| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| Time |
Location |
Event |
| 11:00 am |
Lancaster Room |
Conference Registration Open |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm |
Wellington Ballroom |
Ernst and Young
Biotechnology Industry Report |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
East Ballroom |
Life Science Association of Manitoba Seminar |
| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Harrow/Essex/Canterbury |
One on one meetings |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
East Ballroom |
Welcoming Reception |
| 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
West/Midway Ballroom |
Welcoming Dinner
Keynote Speaker: David Bolinsky, Medical Director and
Co-Founder, XVIVO |
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| Time |
Location |
Event |
| 7:00 am |
Lancaster Room |
Conference Registration Open |
| 8:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Wellington Ballroom |
Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 am – 9:30 am |
West/Midway Ballroom |
Biomedical Commercialization Canada Challenge Event |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am |
East Ballroom |
Business Program Breakout 1A
Buying and Licensing Innovative Solutions and Technology |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am |
Harrow/Essex/Canterbury |
Business Program Breakout 1B
Training Innovative Teams |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am |
Mezzanine Foyer |
Coffee Break and Networking |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon |
East Ballroom |
Business Program Breakout 2A
Protecting Innovation |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon |
Harrow/Essex/Canterbury |
Business Program Breakout 2B
Hiring Innovators |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm |
West/Midway Ballroom |
Lunch Plenary
Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Professor, The Rockefeller
University, New York, NY, 2005 Gairdner International
Awardee |
| 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm |
Lombard Room |
Post Secondary Student Program |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
East Ballroom |
Business Program Breakout 3A
Building a Culture of Innovation in Your Community
Ross Wallace, Director, Strategic Partnerships,
MaRS Discovery District |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Mezzanine Foyer |
Coffee Break and Networking |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
East Ballroom |
Business Program Breakout 4A
Commercializing Innovation
Jeff Grogg, Principal Consultant, JPG Resources, Director,
Research and Development, Kellogg Health and Wellness |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Mezzanine Foyer |
Closing Reception
Announcement of the Winner of the Biomedical Commercialization Canada Challenge Event
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