European Commission

March 16-18
Downtown San Francisco
Sir Francis Drake Hotel

The NPA is honored to announce that the 2012 Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker will be Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher, Science.

Registration is now open. Follow this link for more information.

For its 19th International Conference of Europeanists, the Council for European Studies (CES) is calling for proposals that reflect upon and explore the variety of diversities within Europe: political, administrative, legal, geographic, economic, social, cultural, intellectual, and identitarian.  CES welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe broadly defined and encourages submissions in the widest range of disciplines and with configurations that transcend disciplinary, national and generational boundaries. More

Proposals may be submitted between August 15, 2011 and October 1, 2011.  Participants will be notified of the Committee’s decisions by December 10, 2011. 

Dublin will host the EuroScience Open Forum 2012 (ESOF 2012) from the 11th to the 15th of July www.dublinscience2012.ie

The call for scientific session proposals is now open.

To submit a proposal, please follow the link to www.dublinscience2012.ie/calls where you will find the call document with instructions on how to make a submission.

The deadline is the 30th of June 2011. Should you require any additional information, please contact conference organizers at info@esof2012.org

French Bio Bay (www.frenchbiobay.com), MSL Group and the French American Chamber of Commerce are pleased to invite you at Publicis in San Francisco for an exciting Summer Mixer this July 12th, 2011.

Come hear Dr. Heather Koshinsky – CSO/Co-Founder, Eureka Genomics, give a brief presentation of her team’s recent work.

Then keep with us for a sampling of some excellent wine, as you meet and connect with other members of the Bay Area Life Science community.

Hors-d’oeuvres will also be served.

Date: Tuesday 12 July 2011 - 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: 2001 Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Registration: http://www.faccsf.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=191

Additional biotech/life science events in the San Francisco Bay Area are listed on the French Bio Bay website at: http://www.frenchbiobay.com/

The deadline for the submission of your abstract to the 4th International Symposium on Physical Sciences in Space (ISPS-4) is 31 January 2011.
The Symposium will take place 11-15 July 2011 in Bad-Godesberg, Bonn, Germany.
More relevant information on the Symposium and the on-line abstract submission form is available at the website: http://www.congrex.nl/11A02/

Featuring: Boston University
"Lessons from the Trenches: Learn from Three Boston University Serial Faculty-Entrepreneurs"
Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 1:00 to 2:30 PM EDT
The Faculty Entrepreneur Webinar Series allows faculty entrepreneurs a venue to share research commercialization know-how with their peers. Each month 2 or 3 faculty entrepreneurs talk about their startup/SBIR experiences to an audience of science and technology (S&T) faculty and students.

Click here to register for this webinar (or go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/489517666)

COST OF THE WEBINAR: Free, but registration required.

Presenters:

Tom Bifano
Director, Photonics Center
Boston University

Jack Murphy
Chief of Molecular Medicine
Boston University

Jackie Sharon
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Boston University

About this Webinar
Join us as we hear from serial faculty-entrepreneurs from Boston University. Learn about their experiences, lessons learned and moments of elation as they overcome the challenges of bringing their discoveries from the lab to commercialization. This webinar will feature three faculty-entrepreneurs: Tom Bifano is Director of BU’s Photonics Center. He has founded three companies, Prism Corporation, Telekos, Inc. and most recently Boston Micromachines Corporation, whose deformable mirrors power most high resolution, terrestrial astronomical telescopes. Jack Murphy is Chief of Molecular Medicine. His technology became the focus of Seragen when the company was restarted in 1986, which resulted in the marketed cancer drug ONTAK, currently sold by Eisai. He also founded Advanced Microbial Solutions, Inc. and most recently Anjin Corporation. And Jackie Sharon, a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Her technology was the initial focus of Symphogen in Copenhagen, Denmark and is the basis for their first two products, which are currently in Phase II clinical development.

About the Series:
The Faculty Entrepreneur Webinar Series allows faculty entrepreneurs a venue to share research commercialization know-how with their peers. Each month 2 or 3 faculty entrepreneurs will talk about their startup/SBIR experiences to an audience of science and technology (S&T) faculty and students.

The purpose of the series is to help researchers understand research commercialization, so that faculty members can create SBIR startups, and so that grad students and post-docs can smoothly transition into industry jobs after they graduate.

Faculty entrepreneurs are important because:

• each year over 600 university startups are created in the U.S. based on federally funded R&D, which have included such major companies such as Google, Netscape, Genentech, Lycos, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, and Cisco Systems
• up to 80% of life-sciences SBIRs have university involvement (including faculty founders, student employees, and technology licensing)
• more than three quarters of the post-1995 increase in productivity growth could be traced to science investments that were commercialized
• university startups are much more successful and have a bigger impact than most other startup companies
• between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S. were created by new young firms

Want to present on a future show? If you are a faculty entrepreneur who has created a startup (and/or received SBIR funding) and would like to share your experiences (good or bad) with your peers, please provide a very brief email to support@ncet2.org.

COST OF THE WEBINAR: Free, but registration required.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: Entrepreneurial faculty, students, and postdocs; Technology Commercialization Officers and their staff; Chief operating or executive officers of university startup companies; university administrators seeking to enhance innovation and impact; and any one else interested in how faculty and universities participate in the innovation economy.

For more information about this webinar contact support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

Click here to register or visit http://center.ncet2.org

A practical step-by-step, four-hour online "How-To" workshop over two evenings to help researchers, faculty members, graduate students, post-docs and entrepreneurs create a SBIR company and apply to the NIH SBIR program in August or December of 2011. This workshop includes a post-course review of the applicant's proposed SBIR application by our experts before submission to the NIH. [We will be doing a similar "How-To" workshop for NSF SBIR submissions in the near future if your research is not NIH related].
This course is offered at the cost of $995 and includes:

1. The 2 online classes,
2. The Research Commercialization & SBIR Center's NIH "How-To" Manual, and
3. A post-course proposal review by our experts

For more information about this workshop contact support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

The NIH SBIR/STTR program is one of the federal government's best mechanisms to continue funding innovative life science research after traditional research funding has been exhausted. The objective of the program is to dramatically increase the impact of innovations derived from original federally funded R&D, and as such is an ideal program to fund university commercialization of research though new university/faculty/student startup companies. Phase I can be for up to $150,000 for 6 months. Phase II can be for up to $1 million for 2 years. After Phase I and II, the company should have eliminated enough technical and scientific risk of the original research that the company is ready for outside investor funding or product sales in the company sustainability final Phase III of the SBIR program.

Every graduating science & technology student should consider the SBIR program as an excellent way to continue working in their specific area of research after graduating. It is increasingly difficult for students to find employment after leaving the university that utilizes the particular research expertise acquired during their studies. The SBIR program not only allows students to continue their specific research outside the university, but usually accommodates doing so with the same people and university laboratory. Foreign students are also encouraged to participate in the SBIR program.

Not sure if the SBIR program can work for you? If you are working or have worked on a NIH or NSF funded research grant, you most likely are eligible for the SBIR program. However, please feel free to send us an email at support@ncet2.org and we'll help you understand the program better and decide if it is right for you.


Instructor:
Tony Stanco
Executive Director
National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)

The Workshop deals with:

1. How to navigate and complete the NIH SBIR submission process
2. How to incorporate your company and setup the necessary bylaws, resolutions and agreements to organize and run your business, including initial employment agreements, licensing agreements, trademark searches and securing a website domain name
3. How to develop a business plan
4. How to navigate the unique features of dealing with the university research environment
5. How to formulate a winning patent strategy for the SBIR company

Specific topics during the two-day workshop:

• How to develop a business plan and roadmap to succeed, including strategy and vision, commercialization plan, corporate alliances, angel investor and venture capital
• How to perform trademark searches to determine a non-infringing business name
• Securing a domain name for your company
• Determining your business structure and registering it with the appropriate authorities
• Successfully submitting your grant application electronically
• What's needed for certification of small business eligibility
• Obtaining an Employer Identification Number
• Setting up a business bank account
• Obtaining a DUNS number
• Obtaining Central Contractor Registration
• Who should be the Authorized Organization Representative
• Registering at Grants.gov
• Registering at eRA Commons
• How can full-time university faculty organize the SBIR company to comply with the 51% SBIR employment requirement for the PI
• How can recently graduated students and post docs be involved in the SBIR program
• How to address university conflict of interest policies
• What to look for in prior or existing employment or consulting agreements concerning intellectual property assignments, non compete provisions and confidentiality provisions before applying to the SBIR program
• What do you need to discuss with your university or employer before applying to the SBIR program
• How do you license prior research or other strategic assets from your university to support the SBIR application
• What are the formal specifications you must comply with to not have your proposal automatically rejected without review
• How to complete the SF424 Research and Related (R&R) Forms
• How to complete the PHS 398 components of the SBIR proposal
• How are SBIR grants different from other research grants
• Difference between SBIR contracts and SBIR grants
• How to protect confidential information with provisional patents before you file and in the SBIR application
• Understanding reviewers and the peer review process in the SBIR context
• Evaluation criteria for NIH SBIRs
• Elements of the Work Plan
• What needs to be included with regard to commercialization
• How to prepare the SBIR budget including indirect costs
• How to set up required accounting systems
• NIH SBIR/STTR Receipt and Referral Processes
• NIH SBIR/STTR Review Process
• Post award compliance, administration and accounting for SBIR/STTR Grantees

(*) This workshop also includes a post-course proposal review by NCET2 experts

Who should take this Workshop?

This workshop is ideal for successful S&T faculty members, graduating S&T students, post-docs and entrepreneurs, who have a plan for high impact innovative research that NIH would be interested in.

Class Schedule:

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET

Costs:

This course is offered at the cost of $995 and includes:

4. The 2 online classes,
5. The Research Commercialization & SBIR Center's NIH "How-To" Manual, and
6. A post-course proposal review by our experts

For more information about this workshop contact support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

* If you are unable to view/click on the registration link, please contact us at support@ncet.org

Call for papers

For decades, scholars interested in Europe have concentrated their attention on state comparisons and on the institutionalization of the European Union.  As the second decade of the second millennium gets under way, we can no longer neglect the deep transformations in Europe’s society that have followed the joint processes of globalization and European integration.  Transnationalization is the word that arguably best captures these transformations, for it encapsulates at once the broadening of the Europeans’ economic, political, social, and cultural experiences that has taken place in the last two to three decades.  The rise of these transnational pressures and vectors of political pressure stands in tension with the political organization oriented around nation-states in Europe. Transnationalization on today’s scale is a recurring phenomenon in Europe’s history, however, and it works as well as a metaphor for previous periods in which local walls were destroyed and replaced by economic, political and social re-organization on a greater geographic scale.   In examining today’s transformations we are thus well-advised to revisit previous processes of transnationalization, so that the analysis of the present helps us understand the past and the analysis of the past helps us illuminate the present.

For the 2011 conference, the Council for European Studies (CES) welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe broadly defined. This year, for the second time, we are also entertaining the submission of panel clusters around a theme, giving participants the opportunity to create a mini-symposium within the conference (please no more than 4 panels per theme). Each panel proposal will be reviewed individually by the Program Committee, and each panel belonging to a cluster will be acknowledged as such in the conference program.

We encourage proposals in the widest range of disciplines; in particular, we welcome panels that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. The Committee will accept only two submissions per person. Panel proposals need to be submitted stating a chair and a discussant (can be the same person).

The Council for European Studies fosters and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, special events, and awards. The Council´s international conferences bring together scholars from a multitude of countries and a variety of fields for discussion and interdisciplinary exchange.

Deadlines and Submission Procedures:

Please submit all your proposals on the conference website between September 1, 2010 and October 10, 2010.  Note that each panel proposal must include abstracts for all individual papers, as well as a general description, a chair and a discussant.

More information on the conference will be available on the CES website www.ces.columbia.edu and in upcoming issues of the CES newsletter. You may subscribe to the newsletter here: www.ces.columbia.edu/members/indiv_members.html

Cathie Jo Martin, CES Chair
Boston University

Pepper Culpepper, Program Co-Chair
European University Institute

Juan Díez Medrano, Program Co-Chair
IBEI - Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals

Program Committee

Jürgen Gerhards, Committee Member
Freie Universität Berlin

Virginie Guiraudon, Committee Member
Lille Center for Politics, University North of France

Douglas Holmes, Committee Member
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Konrad H. Jarausch, Committee Member
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sophie Meunier, Committee Member
Princeton University

Levent Soysal, Committee Member
Kadir Has Üniversitesi

Francesca Trivellato, Committee Member
Yale University

You are cordially invited to attend an European researchers’ get-together

"The European Research Council and Its Funding Schemes," which will be held
on Tuesday, 28 June 2011, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, at the Embassy of Poland, 2640 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009.

The event, featuring ERC representatives, will introduce research grants from the European Research Council.  The program will include the following presentations:

Introductions by Professor Marek Konarzewski, Science Counselor, Embassy of Poland 
“Opportunities of the 7th Framework Program for EU Research: The European Research Council and its funding schemes” by Massimo Gaudina, Head of Communication, ERC
"ERC Starting Grant" by Dr. Eleni Zika, Research Program Officer, ERC
"ERC Advanced Grant" by Dr. Vaida Bankauskaite, Research Program Officer, ERC

Ample time will be allowed for questions and discussion with ERC representatives. We strongly encourage everyone interested in applying for the ERC research grant to attend the event

The event is co-organized by the Embassy of Poland, EURAXESS Links USA, Foundation for Polish Science and the European Research Council.
RSVP: washington.rsvp@msz.gov.pl by Monday, June 27.2011

For more information on co-organizers visit:
ERC:  http://erc.europa.eu/
EURAXESS Links USA:  http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/links/index_en.htm
FNP:  http://www.fnp.org.pl/

Presented by: University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) and The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)

“Science and Technology Research Funding Programs at Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm ET

Click here to register (or go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/925437994)

Presenters:

Robert Kehlet
Basic and Applied Sciences Directorate
R&D Enterprise, DTRA

Larry Pollack
Program Manager
Chemical/Biological Technologies Directorate
R&D Enterprise, DTRA

Moderated by:

Lorelei D. Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Director
MSU Business-CONNECT
Michigan State University

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) safeguards the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives, or CBRNE) by providing capabilities to reduce, eliminate and counter the threat and mitigate its effects. The Research and Development Enterprise of DTRA fosters and enables farsighted, high payoff research focused on the unique challenges related to countering the effects of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by advancing the fundamental knowledge and understanding in the sciences, facilitating the transition of basic research to the applied research stakeholders, and complementing Agency applied research efforts with university research capabilities. DTRA also employs Broad Agency Announcement and Small Business Innovation Research competitive solicitations to invest in applied research and technology development efforts at universities and not-for-profit organizations, national labs and DoD labs, as well as with industry and small businesses. To facilitate transition, DTRA fosters tech­nology pull from DOD and other agency/industry external transition partners; offers technology push enhancements; and nurtures technology for user-friendly transition.

Topics Covered:

• Introduction into DTRA mission
• Introduction into DTRA Research and Development goals and objectives
• Research focus areas
• Active BAA and SBIR solicitations, processes and contract vehicles
• University-Industry Partnering Opportunities

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

As federal and state investments in research and development grow, researchers have sought to increase the funding they receive from these sources. In order to bolster the awareness of these programs, the National Academies’ UIDP and NCET2 will hold a series of regularly scheduled webinars that highlight specific agencies and their programs that support research and development funding to researchers, faculty, students, universities and industry.

COST: Free, but registration required by clicking on the link above. We thank the DTRA for their financial sponsorship of this month's webinar allowing it to continue to be free to attendees.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can seek funding for their collective efforts . This can include university chief research officers, directors of economic development, corporate business development directors and academic liaisons, university professors and corporate researchers.

* While the University-Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) is pleased to be a sponsor of this webinar series in concert with NCET2, the views expressed are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of UIDP, its National Academies sponsor, the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), or the National Academies.

