WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO)'s VentureForum East 2006, scheduled from June 12-14 at
the Hyatt Regency on the Hudson in Jersey City, NJ, will feature a series
of workshops on timely issues facing emerging biotechnology company
executives.
BIO VentureForum East is the largest annual East Coast regional
investor conference for venture stage biotechnology and healthcare firms.
It features plenary sessions and workshops on financing and partnering
trends in the biotechnology industry, networking receptions, and
presentations by biotech companies which have been selected by an advisory
board of leading equity capital leaders.
The workshops will feature roundtable discussions among leaders in the
financial and biotech industries on issues such as the effect of the rise
in merger and acquisition activity on the biotech industry, the key
differences and benefits of the London Stock Exchange, advice on how to
execute a well- timed initial public offering, the advantages and
disadvantages of the virtual biotech company model, strategies to preserve
and develop intellectual property, and new opportunities and challenges in
early stage financing for emerging companies.
Workshops include:
-- M&A as an Alternative Exit Strategy;
-- Raising Cash and Creating Liquidity: AIM for the London Stock
Exchange;
-- Timing is Everything - Getting Your IPO Done Right;
-- Building a Virtual Biotech Company;
-- Leveraging your Intellectual Property Assets - An Executive
Roundtable;
-- Early Stage Funding for University and Medical Spinouts.
For more information about the program for BIO VentureForum East,
please visit
http://bvf-east.bio.org/opencms/bvfeast/2006/program/index.jsp.
Registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the news
media. Reporters and editors working full-time for print or broadcast news
organizations may register onsite with valid media credentials.
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across
the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the
research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and
environmental biotechnology products.
SOURCE Biotechnology Industry Organization
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Related links:
http://www.bio.org
http://bvf-east.bio.org/opencms/bvfeast/2006/program/index.jsp/
CONTACT:
Stephanie Fischer of Biotechnology Industry
Organization, +1-202-312-9263
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