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Agenda

All conference activities listed below will take place at The Ritz Carlton, Sarasota unless otherwise notedMore details will follow in the coming months.

 Monday, May 22   
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Pre Conference Welcome Dinner for Speakers and Sponsors Hosted by Florida Trend  
Tuesday, May 23  
7:00 AM -  8:00 AM  Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking  
8:00 AM -  8:10 AM  Welcome Remarks  
8:10 AM -   9:00 AM

 Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Robert Bell, Drug & Biotechnology Development, LLC: First in Line: Paving the Way for Generic Biologic Drug Products

9:00AM -   9:30 AM  Coffee Break, Networking  
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM  Session 1  

 Session

 1A

1B 

1C 

       

 Topics

 Trends in Technology Transfer:

 Accelerating and Commercializing Technology Innovation: 

 Bridging the Gap: Attracting and Growing Capital Intensive Businesses in FL:

 Moderators

 Kurt Moore-FSU

 Randolph E. Berridge- FHTCC

 Chris Paradies- Fowler White Boggs Banker

Panelists

John Fraser- FSU

Daniel P. Rini- Rini Tech

 Bill Dalton- Moffitt Cancer Center

  

  

 Bonny Harbinger- NIH

Kevin Bowling- Techwerks

Jim Mulé- Moffitt Tech Center

Glenn P. Ladwig- Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik 

Robert R. Gruetzmacher- DuPont

  Jeanie McGuire- FAU

 Michael Otworth- XL TechGroup

 

 Rich Swier- Startup Florida

10:45 AM -  11:00 AM      

 Quick Break

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

 Session II

 Session

2A 

2B

 2C

       

 Topics

 Strategies for Marketing Technology:

 Licensing of Software and Multi-Media Works:

  International Technology Transfer: 

Moderators

 Lynda Keever- Florida Trend

 Robert Bain- Senniger Powers

 Christopher Banas- UTEK

 Panelists

Jane Muir- UF

Chris Stapleton- UCF

 Nikki Borman- PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

 

Pete Martinez- IBM

Ben Noel- FIEA

Allan Jarry- NEOs in Chile 

William Porter- UTEK

Lawrence Rosen- Open Source Movement

 Clemens Caicedo- Merck & Company Inc

 Steve Spina- Intel

 Steve Blum- Universal Creative

 Sam Liao- Sanofi Pasteur

   
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch and Keynote Speaker  

Dr. Walter H. Moos, SRI: Bridging the Valley of Death:  From Idea to IND

 
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  University/Institute Briefings I  

 University/ Institution

Presenter

Abstract 

 Session 3A- Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals

 Moderator- Franklin Garcia-Godoy, Professor & Associate Dean for Research, NSU College of Dental Medicine

USF

Shyam S. Mohapatra

Joy McCann Culverhouse Airway Disease Center

USF

Paul R. Sanberg   

  Center for Aging and Brain Repair

NSU

Patrick C. Hardigan

Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals  

UF

  William Cance

Laboratory of Signal Transduction & Cancer  

UF

 Anatoly Martynyuk 

Epilepsy  

 Session 3B- Engineering and Materials Science

 Moderator- Tom O'Neal, Vice President of Research at University of Central Florida

 FAU

Jeanie L. McGuire 

 Center for Coastline Security

FIU

Jose Almirall

International Forensic Research Institute

FSU

Kurt R. Moore

Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (FAC2T)

UCF

Jim Pearson 

CREOL & FPCE 

UNF

 Jay Huebner

Rapid Response Networked Sensors for Multiple Applications

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM           Quick Break 
3:45 PM- 5:15 PM          University/ Institute Briefings II

 University/ Institution

Presenter 

 Abstract

Session 4A- Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals
 Moderator- Richard Bridge, Partner Senniger Powers

 Scripps

Ray Carpenter   

Translational Research Institute   

 USF

Ed Turos

Drug Discovery/ Chemisty 

UF

Edward Scott  

Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine  

FAMU

Seth Y. Ablordeppey  

Drug Discovery Research Unit  

 Session 4B- Medical Devices and other Biomedical Areas

Moderator- Fred Hutchison, Hutchison Law Group

 FIU

 Richard T. Schoephoerster

Department of Biomedical Engineering

 FSU

 Gilbert R. Case 

Department of Chemistry and Neurosciences Program

 UM

Bin Yan

Center for Translational Research

 USF

 

Medical Device Capabilites 

 UM

Gary S. Margules 

Cardiovascular Surgery and Interventional Cardiology 

 NSU

 Peter E. Murray

 Tissue Engineering Laboratory

  Session 4C- Information/ Communication Technology
 Moderator- Brent Britton, Akerman Senterfitt

 FAU

 Steven G.  Nappi

Imaging Technology Center

 UCF

Tom O'Neal 

Information and Communication  

 UNF

 Patrick T. Welsh

Advanced Weather Information Systems Lab

 USF

Lawrence Langebrake 

Center of Ocean Technology

 UWF

 Richard Podemski

Computer Based Educational Systems

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM  Closing Remarks
Conference Concludes -See You in 2007!

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