SoCalBio Networking Forum

September 30, 2009
4:00 - 7:00 pm

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

Westlake Village Inn
31943 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361

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Program

Protecting and Leveraging Intellectual Property
Assets for Bioscience Companies

  • Learn "strategies" that will help you prepare to protect your company’s rights

  • Get tips on how to leverage IP assets in the current economy

  • Become familiar with the proposed “Patent Reform” legislation and the most controversial propositions

Moderator

  • Tracy Olmstead, President & CEO, Olmstead Williams Communications

Speakers

  • AnnaMarie Daniels, Vice President, Mentor Biologics

  • David Hankin, CEO, Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research

  • Michael Wise, Partner, Perkins Coie

Agenda:

4:00 pm      Registration & Cocktail Reception
5:15 pm      Introductions
5:30 pm      Presentations & Discussion
7:00 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.