For more information about this webinar contact us at support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

* If you are unable to view/click on the registration link, please contact us at support@ncet2.org

"Learn from Leading SBIR awardees, AMS and Nanohmics:
How they work with universities and successfully commercialize technologies"
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 1:00-2:30 pm ET

Click here to Register (or go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/505497274)

Presenters:

Bradley Orme
Senior Business Development Manager
Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation

Tim Raines
VP for Commercialization
Nanohmics, Inc.

Moderator:

Clara Asmail
Sr. Technical Advisor, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership
formerly SBIR Program Manager
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

About this Webinar:

AMS and Nanohmics have grown to 50 and 23 employees strong, respectively, and become commercially strong in large part due to their SBIR awards. They will discuss how they have been involved with universities to develop technologies and how those relationships have evolved. They each will discuss key factors that contributed to the commercialization of their many SBIR technologies.

2011 Tibbetts Awards recipients, Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation and Nanohmics, were honored for the critical role they play in research and development for the government and for their success in driving innovation and creating new jobs.

About the SBIR Webinar Series:

This monthly webinar series will explore topics relevant to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and how researchers and small businesses can use this funding source. The series will begin with an overview of the program and its implementation at the participating agencies. Winners of the prestigious Tibbetts Award who have successfully brought their SBIR technologies to market will share their stories and tips on how they progressed from SBIR seed funding to commercialization. The series will include several webinars highlighting how large corporations partner with SBIR awardees to integrate their technologies into their supply chain.

COST: Free, but registration required by clicking on the link above.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can seek funding for their collective efforts . This can include university chief research officers, directors of economic development, corporate business development directors and academic liaisons, university professors and corporate researchers.

What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product?
Course Dates: May 10, 17, 24, 31 and June 7, 8:00pm to 9:30pm ET
Instructor:

Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Biosource Consulting Group

About the Course:
This course is designed specifically for the entrepreneur, the would-be entrepreneur, those thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, those interested in working for a start-up company, and anyone curious to know what it takes to start and grow a life science company. This course is a practical journey showing the steps an entrepreneur takes to translate an idea from inception through to commercialization. You will hear the practical, and sometimes difficult but valuable lessons about starting a company and developing products in the life science industry. This content will help professors, graduate students, scientists and physicians better understand what they can do with promising technology or ideas.

THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE:

• Understand the successful and the detrimental characteristics of entrepreneurs; learn how to build upon the successful ones and avoid the detrimental ones
• Learn the essential steps entrepreneurs take when starting a life science company; understand the order of these steps and why each one is important for success
• Review the process of securing the rights to your idea or technology; understand the development pathways for various products such as molecular tests, medical devices, biologics and therapeutics; learn what issues you may face and know how to deal with them
• Learn about the unspoken “strings” tied to different funding sources, the importance of timing for funding, and the impact these funding sources have on the entrepreneur’s ownership; learn about alternative ways to make progress without burning through massive amounts of cash
• Learn the significance of recruiting the right team; understand who should be hired when, know where to find the team members, and understand how to compensate them in the beginning and after funding
• Understand the importance of finding the right development and marketing partners, and how you can improve your chances of attracting and securing the right ones
• Learn the critical transition stages of a life of a start-up company and understand the different ways professors and academic founders can play a role without being responsible for the entire organization
• Learn about the “unknown-unknowns” and what to do when you encounter them and where to go to find help; understand what you can do to prepare yourself before encountering these issues
• Learn about the entrepreneur’s rewards for taking on such an endeavor

Primary Text: "The Business of Bioscience: What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product", available at Amazon.com; Springer, NY; October 2009; Craig D. Shimasaki

Costs: This workshop course is offered at the cost of $297. For students and post-docs, the cost is $75 (with verification).

Certificate:
Registered students who achieve 60% or greater on the final online multiple-choice test at the end of the program will be granted a Certificate of Successful Completion for this course.

For more information about this webinar contact support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

Featuring Federal Technology Transfer Professionals
Presented by: Mid-Atlantic Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium, Maryland TEDCO and The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)

"So...you want to work with Department of Homeland Security: Technology Transfer Mechanisms used at DHS"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET

Click Here to Register (or go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/539692819)

Presenters:

Marshall L. Caggiano
Attorney-Advisor
Office of General Counsel
Science & Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security

Marlene Owens
Technology Transfer Program Manager
Office of Research and Technology Applications
Department of Homeland Security

Moderator:

Mojdeh Bahar
Chief, Cancer Branch
Office of Technology Transfer, NIH

About this webinar:

Established in 2003, Department of Homeland Security is the third largest Department. Technologies developed and used by Department of Homeland Security can range from IT platforms to biological agents. In this session, the panelists will explore the many ways of interacting with DHS, focusing on the Department's technology transfer efforts.

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

On April 7, 2010, Office of Science and Technology Policy of the White House released its inaugural Open Government Plan highlighting transparency, participation, and collaboration.

"Demystifying Working with the Federal Labs" is a lecture series launched by the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium in order to render the technology transfer process at federal agencies more transparent, and to encourage collaborations with the federal labs. This lecture series aims to provide a platform for Federal Laboratories to educate academia, industry, and technology transfer professionals on different technology transfer mechanisms used at the federal labs. While some of the lectures will be an introduction to common technology transfer mechanisms, such as CRADAs and licenses, other lectures will focus on more specialized agreements that may be unique to a particular agency, such as NASA's Space Act agreements.

It is our hope that the series will encourage a dialogue between the federal laboratories and other stakeholders in the area of technology innovation. We hope to reach small businesses, large businesses, academia, economic development organizations, and technology transfer professionals.

COST: Free, but registration required by clicking on the link above.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how federal labs, universities and industry can better work together to foster innovation. This includes university staff, faculty and students, local and state economic development professionals, corporate business development directors, academic liaisons, corporate, academic and federal laboratory researchers, technology transfer professionals, and service providers (e.g. lawyers, consultants).

Course Dates: May 10, 17, 24, 31 and June 7, 8:00pm to 9:30pm ET

An new course by NCET2, based on the author/instructor's 27 years of real-life experience in the biotechnology industry as an entrepreneur and co-founder of THREE biotechnology companies, one of which was taken public through an IPO. He also authored the book "The Business of Bioscience: What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product".

Click here to register or visit the website at http://center.ncet2.org

Instructor:
Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Biosource Consulting Group

About the Course:
This course is designed specifically for the entrepreneur, the would-be entrepreneur, those thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, those interested in working for a start-up company, and anyone curious to know what it takes to start and grow a life science company. This course is a practical journey showing the steps an entrepreneur takes to translate an idea from inception through to commercialization. You will hear the practical, and sometimes difficult but valuable lessons about starting a company and developing products in the life science industry. This content will help professors, graduate students, scientists and physicians better understand what they can do with promising technology or ideas.

THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE ARE:

• Understand the successful and the detrimental characteristics of entrepreneurs; learn how to build upon the successful ones and avoid the detrimental ones
• Learn the essential steps entrepreneurs take when starting a life science company; understand the order of these steps and why each one is important for success
• Review the process of securing the rights to your idea or technology; understand the development pathways for various products such as molecular tests, medical devices, biologics and therapeutics; learn what issues you may face and know how to deal with them
• Learn about the unspoken “strings” tied to different funding sources, the importance of timing for funding, and the impact these funding sources have on the entrepreneur’s ownership; learn about alternative ways to make progress without burning through massive amounts of cash
• Learn the significance of recruiting the right team; understand who should be hired when, know where to find the team members, and understand how to compensate them in the beginning and after funding
• Understand the importance of finding the right development and marketing partners, and how you can improve your chances of attracting and securing the right ones
• Learn the critical transition stages of a life of a start-up company and understand the different ways professors and academic founders can play a role without being responsible for the entire organization
• Learn about the “unknown-unknowns” and what to do when you encounter them and where to go to find help; understand what you can do to prepare yourself before encountering these issues
• Learn about the entrepreneur’s rewards for taking on such an endeavor

Primary Text: "The Business of Bioscience: What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product", available at Amazon.com; Springer, NY; October 2009; Craig D. Shimasaki

Costs: This workshop course is offered at the cost of $297. For students and post-docs, the cost is $75 (with verification).

Certificate: Registered students who achieve 60% or greater on the final online multiple-choice test at the end of the program will be granted a Certificate of Successful Completion for this course.

For more information about this webinar contact organizers at support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

* If you are unable to view/click on the registration link, please contact us at support@ncet.org

The BioAbroad-Israeli House career fair will take place in May 2011.

The event will provide the opportunity to connect Israeli High-tech and Bio-tech companies as well as academic institutions in Israel with BioAbroad members and other Israeli professionals located in the Boston, Washington D.C, and San Francisco areas.

The Career Fair will begin in Boston from May 12 to May 13, continue in Washington DC on May 15 and May 16 and conclude in San Francisco on May 17 and May 18.

In each location, the event will include an afternoon career fair in a defined location that will be published at a later time. Each of the companies and academic institutions will display the different positions available to candidates.

This will be followed by an opportunity to apply for the available jobs.

Events Info:

Boston (May 12-13)
Event: in Young Israel of Brookline, 62 Green Street, Brookline, MA 02446.
Interviews: MIT, Cambridge, MA

DC (May 15-16)
Embassy of Israel
3514 International Drive Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20008-3021

Palo Alto (May 17-18)
OFJCC - Schultz Caltural Hall
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303

More information about the Career Fair can be found here
To find out more about BioAbroad, go to http://www.bioabroad.org.il/

SBIR Programs Webinar Series
"Learn from Leading SBIR awardees, AMS and Nanohmics:
How they work with universities and successfully commercialize technologies"
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 1:00-2:30pm ET

Demystifying Working with Federal Labs
"So..you want to work with Department of Homeland Security: Technology Transfer Mechanisms used at DHS"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 1:00-2:30pm ET

Government Research Funding Programs Series
“Science and Technology Research Funding Programs at Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 4:00-5:00pm ET

For more information about these webinars see below.

Location: Woods Hole, MA, USA

Dates 15 May (Sunday, 9 a.m.)–18 (Wednesday, 2 p.m.), 2011 (arriving Saturday evening)

Organizer and Lead Facilitator: Peter J. Taylor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Science in a Changing World graduate track, http://www.stv.umb.edu/SICW.html

Applications are sought from teachers and researchers (including graduate students) who are interested in moving beyond their current disciplinary and academic boundaries to explore concepts and practices that help us work in the arena bordered on one side by critical interpretation of the directions taken by scientific and technological research and application and on the other side by organizing social movements so as to influence those directions.

The metaphor of "open spaces" suggests that the issue is not so much to bridge the two sides as it is to acknowledge the value of discussion, reflection, and clarifying one's identity and affinities with both sides kept in view. Whereas the young Karl Marx proclaimed that the "philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it," what happens when we allow for more dialogue and deliberation before-or as a complement to-jumping into campaigns for change? (In this spirit, open spaces have been used to characterize Social Forum meetings at the world, national, or regional levels.) Interpretations from science and technology studies often suggest that things could be (or could have been) otherwise, but when should effecting change be the litmus test of STS critique? What can we learn from examples of explicit and implicit open spaces and what can we share from our own experience? In particular, how can NewSSC articulate and develop its role as a valued open space for participants, some of whom return many times for a recharge and affirmation of aspirations that are not well supported in home institutions and day-to-day interactions?

Participants are encouraged, but not required, to submit a manuscript or sketch related to the workshop topic that would be read by others before the workshop and be subject to focused discussion during the workshop. There is also room for participants to develop--either before or during the workshop--activities or interactive presentations to engage the other participants. Talk to the organizer to explore the options for bringing your thinking into the workshop interactions. (For a preview of how this plays out, see forthcoming paper on NewSSC dynamics, http://www.faculty.umb.edu/pjt/08c.pdf).

Registration is on a sliding scale--$100 (for those with low incomes and lack of travel support) up to $250 (for those with a decent income and institutional/grant support). Lunches, refreshments, and some dinner costs are covered by the registration.

The funding available to help get people to the workshop is modest, but the organizers have managed to subsidize travel and accommodation in past years according to need (which favors graduate students and independent scholars, but does not count out those who have regular positions, but no travel budgets).

Applicants should let the organizers know what you need to be able to attend.

Applications due 15 January 2011

For more details, http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc11.html and http://www.stv.umb.edu/newsscarrange.html

The conference is organized by the Future & Emerging Technologies (FET) unit, Directorate General for Information Society and Media, European Commission.

Calls for sessions, exhibition and posters are now open on the FET2011 conference web site!
Call for sessions: Deadline: 15th January 2011; Notification to applicants: 15th February 2011
Call for exhibits: Deadline: 15th January 2011; Notification to applicants: 15th February 2011
Call for posters: Deadline: 15th February 2011; Notification to applicants: 15th March 2011

A simple registration  is needed before submitting a proposal. All submissions can be modified until the call closes.

Don't hesitate to submit an early draft.  Contact: secretariat@fet11.eu, www.fet11.eu

Science and technology meet art: Nano images, taken directly from the labs of German research institutions, will be on view at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) from April 13 until June 10. The German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI), in cooperation with the Consortium of the Ruhr Universities (ConRuhr) and the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), is proud to announce the opening of the NanoArt New York exhibition.

The exhibition can be viewed during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 5:00 p.m., until June10, at the German House New York (871 United Nations Plaza, First Avenue, btw. 48th & 49th Streets). Nanoart is a new discipline where science and technology meet art. The NanoArt exhibition features art taken directly from the labs of German research institutions and brings it to the gallery.

The 50 images on display show the ways in which materials have completely different and widely variable properties on the nano scale, where one nanometer equals one billionth of a meter. A kaleidoscope of textures and colors, NanoArt New York brings order and chaos, mountains and valleys, the heavens and hedgehogs, all invisible to the naked eye to life - in liquid, solid, luminescent, multi-colored atom arrangements and patterns. Nano, a word meaning “dwarf” in Greek, is the prefix for a giant 21st century key technology. As shown with the NanoHistory image, nano particles were already used in the Middle Ages to manufacture colored stained-glass windows.

Today, nanotechnology is used in everything from cancer detection and treatment to water purification systems. Germany, with nearly 2,000 players involved, is the European frontrunner in both nano research and commercialization.

On January 12, 2011, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) announced the new Nanotechnology Action Plan 2015. With the worldwide market volume estimated at over one trillion Euros for 2015, nanotechnology is and will continue to be a powerful driver of innovation and inspiration.

The exhibition will feature a series of images provided by the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), the Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr, the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS e.V.), and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

A selection of images can be viewed on the GCRI-Website at http://www.germaninnovation.org/news-and-events/photo-gallery/gallery?id=29

The German Center for Research and Innovation, www.GermanInnovation.org, provides information and support for the realization of cooperative and collaborative projects between North America and Germany.

With the goal of enhancing communication on the critical challenges of the 21st century, the GCRI hosts a wide range of events from lectures and exhibitions to workshops and science dinners.

Opened in February 2010, the GCRI was created as a cornerstone of the German government’s initiative to internationalize science and research and is one of five centers worldwide.

Contact:
Andrea Deierlein
Communications Officer
Deierlein@GermanInnovation.org
(212) 339 8606, ext. 302

The XII edition of the annual PAPS Forum will be taking place in New York at the NYU Langone Medical Center on April 16 and 17 this year. A series of sessions will include “Science: The Way Forward", "Impact of the Diaspora on the Portuguese Economy" and "Portugal: The Brand", backed up with prominent leaders from several fields of the globalized Portuguese Academia, Industry and Society. Please check the Program page for more information. On Sunday morning the PAPS General Assembly will take place, electing a new team that will lead PAPS during the next year.

Speakers include: Rogério Candeias (PAPS President), Nuno Brito (Ambassador of Portugal to the USA), José Mariano Gago (Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education), Manuel Heitor (Secretary of State for Science, Technology, and Higher Education), João Caraça (Director of the Science Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), António Cunha (Rector of University of Minho), Aires Soares (Head Science Counselor at the EU Delegation in Washington, DC), Izabella Zandberg (Project Manager, EURAXESS Links USA), Mário Crespo (SIC), António Simões (HSBC, Global Head of Strategy), António Câmara (YDreams, CEO), José Graça Medeiros (M.C. Graça, Executive Director), Onésimo T. de Almeida (Professor at Brown University), Rui Boavista Marques (AICEP New York Director), André da Loba (Illustrator) and Carlos Coelho (Ivity Brand Corp Founder and CEO).

