2009 iBIO IndEx Information

When:

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Where:

Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive (map)
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What:

The Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization's iBIO IndEx is the premier life sciences event in the Midwest. Take advantage of this once-a-year event to meet and network with top executives, researchers, service providers, and former colleagues.

Agenda:

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Time Slot	Career Links	PROPEL	Exhibit Hall	Main Hall
7:00 – 8:00			Networking Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15				iBIO Chairman Andy Hull
8:15 – 9:00				James C. Greenwood President & CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization
9:00 – 10:00				Nurturing a Start-up Machine David Miller William P. Moffitt
10:00 – 10:15			Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:00				Nanotech Pioneers: Thomas J. Meade, PhD Mark C. Hersam, PhD Mark A. Ratner, PhD Samuel I. Stupp, PhD
12:00 – 1:30			Lunch & Networking
1:30 – 2:45	Career Links Science Panel	iBIO IndEx Business Plan Competition		Ag Based BioMaterials Peter Boynton William Donahue Steven Mirshak
2:45 – 3:15			Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:30	Career Links Business Panel	Strengthening the Investor Pitch: a PROPEL and iBIO EC Workshop		Regenerative Panel: Steven E. Ducommun John A. Kessler, MD Douglas W. Losordo, MD Delara Motlagh, PhD
4:45 – 5:00				IndEx Wrap-up
5:00– 5:45				Miles D. White Chairman and CEO, Abbott
Full Reception

Sponsors:

Platinum:

Gold:

Silver:

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

Ernst & Young LLP

Forest City Science + Technology Group

iBIO Entrepreneurship Center & IEN Network

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Tate & Lyle North America Inc.

VWR International, LLC

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2009 iBIO IndEx Information

Full Reception