October 6 - 2006 Western New York Bioscience Summit
  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
   
9:15 AM Break Vendor Exhibits Open  
9:30 AM Business Track Research/Scientific Track Education/Training Track  
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
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
 
  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
      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
   
  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        

 Schedule is subject to change.