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Sponsorship and Display Opportunities Available
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The 3rd
SoCalBio Human Resources Conference
February
26, 2009
Irvine Marriott in Orange County
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Jack Midgley, VP,
TriNet Leads a Discussion on the HR Realities of
Small and Mdium-Size Firms
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Organized annually by the Southern California Biomedical
Council (SoCalBio), this HR conference provides a forum for
information sharing among HR executives in device and
biotech companies, HR service providers, bio-recruiters, educators, and
workforce training professionals to address human capital and employment needs of
Southern California's life-science
industry.
Available
Presentations:
Bioscience
Workforce Development in Southern
California, Where to Focus for Future Success:
The CEO Perspective
Talent
Management Trends in a Time
of Change and Uncertainty
Learning
and Development in the Current Economic Downturn
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Maintaining
robust partnerships between Southern
California academia and bioscience industry
by Susan Baxter, Ph.D., CSUPERB
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Industry-centered
training and education by Greg Dewey,
KGI and David Dyer, CSU Professional
Masters' Program
Internships
by Kent Smith, MannKind
Consultant, & Gary
Fujii,
Molecular GPS -
Talent-driven learning programs to
ensure workforce flexibility by Doug Perry, Consultant
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Learning on-demand and fostering
informal sources of learning including
e-learning by Rogelio Rodriguez, Director, Engineering and Science Programs,
UC Irvine
Extension
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Organizing Committee
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Diane Palumbo,
MannKind Corp.
(Committee Chair)
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Julie
Casciani, Xencor
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Sharon
Dalmage,
NOCCCD School of Continuing Education
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Kristin
Houser,
College of the Canyons
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Wendie
Johnston,
Ph.D., LA/Oramge County Biotechnology Center & Pasadena
City College
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Rogelio
Rodriguez, UCI
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Debora
Roland,
Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics
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Sandra
Sharp,
Ph.D., Cal State Los Angeles
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Christine Swinburne, MannKind
Corp.
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Who Should Attend
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Biotech, pharma and
medical device company executives
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HR professionals
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Service providers
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Educators
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Policy makers
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Economic development
professionals
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Media
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What Attendees Say |
| "The panels
drew together opinionated experts and their
presentations were timely, relevant, and
authoritative. As a result, best practices for
our particular organization could be gleaned
from the anecdotes and data presented." |
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"I found the conference very
beneficial for both industry and academia in
addressing the talent development pipeline."
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