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2007 Annual Meeting |
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September 26-28 |
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Jointly sponsored by: |
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Nashville Health Care Council |
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Nashville Technology Council |
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Nashville Capital Network |
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| Wed, September 26 - Pre-Meeting Seminar
and Reception-Cool Springs Life Sciences Center, 389-A Nichol Mill Lane,
Franklin, TN, 615.261.2880 |
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12:00 |
1:00 |
Registration |
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1:00 |
5:00 |
Life Science Intellectual Property Seminar (TNCLE credit
pending) |
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Life Science IP Valuation
& Damages |
Glenn Perdue, Chair |
Crowe Chizek |
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Generic Biologics and Other
Current FDA Topics |
Michael Druckman |
Hogan & Hartson |
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Life Science M&A Due
Diligence |
Tina McKeon |
Fish & Richardson |
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Life Science Patent
Prosecution |
Mark Graham, Julie Birdwell |
Leudeka Neely & Graham |
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4:00 |
5:00 |
Life Science Job Opportunities for New Graduates |
Leslie Wisner-Lynch DDS, DMSc |
BioMimetic Therapeutics |
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Adeola Davis |
TBA Student Chapter |
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5:00 |
7:00 |
Reception |
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IP Seminar Synopsis -Please click for IP program detail |
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| Thursday, September 27 - Kick-off of TBA
Annual-Cool Springs Marriot, 700 Cool Springs Blvd., Franklin, TN
615.261.6190 |
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7:00 |
8:00 |
Registration |
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8:00 |
8:10 |
Introductions and Welcome |
Robert Acuff, PhD |
TBA Board President |
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8:10 |
9:20 |
Biotech Across Tennessee Panel Discussion |
Russ Miller, Chair |
ORNL/Battelle/UT |
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Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson
City |
Jeff Bedard |
Del-Ray Dermotologicals |
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Knoxville/Oak Ridge |
John Hopkins, PhD |
UT Research Foundation |
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Chattanooga |
Jim Frierson |
Advanced Tech Transp. Inst. |
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Nashville |
Jennifer Birchmore |
VWR International |
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Memphis |
Scott Elmer |
St. Jude Children's Res. Hosp. |
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9:20 |
9:50 |
Morning Break |
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9:50 |
10:50 |
BioFuels: An Introduction |
Joe Gaines |
TN Dept of Agriculture |
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To the Science |
Martin Keller, Ph.D. |
ORNL/Battelle/UT |
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To the Business |
Doug Nisley |
Crowe-Chizek |
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10:50 |
12:00 |
Market Opportunities with Biofuels and Biomaterials |
Jim Juetten, Chair |
DuPont |
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Large research company
perspective |
Steve Mirshak |
DuPont Tate & Lyle BioProducts Co. |
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Agricultural perspective |
Julius Johnson |
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation |
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Oil industry perspective |
Mike Williams |
Tennessee Petroleum Institute |
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Start-up supplier perspective |
Brian DeBusk, Ph.D. |
Pace Energy |
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12:00 |
1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 |
1:45 |
Keynote: The BioFuel Opportunity in Tennessee |
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1:45 |
3:30 |
Getting Paid: understanding reimbursement, drugs, biologics
& devices |
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Overview of the Reimbursement
Landscape |
Beth Roberts |
Hogan & Hartson |
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Biopharma specialty products
challenges |
Joyce Cleary, Chair |
Protherics |
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For new devices |
Neil Beals |
Medtronic Sofamor Danek |
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From the payor perspective |
Richard Mathis, PhD |
BlueCross BlueShield of Tenn |
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For current devices |
Sue Beth Murphree |
Consultant |
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3:30 |
4:00 |
Afternoon Break |
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4:00 |
5:00 |
Protein Discovery: Anatomy of an Early-Stage Deal |
Chuck Witkowski |
Protein Discovery |
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Venture perspective |
Stephen Snowdy, Ph.D. |
MB Venture Partners |
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Technology transfer perspective |
Brian Laden, PhD |
Vanderbilt University |
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5:00 |
5:15 |
Keynote: Biotechnology Industry Organ. Partnership with TN |
Jim Greenwood |
Biotechnology Industry Organ. |
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5:30 |
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Reception/Dinner |
Puckett's Grocery, 120 4th Ave. S., Franklin, 615/794-5527 |
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| Friday, September 28 |
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8:00 |
8:30 |
President's Report and Elections |
Robert Acuff, Ph.D. |
TBA Board President |
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8:30 |
10:00 |
Merger, Acquisition, and Licensing Activity: |
Dave Windley |
Jefferies |
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What Lies Ahead in Bio-Pharm? |
John Bellamy |
Graceway Pharmaceuticals |
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Saul Komisar |
Protherics, Inc. |
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Hunter Rost |
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP |
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Keith Gregg |
Bio-Pharm Dev Grp |
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10:00 |
10:30 |
Morning Break |
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10:30 |
11:45 |
Bio-Pharm Strategic Alliances: The Pfizer Perspective |
Joe Zorzoli |
Pfizer |
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David Rosen, D.V.M. |
Pfizer |
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11:45 |
12:00 |
Thanks and Final Comments - Adjourned |
Robert Acuff, Ph.D. |
TBA Board President |
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12:00 |
2:30 |
Board of Directors Lunch and Meeting |
Robert Acuff, Ph.D. |
TBA Board President |
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