Visit the event website for the full program: http://www.papsonline.org/forum2011

The 4th PRO INNO Europe® annual partnering event will be hosted by the European Patent Office (EPO) and is organized in close collaboration with the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry. It will take place between 5 and 7 April 2011 in Munich (Germany) at the Hilton Munich City Hotel. The event takes “knowledge transfer” in all its facets as its lead theme. The objective is to identify existing and upcoming challenges for technology transfer, knowledge transfer and access to creativity in order to identify better support practices.

The event is primarily intended for participants in the 2009-2012 generation of INNO-Nets and INNO-Actions and their Reflection Groups, Think Tanks and Councils. For these policy cooperation projects, the event will be an opportunity to share experiences and findings from the ongoing activities, and to discuss and disseminate lessons in promoting transnational cooperation in support of innovation and in developing new forms of innovation support. In addition, the event will be open to partners from the policy analysis strand (INNO-Grips and INNO-Metrics) and to other stakeholders in innovation support (e.g. innovation agencies, cluster organisations and innovation support providers) with an interest in the PRO INNO Europe® initiative or in innovation policy and innovation-related transnational learning and cooperation.

The 4th PRO INNO Europe® partnering event will consist of an outdoor excursion on the 5th of April to a vanguard centre with regard to ‘Holistic Innovation Excercises’ and of plenary presentations and discussions on the 6th and 7th of April; see the corresponding program outline on: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/proinno-partnering-event/content/home-0

The partnering event is now open for registration. Booking your place to participate in the 4th PRO INNO Europe® annual partnering event can be done via: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/proinno-partnering-event/content/partnering-event-registration-form  A further elaborated version of the agenda will follow soon as well as further practical information with regard to logistics etc., so please keep an eye on:  http://www.proinno-europe.eu/proinno-partnering-event/content/home-0

With questions, please contact: info_proinno@lists.proinno-europe.eu

Les Rendez-Vous du CNRS: To Be and Not to Be a Monkey:  The Myth of the 1.23% Difference  will be held at the Embassy of France on 5 April, 2011, 6:00PM.  The speaker, Prof. Alain Prochiantz is a CNRS Researcher in Neurobiology and a Professor at the Collège de France in Paris. This free conference in English will be followed by a wine reception.

Based on sequence comparisons demonstrating that the human and chimp genomes differ by less than 1.25%, the idea is spreading, within some circles, that the two species are so close that we should consider chimps like brothers. As a materialist and a Darwinist, Alain Prochiantz does not object that we share a common ancestor with chimps that lived approximately 7 million years ago. However, Prof. Prochiantz will explain how, in addition to punctual mutations, many other genetic changes have contributed to modify the human lineage in such a dramatic way that we can consider that our species is “out of nature,” so to say. It will be shown that this qualitative jump is primarily due to mechanisms that have led to an exceptional increase in areas of the brain devoted to cognitive and linguistic functions. The ensuing invention of culture and the enrichment of the milieu in which we develop and individuate throughout life bear consequences that go beyond the simple anatomic fact of having a monstrous brain.

For more information and to RSVP: http://rdv-cnrs.eventbrite.com/
For security reasons, please register by April 4th, 2011.

Limited parking is available at the Embassy of France on a first-come, first-served. Additional parking is available on Reservoir Road and at the Georgetown Hospital.

As in the previous years, EURAXESS Links USA will host an exhibit booth at the annual AACR conference. This year, we are joined by the European Research Council, which will host a booth next to ours. Please visit us in booth number 2572 and collect information about European funding for research.

AACR Annual Conference

Monthly Federal Lab Consortium Series:
Techniques for Managing Patent Prosecution Strategy from the Vantage Point of NIH and NIST

March 16, 2011, 1:00-2:30 pm ET

The panelists will be talking about techniques for managing patent prosecution strategy with a focus on building strong relationships with your patent counsel. After a brief overview of the patent counsel-licensing/patenting officer dynamics at the NIH and NIST, the main topics will include general techniques for building a strong relationship with your patent counsel and how to deal with tough situations such as late or missing response and incorrect charges.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how federal labs, universities and industry can better work together to foster innovation. This includes university staff, faculty and students, local and state economic development professionals, corporate business development directors, academic liaisons, corporate, academic and federal laboratory researchers, technology transfer professionals, and service providers (e.g. lawyers, consultants).

COST: Free, but registration required

Click here to register

Monthly Government Funding Series:
Products, Partners & Public Health - Commercializing New Technologies from NIH

March 16, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm ET

The focal point for U.S. government investment in innovative healthcare research and development has been the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The intramural research program itself at the NIH has led to a huge variety of novel basic and clinical research discoveries – all of which require commercial partners in order to develop them into products for hospital, physician or patient use. With over half of new NIH license agreements granted to small firms and over 600 products (including 24 FDA-approved drugs and vaccines) launched by NIH licensees, working with the NIH cannot be overlooked as part of any long-term growth strategy for biomedical firms.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can seek funding for their collective efforts . This can include university chief research officers, directors of economic development, corporate business development directors and academic liaisons, university professors and corporate researchers.

COST: Free, but registration required

Click here to register

Monthly Building University-Industry Collaborations Series:
Merck & Co, Inc.

March 23, 2011, 12:00-1:30pm ET

This webinar series is about how companies work or want to work with universities to create value for both themselves and the universities. The ecology of innovation is undergoing a profound change where a collaborative set of activities need to effectively connect academic institutions with the business community. Universities are becoming key sources of discovery and are playing an ever increasing role in how industry innovates. Global competition, rising R&D costs and thus the need to get more products to the market sooner are some factors forcing companies to reach out to research universities for new ideas and capability. Licensing, corporate sponsored research, consulting engagements, venture capital investment, gifts, and employment are just some of the ways used to build strategic relationships between industry and universities, and are becoming a regular part of the developing open innovation environment.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can seek funding for their collective efforts . This can include university chief research officers, directors of economic development, corporate business development directors and academic liaisons, university professors and corporate researchers.

COST: Free, but registration required

Click here to register

Monthly Faculty Entrepreneur Webinar Series:
University of Utah's Technology Ventures Development

"Connecting Impact to Innovation: Student and Faculty Entrepreneurial Scholars"

April 6, 2011, 1:00-2:30 pm ET

In November 2007, President Michael Young of The University of Utah created a presidential-level position and faculty-run organization to support faculty entrepreneurs. The top-down mandate recognized that a public university must serve the citizens of the state by supporting research, education, and service directed to solving real world needs. Entrepreneurial faculty scholars innovate, motivate, educate, and communicate. To the accepted concept of translational research, we have added translational teaching and translational service.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: Entrepreneurial faculty, students, and postdocs; Technology Commercialization Officers and their staff; Chief operating or executive officers of university startup companies; university administrators seeking to enhance innovation and impact; and any one else interested in how faculty and universities participate in the innovation economy.

COST: Free, but registration required

Click here to register

Program Description

The online Seed Funding and Venture Capital Course Certificate Program is an insider view to the venture capital process offered by the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF.org) and National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). You’ll learn from NASVF members how angels and VC's identify investable startups, what needs to be in the business plan, how to build effective leadership teams, how to do a deal and what terms to avoid, and what to do after you get funded.
Click here to register for the course at www.center.ncet2.org

Class Schedule:
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:30pm ET

Classes and Topics:

Class 1: Understanding Investors
What do Investors look for (ROI)
What is the difference between Angel and VC deals
When to go VC, When to Run
How to find the Investors, how to get the meeting, how to evaluate ‘fit’
The Art of Bootstrapping(recurring theme also in execution phase)

Class 2: The Business Plan
The major components and how they work together
The Elevator Pitch, the Business Plan, and The Presentation
Leveraging Capital - Doing More with Less
Getting to Revenue as quick as possible

Class 3: Execution
The Management Team
Board of Directors
Outsourcing versus In-House Development or Production

Class 4: Negotiating The Deal
Participants (ie. principals ,counsel) and their roles (term sheet stage through close)
Valuation
The Term Sheet and Deal Structure
Due Diligence

Class 5: After the Funding
Monitoring and Mentoring
Adjusting the Plan
Growth Pains
Exits

Instructors:

Class 1: Understanding Investors
Bradley B. Bertoch, MBA
President, Wayne Brown Institue
(Click here for more info)
Greg Horowitt
Founding Partner & Managing Director, T2 Venture Capital
(Click here for more info)

Class 2: Business Plan
Linda Saffer, Ph.D.
Program Manager, University Programs, TEDCO
(Click here for more info)
Harold Strong
Director, University of North Texas (UNT) Discovery Park and Technology Transfer
(Click here for more info)

Class 3: Execution
Steve Kubisen, Ph.D.
CEO, Seguro Surgical
(Click here for more info)
Joel Wiggins, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Enterprise Center of Johnson County, Kansas
(Click here for more info)

Class 4: Negotiating the Deal
Suzette Dutch, MBA
Managing Partner, Triathlon Medical Ventures
(Click here for more info)
Richard Gajan, MBA
Director of Enterprise Services, i2E Inc.
(Click here for more info)

Class 5: After the Funding
Richard Gajan, MBA
Director of Enterprise Services, i2E Inc
(Click here for more info)
Charles Sidman, Ph.D.
Managing Partner, ECS Capital Partners and Angels
(Click here for more info)

Costs: This certificate program course is offered at the cost of $297 for all 5 online classes. For students and post-docs, the cost is $75 (with verification). 

Certificate:Registered students who achieve 60% or greater on the final online multiple-choice test at the end of the program will be granted a Certificate of Successful Completion for this course.

Who Should Attend
Entrepreneurs considering venture funding
University faculty, staff and students
Corporate M&A, business development, corporate development
Corporate venture funds
Economic development officials
Angel investors
Service providers: attorneys, accountants, consultants

References

1. Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise - 4th Edition (Jan. 14, 2010) by Thomas Byers, Richard Dorf, and Andrew Nelson
2. Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capitalby Alex Wilmerding
3. The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide. By E Siegel, B Ford, and J Bornstein. ISBN-10: 0470112694. Publisher Wiley

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.

The Workshop is open to conference registrants and to EURAXESS Links members who want to attend it. It will be held on Saturday, February 19, 2011: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, room 158AB, the Washington Convention Center.

This workshop is designed for early-career researchers. It will describe the aim and synergies of two funding schemes of the European Union -- Marie Curie Actions and the European Research Council -- as well as provide answers to practical questions such as: How can the ERC, MCA, and EURAXESS support research careers? What are their main features? What are the selection criteria and how long is the selection process? How does the application process work? How many researchers are funded each year? What are the chances of success? Where can one find information on the EURAXESS portal? Marie Curie Fellows and ERC Starting Grantees will answer questions and share their experiences with these funding initiatives.

Presenters: Louise Byrne, Research Executive Agency, Theodore Papazoglou, European Research Council and Izabella Zandberg, EURAXESS Links USA.
Upon the conclusion of the workshop, a networking reception will be held at the EU stand in the Conference Exhibit Hall. All workshop participants are cordially invited to attend it.

We will provide more information about how to sign up for the workshop once it becomes available.
http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2011/webprogram/Session3652.html

The 15 the European Career Fair at MIT will be held on 22-24 January 2011.

The Fair is a three-day recruiting event held on the campus of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It brings together European employers with talented candidates from all disciplines, including engineering, management, natural and life sciences, economics, and computer science. Participating employers from public, private, national, and international companies and institutions use the first day to present their organizations at a fair booth, and two subsequent days to schedule onsite interviews with promising candidates.

The Fair is organized by a dedicated team of volunteers from Boston-area schools. Since 2007, ECF has partnered with the European Commission to promote Europe’s vast array of career choices and quality of life. The ECF is also supported by various European consulates and networking organizations, all with the goal of matching top-quality candidates with the best job opportunities that Europe has to offer.

For more information, go to: https://www.euro-career.com/

Each year, the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France (Boston section) organizes a bilateral seminar on an innovative and useful topic. The 2010 edition, titled “Alzheimer’s disease: The Pursuit of the Personalized Medicine” will be organizedin collaboration with the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), and will be held on 6 December at Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142.

The goals of this year’s FAID are to:

• Pave the way for new collaborations between France and the USA (science and technology business)
• Connect prominent experts in Alzheimer's disease (AD) at the French & European levels
• Explore the latest research in AD
• Address challenges of AD therapeutics

Professors J.H. Growdon (MGH, Harvard Medical School) and P. Amouyel (Pasteur Institute, Lille) serve as the Scientific Directors of the event. The program will comprise of 6 sessions, each with 2 speakers (one from France, one from U.S.) addressing the scientific challenges of AD:

• New Genes for New Clues
• New Molecular Vision of AD
• Prodromal AD: New Diagnostic
• Challenges
• New Ways to Image the AD Brain
• New Therapeutics for AD
• Biopharmaceutical perspectives»

For more information and to register, please visit the event website: www.france-science.org/2010faid

The University Startups Conference will take place December 2-3, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC with an Opening Reception on December 1, 2010.

The Conference is organized annually by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). This year's University Co-Hosts are the University of Maryland and Boston University. The Government Co-Hosts are the National Science Foundation (Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership) and National Institutes of Health (Office of Tech Transfer). The Embassy Host is the British Embassy.

The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding globally-competitive, venture-backable university startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors, SBIR program managers and Fortune 500 technology scouts funding them. The conference also includes NSF, NIH, NIST, NAVY, DOE, DHS and other government agencies working on improving the Innovation Economy by increasing the quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities.

The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer has also partnered with the Science and Technology officials at the various Washington Embassies to include the international university startup perspective.
For more information including a draft agenda, please click here.

To register please click here.
To see a draft agenda please click here.

Registration Now Open at www.ncet2.org

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), will organize a series of workshops on “Destination Turkey: European and National Funding Opportunities for Brain Circulation, R&D Cooperation and Research Career” in cooperation with the European Commission (EC), National Science Foundation (NSF) and Turkish Research and Business Organizations (TURBO) on November 30, 2010, in Boston, Massachusetts and on December 2, 2010, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

FP7 Marie Curie Actions aim at strengthening quantitatively and qualitatively the human potential in research and technology in Europe. There are various types of mobility grants and among them, Career Integration Grants and International Incoming Fellowships provide opportunities for the researchers of any nationality in the USA to conduct research in Europe. Furthermore, TÜBİTAK has recently announced a new program for supporting the researchers’ reintegration to Turkey.

The workshops, by gathering researchers of any nationality, aim at creating awareness on all these programs as well as opportunities of NSF on the advancement of international research relations and collaboration between the Research Groups in Europe and USA.

With the attendance of the representatives from the hosting institutions in Turkey, the workshops will also provide a space where the researchers can meet with their future hosts in that country.

Detailed information and agenda of the workshops can be found at www.fp7.org.tr/destinationturkey - Destination Turkey: "European And National Funding Opportunities For Brain Circulation, R&D Cooperation and Research Career"

The workshops are free of charge.

Workshop locations:

November 30, 2010, Tuesday
9 a.m – 4 p.m
Northeastern University
Curry Center Ballroom
360 Huntington Ave.,
Boston, MA, 02115

Destination Turkey: "European And National Funding Opportunities For Brain Circulation, R&D Cooperation and Research Career"

December 2, 2010, Thursday
9 a.m – 4 p.m
University of Michigan
Michigan League Hussey Room
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1308

Destination Turkey: "European And National Funding Opportunities For Brain Circulation, R&D Cooperation and Research Career"

EURAXESS Links USA, together with the European Research Council, will co-host an exhibit booth at the forthcoming Society for Neuroscience annual conference in San Diego, 13–17 November 2010. Please stop by booth number 3809 to meet with the representatives of EURAXESS and ERC and collect information on the EU funding for research.

