October 5 - 2006 Western New York Bioscience Summit
  Conference Program Vendors Poster Presentations
7:30 AM Registration and Networking; Coffee and Pastries Available    
8:30 AM Welcome
Steve Sosik, Chairman, Bioscience Summit Committee
Stephen Curry Ph.D., D.Sc. (Med.), Chairman, Rochester BioCluster
Howard Federoff, MD, Ph.D., Sr. Assoc. Dean of Basic Research, University of Rochester Medical Center
   
8:45 AM Plenary Session
"Integrating Outside Research and Biotechnology Products to 'BigPharma'"
John Amatruda, MD, Vice President, Clinical Research
Merck & Co.
   
9:30 AM Break    
9:45 AM Plenary Session Vendors will be set up before lunchtime on Day 1 and remain open through lunchtime on Day 2.  
Coating Technology:  Key to Rochester's Past, Present and Future, Dave Glocker, Isoflux Incorporated  
New Initiatives in Vaccine and Antibody Therapies, Maurice Zauderer, Ph.D., Vaccinex  
Biomarkers, Stephen Dertinger, Ph.D., Litron Laboratories  
Neurodegeneration, Howard Federoff, MD, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center  
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Lipidic nano particle Mediated Enhancement of Therapeutic Efficacy of Proteins, Sathy V. Balu-Iyer (S. Balasubramanian), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Buffalo  
12:00 PM Lunch and Networking
Introduction by Douglas Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology
 
   
  Poster Presentations Exhibited
 
1:00 PM Roundtable Discussion with Western New York Business Organizations
"How We Help You and Your Business"
Stephen Curry, Ph.D., Rochester BioCluster
David Tyler, BuffLink
Heather Erickson, CNY MedTech
Facilitated by Jim Denn, NYSTAR
 
 
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Business Track Research/Scientific Track Education/Training Track
  Defining and Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Michael L. Goldman
Lawrence M. Sung, Ph.D.
Nixon Peabody
Stem Cells
Mark Noble, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Biotechnology Education in Upstate NY- Turbo-training, the CBET Certificate Program
Roy Snoke, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology
  The Incubation Experience
Paul Wetenhall High Tech Rochester
Jose Mir, Infotonics
Biologically Activated Drug Storage Materials
Emmanuel Giannelis, Ph.D., Cornell University
research-driven Project Management (rPM) in the Life Sciences business environment: "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it!", Rodney Brown, PharmaNova
  Risk Managemen Strategiest/Bio-Specific Insurance Issues
Cindy Bostley, First Niagara Risk Management; Catherine Brady, Chubb Insurance; and Michael D. Smith Jr., Commerce Banc Insurance Services Inc.
Development of an Effective, Licensed Vaccine for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Robert C. Rose, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
 
Overview of Statistical Experimental Designs (DOE) Applied to Biochemical Engineering, Eric Otto, Genencor
    Label-Free Array-Based Techniques for Biomolecular Sensing: Towards Novel Diagnostics, Benjamin L. Miller, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center  
    Biological Adhesion for Stem Cell and Cancer Therapy, Michael R. King, Ph.D., University of Rochester  
4:30 PM Break
5:00 PM Keynote Address
Staying Ahead: Innovation for the Day After Tomorrow
James Burke
 
6:15 PM Wine Cheese Reception with Cash Bar; Simultaneous VIP reception with James Burke with conference sponsors.   
7:15 PM Dinner and Awards Ceremony  

 Schedule is subject to change.