WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Biotechnology Industry
Organization's (BIO) Mid-America VentureForum 2006, scheduled for September
25-27 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, OH, will feature a series
of workshops to address current challenges facing emerging biotechnology
company executives and opportunities for investors.
The BIO Mid-America VentureForum is the Midwest's largest annual
gathering of biotechnology and medical device companies, venture
capitalists, angel investors, and investment bankers from across the U.S.
and Canada.
Workshops will feature panel discussions among leaders in the financial
and biotech industries on issues such as alternative capital sources,
investing in innovation, state growth initiatives, globalization,
regulatory review and bioclusters. Workshops include:
* The New Bioscience Start-Up Investors: Hedge Funds, Foundations and
Angels;
* Promise and Pitfalls of Investing in Cutting Edge Technologies:
Stem Cells, Personalized Medicine and Nanotech;
* State Growth Initiative: Catalyzing Entrepreneurship Through
Progressive Programs;
* Globalization's New Opportunities for Early-Stage Companies:
Suppliers, Markets and Investors;
* Strategies for Accelerating Regulatory Review Processes;
* Accelerating Healthcare Clusters: Successful, Short-Term Models.
For additional information or to register for the BIO Mid-America
VentureForum, please visit http://bma.bio.org/opencms/bma/2006 .
Registration is complimentary for credentialed news media. Advance
media registration is available at
http://www.bio.org/news/pressreg/index.asp?multiEvent=17 through September
15, 2006. Onsite registration is available only to reporters and editors
working full-time for print or broadcast news organizations 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 in 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the
research and development of health-care, agricultural, industrial and
environmental biotechnology products.
SOURCE Biotechnology Industry Organization
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Related links:
http://www.bio.org
http://bma.bio.org/opencms/bma/2006/
CONTACT:
Stephanie Fischer of BIO, +1-202-312-9263
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