In addition, the ERC representatives will be speaking at the workshop titled “Funding Career Transitions” on Monday, Nov 15 from 2-5 p.m. The workshop will provide information about sources of funding to assist
early-career scientists (predoctoral fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty) in transitioning to the status of independent investigator.

The focus will be on mechanisms of support for two career transition points:

1. from predoctoral to postdoctoral training and
2. from postdoctoral fellow to first independent faculty position.

The workshop brings together representatives of federal agencies and private foundations that provide fellowships for postdoctoral fellows and early career scientists. Speakers will describe a variety of programs, some that are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents (e.g., NIH National Research Service Awards and most K awards; NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and CAREER Awards) and others that are open to international trainees and investigators (e.g., through the Fogarty International Center and American Heart Association).

The presentations will also include information on strategies for selecting the most appropriate mechanism and preparing a competitive application. After the didactic presentations and a question/answer period, agency representatives will be available to discuss specific programs and to make appointments to meet with potential candidates. 

We have a few free conference passes available to the interested members of the EURAXESS Links Network. In order to claim your free SfN conference pass, please send an email message to izabella.zandberg@euraxess.net, providing your name and affiliation.

International Fresenius "Operator and Resident Exposure and Risk Assessment"
Conference  will be held on 13 and 14 November 2010 in Mainz near Frankfurt/Germany.

A comprehensive program with 25 international experts will present various viewpoints from the authorities (U.S. EPA, EFSA, German BMELV,German BfR, Belgian FPS, Greek BPI, and many more) and the industry (Bayer
CropScience, Syngenta, BASF, Dow AgroSciences, etc.).

The conference is going to cover the following topics:

• Update on the EFSA Guidance Document
• Experience with exposure estimation and risk assessment
• The Sustainable Use Directive and National Action Plans - from a political and practical viewpoint
• Feedback on dermal absorption
• Use of toxicological data for setting of Acute Reference Doses (ARfD)
• Progress in standardising protective clothing

The detailed program is available here.
Visit: http://www.akademie-fresenius.com

“Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): viable technology or risky gamble?”

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the German GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Coordination Office would like to bring together American and German experts on CCS-technology (Carbon Capture and Storage) to discuss the different aspects and chances on carbon dioxide storage and usage respectively. Two scientists and two representatives from the industry are presenting the latest projects and technologies in Germany and the US.

It is without doubt that we need to reduce the CO2 emissions worldwide. Therefore the CCS technology as well as the reuse of carbon dioxide is discussed as a key technology for the protection of the environment and the climate. Both countries are working on different aspects of CO2 sequestration, transport, storage and usage for many years. Four keynotes will inform about these projects and experiences in Germany and the US. In addition a panel discussion is offered to have the possibility to ask questions about that topic. Ideas, concepts and experiences, but also problems and skepticism should be discussed during the question and answer session.

French Bio Bay Networking Dinner with BioScience Forum and an Opportunity to Support your Local Community - Tuesday 14 September 2010 (7-10 PM) in San Francisco, CA, USA - RSVP by 6 PM Wednesday 08 September 2010 - www.frenchbiobay.com

The French powered Bio Pharma network in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, French Bio Bay, www.frenchbiobay.com, is organizing an informal dinner on Tuesday 14 September starting at 7 PM in a private room setting at the Delancey Street Restaurant Board Room, 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, Tel: (415) 512-5179 http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/enterrestaurant.php for a prix fixe of $30 (all included price: food, tip and taxes – additional drinks can be purchased from the bar).

To RSVP and book by 6PM Wednesday 08 September 2010 (no exceptions as they need to communicate the menu selection break down early), go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=208959 using FBB0910 as your password.

 (Note that there is a $0.75 credit card processing fee and $1.81 reservation processing charges by Acteva. These will be added to your meal's price for a total of $32.56 - Read also the refund policies on Acteva).

Due to the private seating capacity this event will be limited only to the first 40 participants. Walk-ins may be accepted depending on the number of registrants and will have to pay $45.00 (cash only) at the door but the organizers cannot guarantee it.

Joseph A. Carlino, Ph.D., President of The BioScience Forum (BioSF) will introduce his organization (http://www.biosf.org/).

If you are interested in other biotech/life science events in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, you can consult a calendar at: http://www.frenchbiobay.com/

The goal of French Bio Bay is not to create another association, but rather to gather as many Francophone and Francophile Bio Pharma affiliated as possible so as to form a strong network that can help people in an optimal way, whether they are ready to move to France, looking for business opportunities there or freshly arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area. We would also like to extend to other networks in academia, business, government, and to pertinent business partners in order to be able to refer its members to the networks that best fit their needs and make the Franco-American experience in Bio Pharma both more efficient and pleasurable.

If you are interested to learn more about French Bio Bay, join their mailing list and/or to get more information about their events, please contact frenchbiobay@gmail.com and visit www.frenchbiobay.com

“Biocultural interactions in past and present Amazonian agroecosystems: Environments and organisms co-constructed by humans and nature” by Doyle McKey, Professor, University of Montpellier 2, CNRS Researcher at the Center for Functional and Evolutional Ecology (CEFE).

In a world increasingly dominated by humans, a major challenge confronting ecology is to effectively integrate humans into ecosystems, by analyzing the reciprocal interactions between ecological and social/cultural processes. The talk will examine these interactions, focusing on two cases.

First, Prof. McKey will explore biocultural coevolution between humans and a major tropical crop, manioc (also known as cassava). Cultural practices and natural selection have combined to produce surprising adaptations in this crop plant domesticated in Amazonia, and cultural variation has led to a spectacular polymorphism in the plant’s major chemical defense against herbivores and pathogens.

Then, Prof. McKey will show how contemporary ecological processes and the past actions of pre-Columbian farmers have combined to construct unique ecosystems, in which the engineering activities of organisms produce self-organized mechanisms that maintain a landscape initially created, then abandoned, by humans. Both examples suggest surprising sources of ecological resilience in human-transformed systems, with lessons for the conservation of biological diversity in our increasingly ‘gardenified’ biosphere.

RSVP: stagiaire.cnrs@ambafrance-us.org or (202) 944-6581

To see the invitation, please click here.

Congress organised by the Early Nutrition Academy, Early Nutrition Programming Project & DOHaD Society . The conference will be an opportunity to hear some of the latest results that have come out of the Early Nutrition Programming Project as well as recent findings on other aspects of the developmental origins of adult disease. The conference will present results from clinical trials, epidemiological cohort studies and basic science. The first conference, in Budapest in 2007, was successful in bringing together over 250 clinicians and scientists from around the world and this conference promises to be even bigger and better.

More information at www.metabolic-programming.org/munich2010

On May 6, from 1:30 pm, the Delegation of the European Union to the USA in partnership with the Embassy of Slovenia, Pan American Health Organization/WHO, Global Health Council, and the International Virtual e-Hospital will host the Second Forum from the Salon Lecture Series "Innovation in Global Health and Development."

The forum will focus on the role of the research and innovation in the dynamically changing practice of clinical trials as well as in the rebuilding of the unconventional healthcare systems in the developing world. It will feature innovators, experts in medicine and technology, scholars, and policy makers from the EU, the US and the international community involved in the field of global health and whose work is paving the way for new perspectives and approaches.

European Commission Director for Health Research, Dr. Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, MD, PhD, will present the European Priorities for Global Health Research. The EU's social model, its strong safety norms, and its global trade and development aid position allow it to play a major role in improving global health.

The Salon Lecture series presents an opportunity for the much needed multidisciplinary discussion on the interplay of health, healthcare, development, and innovation on the global level.

The event will be held at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, 2175 K Street NW (entrance from 22nd Street), Washington, DC 20037

Conference Invitation
Conference Program

RSVP: Delegation-USA-ERA@ec.europa.eu

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010

Time:
Workshop 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm (incl. a coffee break) and
Reception 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location:
Goethe-Institute Washington
812 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3718, USA

RSVP
Please register by April 6 at http://www.gain-network.org
You can download the program on GAIN’s website.
We do not award travel grants for this event.

This workshop will be conducted in English and is targeted at young scientists and scholars from all academic fields in the postdoc phase. It will provide information on how to develop independent research careers and set up a research team as a young investigator or as junior faculty. To help participants make informed choices about risks and benefits associated with transatlantic career options, we will explore funding trends in US and provide you with an overview of opportunities and paths to an academic career in Germany.

Possible funding opportunities (e.g. Emmy Noether-Program by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups, ERC Starting Grant, Sofja Kovalevskaja-Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and positions (e.g. Junior Professorship) at universities and non-university research institutions will be explored. Successful grant holders will share their first-hand work experience and provide information and advice on the application process. They will also talk about how they integrated their skills and experiences gained in the United States into the German research system. Furthermore, the speakers will focus on the following points in their testimonials:

• Why they chose Germany
• How to prepare, apply and negotiate the position
• How to select an institution
• Challenges of managing the research group

Speakers:
Weighing the Transatlantic Career Options:
Trends in U.S. Research Support and Career Opportunities
Cathleen S. Fisher, PhD
Executive Director, American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Overview on research careers in Germany
Dr. Anjana Buckow
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Program Officer, Research Training Groups, Graduate Schools and Programs for Young Researchers: Strategies and Development

Testimonials:

Prof. Dr. Isabel Heinemann
Juniorprofessur für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Nachwuchsgruppe im Emmy Noether-Programm der DFG

Dr. Francesca Spagnoli
Head of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group:
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Embryonic Development
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin

Tricia Striano, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Hunter College

Moderators:

Dr. Marion Müller
Director North America Office, German Research Foundation, DFG

Dr. Katja Simons
GAIN Program Director, New York

Workshop Program

Call for Papers

Please note the approaching deadline of October 15, 2009

A recent crisis of confidence has unsettled paradigms for economic, social and political governance: political identities, social allegiances, parameters of markets, cultural truisms, and religious truths are all in flux. Europe has long served as a model for the rest of the world - whether as object of admiration, forced exemplar, foil, or cautionary tale - and the present vacuum of certainty presents yet another moment of opportunity for scholars of "the old world." Are European experiments in economic coordination the solution to the excesses of unregulated capitalism -- is this the moment for the revenge of the European model?

For the 2010 conference, the Council for European Studies (CES) welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe broadly defined. This year, for the first time, we are also entertaining the submission of panel clusters around a theme, giving participants the opportunity to create a mini-symposium within the conference (please no more than 5 panels per theme). Each panel proposal will be reviewed individually by the Program Committee, and each panel belonging to a cluster will be acknowledged as such in the conference program. We encourage proposals in the widest range of disciplines; in particular, we welcome panels that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. The Committee will accept only two submissions per person. Members may also participate in a maximum of two sessions.

The Council for European Studies fosters and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, special events, and awards. The Council´s international conferences bring together scholars from a multitude of countries and a variety of fields for discussion and interdisciplinary exchange.

Proposals may be submitted from August 1 to October 15, 2009 via the URL: http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ces/ces10/

More information on the conference will be available in upcoming issues of the CES newsletter. You may subscribe to the newsletter here: www.ces.columbia.edu/members/indiv_members.html

Participants will be notified of the Committee's decisions by December 1, 2009.

Scholars who are Spanish citizens whose work focuses on Europe are invited to apply for travel grants to attend the 17th CES Conference.

The grants are generously offered by the Spanish "Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas".

For further information regarding the conference please contact Stefanie Grupp-Clasby, Council for European Studies, ces@columbia.edu

CES Chair:

Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University

Program Committee:

Sophie Meunier, Conference Co-Chair, Princeton University
Phil Nord, Conference Co-Chair, Princeton University
Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley
Peter Hall, Harvard University
Martha Lampland, University of California, San Diego
Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa
Peter Mandler, Cambridge University
Marla Stone, Occidental College, Local Organizing Committee
Yolande Cohen, UQAM, History
Linda Guerry, UQAM, Postdoctoral Student
Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa, Political science
Patrick Marier, Concordia University, Political Science
Laurence McFalls, Université de Montréal, Political Science
Mariella Pandolfi, Université de Montréal, Anthropology
Denis Saint-Martin, Université de Montréal, Political Science
Axel Van Den Berg, McGill University, Political Science

Few people are aware that the world's largest scientific experiment is underway. Physicists around the world, however, are looking to Switzerland, where the international organization CERN has started the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth. CERN is poised to recreate the Big Bang and find answers to some of the fundamental mysteries of the Universe.

Where does the Universe come from? Are there actually more dimensions than we thought? Is there a risk of accidentally creating a black hole on our planet? How does a project called "AMS-02" link CERN to the International Space Station? What role does NASA play in this endeavor?

These questions and more will be addressed by a panel of experts from the American and European science community led by Prof. Felicitas Pauss, researcher and head of External Relations at CERN, and moderated by Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO of AAAS and executive publisher of Science. Opening remarks will be given by Urs Ziswiler, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States, and Dr. Meserve, Director, Carnegie Institution for Science.

The discussion will be followed by a reception hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland. Those who then want to end the evening with a bang are cordially invited to a screening of the hit movie "Angels and Demons". The event is free.

When: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:00 p.m.

Where:
Carnegie Institution for Science
1530 P Street, N.W.

RSVP: Seats are limited. Please register at was.events@eda.admin.ch

Further information:  
For more information on this event, please visit the Big Bang 2.0 webpage or contact:  
Markus Walther
Events Coordinator
Embassy of Switzerland
Phone: +1 (202) 745-7951
Markus.Walther@eda.admin.ch

The next European Science Event will be held in New York on 18 March 2010.

“Transatlantic Mobility, Networking Opportunities and Support Mechanisms for the European Researchers in the United States: The Italian Experience,”

The event will be held on 18 March 2010, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, at the Consulate General of Italy, 690 Park Avenue, New York 10065.

It is co-organized by EURAXESS Links USA, the Delegation of the European Union to the USA, ISSNAF and the Consulate General of Italy in NY.

This interactive workshop will explore various programs and mechanisms that have been established to support the European research diaspora in the United States. Different models of support programs – both at the national and EU levels - will be introduced, and the ways in which those programs can help the community of European researchers in the US will be discussed. Part of the discussion will be focused on the Italian experience. Information about various opportunities for networking among European researchers in the US will be provided. The open discussion after the presentations will aim to explore opportunities for further internationalization of the European research enterprise, including research policies, programs supporting mobility, and opportunities for research diasporas to contribute to research and innovation in their home countries. Input will be sought from the event participants to identify initiatives that may increase such transatlantic involvement and additional potential issues that would need to be addressed in order to make transatlantic mobility of European researchers easier and more productive.

A panel moderated by Prof. Giorgio Einaudi, ISSNAF, will include Dr. Laurent Bochereau, Minister-Counselor, Head of Science, Technology &    Education, Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC, who will introduce EU Research Policies as Related to Transatlantic Mobility and Research Collaboration;  Dr. Virginia Coda Nunziante, CNR, with presentation of CNR International Programs and Initiatives, as well as Dr. Izabella Zandberg, EURAXESS Links USA and Prof. Marina Santilli, ISSNAF, who will discuss Support Mechanisms for the European Researchers in the United States. A Marie Curie fellow and an ISSNAF researcher will provide testimonials of their experience with transatlantic mobility in research.

Please find attached the full program of the event. All EURAXESS Links USA members are cordially invited to attend. Please forward this invitation to other colleagues who may find it of interest.

RSVP: Acceptances only delegation-usa-era@ec.europa.eu by 15 March 2010. Space is limited.

Program

French Bio Bay Networking Dinner with EPPIC Global and an Indian Flair - Tuesday 02 March 2010 (7-10 PM) - RSVP by Friday 26 February 2010 - www.frenchbiobay.com

The French powered Bio Pharma network in the San Francisco Bay Area, French Bio Bay, www.frenchbiobay.com, is organizing an informal dinner on Tuesday, 2 March starting at 7 PM in a private room setting at Suraj Indian Cuisine Restaurant, 2550 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061, Tel: (650) 369-8899, http://www.surajrestaurant.com, for a prix fixe of $20 (all included price: food, soft drinks, tip and taxes).

