SoCalBio Networking Forum in Los Angeles

December 15, 2009
5:00 - 8:00 pm
UCLA Faculty Center
http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/directions.htm

Admission: Non-Member= $75     SoCalBio Member= $40   Academic/Gov./Nonprofit= $40

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As the last event of the year, SoCalBio is offering a festive Holiday Dinner Business Mixer. We farewell 2009 and salute a prosperous new year to everyone. Thank you for your participation in our events through the year. Please join us for this special holiday event.

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Program

California's Competitiveness in a Changing Global Economy:
Advantages and Disadvantages Beyond the Current Economic Downturn

Speaker

James Flanigan
Business Columnist
New York Times

James Flanigan, business columnist for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and other publications, has covered national and international business and economics for 44 years. He is the author of Smile Southern California, You're the Center of the Universe: The Los Angeles Region and the Transformation of the World Economy.

Agenda:

5:00 pm      Registration & Cocktail Reception
6:00 pm      Sit-Down Holiday Dinner
6:30 pm      Introductions
6:45 pm      Keynote Presentation
7:30 pm      Discussion
8:00 pm      Forum Adjourns

Sponsors
Wells Fargo

Organized by the Southern California Biomedical Council, the SoCalBio Networking Forum is a monthly business mixer that brings together leaders from all segments of the life-science industry to share insights and learn about:

  • Innovation best practices
  • Device and biotech business trends
  • Technology convergence opportunities, and
  • Broad-reaching public policies shaping the commercialization of innovations and healthcare service delivery in the U.S. and abroad.

For more information, contact Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, Southern California Biomedical Council at 213-236-4890 or send e-mail to scbc@socalbio.org.