Researcher. Follow on to Alchemy Report. Published by Colliers International. 2007.
“Launch of Nature Network Boston”Speaker and Sponsor. Museum of Sciences, Science Park. Boston, MA. June 6, 2006.
“Beyond the Genome” Invited Participant. Horizon Symposia, Nature Publishing group. May 5-7, 2005.
“Building Centers of Excellence in Translational Medicine” Author. Bio-IT World, June 2005.
Sustaining Greater Boston’s Life Sciences Leadership Co-Author. Published by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Spring, 2005.
“Translational Medicine Research Facilities” Speaker. Tradelines Conference. 2005.
Launch of Alchemy. Sponsor and Speaker. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA. June 7, 2004.
Alchemy, 2004: Annual Review and Analysis of Real Estate Trends in the Life Science Industry. Editor, Senior Vice President and Managing Director. Spaulding & Slye Colliers and Colliers International. First of its kind Global Life Sciences Real Estate Report intended to assist decision makers from biotech and pharmaceutical companies along with research and health care institutions, to speed scientific advances from bench to bedside. 2004.
“Recognizing Excellence in Applied Research” Sponsor and Speaker. Scientific Panel Presentation, The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA. March 17, 2004.
Panelists:
Judah Folkman, MD. Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital
Alfred Lewis Goldberg, MD, PhD. Harvard Medical School.
Steven H. Holzman, PhD. Infinity Pharmaceuticals
Kenneth I. Kaitin, PhD. Tufts University
Thomas P. Maniatis, PhD. Harvard University.
Moderator:
Adam Smith, PhD. Nature Review Drug Discovery
Proclamation from the Board of Selectmen, Town of Belmont, to Nancy Kelley. April 26, 2000.
Review of McLean Hospital’s Redevelopment Proposal by the Consultant Team to the Town of Belmont’s McLean Hospital Land Use Task Force. Chair, McLean Hospital Land Use Task Force. February 26, 1999.
Preliminary Review of McLean Hospital’s Redevelopment Proposal by the Consultant Team to the Town of Belmont’s McLean Hospital Land Use Task Force. Chair, McLean Hospital Land Use Task Force. May 22, 1998.
“The Ethical Implications of Genetic Engineering: Choices at the Crossroads of Biomedical Research and the Law” Speaker. The Jackson Laboratory. Bar Harbor, ME. August 17, 1994.
“Interaction of Government and Industry in High Technology: The Current Competitive Environment” Speaker. Center for National Security Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratories. Santa Fe, NM. January 15, 1993.
“The Darkness Within” Speaker. British-American Conference for the Successor Generation. London, UK. October 16, 1991.
“A Challenge to Leaders Living in the Midst of Change” Key Note Speaker. Truman Scholars Award Presentation. Independence, MO. May 1990.
“The Case for Community Colleges” Key Note Alumni Speaker. 25th Anniversary of Technical and Community Colleges. Hartford, CT. April 5, 1990.
“Civic Strategy for Local Economic Development” Co-Author. National Civic Review. May/June, 1988.
“Community Foundations: an Institutional Innovation for Revitalizing Local Communities” Author. Legal Thesis. Harvard Law School. Cambridge, MA. April, 25, 1998.
“Hope for Communities in Decline: Community Development Organizations vs. Enterprise Zones” Author. Policy Analysis Exercise, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. April 12, 1988.
“Community Initiatives in Local Economic Development: Prescriptions for Action” Co-Author. Published by the Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. April, 1988.
“A Tale of Three Cities, New Approaches to the Revitalization of Depressed Industrial Communities” Co-Author. Published by the Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. 1988.
“Dukakis Should Focus on the Miracles’ Legacy” Co-Author. Business Editorial, The Boston Globe. April 21, 1987.
“Extraordinary Change, Dramatic Challenges: Problems of U.S. Competitiveness and Unemployment, 1960-2000” Co-Author. A Report Prepared for the General Motors Business Understanding Project. Published by the Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. April 11, 1985.
Nancy J. Kelley Speaks to 847 Graduating Students
Partnering for Cures
Launch of The New York Genome Center