The 2014 BioWest Conference and Expo, is September 10, at the Marriott City Center, 1701 California Street, Denver.
BioTalks are scheduled at both 10:45 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Morning Session:
Trends in Healthcare:
Investments & Exits Jonathan Norris, Managing Director, Silicon
Valley Bank
Ethics in Clinical
Trials David Gary, RN, MS, Director,
Human Research Protection Program, Catholic Health Initiatives/CHI Institute
for Research & Innovation (CIRI)
Harnessing the Power
of Real World Data to Identify What Works for Whom in Healthcare Iya Khalil, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, GNS Healthcare
Afternoon Session:
Cultivating
the Innovation Economy Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
The Truth behind
Superbugs Rhea May, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Sharklet Technologies
Leveraging
Outsourcing to Bridge the Valley of Death: Advantages & Pitfalls Larry Blankenship, Executive Director,
Evergreen Research
Industry Cross
Collaboration Mark Sirangelo, Chief Innovation Officer,
State of Colorado; Corporate VP of Space Systems, Sierra Nevada Corp
Beer
Fermentation Science: Yeast Strains & Sensory Perception Lindsay Guerdrum, Sensory
Specialist, New Belgium Brewing
Also new this year: C-Level Unplugged
In addition to BioTalk presentations, BioWest 2014 is also debuting two sessions of “C-Level Unplugged: Conversations with top level leadership.” The morning session, 9:20 – 9:35, will feature a fast-paced interview on the Exhibit Hall stage with Larry Gold, Chairman of the Board, SomaLogic. The afternoon session, 1:15 – 1:30 pm, features Shahriar (Shar) Matin, Chief Operating Officer of Spectranetics. Jim Wilson, partner, EY, will conduct the interview for both sessions during the conference.
About BioWest 2014 | September 10, 2014 | #BioWest2014
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 speakers Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (her ‘Update on the FDA’ keynote will occur at 4:45 pm) sponsored by Dohmen and keynote panelists; Jandel Allen-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 & Co. Inc.; sponsored by the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority and Russell Slifer, Director, United States Patent and Trademark, Rocky Mountain Regional Office sponsored by Sheridan Ross PC. The full schedule of the day’s events is found at: http://www.cobioscience.com/biowest/schedule.
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. BioWest 2014 also includes an Exhibit Hall with over 40 exhibitors showcase new technologies, products and services to attendees. Conference Sponsors include: AdvaMed, Amgen, BIO, BioFrontiers Institute, DePuy Synthes, DaVita Clinical Research, Dorsey & 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 and TerumoBCT.
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