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Headline Sponsors

Conference Bag Sponsor

Opening Gala Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

Opening Reception Sponsor

Conference Book Sponsors

• Forsyth Tech
• Piedmont Triad Research Park
• Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• WFUHS Office of Technology Asset Management
• Winston-Salem State University

Gold Sponsors

• Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
• Apple Rock Displays
• BD Technologies
• BioFusion 2006
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
• The Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad Area
• Business North Carolina
• Charter Medical, Ltd.
• Chubb Insurance Group
• Cirrus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc.
• Deloitte
• Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
• The Duke MBA – Health Sector Management
• Grant Thornton LLP
• Hutchison Law Group PLLC
• IBM
• Intersouth Partners
• Monitor Liability Managers
• NC BioNetwork
• NC Department of Commerce
• Pappas Ventures
• Pharmaplan
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• SBTDC
• Sargent Welch - EMC Paradigm
• Shelco, Inc.
• TechJournal South
• Winston-Salem State University

Silver Sponsors

• The Aurora Funds
• Business Leader Magazine
• DaVINCI Biomedical Research Products, Inc.
• Ernst & Young, LLP
• Fabiani & Company
• Flow Automotive Companies
• Fulcrum Pharma Developments Inc.
• Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.
• Laser Image Corporate Printing
• Local Tech Wire
• Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC
• Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC
• Sig Hutchinson & Associates
• Tengion, Inc.
• U.S. Trust
• Wachovia Bank, N.A.
• Wyeth Biotech
• Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Bronze Sponsors

• AlphaVax, Inc.
• Aon
• BBH Design
• Cato Research, Ltd.
• Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.
• CTMS, Inc.
• Drug Safety Alliance, Inc.
• The Ferguson Group
• Franklin Street Partners
• FreeMind Consultants
• Freewheel Marketing, Inc.
• Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP
• Maverick Marketing
• NC IDEA
• Ogilvy Renault
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
• PharmaCore
• Progress Energy
• Prudential Carolinas Realty
• SCYNEXIS, Inc.
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Tall Oaks Capital
• TransTech Pharma, Inc.
• UBS Financial Services Inc

Organizational Partners

• Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council
• NCCCS BioNetwork
• North Carolina Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• North Carolina Medical Device Organization
• Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network
• SEBIO
• Southern Growth Policies Board
• UNC Charlotte's Office of Technology Transfer
• Virginia Piedmont Technology Council
• Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau