EVENT SCHEDULE

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Complete details on each of the events follows the schedule below.

2008 Events

APRIL

April 22 - May 21 - "From Lab to IPO" The High-Impact Venture-Backable Startup
A FREE online lecture series on what Grad Students, Researchers, Faculty and Inventors need to know to commercialize intellectual property in a Biotech or Hi-Tech Startup Company. Whether planning a startup or just being a strategic employee who receives stock options, this online lecture series deals with what you need to know to succeed. It discusses the practical and legal issues that you will deal with every day in taking a great idea from the lab and creating (or working for) a successful high-impact, venture-backable biotech or hi-tech company. Attendees are provided with online lectures and readings to enable them to identify the major issues in organizing a business venture around intellectual property, including employment agreements, stock options, angel and venture capital, IPOs and tech transfer from university/government labs. For more information or to register visit http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/from-lab-to-ipo-the-high-impact-venture-backable-startup/ .

MAY

May 8 - Pre-Seed Workshop
Commercialization program for high-tech business concepts by invitation at the Center of Excellence (COE).  Opening Dinner May 8th, 5-8 pm, COE 2nd floor; Day 1 May 9th  7:30 am- 5:00 pm Zebro Room; Day 2 May 16th 7:30 am – 6:30 pm Zebro Room.. For questions, please contact lavigne2@buffalo.edu.

May 15 - BNMC Wellness on Wednesdays: Buffalo Welfest @ the Buffalo Convention Center
Join the BNMC for noon-time wellness seminars on valuable and informative health topics. Wellness on Wednesdays is free and open to the public. Light meal will be provided. Contact the BNMC for more details (716/881-8920) or visit the BNMC website.

May 21 - BNMC Wellness on Wednesdays: Walking on Wednesday Begins/National Employee Health & Fitness Day @ Kaminski Park
Join the BNMC for noon-time wellness seminars on valuable and informative health topics. Wellness on Wednesdays is free and open to the public. Light meal will be provided. Contact the BNMC for more details (716/881-8920) or visit the BNMC website.

May 22 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation: A Year in Review from One of the Region’s Newest Biotech Companies
Join us for our May Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Mike Zwick, CEO, will be presenting on AndroBioSys and their growth in the past year.  AndroBioSys is one of regions newest biotech companies.  They focus on identifying specific targets in prostate tumors, which may be developed to improve prostate cancer treatment.  This event is free and open to the public. To register or for more information contact us at cbi-info@buffalo.edu. 

May 22 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

JUNE

June 5 - 2008 Life Sciences Industry Summit
The 2008 Life Sciences Industry Summit is a premier one-day gathering for key industry professionals to interact and discuss issues of strategic importance to the future of the life sciences industry.  Attend comprehensive sessions within several compelling seminar tracks.  For more information or to register please visit the website http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/educWork/summit2008/index.html.

June 6 – UB Business Partners Day
Learn how the university advances economic growth and business development in its partnerships with industry throughout Buffalo Niagara. View exhibits and attend workshops where you’ll discover the groundbreaking research as well as the successful university collaborations with business, government, and community entities.  Workshops and Exhibits scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-noon, with sessions focused on how your business can benefit by becoming a partner with UB, are free and open to the public.  Workshops will take place at the Hyatt Regency, 2 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo.  

Luncheon Program, scheduled from noon to 1:30PM, will be $50 per person and is entitled Building the Knowledge Economy in Upstate New York.  The keynote speaker will be Daniel C. Gundersen, Upstate chair of Empire State Development. To register for the luncheon and learn more about the workshops visit www.buffalo.edu/YourBusiness.

June 10 - Life Science Downtown Buffalo Showcase & Expo
The event will be held on Tuesday June 10 in the Zebro Room at Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics & Pharmacology, 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203.  Program time and details coming soon.

June 19 – HWI Seminar Series
Please join Dr. Helen Berman from Rutgers University for a presentation to be announced. Program begins at 4:00pm with a reception to follow. Series is held at the Hauptman-Woodward Institute 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. 

SEPTEMBER

September 25 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our September Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

September 25 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at Ulrich's Tavern, 674 Ellicott Street, at the corner of Ellicott and Virginia Streets. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

OCTOBER

October 23- Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our October Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

October 23 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

NOVEMBER

November 20- Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our November Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

November 20 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at Ulrich's Tavern, 674 Ellicott Street, at the corner of Ellicott and Virginia Streets. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

DECEMBER

December 11 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our December Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

December 11 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

News

NCI Awards Grant for Photodynamic Therapy Research
05/07/2008 - BUFFALO, NY – The National Cancer Institute has awarded Ravi, Pandey, PhD, a five-year, $2.9 million grant to identify multifunctional photosensitizers for image-guided photodynamic therapy of brain and other tumors...[Read On...]

Reception to Honor UB's Inventors, Entrepreneurs
05/04/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo and its Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) will recognize the research and commercialization achievements of faculty members at the annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception to be held from 4-6 p.m. May 5 in The Buffalo Club, 388 Delaware Ave...[Read On]

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Events

May 22 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation: A Year in Review from One of the Region’s Newest Biotech Companies
Join us for our May Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Mike Zwick, CEO, will be presenting on AndroBioSys and their growth in the past year.  AndroBioSys is one of regions newest biotech companies.  They focus on identifying specific targets in prostate tumors, which may be developed to improve prostate cancer treatment.  This event is free and open to the public. To register or for more information contact us at cbi-info@buffalo.edu. 

May 22 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.


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