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NC State College of Management’s Sixth Annual BioSciences Forum to be Held Oct. 29

Submitted by: Anna Rzewnicki on Oct 20, 2010 at 3:02 pm Tagged with: biosciences, BioSciences Management Initiative, Biotechnology, Businesses Management, North Carolina State University College of Management Source: North Carolina State University College of Management

The Sixth Annual BioSciences Forum will be held on Friday, October 29, 2010, at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

The BioSciences Management Initiative at the NC State College of Management presents the annual forum to provide an opportunity for open discussion of management issues unique to the biotechnology and biosciences industries. There is no charge to attend the event, but pre-registration is required. Registration and other details are available on the NC State College of Management’s website, www.mgt.ncsu.edu/events.

The bioscience industries are complex, fast-evolving, highly entrepreneurial, science-driven, and ethically-charged. As a group, they are arguably the most important technology of the next 20 years. Industry leaders and managers, entrepreneurs, investors, graduate students, faculty, and others interested in the biosciences industries would benefit from the presentations and networking at the BioSciences Forum.

Following are the featured speakers for this year’s event.

- Nick Hammond, vice president, product development and sustainable development , Environmental Science, a business of Bayer CropScience
- Mary Kuhn, executive vice president, operations, Talecris Biotherapeutics
- Ed Macko, director and chief technology officer, IBM Life Sciences and Healthcare Solutions
- George A. Scangos, chief executive officer, Biogen Idec

Providing sponsorship support are Bayer CropScience, Biogen Idec, Eisai and North Carolina Biotechnology Center, which also is a co-host of this event.