To RSVP and book by Friday 26 February 2010, go to https://www.acteva.com/go/FrenchBioBay using FBB2010 as your password. (Note that there is a $0.50 credit card processing fee and $1.50 reservation processing charges by Acteva. These will be added to your meal's price for a total of $22.00 - Read also the refund policies on Acteva).

Walk-ins will be accepted but will have to pay $40.00 at the door.

Jagath Reddy Junutula, PhD, President of EPPIC Global will introduce his organization (http://www.eppicglobal.org/).

If you are interested in other biotech/life science events in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can consult their updated list on at: http://www.frenchbiobay.com/

The goal of French Bio Bay is not to create another association, but rather to gather as many Francophone and Francophile Bio Pharma affiliated as possible so as to form a strong network that can help people in an optimal way, whether they are ready to move to France, looking for business opportunities there or freshly arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area. We would also like to extend to other networks in academia, business, government, and to pertinent business partners in order to be able to refer its members to the networks that best fit their needs and make the Franco-American experience in Bio Pharma both more efficient and pleasurable.

If you are interested to learn more about French Bio Bay, join their mailing list and/or to get more information about their events, please contact frenchbiobay@gmail.com and visit www.frenchbiobay.com

The following is a list of the San Francisco area life science/biotech networking events organized by French Bio Bay:  www.frenchbiobay.com.

Wednesday February 3, 2010
Event Type: BioE2E Biotech Entrepreneur Program
Important Early Steps in Setting Up Your Business.
We will have an in-depth discussion of the initial steps involved in setting up your biotechnology business to succeed. This session will explore some of the early decisions related to formation of the start-up entity – including timing, documents, and choice of entity. We will also explore strategies for allocation of founders' stock and composition of the board of directors.
6:30pm
Cost: $25 Pre-registered / $35 at the door (cash or check only)
Register at:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=197330&CFID=14059760&CFTOKEN=28195627
Venue: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, New Front Building at 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94303

Thursday February 4, 2010
Event Type: Triple Ring Technologies
Fluoroscopy and Angiography for treatment of children with Congenital Heart Disease: Current Use and Future Needs..

Dr. Moore is internationally recognized for his research on MRI-guided surgical procedures. He specializes in the treatment of congenital heart disease and will discuss his work developing and testing new devices and procedures. An overview of current fluoroscopy/angiography equipment and it's use for the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease. Examples of current lab configurations and there use as well as case presentation of common catheter based treatment procedures. There will be a discussion of current trends and potential future needs in the field of interventional catheterization.

6:00pm – 9:00pm
Cost: Free
Register at:
http://new.contactbeacon.com/cb/prefs/reg.php?id=7882cd5e-96e0-48ff-802e-94c87cd12ae0
Venue: Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., 39655 Eureka Drive, Newark, CA, 94560

Monday February 8, 2010
Event Type: Speaker / Panel / Round Table
Tomorrow’s HighTech World.
Finland is ranked in the Top 3 countries in the world in innovation and invites you to meet some of the country’s most innovative researchers and CEOs in the Biotech, Cleantech and ICT sectors. Speakers will scan the horizon five to twenty years in the future and discuss new, innovative technologies which will potentially change the way people work, live and stay healthy as these high tech sectors converge. Following the seminar will be a reception where you can view exhibits, discuss these innovations in more detail and network with the speakers and your colleagues while you enjoy a complimentary reception buffet.
3:00pm – 7:30pm
Hosted by: Global Connexus Inc, San José, CA
Cost: Free to qualified participants
Ticket URL: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=196407
Other ticket Information: http://www.tomorrowshightechworld.com
Event Contact Info: Victor Vurpillat, vvurpillat@globalconnexus.com
Venue: Doubletree Hotel San Jose Airport, 2050 Gateway Place San Jose, CA, 95110

Tuesday February 9, 2010
Event Type: BayBio Medical Device Breakfast
Company Valuation for M&A.
The valuation of a medical device company for merger or acquisition is not an exact science. Some of the many variables to be taken into consideration include the company’s management, market share, prospects for growth, and potential market size. Tangible and intangible assets and financial track record will be evaluated, as well as the company's reputation in the business community. The motivation and goals of key players also come into play, and current market conditions and timing are factors. A panel of industry veterans will explore the valuation process for medical device companies, discuss case studies and provide practical answers to help you increase your company’s valuation.
8:00am – 10:00am
Hosted by: San Jose BioCenter, San Jose, CA
Cost: *Early bird registration through Dec 4th*
Non members: $20 (on-site registration, Dec 8th: $40) / BayBio & &MDMA Members, Bio2Device and Bio-X Affiliates: $10 ( on-site registration Dec 8th: $20)
Register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=192797
Venue: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94304

Tuesday February 9, 2010
Event Type: Bio2Device Group
A molecular diagnostic company's journey from science to product - Providing the answer to the fundamental question - What type of cancer is it?”
Speaker: Deb Neff, President and CEO, Pathwork Diagnostics
Venue: TIPS Group Law Offices , 1000 Elwell Court,Suite 150, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Advanced registration is required: see bio2devicegroup.org website for details a week prior to event.
Cost:Fee for light dinner with range depending on timing of registration
Event Details - Registration is thru Google CheckOut
Early registration ends at 12:01 AM on February 7
$6 - Students/In-transition - Members only
$11 - Early-bird Registration - Members only
$20 - Late Registration and Non-Members
$25 - Walk-ins- if space is available
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS at 5AM Feb 8.

Wednesday February 10, 2010
Event Type: Speaker / Panel / Round Table
Personal Genomics: Explore the Brave New World.
What can your DNA tell you and others? Science fiction depicts a world where a prick of the finger whisks a drop of blood away and determines your destiny: your likelihood of contracting specific illnesses, how you respond to stress, and more. The movies portray our genetic data being used by everyone (employers, insurance companies, and “big brother”). Personal genomics is no longer the domain of science fiction. The Business Leadership Council of the Jewish Community Federation has gathered four experts to share where this science is headed.
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Hosted by: Jewish Community Federation’s Business Leadership Council, Palo Alto, CA
Cost: Non JCF donors: by Feb 5 $50 / Feb 6-9 and at the door $60
Ticket URL: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=196794
Other ticket Information: http://www.sfjcf.org/calendar/jcf/oneevent.asp?EventID=2694
Event Contact Info: BLC Manager, blc@sfjcf.org
Venue: Oshman JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA, 94303

Thursday February 11, 2010
Event Type: BayBioNEST Venture Spotlight
A sweet Deal: How to Attract Investors.
Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors are still looking for good prospects despite the economic downturn. Understanding what they want, at what stage they want to invest and the difference between them can help start-ups form a successful relationship with investors. Join BayBioNEST for the first of our 2010 Venture Spotlight Series events and learn how best to attract investors and secure a sweet deal. The BayBioNEST Venture Spotlight Series is a unique forum that allows investors to speak directly to entrepreneurs in a reverse pitch format. Investors and experts have a platform to discuss their current interests, target markets, therapies and technologies, as well as the maturation level of investment targets. The Venture Spotlight Series is a breakfast panel discussion with time for Q&A and networking.
8:00am – 10:00am
Hosted by: Jewish Community Federation’s Business Leadership Council, Palo Alto, CA

Cost: Early Bird Registration through Feb. 9: $19 / On-Site Registration, Feb. 11: $29

Register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=193973

Venue: Latham & Watkins, Menlo Park Campus, 140 Scott Dr., Menlo Park, CA, 94025

Thursday February 11, 2010
Event Type: Speaker / Panel / Round Table
Navigating hurdles and avoiding pitfalls in virtual drug development.
Virtual drug development promises savings of time and cost in the development of new drugs and devices. In order to realize this promise, managers and executives may need to learn some new tricks! In this session a panel of experts with different perspectives on the virtual development experience will discuss some of the advantages and challenges of the virtual model. For more information on speakers, please visit http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2010Q1-EffectiveOutsourcing.html.
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Hosted by: San Jose BioCenter, San Jose, CA
Cost: *Pre-registration closes on Feb 9th!*
Regular Price: $30 / Partners' Network: $20 / BioCenter Members: Free / On-site: +$10
Ticket URL: http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2010Q1-EffectiveOutsourcing.html
Other ticket information: http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2010Q1-EffectiveOutsourcing.html
Event Contact Info: Aurelie Gaudin, events@sjbiocenter.com
Venue: The San Jose BioCenter, 5941 Optical Court, San Jose, CA 95138

Thursday February 11, 2010
Event Type: Speaker / Panel / Round Table
Get Executive Insight into How and Why Companies Hire Consultants and Grow Your Business in 2010.
2009 was a tough year for many consultants, and with it came a plethora of changes in the consultant onboarding practices at many companies. All of them(from purchasing guidelines that govern hiring to budget cuts) impact your ability to secure engagements. This custom session will focus on the changing corporate landscape for consultants, contractors, and small firms, and what you can do to tailor your practices to fit the new corporate environment. In a moderated panel discussion, our esteemed panel of corporate executives will review the business outlook for 2010 and share how you can position yourself for success with corporate decision makers. Learn more and register at www.womeninconsulting.org.
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Hosted by: Women in Consulting, Mountain View, CA
Cost: Regular Price: WIC members $40 early bird registration, $45 after January 28th
Ticket URL: http://www.womeninconsulting.org
Other ticket information: http://www.womeninconsulting.org
Event Contact Info: Angi Roberts, info@womeninconsulting.org
Venue: Michael's at Shoreline, 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA, 94043

Tuesday February 16, 2010
Event Type: Bio2Device Group
Would You Hire You?
Ever wonder what those recruiters and hiring managers think of your resume when they see it lying on their desks? Can you imagine what a person who has seen hundreds, if not thousands, of applicants thinks when your resume arrives? How do they dissect each resume? What kind of knowledge do you need to posses to be able to read people from a virtual piece of paper? Well now you can know. This event is for participants who are looking for new opportunities to gain fresh insights into their resumes and interviewing skills.
8:30am – 10:30am
Cost: Free
Venue: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA
No registration required.

Monday February 22, 2010
Event Type: CACO Workshop
Preclinical Toxicology and Drug Safety: Large Molecules.
12:45pm – 5:30pm
Cost: $1 for unemployed / For others, details available upon online login
Register at:http://www.caco-ca.org (Registration deadline: 2/18/10)
Venue: Foster City Crowne Plaza

Tuesday February 23, 2010
Event Type: Bio2Device Group
Stem Cell Biology: Progress, Hopes, Hypes and Hurdles.
8:30am – 10:30am
Cost: Free
Register at:http://www.caco-ca.org (Registration deadline: 2/18/10)
Venue: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA
No registration required.

Thursday February 25, 2010
Event Type: Seminar / Workshop/Class Event
Personal Branding – Getting Notice.
Personal branding can help you stand out from the competition in the job market. Walter Feigenson, http://BrandingMyself.com, who has a strong background in marketing and sales in the computer industry, will share what he has learned to help you create and manage your online image. His message is simple: set up profiles on contact sites, then blog until you’ve become a subject matter expert. Keep doing it until you’re thought a leader. Opportunities will come to you.
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Hosted by: Contra Costa County Library, Concord, CA
Cost: Free
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/ya3rpvh
Event Contact Info: Concord Library Staff, vzito@ccclib.org
Venue: Concord Library, 2900 Salvio St., Concord, CA, 94519

Tuesday March 2, 2010 – Save the date
Event Type: French Bio Bay Networking Dinner 7 – 10 PM
More details to come soon!

Tuesday March 2, 2010
Event Type: Bio2Device Group
Life Sciences Product Development – Weaving People, Processes, and Procesures Together for Success.
Success in product development depends upon a blending together of three primary elements- people (e.g. individual and team dynamics), processes (e.g. science and technical considerations), and procedures (e.g. business and quality/regulatory requirements). The major steps in product development will be discussed, with an emphasis on best practices and lessons learned to provide for optimal outcomes with respect to quality, time to market, and cost. Finally, five major trends impacting the industry will be discussed. The focus will be on life science tools, reagents, and diagnostics, but much of this is broadly applicable to the life sciences industry in general.
8:30am – 10:30am
Cost: Free
Venue: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA
No registration required.

Tuesday March 2, 2010
Event Type: Speaker / Panel / Round Table
The Ten Mistakes that Senior Management Teams make with Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs).
Senior Management teams face many challenges when working on Investigational New Drug applications (INDs). These are not easy applications to create, and there are many potential pitfalls. During the presentation the requirements for an IND will be explored and the potential pitfalls that CEOs and senior management teams need to be aware of will be identified. A panel session will follow the main presentation at which time the audience will be able to address questions to members of the panel.
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Hosted by: San Jose BioCenter, San Jose, CA
Cost: *Pre-registration closes on March 1st at noon!*
Regular Price: $30 / Partners' Network: $20 / BioCenter Members: Free / On-site: +$10
Ticket URL: http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2010Q1-IND.html
Other ticket information: http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2010Q1-IND.html
Event Contact Info: Aurelie Gaudin, events@sjbiocenter.com
Venue: The San Jose BioCenter, 5941 Optical Court, San Jose, CA 95138

Tuesday March 9, 2010
Event Type: Biotech Bay Career Fair
Looking for a new job? Networking with industry peers in an ever-changing work environment? Sectors include: Biotech * Pharmaceutical * Medical Device & Diagnostics. Job seekers can spend a day with HR representatives and Hiring Managers from top biotech, pharma, medical device and diagnostics companies in the Bay area.
Who should attend? Candidates with a 4-year degree in the life sciences and a minimum of 2-years of industry related experience are invited to attend.
What types of positions are available? Exhibiting companies are recruiting for positions in areas such as: QA/QC, clinical research, engineering, manufacturing, biostatistics, clinical data management, chemistry, regulatory affairs, and research.
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost: Free
Register at: http://www.biospace.com/jobs/seekersignin.aspx
Venue: South San Francisco Conference Center

HiWATE overall aim is to investigate potential human health risks (e.g. cancer, premature births, small for gestational age, semen quality, still birth, congenital anomalies) associated with long-term exposure to low levels of disinfectants (such as chlorine) and disinfectant by-products (DBPs) occurring in water for human consumption and use in the food industry.

More information at
http://www.hiwate.eu/event/hiwate-open-day-23rd-february-2010-london-uk-183.htm

The National Academy of Sciences' University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) & The North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center

Present

SBIR and STTR Grant Programs at the National Institutes of Health

Tuesday, February 23, 4:00-5:00pm ET (1:00-2:00pm PT)

Speaker:
Gregory Milman, PhD
(Director, Office for Innovation and Special Programs, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Moderated by:
Don Gerhart, Ph.D.
(Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Oregon)

COST: Free, but registration required.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.

Click here to register for the webinar

The February 23rd Funding Webinar will focus on the $100 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). NIAID arose from modest beginnings in 1887 with the establishment of a laboratory at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, New York. In 1955, after nearly seven decades of growth and evolution, NIAID was given its present name by the United States Congress. The Institute's programs focus on elucidating the causes of infectious and immunologic diseases, and finding innovative means to diagnose, treat, and prevent them. With a budget of about $4.7 billion for fiscal year 2010, NIAID is among the largest of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Topics Covered and What Webinar Attendees Can Expect to Gain from Participation:

During this webinar, Dr. Gregory Milman of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) will provide advice on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Participants will obtain general guidance and information about these competitive grant opportunities for U.S. small businesses. In order to get the most value from this Webinar, participants are strongly encouraged to review Dr. Milman's SBIR/STTR tutorials in advance.

The following three European-sponsored workshops will be held on Saturday, 20 February 2010 during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in San Diego (18-22 Feb. 2010):

8:30-11:30AM Symposium “Flows of People, Ideas and Resources: When Science Goes Global, Can Everybody Win?” (Organized by the EC Directorate General Research) Moderator: Mary Minch, Director, International Cooperation, EC Directorate General Research. Speakers: Fiona Williams, Ericsson GmbH; Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA); John Wood, Imperial College, and others.

1:00PM-2:00PM Workshop “Funding Opportunities in Europe for Creative Minds from Anywhere in the World” (Organized by the Marie Curie Office, European Research Council and EURAXESS) Speakers: Representatives from the Marie Curie Office, European Research Council and EURAXESS.

