Day 1: February 5, 2008

7:30-8:30am Registration

8:30-9:00am 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

9:00-10:00am 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 US 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

10:00-10:15am BREAK

10:15-11:30am 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 Breakout Sessions

Gain a better understanding of the issues and challenges to accelerating the innovation ecosystem in your region. Break-out Sessions will focus onspecific solution sets and assets that could be replicated and or leveraged to support your region’s innovation in Bioscience.

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(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. 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)

1:30-2:00pm 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 BREAK

2:15-3:45pm Federal%20%20%20%20Panel

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: 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 , USDA'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, Department of Energy

3:45-4:45pm Breakout Sessions

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 & US Department of Energy:

(Co-Leads) Dr. V. Celeste Carter (NSF), Dr. Duncan McBride (NSF), and Mr. Bill Valdez (DOE)

§ US Department of Agriculture & National%a Institute of Standards & Technology:

(Co-Leads) Mr. Ron Buckhalt (USDA) and Dr. Jason Boehm (NIST)

4:45-5:45pm Mapping of WIRED Regions’ Bioscience Assets

§ Mr. Ed Morrison, Senior Advisor, North Central Indiana WIRED

Day 2: February 6, 2008

8:00-8:30am Welcome Back and Recap of Day One

8:30-10:00am 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.%20Russ%20Read, 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 BREAK

10:15-11:30am Breakout Sessions

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.%20Russ%20Read%29

§ Secondary, Post-secondary, and Entry-level Workforce
(Co-Leads: Dr. Elaine Johnson and Ms. Linda Eno)

§ Higher Education and Professional Development
(Lead: Dr. LiAn Yeh)

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 boxed lunch will be provided

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. Contact Jerry McCarthy (Jerome.mccarthy@metrodenver.org; 720-250-7772) for more information.