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