3:00PM-5:00PM Interactive Workshop “European Scientists in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities” (Organized by EURAXESS Links USA) Speakers: Mary Minch,  Director for International Cooperation, DG Research, European Commission, Representatives of EURAXESS, AAAS, and EU Member States networks, general discussion.

European Career Fair @ MIT (ECF) is an annual recruiting event, organized by the MIT European Club that connects employers from Europe with the most talented candidates that live in the US.  The 14th ECF will take place January 29-February 1, 2010 on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (MA). Details about the exact time and place of the employer exhibition and affiliated events will be announced via the fair website (https://www.euro-career.com/) as soon as they are confirmed.

The European Career Fair, held annually at MIT draws thousands of graduates and post graduates from all over the USA. Many are European researchers and scholars, all interested in career opportunities in Europe.
As in the past years, the European Commission is partnering with the ECF to promote Europe as a great place to pursue a career in science and technology, be it in industrial research, research organizations, academia or science policy. EU Member States will promote participation by their national research organizations and companies engaged in research. Through the joined effort, the European Career Fair presents the best that Europe has to offer, in all its diversity: public, private, national and international.

The European Commission and MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) will organize a panel discussion on the day preceding the career fair, featuring outstanding speakers from academia and industry on both sides of the Atlantic.

Fair schedule:

• Friday, January 29th:
  
  11:00am to 2:00pm:
  2nd Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop ( 11:45 - 1:00 presentation, followed by a sandwich lunch with information stands of several European Union Member States presenting their innovation and entrepreneurship activities).
  
  4:00pm to 6:00pm, followed by reception
  Research and Innovation Policy Roundtable "EU and US Research Partnerships in a Time of Global Challenges"
  RSVP - http://mit.edu/misti/events/misti-ec.html
  
  
• Saturday, January 30th: Career Fair Day
  
  
• Sunday, January 31st and Monday, February 1st: Interview days

Registration for candidates is free and submission of resumes is strongly encouraged, so that employers can pre-select candidates for interviews prior to the fair.

The event will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – 5-8 pm, at the German House, 23rd floor, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
The us-eu-match platform is a bridge between the U.S. and Europe facilitating transatlantic business development and technology transfer.  The us-eu-match links up with the existing Enterprise Europe Network, which comprises more than 40 countries, 600 points of contact and 3,000 experts, this way providing a forum for American companies and research institutes to meet their European counterparts.
At this seminar you will learn how you can benefit from the services that the Enterprise Europe Network offers to the business community in the U.S.
RSVP by January 22nd to Delegation-USA-ERA@ec.europa.eu and include your name, job title, affiliation, telephone number and email address in your response. Please bring a picture ID to this event at German House.
Please forward this information to other colleagues who might be interested in attending this session.

Full program

EURAXESS Links USA, together with the EU Delegation to the United States will participate
in the upcoming Employment Opportunities Conference Career Fair (EOC) at Carnegie Mellon on 4 February, 12:00-6:00PM, at the University Center Gym and Rangos Ballroom.

The Employment Opportunities Conference is a job fair for all students from all majors -- whether they are seeking full-time employment or internship opportunities. It is open to students and alumni of the University only.
For further inquiry, please contact: erelate@andrew.cmu.edu

On 3 February, at 6:00-8:00PM, an information session titled “New Opportunities for Researcher Mobility, Employment in Europe and Transatlantic Research Cooperation - The European Commission’s 7th Framework Program” will be held on the Carnegie Mellon university campus, in the Scaife Hall, Room 125.

The event, open to students and faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, will present information on research funding, employment and collaboration opportunities across a variety of research disciplines both in Europe and in partnership with European institutions. The European Commission’s 7th Framework Program, particularly the People, Ideas and Cooperation programs, will be discussed in detail, including the increased opportunities for transatlantic mobility and collaboration of researchers, and improved opportunities for involvement for both European and non-European participants. New resources for researchers seeking employment in Europe, including the EURAXESS portal, will be introduced. Activities and services of EURAXESS Links USA - the Network of European Researchers Abroad - will be also presented.

“How We Remember the Past, and Forget It Too” by Edward Berenson, Professor of History, New York University, Director of the CNRS-NYU Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Come enjoy this free conference in English, and view a photography exhibit on the construction of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty.

Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 6 pm, with wine reception to follow.

La Maison Française, Embassy of France, Washington DC

This lecture considers the relationship between history and memory, between what historical research tells us about the past and how we, or our ancestors, remember it. Neuroscientists tell us that each time we retrieve a memory, it mixes with other things we know.  We then re-remember it, replacing the memory originally retrieved. Memories thus change all the time, so it’s no wonder that they regularly contradict what historical research tells us about the past. We’re also motivated to forget unpleasant, inconvenient and traumatic experiences or to unconsciously to reshape those experiences into memories easier to bear. Often, we’re quick to forget or deny actions or statements that, if recalled, might upset or anger people in our lives.  Such is especially true of public figures who not infrequently fail to recall things they have said or done. But in today’s electronic world, it seems as though almost everything gets preserved. Old emails can be instantly retrieved, Youtube video clips transmitted to the far corners of the planet, web searches reconstructed, computer disks un-erased. Artificial memory keeps records our brains could never retrieve.  In principle, then, artificial memory should trump organic memory, aiding the work of history. Whether it actually will remains to be seen.

RSVP to Elodie Domenge, associate-cnrs@ambafrance-us.org, by Monday December 7th, 2009. Due to new security measures, please be sure to bring identification. Free parking is available in the garage on a first-come, first-served basis.

The upcoming annual GRSPSociety conference will be held in Boston between the 4th and the 6th of December, 2009. The conference is titled “Project Romania 2020: What We Can Do For Romania In The Next Decade”, and will be held by GRSPSociety in collaboration with the Harvard Romanian Association, the MIT Romanian Student Association, and the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe at Harvard Kennedy School, and the Romanian Institute of Culture.  We encourage you to forward this information to any individuals or groups who might be interested.

The Boston conference will be the second annual effort to bring together Romanian students and young professionals, especially those studying, working, and living abroad.  During the first conference, held in 2008 in Budapest, the GRSPSociety was officially launched to meet the need for an international organization for Romanians around the globe. The second conference in Boston seeks to create a vision of where the Romanian research diaspora is heading in the next decade and how GRSPSociety and its members can help achieve this vision through specific projects. The conference will be joined by speakers including Simona Miculescu (Ambassador of Romania to the United Nations), Dan Dimancescu (President of BEH LLC and Honorary Consul of Romania in Boston), and Irina Anghel (entrepreneur and private equity lawyer). 

For more information about the Boston conference and an application, please see the conference website: www.grspsociety.org/boston2009 or contact GRSP at GRSPconference.app@gmail.com. 

Visit Global Romanian Students and Young Professionals Society at: http://grspsociety.ning.com

The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding high-impact, venture-backable university startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors and Fortune 500/Global 1000 companies funding them. The conference also includes NSF, NIH and other national and international government agencies working on improving the Global Innovation Economy by increasing the quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities.

With university administrators, state governors and federal funders placing an ever increasing emphasis on commercializing federally-funded university R&D, this conference is more important than ever. In the current environment you need to have a first-rate startup creation and funding program to be a top-tier research institution. With an amazing 8% of university startups going public, universities with successful startup creation and funding programs are increasingly regarded as important centers of innovation in their region.

Benefits of attending this year's University Startups Conference:

• Join the leaders in university-centric innovation from the U.S. and internationally
• Discover what investors are really looking for when investing in startups
• Learn about university-based early stage commercialization funds
• Learn about university angel investor groups that fund startups and bring back wealthy alumni to the school
• Discuss with other university officials what works and what doesn't
• Discover what the federal funders of university research are looking for in commercialization efforts
• A one-stop place to meet the university transaction managers with world-class IP to incorporated into your products, programs and portfolio companies
• Meet angel investors, VCs and Fortune 500/Global 1000 technology scouts interested in university-centric innovations and university startups

The University Startups Conference is a must attend event for those universities serious about making their university a regional center of innovation, commercializing federally-funded research, and successfully creating and funding high-impact university startups.

Global University Startups

The University Startups Conference is organized annually by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). This year's University Co-Hosts are the University of Maryland and the University of Texas. The Government Co-Hosts are the National Science Foundation (Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership) and National Institutes of Health (Office of Tech Transfer). The venture capital sponsor is the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The Angel Group sponsor is the uAngels, a national angel group focusing on funding university startups.

The conference usually sells out and registration closes early, so please register as soon as possible

To register, please go to:
http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf09/Agenda

For more information, please visit the conference website:
http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf09

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2, 2009

1:00-4:30 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop: SBIRs for University Technology Commercialization [Separate Registration]

6:00-7:30 pm
Opening Reception at the British Embassy's Ambassador's Residence
[Separate RSVP Required - Capacity Limit of 200 Attendees]

THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2009

7:30-8:15 am
Registration/Breakfast

8:15-8:30 am
Conference Opening and Welcome

• Errol Arkilic (National Science Foundation-NSF)
• Steve Ferguson (National Institutes of Health - NIH)
• Tony Stanco (Executive Director, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer)
• Ali Andalibi (National Institutes of Health - NIH)
• Cathy Swain (University of Texas, Co-Host)
• Brian Darmody (University of Maryland, Co-Host)

8:30-8:45 am
Keith McDowell (University of Texas, Co-Host)

8:45-9:00 am
President C. D. Mote (University of Maryland, Co-Host)

9:00-9:45 am
University Panel 1

• Paul Zukowski (University of Texas)
• Allen Dines (Assistant Director, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
• Gitte Schober (Wageningen University & Research Center) [Neatherlands]
• David Baker (Executive Director, University Technology Park, Illinois Institute of Technology)
• Santiago Romo (Director TTO, Rey Juan Carlos University) [Spain]
• Jean-Charles Guibert (CEA) [France]
• Dominic Houlihan (University of Aberdeen) [UK]

9:45-10:30 am
University Panel 2

• Tomohisa Koyama (Nagoya University) [Japan]
• Nariman Farvardin (University of Maryland)
• Peter Kelly (Executive Director, Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship) [Finland]
• Michael Rauhofer (CEO, INiTS Universitares Grunderservice Wien) [Austria]
• Cengiz Tarhan (University College London) [UK]
• Poyni Bhatt (Chief Administrative Officer, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay) [India]

10:30-11:00
am Break

11:00-11:15 am
Michael Weingarten (Director, NCI SBIR and STTR Small Business Programs, National Institutes of Health - NIH)

11:15-11:30 am
Kesh Narayanan (Director, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation-NSF)

11:30-12:15 pm
NSF SBIR Panel: SBIRs and University Startups

12:15-2:00 pm
Lunch

2:00-2:15 pm
British Embassy Designated Speaker

2:15-2:30 pm
Charles Wessner (Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The National Academies)

2:30-3:15 pm
Federal and University Lab Partnerships: New Directions Panel

• Brian Darmody (University of Maryland)
• Tim Wittig (Technology Management Advisor for Federal Laboratories, SAIC)
• Michael Schen (NIST)

3:15-4:00 pm
University Panel 3

• Raymond Lee Orbach (Director, The Energy Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
• Ashley Stevens (Boston University)
• Wes Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins)
• Jim Chung (Maryland Technology Enterprise, University of Maryland)
• Linda Naylor (University of Oxford) [UK]
• Tom Corr (University of Waterloo) [Canada]

4:00-4:45 pm
University Panel 4

• Fred Farina (Director, Tech Transfer, Cal Tech)
• Betsy Merrick (University of Texas Austin)
• Melba Kurman (Cornell University)
• Robert Wooldridge (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Derek Waddell (University of Edinburgh) [UK]
• Apoorv Sharma (General Manager, Amity University) [India]

4:45-5:30 pm
University Panel 5

• Burton Lee (Stanford University)
• Lita Nelsen (MIT)
• Brian Cummings (University of Utah)
• Takeru Ohe (Waseda University) [Japan]
• Paulo Bueno (São Paulo State University) [Brazil]
• Charlie Lewis (Arizona State University)

5:30-7:00 pm
Reception - Sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Embassy

7:00-10:00 pm
Dinner (on your own)

7:00-10:00 pm
By Invitation "Strategic Players in Global Innovation" Dinner for U.S./International VCs, Private Equity Firms, Fortune 500/Global 1000 Corporations, Embassies and University Sponsors attending the conference. It is a conducive atmosphere for national and international VCs, private equity firms, Global 1000, U.S. Government and Washington embassies to talk about how they see working together in the Global Innovation Ecosystem.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009

9:00-9:45 am
Embassy Panel: Global Innovation: Working With Other Countries To Build A Global University Startups Innovation Community

• Brian Ferrar (First Secretary Science & Innovation, British Embassy)
• Mitsuyuki Ueda (First Secretary, Science Section, Embassy of Japan)
• Debapriya Dutta (Counselor, Science & Technology, Embassy of India)
• Eamonn Confrey (First Secretary Information & Communications Policy, Embassy Of Ireland)
• Juan A Serrano (Counselor (Acting), Science & Technology, Embassy of Spain)
• Peter Westerstrahle (Counselor, Science & Technology, Embassy of Finland)
• Christian Jorgens (Minister-Counselor, Science and Technology, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany)

9:45-10:00 am
Mark Heesen (President, National Venture Capital Association-NVCA)

10:00-10:45 am
VC Panel #1

• Mark Heesen (President, National Venture Capital Association-NVCA)
• David Wells (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
• Mark Rostick (Intel Capital)
• Dan Watkins (DFJ Mercury)
• Carl Showalter (Opus Capital)
• Jeffrey Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners/Harvard Business School EIR)

10:45-11:30 am
VC Panel #2

• Russ Cummings (Imperial Innovation) [UK]
• Deepanwita Chattopadhyay (Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Knowledge Park) [India]
• Eric Harle (Managing Partner, I-Source) [France]
• Gary Rubinoff (Managing Director, Summerhill Ventures) [Canada]
• Gabriela Gebrin Cezar (Venture Partner, Latin America, Burrill & Company) [Brazil]
• Michael Brandkamp (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) [Germany]

11:30-1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00-1:45 pm
VC Panel #3

• Mark Frantz (Redshift Ventures)
• Joe Del Guercio (CNF Investments)
• Charles Curran (Valhalla Partners)
• Harry Weller (NEA)
• Tom Scholl (Novak Biddle Venture Partners)

1:45-2:30 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The Industry Perspective- Panel 1

• Helmut Traitler (Nestle)
• Martin Eglitis (Senior Partnering Director, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries)
• Jit Patel (Head of Discovery Licensing, Astra-Zeneca)
• Steve Hahn (Dow Chemical)
• Javier Garoz Neira (General Manager Corporate Development, Telvent)
• Eric Meulenkamp (Philips Research)

2:30-3:15 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The Industry Perspective- Panel 2

• Rich Christie (VP Business Development, Johnson & Johnson)
• Yannick Wittner (Director, Strategic Partnership, Dassault Systèmes)
• Andrew Jay (Siemens)
• Shekar Rao (Worldwide Manager, Texas Instruments)
• Christopher Foster (Northrop Grumman)
• Susan Tuttle (Director Worldwide Innovation Policy, IBM)

3:15-4:00 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The Industry Perspective- Panel 3

• Robyn Zander (Southern California Edison)
• Mark Mielke (BASF Future Business America )
• Richard Wilder (Microsoft Corporation)
• Robert Gruetzmacher (DuPont)
• Thomas Fare (Merck)
• Joseph Dvorak (Innovation and a Technology Futurist, Research In Motion)

4:00-4:45 pm
Angel Panel

• David Lerner (Columbia University)
• Jamie Rhodes (Central Texas Angel Network)
• Craig Dye (University of Maryland, Maryland Angel Investors)
• Patrick Jones (University of Arizona)
• Jeremy Adelman (Illinois Institute of Technology)

5:00 pm
Conference ends

Organized for several years by the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy (Boston section), FAID is an annual French American symposium gathering 120 to 150 scientists, industry representatives and investors in state-of-the-art technologies. It aims at fostering the development of collaborations between France and the USA in an innovative topic of scientific relevance for the two countries.

