Speakers

Featured Speakers:

Senator Richard Burr
North Carolina United States Senator

Ira Flatow
Veteran National Public Radio (NPR) Science Correspondent and
Award-Winning TV Journalist
Listen to Ira Flatow’s Biotech 2006 keynote remarks.

Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman
SG Cowen & Co., LLC
Listen to Stelios Papdopoulos’ Biotech 2006 keynote remarks.

Hear life science industry leaders discuss North Carolina's latest biotechnology developments, the trends and issues in the sector and the state's global impact on the life sciences. Meet engaging speakers during one of the many interactive panel sessions the conference offers.

Panel Session and Strategic Forum Speakers (partial list):

• Michael Batalia, Ph.D., Director, Office of Technology Asset Management, Wake Forest University
• Alan Beard, Lead Instructor, Biotechnology, Forsyth Technical Community College
• Tim Bertram, Ph.D., Vice President Science and Technology, Tengion, Inc.
• Todd Brady, Principal, Domain Associates
• Steven Burke, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Jack Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms, Inc.
• Ski Chilton, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
• Jeff Clark, Managing General Partner, The Aurora Funds
• Carl Craft, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
• Richard Czerw, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, NanoTechLabs Inc.
• Anupam Dalal, M.D., Partner, Thomas Weisel Partners
• Bill Dean, President, Idealliance, Inc.
• Patricia Dombrowski, Director of Life Science Informatics, Bellevue Community College
• Kenneth Eheman, Partner, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
• Tracy Gentry, Director, Preclinical Development, Aldagen, Inc.
• Gary Green, Ed.D., President, Forsyth Technical Community College
• Vince Henrich, Ph.D., Director, Biotechnology, Genomics and Health Research Center, UNC-Greensboro
• Jeffrey Howland, Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
• Stephen Hurly, Managing Director - Head of Health Care Investment Banking, Janney Montgomery Scott
• Cathy Innes, Director, The Office of Technology Development, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Michael Kamarck, Ph.D., Senior Vice President - Biotech, Technical Operations and Product Supply, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D., Partner, Intersouth Partners
• Richard Kouri, Ph.D., Entrepreneur-in-Residence/Professor, The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School
• Hans Liu, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University & Infectious Diseases Consultant, Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists
• Peggy Low, Senior Vice President of Technology, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
• James Mason, Partner, Parish Capital Advisors
• Ric Matthews, Director, National Center of Expertise in Bioprocessing Training, MiraCosta Community College
• Terry McAdoo, Director R&D Human Resources, Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline
• Robert McMahan, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the Governor for Science & Technology and Executive Director, NC Board of Science and Technology
• Art Pappas, Managing Partner, Pappas Ventures
• Janet Paulson, Director, National Center for Agricultural Bioprocessing and Renewable Fuels, Indian Hills Community College
• Sharon Presnell, Ph.D., Director, Cell and Tissue Technologies, BD Technologies
• Christopher Price, Ph.D., Executive Director, Piedmont Triad Research Park and Senior Vice President, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Russ Read, Executive Director, National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce
• Richard Reich, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
• John Richert, Vice President, Business and Technology Development, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Gwyn Riddick, Director, Piedmont Triad Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Lynne Safrit, President, Charlotte Region, Castle & Cooke
• Dale Sander, Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Finance, Biolex Therapeutics
• Susan Seymour, BioNetwork Director, North Carolina Community College System
• Sally Shumaker, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, The Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Katherine Taylor, Ph.D., Therapeutics Development Program Officer, Office of Biodefense Research Affairs, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH, DHHS
• Norris Tolson, Secretary, Department of Revenue, State of North Carolina
• Edward Torres, Principal, Lilly Ventures
• Jan Turek, President and Chief Executive Officer, Biolex Therapeutics
• Sonia Wallman, Ph.D., Director of the National Center for Expertise in Biomanufacturing Training, New Hampshire Community Technical College
• Rosemary Wander, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Research and Public and Private Sector Partnerships, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Richard White, Ph.D., former Chief Scientific Officer, Vicuron
• Brad Wiggins, Industry Lead, Business Relations Group, Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Bill Woodruff, Director of the Southeast Regional Center of Bio-Link, Alamance Community College

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