CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zafgen, Inc., a private venture-backed biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel obesity therapeutics, today announced that Thomas Hughes, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer and Maria Rupnick, M.D., Zafgen co-founder, cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will present during a spotlight session at XSITE 2009, The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. at Boston University School of Management.