The FAID 2009 is dedicated to theranostics, including either biological (proteomics, genomics, glycomics, interactomics, tissue pathology, tissue imaging etc…), clinical and in silico approaches or, new diagnosis materials, technologies or tools. The event is entitled “Theranostics and Biology: Know-How Challenges, Applications & Breakthroughs". It takes place on December 3rd and 4th at Harvard Medical School Conference Center in Boston.

For the first time, the FAID 2009 is organized in partnership with an industry partner, Merieux-Alliance, and is held during two consecutive days on December 3rd and 4th 2009.

• The first day (December 3rd), will allow the best academic French and American teams to present latest advancements in this field of research during a full day symposium.
• The second day (December 4th), will give the Boston scientific and industrial communities the opportunity to be introduced with on-going innovative entrepreneurial or technological initiatives in the area of theranostics. These initiatives are the selected projects made in the framework of a € 300,000 competition (deadline 31st August) supported by Mérieux Alliance. For any further information, please contact: Antoine Mynard, attache-inno.mst@consulfrance-boston.org

Venue information
2009, December 3rd and 4th
Harvard Medical School Conference Center
77 avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02116

Contact information:
Antoine Mynard, Science & Technology Attaché, attache-inno.mst@consulfrance-boston.org
Consulat Général de France
31 St James Ave., Suite 750
Boston, Ma, 02116

Admission to the event is free but registration is needed. Program and registration are soon available on the website: http://www.france-science.org/faid/

http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/geo6.html

Plenary dates: 17-18 November 2009

The EC stand at the GEO-VI Exhibition in the Ronald Reagan Centre in Washington will be open from mi-morning 17 November through to later afternoon 18 November. Attached is the GEO-VI week at a glance.

The Netherlands Office for Science and Technology invites you to the Science Cafe ‘Living with Water’

 WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 17 6:30-8:00 PM - program begins at 6:45 PM.

WHERE: The Royal Netherlands Embassy, 4200 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington DC.
Located near UDC – VAN NESS Metro (red Line). Parking is available on the street.

ABOUT THE TOPIC: The Dutch....... The Topography of the Netherlands has made the Dutch  world-class experts in planning, design, construction, and maintenance of dams, levees, surge barriers, and other flood control structures. The talk in this Science Cafe will introduce the efforts of public-private partnerships in the Netherlands to keep the water out. 

The Science Cafe is free and open to the public. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. PLEASE RSVP to rsvp@nost.org.

A European Science Series event titled “Transatlantic Cooperation in Research and Education: Challenges and Opportunities” will be held on Thursday, November 19th, 2009, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, 1530 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610.

This event will provide a fresh look at the issues of transatlantic collaboration in research and education. The panelists will review the current research policies on both sides of the Atlantic that relate to such collaboration, present recent development and growth of joint and dual graduate degree programs between EU and US universities, and discuss their potential for contributing to an inherently transatlantic research community. The panel will also comment on key issues concerning the design, and operation of transatlantic programs. Examples of successful programs will be discussed, including barriers and facilitators that have been encountered so far in their implementation. Information about existing opportunities and European funding for transatlantic research will be provided.

PROGRAM

6:00pm to 6:30 pm       
Registration

6:30pm            
Welcome by Consul General Zygmunt Matynia

6:35pm            
Panel discussion:

Context: Dr. Laurent Bochereau, Minister-Counselor, Head of Science, Technology &
Education, Delegation of the European Commission in Washington DC

Panel: Prof. Allan Lerner, Associate Provost for International Affairs, Office of International Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago

Prof. Piergiorgio Uslenghi, Associate Dean, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Prof. Anthony Kossiakoff, Otho S. A. Sprague Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago          

Q&A session
7:35pm to 8:30pm        
Networking reception

The event is co-organized by EURAXESS Links USA, the Delegation of the European Commission to the USA, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland.

Please RSVP to delegation-usa-era@ec.europa.eu by November 16, 2009.

Suggested parking:  1750 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614 (Clark & Stockton Intersection, South end of Lincoln Park)

Organized by: EUROSOLAR and WCRE
In cooperation with: EnergyAgency.NRW, EUROBAT, German Energy Agency dena, DERlab, World Wind Energy Association WWEA
Sponsored by: li-TEC, VRD Renewable Energy Foundation
Media partner: New Energy, Energie&Management

The International Renewable Energy Storage conference 2009 is already the 4th of its kind.
IRES has popularized many new approaches and triggered genuine technological advancements. The annual event presents the state of technology and especially the resulting energy storage applications that open up ground breaking opportunities for the dynamic exploitation of renewable energy in manifold energy-autonomous forms, in residential construction and by and for enterprises, residential developments, cities, regions and countries.    

Besides the technological and scientific questions regarding an integrated regenerative energy, system IRES will also highlight the necessary political framework for the market penetration of renewable energy and the support schemes for energy storage technologies.   

The IRES conference series brings together stakeholders from the regenerative and conventional energy industries, from R&D and politics. It acts as a stimulus for their strategies to enhance the entry of renewable energy.

The conference program is now available online.

If you have any questions or need any further information please do not hesitate to contact the organizers at IRES@eurosolar.de or info@eurosolar.org
http://www.eurosolar.org

Link online registration form

Link Sponsoring options for companies

Travel and accommodation

The Swedish governmental agency “Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency” (MSB) in cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate will host this fall the first Euro-Atlantic Stakeholder Conference. Representatives from Academia, Industry and Government are welcome to indicate an interest to give presentations of ideas, work and research at parallel break-out sessions at the EASC09. If you wish to give a presentation, please submit an abstract and some additional information via the conference website. Conference themes will be organized in four parallel sessions:

• Chemical/biological preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery
• Explosives/human factors
• Protecting and securing critical infrastructure
• Maritime Domain Awareness. A Challenging Application in the Command, Control & Interoperability Arena

The purpose for having themes is to allow for presentations and discussions on innovative ideas, technologies and services that can support societal/homeland security efforts.

The deadline for submitting an abstract is 1^st May. Final acceptance to present at EASC09 will be communicated to selected presenters no later than 5th June.

The Euro-Atlantic Stakeholder Conference website

The first event in the series: Beyond Copenhagen:  Scientific Perspectives on Adaptation and Sustainability will be held on 1 October 2009. The Series is co-sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Embassy of Sweden, and the Delegation of the European Commission.

The event will be devoted to “Water, Agriculture & Terrestrial Resources.”  It will be held on Thursday, 1 October 2009; at 4:45pm – 6:00pm (registration opens at 4:00pm with light hors d’oeuvres served), and will be hosted by the Delegation of the European Commission, 2300 M Street, NW, Press Room, Washington DC 20037.

The political climate on sustainability and global climate change issues in the United States has undergone a sea change this year as the world’s governments look toward a post-Kyoto agreement on climate change mitigation.  The U.S. Congress and Administration are focusing on policy solutions to curb carbon emissions and touting green jobs as an essential component for long-term economic growth.  Most discussions center on the near term—preparing for the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December and in operationalizing economic recovery plans.

This seminar series will provide scientific perspectives to key sustainability and climate change policy issues that are still on the horizon and that lay beyond Copenhagen, particularly focusing on how the U.S. and Europe might adapt to changes in planetary water cycles.  Each event will begin with an introduction that sets the discussion within a geopolitical context.  Short presentations by both a European and an American scientist will be followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A session. 

The context for the discussion on 1 October will be provided by Roland Schenkel, Director General, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission. The panel will consist of Ad de Roo, Senior Scientist, JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission and James W. Hansen, Research Scientist, Agricultural Systems, the International Research, Institute for Climate and Society.

The panel will discuss how terrestrial water resources are crucial for ecosystems, drinking water supply, agriculture, hydropower and river navigation. Both extreme excess - river flooding - and shortage - droughts and water scarcity - are major threats. Current science is increasingly showing that climate change will have serious effects on water resources and its extremes. This panel will explore how society could adapt to prepare for these changes, presenting several examples:

• What evidence is there of changing water resources and their extremes?
• What are the likely effects of these extreme events on agriculture?
• What are the current management strategies to help to adapt to these changes?
• What are the remaining challenges?

Space is limited. To attend, RSVP to:  Delegation-USA-ERA@ec.europa.eu
Invitation to the event

A Free Online Webinar Series for U.S. Venture Investors Investing Abroad, Corporate Technology Scouts, University Officials, Government Officials, Entrepreneurs and other Innovation Professionals

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)

SPEAKERS:

Gitte Schober
(Programme manager, Wageningen University & Research)
Floris van Alkemade
(Founder/Partner Solid Ventures, Partner NeSBIC CTE Funds)
Martin Stutterheim
(Manager TechnoPartner)
Charlotte Wansink
(Senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, project manager Valorisation Programme)
Moderated by Randy Mitchell
(International Trade Strategist for Venture Capital, Senior Adviser for Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce)

Sponsored by the National Venture Capital Association

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This series on Investing in International Innovation will be moderated by Randy Mitchell, International Trade Strategist for Private Equity at the U.S. Department of Commerce. We will look at a different market of interest to U.S. investors and innovation professionals.

This month, experts will address the trends in the Netherlands innovation economy.

Among the topics to be covered:

• what is the Netherlands innovation strategy as it relates to R&D labs at the federal and university level?
• how can US venture investors invest in the Netherlands innovation?
• what is the state of deal-flow?
• are entrepreneurs emerging with viable business models based on university research?
• what are the opportunities for early stage venture funding?
• what role do universities play in commercialization of R&D?
• and is there an equivalent of Bayh-Dole for the Netherlands?

Gitte Schober
(Programme manager, Wageningen University & Research)

Bio

Gitte Schober is the programme manager for activities related to entrepreneurship, food and food services. Together with businesses and interest groups, including the government, she designs learning and development programmes that vary from in-company business strategy courses to projects focused on knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship. In the 5 year initiative of the TechnoPartner Knowledge Exploitation funding programme, Gitte and her team helped founding over 35 high-tech companies and established a solid consortium and business network to foster tech transfer and entrepreneurship in a knowledge intensive and academic environment for the food and agro sector. Since 2008, Gitte and her team also create soft landing facilities for promising high-tech companies between USA, Canada and the Netherlands as the gateway to Europe. Gitte has more than 15 years of experience working within Wageningen UR and as a consultant, both in the specific plant and food subjects taught at WUR and in her own specialist field of human resources and competency management.

Floris van Alkemade
(Founder/Partner Solid Ventures, Partner NeSBIC CTE Funds)

Bio

Floris van Alkemade has over 15 years of experience in venture capital, M&A, business development. In 2006 he co-founded Solid Ventures, a EUR 8M venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies in The Netherlands. He currently manages the fund that already has invested in 6 promising companies. In 1998 and 2000 is co-founded and co-managed the NeSBIC CTe Funds, EUR 210M value added venture capital funds having invested in 38 early stage technology companies in Europe and US. In 2000 he managed the NeSBIC CTe Fund office in Silicon Valley, US. Before starting in venture capital Floris worked at Unisource NV, a pan-European telecommunications company, the investment bank MeesPierson NV and the consulting firm Andersson Elffers Felix BV. He has a Masters Degree in Business Econometrics from the Free University of Amsterdam. He is a member of the board of several companies, amongst which Scense and a director of the Communications Networking community TSOC.

Martin Stutterheim
(Manager TechnoPartner)

Bio

Martin Stutterheim studied chemistry at Leiden University. After obtaining his degree in 1978, he worked at the marketing & sales department of EssoChemie NL and CIVI Consultancy. Then Martin worked as an independent interim manager/consultant from 1990 until 2000, when he joined Senter, currently SenterNovem. He worked on a loan scheme for technical development and schemes to stimulate high tech start-ups. Since 2004 he is responsible for the implementation of the TechnoPartner programme, a joint initiative of the Ministries of Finance and Education, Culture and Science.

Charlotte Wansink
(Senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, project manager Valorisation Programme)

Bio

Charlotte Wansink works at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Netherlands, DG Enterprise and Innovation. She is policy manager of the Dutch TechnoPartner Programme, which provides financial support and technical assistance in order to improve the entrepreneurial climate in the Netherlands, especially with regard to technological start-up companies. Charlotte Wansink has an extensive experience in developing, implementing and evaluating policy in the area of innovative start-ups, technology transfer and knowledge valorisation. Charlotte is responsible for developing the new Valorisation programme. This programme is an initiative of the Ministries of Economic Affairs, Education, Culture and Science and Agriculture and Food quality. The programme stimulates a coherent set of activities that boosts the Dutch valorisation infrastructure. She has also worked as Science and Technology Officer at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Paris, where she focused on life sciences, nanotechnology and innovation. Before this, Charlotte was seconded as a national expert to the European Commission, DG Justice, Freedom and Security. She holds a Master's degree in Business and Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Randy Mitchell
(International Trade Strategist for Venture Capital, Senior Adviser for Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce)

Bio

Randy Mitchell joined the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2001, from the private sector where he had a history of entrepreneurial development in Russia, Japan, and the United States. From 1997-2001 he was founder of a start-up e-commerce company exporting U.S. consumer goods to the Japanese. In that position he built a management team that included former Fortune 500 executives including the former Chairman, CEO and President of Avon Japan. Along with his team he raised $3.5 million in angel and venture capital financing and built strategic partnerships with some of the largest companies in Japan and the United States.

Mr. Mitchell resided in Russia from 1992 through 1996, where he built distribution networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg for U.S. and Scandinavian food and beverage brands such as Nestle (Findus), Sara Lee, Anheuser-Busch, Tyson, Subway, Campbell Soup, and others. This included working with Russian entrepreneurs in distribution, retail, and food service.

Mr. Mitchell is currently the U.S. government official responsible for venture capital and is the United States Representative to the OECD for Entrepreneurship where he actively works to promote global entrepreneurship. He is an alumnus of the Venture Capital Institute and has represented the International Trade Administration on the Board of Advisors to the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA). Mr. Mitchell has also served as organizer and U.S. Secretary on bilateral venture capital working groups with the governments of Australia, Brazil, and the European Union. Mr. Mitchell, a speaker of Russian, has traveled to 38 countries.

At the International Trade Administration, Mr. Mitchell is responsible for: Enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. venture capital sector Supporting foreign investments of U.S. venture capital firms Increasing the exports of U.S. venture capital

Mr. Mitchell is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and venture capital, including the following for 2009:

• Washington, DC: National Council Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer Conference (Scheduled 3 December)
• Stockholm, Sweden: 6th US-Sweden Venture & Entrepreneurship Forum (Scheduled 15 September)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil: Getulio Vargas Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital (August)
• Chicago, Illinois: Dealmakers Summit of The Marathon Club (July)
• Chicago, Illinois: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Center for Private Equity (June)
• Ottawa, Canada: Re$earch Money, International Trends in Venture Capital (March)
• Miami, Florida: University of Miami, Global Business Forum on Entrepreneurship (January)

Mr. Mitchell organized more than 40 international bilateral or multilateral entrepreneurship and investment symposia from 2003 thru 2008.

The one-day symposium entitled "Challenging the Paradigm: The Legacy of Galileo" will bring together important voices in the field of space science from Caltech, JPL and the Italian scientific community. The Legacy of Galileo symposium will take place at California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, on November 19, 2009. The Italian Embassy, the Italian Consulate in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) invite participation!

Researchers are encouraged to contribute a poster describing innovative research on any of the themes discussed by the invited speakers. Young researchers and students are especially welcome. Abstracts are limited to 180 words. Deadline for poster abstract submission is September 30, 2009.

For the conference program, including the full schedule of events and online registration, visit the symposium website >>>

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The 21st conference of the European Association for International Education will be held in Madrid, Spain, on 16-19 September 2009.  This year’s conference theme is “Connecting Continents.” In keeping with this theme, many sessions and workshops of the conference will focus on providing participants with the skills and tools they need to attract students from continents all over the world to their institutions.

