Schedule

Biotech 2023 Schedule

Day 0: Sunday, June 25

5:30–7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception & Registration for State Teams
St. Gregory Hotel

Day 1: Monday, June 26

Virtual attendance: The Whova platform will be used for a hybrid attendee experience. Q&A from both in-person and virtual attendees will be available to the moderator for live questions.

8:30–9:00 a.m.
Registration and Networking
Foyer & Great Hall
9:00–9:25 a.m.
Welcome and “The Big Picture”
LINNEA FLETCHER, Ph.D.
Executive Director of InnovATEBIO, The National Biotechnology Center
BRYANT M. MOORE, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Partnerships, UNC Office of Technology Commercialization
Auditorium
9:30–10:15 a.m.
Keynote: Lessons from Becoming a Biopharm Giant: Life Before and After Regeneron
GEORGE YANCOPOULOS, MD, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron & Special Guest
Auditorium
10:15–10:30 a.m.
Keynote Q&A
10:30–11:00 a.m.
Networking Break and Student Posters
Great Hall and West Court
11:00–11:45 a.m.
Community Colleges as the Bridge to the Bioscience Future (Includes Q&A)
RICHARD RHODES Ph.D.
Chancellor, Austin Community College
Auditorium
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Bio-Health – Topic: Regenerating human cells, tissues, and organs
ANTHONY ATALA, MD
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Auditorium
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Networking Break and Student Posters
Box Lunches Available (Great Hall)
Great Hall and West Court
1:30–2:00 p.m.
Meet the Alumni: Fireside Chat
Linnea Fletcher, Moderator
Tina Arms (TX), Kathy Proctor (NC), KBI Biopharma
Julia Monreal (WA), Partner Therapeutics
Mandi Waringa (NY), IFF
Alumni from CA (Terri Q recruiting)
Auditorium
2:00–2:10 p.m.
Bio-Health Q&A
Auditorium
2:15–2:45 p.m.
Bio-Health - Topic: Using AI to Engineer Human Antibodies
MONICA BERRONDO, Ph.D.
CEO, MacroMoltek
Auditorium
2:45–2:55 p.m.
Bio-Health Q&A
Auditorium
3:00–3:30 p.m.
Networking Break and Student Posters
Student Posters in West Court
Great Hall and West Court
3:30–4:00 p.m.
Bio-Industrial - Topic: The emerging trends in bio-industrial manufacturing and impact on technician training
DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN Ph.D.
CEO, BioMADE
Auditorium
4:00–4:10 p.m.
Bio-Industrial Q&A
Auditorium
4:15–4:45 p.m.
Bio-Industrial - Topic: Cell-based food and protein innovation
BRUCE FRIEDRICH JD
Founder and CEO, Good Food Institute
Auditorium
4:45–4:55 p.m.
Bio-Industrial Q&A
Auditorium
4:55–5:15 p.m.
Recap of the Day: Incorporating Emerging Trends into Biotech Workforce Development
BRYANT MOORE Ph.D.
LINNEA FLETCHER Ph.D.
Auditorium
5:15 p.m.
Adjournment
Auditorium
5:15–6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception Among State Teams, Industry, Students, Alumni, and Government
Will feature resource tables for Manufacturing Institutes, industry sponsors, and ATE program
Great Hall

Day 2: Tuesday, June 27 - State Taskforce Meetings

8:30–9:30 a.m.
John Carrese, Day 2 Moderator
Developing Effective Bioscience Workforce Partnerships to Build Your State’s Talent Pipeline
West Court
9:30–10:00 a.m.
National Workforce Trends: Setting the Stage with Key findings from the CSBI Life Sciences Workforce Trends Report
LIISA BOZINOVIC
Executive Director, Oregon Bioscience Association
10:00–10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
West Court
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Best Practice Panels: (1) Successful Hiring Partnerships; (2) Successful Student Recruitment Strategies; (3) Resources to Support Bioscience Talent Pipeline Development
West Court
12:00–1:15 p.m.
Lunch with featured speaker
West Court
1:15–3:15 p.m.
State Taskforce Team Action Planning
Rooms 120&125
3:15–3:30 p.m.
Networking Break
West Court
3:30–4:00 p.m.
State Taskforce Teams: Action Plan Presentations
West Court
4:00–4:30 p.m.
Reflection of Day 2: State Taskforces Moving Forward
West Court
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
West Court
6:00 p.m.
Dinner Presentation: The Importance of Creating a Diverse Workforce
St. Gregory

Day 3: Wednesday June 28 - Executive Team

8:30–11:30 a.m.
Recap: Action Planning, Strategies, and Next Steps
St. Gregory Hotel
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn