BioWest 2014 on Wed Sept 10: Expo Returns + Conference Welcomes FDA Commissioner Hamburg as Lead Keynote

September 10, at the Marriott City Center, Denver:

Exhibitors will be showcasing up to 40 new technologies, products and services at the 2014 BioWest Conference and Expo, the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier medical device and biotechnology conference organized by the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA).

The announcement is made by CBSA President and CEO April Giles, who says: “The 2014 BioWest Conference and Expo has an amazing line up of keynotes, CEO presentations and offers a wide variety of products and services on display in the Expo Hall. This year, the Expo Hall will have added energy and excitement with the C-Level Unplugged interviews on center stage and the Venture Showcase winner announcement and check presentation.”

 

The BioWest Conference is a one-day event attended by more than 300 industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs. The conference features keynote speakers Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and keynote panelists; Jandel Akeynote llen-Davis, M.D., Vice President, Government and External Relations, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; James Hill, Ph.D. is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine; Len Tacconi, President, HMR Weight Management Services Corp., a subsidiary of Merck and Co. Inc., moderated by Steve VanNurden, President and CEO, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority; and Russell Slifer, Director, United States Patent and Trademark, Rocky Mountain Regional Office.

Additional Program Segments include: 

* C-Level Unplugged: Conversation with Top Level Leadership.

* Colorado Companies: From Concept to Market featuring three of Colorado’s Top BioScience CEOs (pictured above: Bill Aldrich, EndoShape; David Brunel, Biodesix; and Byron Hewett, SomaLogic).

* BioTalks: Big Bold Innovative Ideas.

* Venture Showcase: Three emerging life science companies present to a panel of investors for a $7,500 Venture Showcase cash prize. Finalists include: dBMEDx, Littleton; KromaTiD, Inc., Fort Collins; Mighty Oak Medical, Englewood.


The full schedule of the day’s events is found at: http://www.cobioscience.com/biowest/schedule.

Exhibitors confirmed to date include:

Aerotek - http://www.aerotek.com 
AIT Bioscience - http://aitbioscience.com
B Braun OEM Division - http://www.bbraunusa.com
CARE Research - http://www.careresearchllc.com  

Cascade TEK - http://www.cascadetek.com
CEA Medical Manufacturing - http://www.ceatechnologies.com
CHI Institute for Research and Innovation - 

http://www.catholichealthinit.org/chi-institute-for-research-and-innovation-ciri
Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) - http://www.coloradoinnovationnetwork.com
DaVita Clinical Research - http://www.davitaclinicalresearch.com  

Design Solutions, Inc. - http://www.design-solutions.com
EJ BioMed - http://www.eldonjames.com
Evergreen Research - http://www.evergreenresearch.com
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority - http://www.fitzscience.com
H+L Architecture - http://www.hlarch.com
Injectech - http://www.injectech.net
KBI Biopharma - http://www.kbibiopharma.com  

Limtronik - http://www.limtronik.de/en/

Montana BioScience Alliance - http://www.montanabio.org
National Jewish Health - http://www.nationaljewish.org

Olympus Scientific Solutions - http://www.olympus-ims.com

Pozzetta Scientific - http://www.pozzettascientific.com
Pre-Clinical Research Services, Inc. - http://www.preclinicalresearch.com
Sartorius - http://www.sartorius.com
Shopp Nonclinical Consulting LLC - http://www.shoppnonclin.com
Stemgent Asterand - https://www.stemgent.com
Technical Safety Services - http://www.techsafety.com
Ubiquity Group - http://ubiquitygroup.com
University of Colorado Tech Transfer Office - http://cu.edu/techtransfer
Vention Medical - http://www.ventionmedical.com
Wake Forest Innovations - http://www.wakeforestinnovations.com

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Conference Registration is now open at http://www.CoBioScience.com/BioWest. Rates for members start at $325 and $375 for non-members and passes for the expo hall and reception only are $125 for members and $150 for non-members. Group rates are available for companies and organizations. Conference Sponsors include: AdvaMed, Amgen, BIO, BioFrontiers Institute, DePuy Synthes, DaVita Clinical Research, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, Dohmen Life Science Services, EY, Evergreen Research, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Fisher Scientific, Metro Denver EDC, The Mead Consulting Group, Quintiles, SomaLogic, Sheridan Ross PC, Square 1 Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, TerumoBCT.

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