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May 22, 2006

2:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Registration Open
Main Hall Foyer

2:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Sponsor Exhibits Open
Main Hall Foyer

3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Concurrent Strategic Forums
A new component of the Biotech Conference, the four Strategic Forums address topics important to North Carolina’s strong biotechnology community and continuing leadership: development of biotechnology statewide; workforce training; investment; and the Piedmont Triad biotechnology community. Forums will kick-off the meeting with interesting and engaging discussion.

• Regional Biotechnology Statewide: Strong Strategies, Policies and Outcomes, South Main Hall 1
• Biotechnology Workforce Training Trends and Implications for the State of North Carolina, South Main Hall 2
• More Money on the Table: Moving Up from 8th Place Nationwide, South Main Hall 3
• Biotechnology Grows Triad-Wide, North Main Hall D

4:30 p.m.–6 p.m.

Opening Cocktail Reception
Main Hall Foyer

6 p.m.–8 p.m.

Opening Remarks, Featured Speaker and Gala Dinner
North Main Hall
Senator Richard Burr*
North Carolina United States Senator
The asterisk (*) beside Senator Burr's name denotes that his participation is confirmed but contingent upon his voting duties on Capitol Hill allowing him to participate.

May 23, 2006

8 a.m.–9 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Main Hall Foyer

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Featured Speaker:
North Main Hall

Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman, SG Cowen & Co., LLC

Biotech IPOs – An Unorthodox Point of View

10:30 a.m–10:45 a.m.

Break
Visit sponsor exhibits, Main Hall Foyer

10:45 a.m.–11:40 a.m.

Concurrent Panels

• Cracking the Code: Understanding the New Landscape of Biotech Venture Capital Investing, South Main Hall 1
• Raising Human Capital: Keeping NC Number 1 in Biotech Workforce , South Main Hall 2
• Anti-Infective Drug Development and Partnering Challenges for Biotech Companies, South Main Hall 3

11:40 a.m.–12 noon

Break
Visit sponsor exhibits, Main Hall Foyer

12 noon–12:55 p.m.

Concurrent Panels

• Door #2: A Discussion on Alternative Exits to IPO Given Today's Capital Markets, South Main Hall 1
• The Evolution of University Tech Transfer to Commercialization Catalyst, South Main Hall 2
• Back to the Future Biotechnologies: From Stem Cells to Tissues to Nanotechnology, South Main Hall 3

1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Lunch and Featured Speaker:
North Main Hall

Ira Flatow
Host of NPR’s Talk of The Nation: Science Friday

Talking Science In a World That Doesn't Care
While science and technology become more important to the future of our society, the public receives so little news about it. What can journalists and scientists do to break through the "anti-science" barrier to the public?

2:30 p.m.–4 p.m.

Closing Networking Reception
Main Hall Foyer