Breakout Sessions
Follow the Four Paths to Success in Biotechnology
The breakout sessions are organized into four integrated paths. Each is essential to achieving success in the biotechnology.
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These four paths are broken down further into 21 different tracks covering all aspects of biotech. Sessions addressing these topics will occur on the days indicated below.
For a visual of the 21 tracks across the 4-day event, click here.
Bench to Products
Monday-Wednesday
Biopreparedness
Wednesday
Bioethics
Sponsored by: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Monday
Business Development
Sponsored by: Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Deloitte
Monday-Wednesday
Clinical Research/Clinical Trials
Sponsored by: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Monday
Devices and Predictive Diagnostics
Sponsored by: Abbott and Foley & Lardner LLP
Sunday-Monday, Wednesday
Doing Business Globally
Wednesday
Drug Discovery and Development
Sponsored by: Wyeth Biotech
Tuesday-Wednesday
Emerging Company Issues
Sponsored by: Heller Ehrman LLP
Sunday-Wednesday
Finance
Monday-Wednesday
Food and Agriculture
Sponsored by: ArberGen, Bayer CropScience, Ceres, Inc., Mendel Biotechnology and Monsanto Company
Monday-Wednesday
Global Health
Sponsored by: Genzyme Corp.
Sunday-Wednesday
Industrial and Environmental
Sponsored by: Novozymes
Monday-Wednesday
Intellectual Property/Legal
Sponsored by: Fish & Richardson P.C.
Monday-Wednesday
International Seminars
(These seminars cover topics across all four paths)
Sunday-Tuesday
Manufacturing
Tuesday-Wednesday
Policy
Monday-Tuesday
Public Relations/Investor Relations
Sponsored by: Goodwin Proctor LLP
Sunday-Monday, Wednesday
Regenerative Medicine
Sponsored by: Government of Victoria—Melbourne, Australia and Invitrogen
Tuesday-Wednesday
Regulatory
Sponsored by: Charles River Laboratories and Nixon Peabody LLP
Tuesday-Wednesday
Technology Transfer/Licensing
Sponsored by: WilmerHale
Monday-Tuesday