Day 1: February 5, 2008 WIRED BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE February 5-6, 2008 Winston Salem, North Carolina 7:30-8:30am 8:30-9:00am 9:00-10:00am 10:00-10:15am 10:15-11:30am Registration Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introduction to the Institute Mr. Gardner Carrick, WIRED Program Director, Employment & Training Administration Dr. Gary Green, President, Forsyth Tech Community College (site host) Ms. Linda Fowler, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Employment & Training Administration Mr. Russ Read, Executive Director, National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce Biotechnology Trends, Issues, and Market Analysis Biotechnology is a pervasive technology in the 2008 economy. Our food, medicines, energy, and environment are increasingly and positively affected by the efficiencies gained through biotechnology implementation. This session will inform and enhance your regional innovation strategy for growth and competitive advantage with market research and analysis. Our industry leaders will share global and U.S. market trends in sales, profits, and issues which can be translated in to regional market needs. Mr. G. Steven Burrill, CEO Burrill and Company Mr. Gwyn F. Riddick, Director, Piedmont Triad Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center Mr. Scott Sarazen, Global Biotechnology Markets Leader, Ernst & Young Supporting Innovation in your Region: Mind to Market and Beyond Accelerate innovation in your region through the formation of broad-based collaboration to support start-up firms and companies in various stages of their organizational lifecycle. This panel will support you in working with universities, entrepreneurs, small enterprises, and large industry partners that are developing new technologies and products. You will also learn
more about how to effectively engage angel investors and venture capitalists in support of your region s innovation. Moderator: Dr. Bernard L. Daina, Management and Organizational Psychology o Dr. David Finegold, Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University o Dr. J. Donald debethizy, CEO of Targacept o Dr. Timothy R. Janke, State Program Director, Private Equity Initiatives, Small Business and Technology Development Center Director; Executive Fund Director, Inception Micro Angel Fund, LLC. o Mr. Mark Crowell, Associate Vice Chancellor of Economic Development, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 11:30 AM Buffet Lunch Served Participants are invited to serve themselves and join a break-out room for a working lunch. Noon 1:30 PM 1:30-2:00pm Gain a better understanding of the issues and challenges to accelerating the innovation ecosystem in your region. Break-out Sessions will focus on specific solution sets and assets that could be replicated and or leveraged to support your region s innovation in Bioscience. R&D / Tech Transfer (Co-Leads: Dr. Michael Batalia, Director, Office of Technology Asset Management, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Mr. Mark Crowell, and Dr. Gina Stewart, President, Sage Technology Management Enterprise Assistance / Industry Engagement (Co-Leads: Dr. J. Donald debethizy, Dr. Bernard Daina, and Dr. David Finegold) Entrepreneurial Support/ Financial Food Chain (Co- Leads: Ms. Monica Doss, Dr. Timothy Janke, and Mr. Jon M. Obermeyer, CEO, Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network Public-Private Partnerships This session seeks to provide examples of how regions can build their local technology infrastructure by integrating models which
are driven by private investment, such as research parks. Public financing leverage can be a great partnership with the private sector to maximize the efficiency of the time to build in. Mr. Bill Dean, Past President of the Association of University Research Parks of America ; Director, Piedmont Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mr. Clyde Higgs, Vice President, Business Development, Castle & Cook, LLC, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 2:00-2:15pm 2:15-3:45pm Federal Panel This panel will support your region s knowledge of collaboration opportunities with federal partners, such as collaborative research agreements, financing of early stage research with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants and small business assistance. The panel will also share programs and leveraged resources for creating an educated and prepared biosciences workforce. Moderator: Ms. Linda Fowler, Employment & Training Administration o Dr. Anthony Hayward, Director, Division for Clinical Research Resources, National Institutes of Health o Ms. Lili Portilla, Senior Advisor to the Director, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health o Dr. Jason Boehm, Senior Analyst, Program Office, National Institute for Standards and Technology o Mr. Ron Buckhalt, On Special Assignment, U.S. Department of Agriculture s BioPreferred Program, Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration o Dr. V. Celeste Carter, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation o Mr. Bill Valdez, Associate Director, Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, U. S. Department of Energy 3:45-4:45pm
You will have an opportunity to ask more detailed questions and gain more in-depth knowledge about ETA s federal partner resources and how to access them in your region. National Institutes of Health: (Co-Leads) Ms. Lili Portilla and Dr. Anthony Hayward National Science Foundation & U.S. Department of Energy: (Co-Leads) Dr. V. Celeste Carter (NSF), Dr. Duncan McBride (NSF), and Mr. Bill Valdez (DOE) US Department of Agriculture & National Institute of Standards & Technology: (Co-Leads) Mr. Ron Buckhalt (USDA) and Dr. Jason Boehm (NIST) 4:45-5:45pm 6:00-7:30pm Mapping of WIRED Regions Bioscience Assets Mr. Ed Morrison, Senior Advisor, North Central Indiana WIRED Networking Reception Day 2: February 6, 2008 8:00-8:30am 8:30-10:00am Welcome Back and Recap of Day One Talent Development Panel This discussion will focus on building your region s talent in the bioscience field through the continuum of education from K-12, Post Secondary, and Higher Education. Moderator: Mr. Russ Read, Executive Director, National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce o Ms. Linda Eno, Principal, Central NJ Biotech High School o Dr. Elaine Johnson, Executive Director, BIO-LINK o Ms. Nadine Lomakin, Executive Director, Life Science Career Alliance o Dr. LiAn Yeh, Director, BRITE Institute 10:00-10:15am 10:15-11:30am Participants will have an opportunity to address key issues and challenges facing the continuum of education in their region.
Pipeline/Career Awareness/Retention Strategies (Co- Leads: Ms. Nadine Lomakin and Mr. Russ Read) Secondary, Post-secondary, and Entry-level Workforce (Co-Leads: Dr. Elaine Johnson and Ms. Linda Eno) Higher Education and Professional Development (Co- Leads: Dr. LiAn Yeh and Mr. Bob Hall) 11:30-12:15pm Collaborative Workspace Knowledge Sharing for WIRED BIG Mr. Jerry McCarthy, Bioscience Industry Coordinator, Metro Denver WIRED Mr. Reid Conrad, CEO, Near-Time Mr. Ed Morrison, Senior Advisor, North Central Indiana WIRED 12:15-12:30pm Wrap-Up 12:30 PM Meet in the hotel lobby for Optional Site-Visits *A box lunch will be provided at the Research Park for those going on the Optional Site Visits 1:00-3:00pm Optional Site Visits Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine Targacept - Biopharmaceutical Company Bionetwork Mobile Laboratory Note: Extended Networking Opportunity - Members of the WIRED Bio Interest Group and interested Institute participants will meet on an informal agenda for information sharing on Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday morning and lunch, for those that are able to extend their stays and participate.