About Biotech

The Biotech conference draws a variety of top-notch industry executives, including the region's most innovative biotech entrepreneurs, major pharmaceutical companies, life science research leaders, policy makers and nationally prominent investors. Join us at Biotech 2006 to see firsthand why North Carolina is touted as one of the top three biotech economies in the nation.

Now in its 15th year, the Biotech conference has played host to numerous outstanding speakers, including:

• Dr. Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology;
• G. Steven Burrill, CEO and Founder, Burrill & Company;
• David Stout, President, Pharmaceutical Operations, GlaxoSmithKline;
• Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D., President & CEO, Geron Corporation;
• Dr. Victor Dzau, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University;
• Dr. Henri B. Meier, Chairman of the Board of Directors, HBM Partners AG and HBM BioVentures AG;
• Dr. Tanja Popovic, Acting Associate Director for Science, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);

and many more.

The two day program includes a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends, world-class speakers, high-quality networking opportunities with life science leaders and key players and much more! Click here for details on last year's program agenda.

We are excited to announce the new venue for the 15th annual Biotech conference, the Benton Convention Center at the Twin City Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston Salem and the Piedmont-Triad region has a growing life science community, including the newly created Piedmont Triad Research Park, just steps from world renowned colleges and universities, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center's Triad satellite office and much more.

We are pleased to be a part of this dynamic, innovation community for this year's conference; its growth illustrates biotechnology's increasing strength and importance across the entire state of North Carolina. Biotech 2006 and the Twin City Quarter provide the perfect setting for biotechnology executives to reconnect and discuss the latest industry developments and initiatives.

Find out more about past Biotech conferences:

• Biotech 2005
• Biotech 2004
• Biotech 2003