2008 BioWest Conference

Thank you to the over 700 bioscience community executives that participated in BioWest 2008. A few highlights follow:

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.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 Friday, November 14, 2008

7:30—8:30am 2nd Floor, Grand Hyatt	Registration
8:30—9:45am Imperial Ballroom	Founder’s Breakfast G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company sponsored by:
10:00—11:00am Grand Ballroom	Venture Competition –3 Start-Ups sponsored by:
11:15—11:45am	Expo Hall Networking sponsored by:
12:00 – 1:30pm Imperial Ballroom	Luncheon Guy Kawasaki, The Art Of Innovation sponsored by:
1:45—2:45pm Grand Ballroom	Venture Competition –3 Start-Ups sponsored by:
3:00—3:30pm	Expo Hall Networking sponsored by:
3:30—4:30pm Grand Ballroom	Ernst & Young Looks at the Impact of the Election Richard Meltzer, Washington Council, Ernst& Young sponsored by: co-sponsor
4:30—6:15pm	Reception and Tech Transfer Posters sponsored by:
6:15—8:30pm Imperial Ballroom	Annual Awards Dinner Cooley Godward Keynote, Governor Bill Ritter

8:00—9:30am	Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors sponsored by:
9:45—11:15am Grand Ballroom	What are Large Pharma and Large Device Firms Looking For? Rick Brandl, Business Development, Medtronic Navigation TBD sponsored by:
11:30—1:00pm Imperial Ballroom	Grand Finale Luncheon T.R. Reid, Sick Around The World sponsored by:
1:00—4:00pm	Bioscience Job Fair Grand Hyatt, Pinnacle Club 555 17th Street, 37th Floor

Thank you to the over 700 bioscience community executives that participated in BioWest 2008. A few highlights follow:

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.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 Friday, November 14, 2008

7:30—8:30am

Registration

8:30—9:45am

Founder’s Breakfast

G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company sponsored by:

10:00—11:00am

Venture Competition –3 Start-Ups

11:15—11:45am

Expo Hall Networking

12:00 – 1:30pm

Luncheon

Guy Kawasaki, The Art Of Innovation

1:45—2:45pm

Venture Competition –3 Start-Ups

3:00—3:30pm

Expo Hall Networking

3:30—4:30pm

Ernst & Young Looks at the Impact of the Election Richard Meltzer, Washington Council, Ernst& Young

4:30—6:15pm

Reception and Tech Transfer Posters

6:15—8:30pm

Annual Awards Dinner

Cooley Godward Keynote, Governor Bill Ritter

8:00—9:30am

Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors

9:45—11:15am

What are Large Pharma and Large Device Firms Looking For?

Rick Brandl, Business Development, Medtronic Navigation TBD

11:30—1:00pm

Grand Finale Luncheon

T.R. Reid, Sick Around The World

1:00—4:00pm

Bioscience Job Fair

Grand Hyatt, Pinnacle Club 555 17th Street, 37th Floor

The CBSA is hosting a Job Fair on the afternoon of November 14, 2008. The Job Fair will be held at the Grand Hyatt (across the car park from main hotel) 555 17th Street, 37th Floor For more information, please contact Leah Kientz.

G. Steven Burrill, CEO,
Burrill & Company
sponsored by:

Venture Competition
–3 Start-Ups

Guy Kawasaki,
The Art Of Innovation

Venture Competition
–3 Start-Ups

Ernst & Young Looks at the Impact of the Election
Richard Meltzer,
Washington Council, Ernst& Young

What are Large Pharma
and Large Device Firms
Looking For?

Rick Brandl,
Business Development,
Medtronic Navigation

TBD

T.R. Reid,
Sick Around The World

Grand Hyatt, Pinnacle Club
555 17th Street, 37th Floor

The CBSA is hosting a Job Fair on the afternoon of November 14, 2008.
The Job Fair will be held at the Grand Hyatt (across the car park from main hotel)
555 17th Street, 37th Floor
For more information, please contact Leah Kientz.