2008 BioWest Conference

Congratulations to Oberon FMR, Inc. (Idaho Springs, CO) the winner of the 2008 Dorsey & Whitney Venture Showcase Award. Oberon FMR is preparing to produce a cost-effective, sustainable protein meal to serve as a replacement ingredient for fish meal in the production of feeds for the aquaculture industry – a consumer of more than $4 billion in fish meal.
Listen here for the Colorado Public Radio program where the six Venture Showcase finalists and Christine Shapard (to come) from the CBSA were interviewed.
G. Steven Burrill, Burrill and Company presented a future vision for the life science industry that was challenging and at the same time provided….. Click here for Burrill’s presentation.
Ernst & Young’s Washington Council partner Richard Meltzer has been a player in DC on federal health care issues for a long time. His presentation here provided the BioWest audience with an idea of what to expect from the new president, federal agencies and congress.
Over 300 individuals attended the CBSA’s first ever career fair and met with 24 companies looking for employees. This was so successful that it will become an annual event.

Exhibitor Information

Aerotek, Inc.	Colorado State University	ISEC, Incorporated	PROMOTECH
Arapahoe/Douglas Works!	CoorsTek Technical Ceramics	Jefferson Economic Council	Quest Product Development
BeamOne, LLC	CRB Engineers & Builders	Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.	Regenerative Sciences
Bridge Laboratories	Ernst & Young	Leeds Precision Instruments, Inc.	Reglera
Byers Peak, Inc.	Eurofins Medinet	Leo A Daly	Regulus Pharmaceutical Consulting
Canadian Consulate General - Denver	Extronex Inc. Equipment Remarketers	Mikron Corporation Denver	Sharklet Technologies
Capital Advisors Group	Gilead	Montana BioScience Alliance	Sheridan Ross
CGL - Concert Group Logistics	Guava Technologies	MPI Research	The Neenan Company
CH2M HILL	Haselden Construction, LLC	National Jewish Health	Tissue Genetics, Inc
Colorado Histo-Prep	HDR Architecture, Inc.	Neudesic	Ubiquity
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade	Trelleborg Sealing Solutions	Nikon Instruments Inc	University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office
Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons	InB:Hauser Pharmaceutical Services	PhRMA	World Courier, Inc.
Colorado State University School of Biomedical Engineering	TOLMAR, Inc.	Professional Placement Partners