BioSciences Forum to be held October 31
“The forum provides a great opportunity for faculty, students and industry leaders to meet and network, and to hear about the current issues facing the biosciences industries,” said Richard Kouri, director of the BioScienes Management program and professor of practice in the NC State College of Management.
The BioSciences Forum will be held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Registration and networking begin at 7 a.m. Introductions begin at 8 a.m., followed by the presentations, and the program concludes at 1 p.m.
Featured presenters at this year’s BioSciences Forum and their presentation topics follow.
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William K. Atkinson, PhD
President and CEO
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
Topic: How Biosciences Innovation Can Help Health Care
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Myla Lai-Goldman, MD
Medical Director, Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President
Laboratory Corporation of America, Holdings (LabCorp)
Topic: Let’s Get Personal: Why the Business of Diagnostics Should Be Everybody’s Business
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Paula Brown Stafford, MPH
Executive Vice President, Global Biometrics and Chair, Enterprise Data Council
Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Topic: The Art and Science of a Global Services Organization
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Michael D. Kowolenko, PhD
Senior Vice President
Wyeth Biotech Technical Operations and Product Supply
Topic: Biotech Investment Begins Leadership
This event is open to the public at no charge, but registration required. Registration is open until 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 29.
Supporters of the 2008 BioSciences Forum are:
CO-HOST: North Carolina Biotechnology Center
GOLD: Biogen Idec
SILVER: Eisai
BRONZE:
- Chesapeake Pharmaceutical Packaging Company Inc.
- The Hamner Insitutes for Health Sciences
- Novozymes North America Inc.
- Tranzyme Pharma, Inc.
- WakeMed Health & Hospitals
- Women’s Edge Magazine
- Wyeth Biotech
FRIEND:
- Athenix Corp.
- Aurora Funds, Inc.
- BDS International
- BioMarck Pharmaceuticals
- BioTechnology Transfer LLC
- Cirrus Pharmaceuticals
- Inspire Pharmaceuticals
- LabCorp
- Life Sciences Law
- McGuireWoods LLP
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Research Triangle Institute
- Williams Mullen
- Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP