Corporate Forum Agenda

WPI Campus Center, Odeum
March 20, 2006

8:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome & Opening Remarks Carol Simpson, Provost, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
9:10 a.m.	The Future of Life Sciences and Bioengineering at WPI Eric Overström, Department Head, Biology & Biotechnology, WPI Grant McGimpsey, Director, WPI Bioengineering Institute
9:30 a.m.	Plenary Speakers Thomas Finneran, President, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Laura Allen, Director of Policy & Programs, MassMEDIC
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Panel Session Moderated by Eric Overström and Grant McGimpsey Panels, comprised of industry leaders from both large and small biotech and medical device companies, will address the biggest challenges and opportunities in the healthcare marketplace over the next 5 years, including personnel needs and the climate for R&D collaboration. A roundtable discussion will follow the presentations. CellThera, Inc., Tanja Dominko, President Cytyc Corporation, Theodore R. Allen, Patent Counsel Genzyme Corporation, Michael Ceiro, Director, Business Development Nomir Medical Technologies, Inc., Richard Burtt, CEO
Noon	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Welcome from WPI's President Dennis D. Berkey, President, WPI
1:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Congressman James P. McGovern, Mass. 3rd District
1:45 p.m.	Panel Session Moderated by Eric Overström and Grant McGimpsey Continuation of morning format. Roundtable discussion. Abbott Bioresearch, TBD Charles River Labs, Stephen Cornell, Director ECI Biotech, Mitchell Sanders, Executive Vice President Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Darrell Ricke, Executive Director
3:00 p.m.	Summary Carol Simpson, Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, WPI
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Networking Reception

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