Agenda
Wednesday – October 27, 2010
Barnhardt Student Activities Center, UNC Charlotte
Agenda
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8:00 AM – 3:30 PM | REGISTRATION |
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM | SPONSOR BOOTH SETUP |
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM | SPONSOR BOOTH EXHIBIT |
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION |
(students to be available at posters) | |
11:30 AM | WELCOME Joan Lorden, Ph.D – Provost and Vice Chancellor |
11:45 PM – 12:45 PM | LUNCHEON KEYNOTE |
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | INTRODUCTION Cory Brouwer, Ph.D – Director, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina Research CAMpus |
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | SPEAKER Dave Hodgson – Chief Information Officer, Tethys Bioscience |
A new model for how drugs are developed and prescribed is emerging. It is driven by powerful movements in technology innovation, molecular understanding of disease, regulation and the rise of the empowered consumer. Bioinformatics has a central role to play in this new healthcare ecosystem from managing massive data volumes to integrating knowledge assets along the entire value chain. |
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12:45 PM – 1:00 PM | BREAK |
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Robert G. Wilhelm, Ph.D – Associate Provost for Strategic Research Partners, Executive Director – Charlotte Research Institute, UNC Charlotte |
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM | FUTURE TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY – A Candid Conversation between State Leaders |
Marjorie Benbow, JD, MBA, MSPH – Executive Director, Greater Charlotte Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center | |
Michael Luther, PhD, MBA – President, David H. Murdock Research Institute | |
Arthur Pappas, MBA – Managing Partner, Pappas Ventures Chairman, Board of Directors, North Carolina Biotechnology Center | |
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDING – A Success Story |
Robin N. Coger, Ph.D – Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science, Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering Systems, UNC Charlotte |
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Mark A. Hirsch, Ph.D – Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center | |
Michael F. Dulin, MD, Ph.D –Executive Director, Dickson Institute for Health Studies; Research Director and Vice-Chair, CMC Department of FAMily Medicine | |
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | BREAK |
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM | REGIONAL PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES |
Clyde Higgs – Vice President, Castle & Cooke | |
Susan MacIsaac, Ph.D – Monsanto NCRC Site Lead, Monsanto Company | |
Stephen L. Hurst JD – Chief Business Officer, The Immune Tolerance Institute, Inc. | |
Lane Johnson, Ph.D – Director, Agricultural Research, General Mills | |
Allain C. Andry – Robinson, Bradshaw &AMp; Hinson | |
Helen Gruber, Ph.D – Research Group Director, Department of Orthopedics, Carolinas Medical Center | |
Yuri E. Nesmelov, Ph.D – Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte | |
Irina Nesmelova, Ph.D – Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte | |
4:15 PM – 4:20 PM | NC BIOCONNECT |
Sheetal Ghelani, Ph.D – Manager, Business Development David H. Murdock Research Institute | |
4:20 PM – 4:25 PM | CLOSING REMARKS |
Lawrence E. Mays, Ph.D – Professor and Chair Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics | |
4:25 PM – 4:30 PM | GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION AWARDS |
Sheetal Ghelani, Ph.D – Chairman | |
Robert G. Wilhelm, Ph.D – Associate Provost for Strategic Research Partnerships &AMp; Executive Director – Charlotte Research Institute, UNC Charlotte | |
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | VIP NETWORKING RECEPTION |
Bioinformatics and Genomics Center, UNC Charlotte |