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Foley Hoag in the Exhibition Hall
Stop by Booth #3213 in the San Diego Convention Center and get the latest information on our life sciences services, register to win an Amazon Kindle™, and take our second annual survey on Terms and Trends in Patent License Agreements with Universities and Other Research Institutions — also available to take online here.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 — 3:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 — 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 — 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, June 20, 2008 — 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Foley Hoag on the Podium
Foley Hoag lawyers will moderate three sessions at BIO 2008 on timely topics in the IP/Legal, Policy and Business Development tracks.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 30C
A Case Study of a Biotechnology-Related Action Before the International Trade Commission
DeAnn Smith will chair this panel in the IP/Legal track. Panelists include Tom Schaumberg, Partner, Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP; Thomas Fusco, Esq., Supervisory Attorney, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, US International Trade Commission; and Dave Djavaherian, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Tessera, Inc.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Room 25A
Regulating the Future of Diagnostics
Paul Kim will chair this panel in the Policy track. Panelists include Sharon Terry, President & CEO, Genetic Alliance; and Amy DuRoss, Head of Policy and Business Affairs, Navigenics, Inc. Bruce Quinn, PhD, MD, Senior Health Policy Specialist at Foley Hoag, will also participate in this discussion.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Room 33 ABC
Virtues and Vices of Virtual Biotechnology Companies
Jeff Quillen will chair this panel in the Business Development track. Panelists include Amir Nashat, Principal, Polaris Venture Partners; Steve Bollinger, President, Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc.; Robert Crane, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Predictive Biosciences, Inc.; and Bijan Salehizadeh, MD, Partner, Highland Capital Partners Inc.
BIO 2008 will be held at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. Click here for the BIO 2008 event brochure or visit the BIO 2008 Web site at bio.org.