| Conference Program | Vendors | Poster Presentations | |||
| 7:30 AM | Registration and Networking; Coffee and Pastries Available | ||||
| 8:30 AM |
Jo Anne Goodnight, SBIR Introduced by Carol Tometsko, CEO, Litron Laboratories |
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| 9:15 AM | Break | Vendor Exhibits Open | |||
| 9:30 AM | Business Track | Research/Scientific Track | Education/Training Track | ||
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Understanding and Accessing Venture Capital VC Panel Denny Deleo, Trillium Group Zach Shulman, Cayuga Venture Partners Bela Musits, High Peak Venture Partners |
Huntington's Disease Therapeutics: Progress in the Treatment of a Model Neurodegenerative Disease, Frederick J. Marshall, M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | NBC²: An Overview, Krista Grose, New York Hub, Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC²) and Apprenticeship Training in New York State: A Bridge Into Biomanufacturing, Steven J. DeRenzo, New York State Department of Labor- Apprenticeship Training Division | Poster Session Open | ||
| Structuring a VC Investment, Daniel R. Kinel, Esq., Harter Secrest & Emery LLP and James Bourdeau, Nixon Peabody LLP | Dave Amberg, Ph.D., Upstate Medical Center |
Lean manufacturing Workshop Donald Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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Commercializing Your Technology / A Strategy
Case Study Rick Richmond, Diffinity Genomics & High Tech Rochester |
Biological Mechanisms of Age-Related Hearing
Loss D. Robert Frisina, Ph.D., National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology |
FDA Inspections - How to avoid surprises! Duane Krueger, Genencor International, A Danisco Company |
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| Theodore Clark, Ph.D., Cornell University | Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester - Introducing Students to Biomedical Research and Design, Amy L. Lerner, Ph.D., University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering | ||||
| Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station: Case Studies in Raspberry, Courtney Weber, Ph.D., Cornell University | |||||
| 12:00 PM | Leadership Luncheon for Invited Guests; General Lunch all other attendees. | ||||
| 1:30 PM | Company Presentations | Careers in the Pharmaceutical Industry | |||
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Panel Discussion Careers in the Bioscience Industry Jon Jordan Nicholas Samper, Amgen and Stephen Edwards, Ph.D., Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Division of Johnson and Johnson |
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| 1 | First Wave Technologies | ||||
| 2 | iCardiac | ||||
| 3 | Impact-tek | ||||
| 4 | Innovative Biotechnologies International | ||||
| 5 | LAGeT, Inc. | ||||
| 6 | Litron Laboratories | ||||
| 7 | OyaGen, Inc. | ||||
| 8 | Vaccinex, Inc. | ||||
| 9 | VirtualScopics, Inc. | ||||
| 10 | Vybion, Inc. | ||||
| 4:00 PM | Conference Ends | ||||