Registration opens on Monday, 11 May 2009.

To find out more, please go to: http://www.eaie.org/madrid/

The Italian Trade Commission, in collaboration with Innova Consulting Group, Inc., will organize the international training event, Scientific Cooperation Italy-USA: Examples and Instruments. The event will take place in Boston on the 24th of September at the Alumni Center of the Northeastern University and in Cambridge on the 25th at the Cambridge Innovation Center.

The main goal of the training event is to enhance and promote R&D collaboration between Italy and the US in the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology. The training session will be addressed to an audience of about 40 researchers and scientists from the public and private sectors.

Topics will range from science to intellectual property, case studies on international cooperation opportunities, and potential funding (Italian, European, International) applicable for cooperation projects.

Among the speakers: Prof. Ahmed Busnaina of Northeastern University, William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor and Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) for High-rate Nanomanufacturing and the NSF Center for Nano and Microcontamination Control at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Prof Busnaina, is internationally recognized for his work on nano and micro scale defects mitigation and removal in semiconductor fabrication, and he was recently awarded the Nanotech Briefs National Nano50 Award which recognize the top 50 technologies, products, and innovators that have significantly impacted - or are expected to impact – the state of the art in nanotechnology.

Prof. Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genova, will give an overview on the state of the art of nanotechnology among the Italian research centers that constitute the scientific network of IIT.

Dr. Giovanni Abbadessa, Medical Director of ArQule and founder of network for researchers and physicians Prometeo Network, will talk about Clinical Trials in Oncology in Italy and the United States.
Consul General of Italy in Boston, Dr. Liborio Stellino and Serenella Sferza Director of the MIT-Italy Program, who will also represent ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (www.issnaf.org), will also take part to the event.

Mr. Nicola Fiordalisi, Bryan Cave LLP, Chicago, received a Juris Doctor both from the University of Bologna and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He will give a presentation on different aspects of Intellectual Property in Italy and USA.

In the afternoon, Mr. Aleardo Furlani, CEO of Innova S.p.A will discuss a case study of Technology Transfer while Dr. Marcella Debidda of Innova Consulting Group, Inc. will give an overview on the Italian, European and international funding available to scientists and entrepreneurs for international cooperation projects.

The 2nd day session, on September 25th, will consist of one-to-one meetings between the event participants and the experts in order to offer the interested US participants an opportunity for individualized advising, a question and answer session, and discussion of potential EU funding applicable to the participant’s personal needs/interests.

For further information, please contact:
ICE New York - Valentina Petricciuolo (vpetricciuolo@italtrade.com)
Innova Consulting Group, Inc.  – Marcella Debidda (marcella@innova-us.net)
Detailed agenda 

An event titled "Enhanced Opportunities in Europe: New Programs, Funding and Collaboration"
 will be hosted on September 10, 2009, at 4:00PM, by the Transatlantic Center at the University of Missouri, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Columbia, MO 65211 (http://eu.missouri.edu/index.html).

A lecture on "Research collaboration opportunities in Europe for professors and graduate students across a variety of disciplines" will be presented by Laurent Bochereau, Counselor, Head of Science, Technology and Education, Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S.

Izabella Zandberg, Project Manager of EURAXESS Links USA, will discuss "Networking and funding opportunities for European faculty and students interested in research in Europe."

The presentations will be followed by a reception.

For additional information regarding the event, please contact: Fritz Cropp, Director of the Transatlantic Center, at croppf@missouri.edu, tel. 573-882-1930.

Directions to the Reynolds Journalism Institute:
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Each month the series looks at the experiences and visions of two large companies addressing the issue of building strategic relationships with universities as part of a new open innovation and commercialization environment

Honda Strategic Venturing and Southern California Edison
Tuesday, August 11, 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)

Speakers:

Paul Cummings
(Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing)

Robyn Zander
(Project Manager, Southern California Edison)

Co-Moderated by:

Val Livada
(Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Business at MIT; Founder Weybridge Partners)

Robert Gruetzmacher
(Director of Technology Commercialization, DuPont's Center for Collaborative Research and Education)

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Click here to register for the webinar : https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/630205834

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This webinar series is about how companies work or want to work with universities to create value for both themselves and the universities. The ecology of innovation is undergoing a profound change where a collaborative set of activities need to effectively connect academic institutions with the business community. Universities are becoming key sources of discovery and are playing an ever increasing role in how industry innovates. Global competition, rising R&D costs and thus the need to get more products to the market sooner are some factors forcing companies to reach out to research universities for new ideas and capability. Licensing, corporate sponsored research, consulting engagements, venture capital investment, gifts, and employment are just some of the ways used to build strategic relationships between industry and universities, and are becoming a regular part of the developing open innovation environment.
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COST: Free, but registration required.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can better collaborate to commercialize R&D. In particular, we invite Global 1000, VCs, angel investors and university officials.

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Paul Cummings
(Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing)

Bio

Paul Cummings is a Principal of Honda Strategic Venturing (HSV), the corporate venture capital arm of Honda Motor Corporation based in Mountain View, California.HSV seeks investment opportunities in technology venture companies to establish the strategic foundation for collaborative partnership both to excel Honda's innovative R&D and to help technology venture companies succeed in Honda's product markets.Prior to joining Honda, Paul held various management positions with automotive tier 1 supplier Delphi; including, positions in mergers and acquisitions, business development and operations for a Japanese partnered joint venture.Paul also worked for Accenture in the Sydney, Australia office with the Strategy Consulting Practice.Paul holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and BA from Michigan State University.

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Robyn Zander
(Project Manager, Southern California Edison)

Bio

Robyn Zander is a Project Manager in the Energy Efficiency Division at Southern California Edison ("SCE").SCE is one of the largest investor-owner utilities in the United States, serving 13 million customers across a 50,000 square mile service territory.For the last six years, SCE has partnered with its customers to save more electricity through energy efficiency programs than any other utility in the nation.Before joining SCE, Robyn worked 10 years at Boeing as a program manager in the contracts division and 5 years as a general partner of a manufacturing company.As a general partner, Robyn grew the business through product development, increased international distribution, and marketing.Her specialty was product development and reducing the commercialization process.While working as a general partner her team also invested in other manufacturing ventures in the automotive industry.Robyn joined SCE's Energy Efficiency Regulatory Group in 2006.Since joining the SCE team, she has been a major contributor in the development of the technology resource incubator outreach program (TRIO).This program nurtures upstream technologies through workshops and education that focus on doing business with utilities.She works with all levels of the energy efficiency industry, from university engineering students, venture capitalists and "angel" investors, as well as with manufacturers, trade associations, utilities, and state and federal government.Robyn participated as a Judge of the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer.Robyn received her MBA from Pepperdine University and BS in Psychology from Oregon State University.

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Robert R. Gruetzmacher
(Director of Technology Commercialization, DuPont's Center for Collaborative Research and Education)

Bio

Dr. Gruetzmacher is the Director of Technology Commercialization in DuPont's Center for Collaborative Research and Education. During his career with DuPont, his responsibilities have included research, development, manufacturing, and marketing in the photopolymer imaging products and medical diagnostic businesses. He managed DuPont’s infectious disease diagnostics research group in Boston, co-managed a food quality assurance business venture, and helped lead development of DuPont's technology transfer group and intellectual assets business.

In his current role his responsibilities include managing the unrestricted grants program, leading DuPont’s efforts to find appropriate university partners for sponsored and collaborative research, negotiating agreements and seeks new business opportunities with the academic setting including startups, and advises company-wide on licensing-related matters. Most recently, he has been asked to take a lead in facilitating corporate-wide implementation of an “open innovation” R&D model.

Dr. Gruetzmacher holds a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, and was the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship. He has served as a trustee of the Licensing Executives Society and participates in several international forums dealing with topics such as university/company transactions, knowledge management, and the management and valuation of intellectual assets. He has authored publications and is invited frequently to gives talks on these topics. He is a certified licensing Professional and a member of the Licensing Executives Society, the American Chemical Society, the Association of University Technology Managers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is on the industrial advisory boards of the Larta Institute in Los Angeles, the Larta/USDA Commercialization Assistance Program and the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He was recently elected to the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) board of directors.

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Val R. Livada
(Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Business at MIT; Founder Weybridge Partners)

Bio

Val Livada founded Weybridge Partners in 1996 as a network of formal and informal associations of practitioners and organizations focused on the successful commercialization of technology. The network includes business and technology consultants, venture capitalists, academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc in the US and abroad.

Val brings 30 years of consulting experience to his clients. He was a Director at Braxton Associates, an international strategy planning consulting firm, and a Vice President at Pugh-Roberts Associates, a technology management firm established by Prof. Ed Roberts from MIT. Prior to establishing Weybridge Partners, he was the leading practitioner in the area of innovation management for the PA Consulting Group. During his career, Dr. Livada has combined expertise in the areas of strategic planning and organizational dynamics, with a detailed knowledge in the areas of innovation, product development, and R&D management.

Through the years, clients have included Fortune 500-type companies such as: GM, Eli Lilly, Nokia, Hitachi and has recently founded an East Coast corporate venture capital network. Val sits on the Board of Directors for Monarch Antenna, a Delphi Automotive spinout, and Polynova Composites. He is an business advisor to Liquid Bits a 3D animation start-up, Vanguard Solar, a thin film photovoltaic company, LuminZ an MIT spin out in LED lighting, Porticus a voice printing company, and Rapport Inc. a multicore chip company in CA. In addition, he consults to another dozen emerging companies.

Dr. Livada is also active in efforts to stimulate activities between US and European/Far Eastern organizations. In Europe Val has worked with many firms in the UK, Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia. He has been instrumental in establishing US operations for several established and emerging European companies, including Nokia Research and Pro2Kem. In the Far East, traditionally strong ties to South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are now being expanded into China.

Val received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his MA/ PhD from Tufts University. Currently he is Senior Lecturer, on Corporate Entrepreneurship, at the Sloan School of Business at MIT where he also served as Reaserch Affiliate and Guest Lecturer for the last 15 years. At MIT, Val is leading a joint research project, with the Wharton Business School, on Corporate Venture Capital, is a Catalyst at the Deshpande Center, and a consultant to the Cambridge University/MIT Institute on various aspects of Innovation and Corporate/University partnerships.

The Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the Embassy of Austria will host an EES lecture by Prof. Fatima Ferreira, the Austrian "Scientist of the Year 2008."

Her lecture entitled "Allergy Vaccines - Waking Up A Sleeping Beauty" will be held on Monday, June 29th from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at the Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC.

A reception with Austrian food & wines will follow the lecture.

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Prof. Ferreira will speak about her work, emphasizing the importance of developing new, more specialized therapy approaches to cure allergies, which already affect 20 to 30 percent of the population of industrialized countries.

The lecture is held in cooperation with the Embassy of Brazil and is also part of the European Science Series, in collaboration with Euraxess Links USA.

For further information and to RSVP, please visit http://www.ostina.org/rsvp/rsvp.php?id=2a38a4a9316c49e5a833517c45d31070

Please feel free to share this information with colleagues who might also be interested in the event and who may not have received this information.

The Embassy of Switzerland cordially invites you to a Panel Discussion and Reception
on “Switzerland and the European Research Area –  A Real Alternative to the U.S.?”

The event will be held on June 9, 2009, at the Embassy of Switzerland, 2900 Cathedral Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Based on the excellent collaboration between the U.S. and Europe/Switzerland, the panel aims to analyze and compare the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. and European research systems in a lively and open discussion. In the past 15 years, Europe has built up substantial research capacities. At the same time, the U.S. has developed several initiatives to maintain its leading role in science and competitiveness.

Program
5:45 – 6:00 p.m. Registration
6:00 – 6:05 p.m. Welcome Address
Urs Ziswiler, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America

6:05 – 7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
Moderator
Dr. Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher of Science

Panelists

Dr. Dieter Imboden, President of the Swiss National Science Foundation and President of EUROHORC's, the European Heads of Research Councils

Dr. Charles Vest, President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Swiss Professor at University of Michigan, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Wuebker U.S. researcher, who soon will move as postdoc to Switzerland to do research in the field of behavioral finance and venture capital investments in renewable energy

7:00 – 7:15 p.m. Question-and-Answer Session (Q&A)
7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland

Please R.S.V.P. by June 3, 2009 to Lukas Sieber: was.scienceevents@eda.admin.ch

This event is a part of the European Science Series organized in collaboration with EURAXESS Links USA.

The CNRS Office for the USA and Canada in collaboration with the Office of Science and Technology at the Embassy of France, the French Space Agency (CNES), the Delegation of the European Commission and EURAXESS Links USA will host the lecture “Earth, Space and Beyond: Searching for New Worlds” by Sylvie Vauclair, CNRS Researcher and Professor in Astrophysics.

This free conference will be held at “La Maison Francaise” at the Embassy of France in Washington DC, on Monday June 15th at 6 pm. The conference will be followed by a wine reception. Please see attached invitation for more information.

For security purposes, RSVP before June 12th to Delphine Tessier: deputy-cnrs@ambafrance-us.org, Phone: 202 944 6238.

The acceleration of knowledge in fundamental sciences, especially astrophysics, leads to developments of major importance for all of us. Recent discoveries in astrophysics greatly change the way human beings think about their lives on planet Earth. More than 350 planets have now been discovered in orbit around stars other than the Sun. Meanwhile astrophysicists have detected acoustic vibrations in the Sun and the stars, which behave like giant musical instruments. Observing and analyzing these vibrations leads to having precise information on the masses, ages, and chemical composition of the stars, and generally helps us understand their deep interiors. Sylvie Vauclair will lead a general discussion of these fascinating discoveries, with special emphasis on the French and European contributions.

EURAXESS Links USA is partnering with the GAIN network (German Academic International Network) on the development of a workshop for young research leaders interested in establishing their research groups in Europe. The focus of the workshop will be on three funding mechanisms:  a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), the Emmy Noether Program (DFG – German Research Foundation) and Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). Presentations on these funding opportunities will be accompanied by testimonials from Dr. André Mischke, Assistant Professor, ERC Starting Independent Research Group, Institute for Subatomic Physics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University; Prof. Dr. med. Robert Thimme, Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg (Emmy Noether Program, Heisenberg Professorship); and Dr. Thomas Misgeld, Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group, Institute for Neurosciences, Technical University Munich.

The workshop will be held in New York on 4 April 2009. This event is free of charge, but registration is required at http://www.gain-network.org by Monday, 30 March 2009.

Contact: Dr. Katja Simons, GAIN Program Director, at simons@daad.org, Phone: 212.758.3223 ext. 217

For the sixth time already the NIH Visiting Fellows Committee (NIHVFC), the Fogarty International Center (FIC), and the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) will organize their annual International Opportunities Expo 2009 for fellows at NIH.

Each year through its Visiting Program, the NIH hosts several thousand highly qualified international scientists. The NIHVFC represents Visiting Fellows from all countries and was established to provide support and opportunities to Visiting Fellows when they transition to an independent career after finishing their training at NIH.  One way in which they do this is by means of an annual International Opportunities Expo. 

As in the years before, EURAXESS Links USA will participate in the Expo, with information about EU-funded fellowships, grants, and other opportunities to establish research programs in Europe. More information about the event will be available on our website and in the forthcoming newsletters.
For more information about previous editions of the NIH Expo, please visit: http://felcom.od.nih.gov/subCommittee/vfc/careerFair.aspx and access International Opportunities Expo archives.

The forthcoming annual conference of the National Postdoctoral Association will be held in Houston, TX, on 27–29 March 2009. The Keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Peter Doherty, the Nobel Prize laureate, and author of The Beginners Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize. The conference agenda includes sessions on “Putting Your Science to Work: Creating New Options and Opportunities Via the Postdoc,” “Advancing Your Career,” and “Career Development Opportunities.”

Click here to view the agenda online, or download a PDF of the tentative agenda here.
For more information, please go to: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/
The NPA's website provides dedicated pages with information of particular interest to international postdocs.

The EC Delegation to the United States will again partner with the organizers of the International Career Fair held annually in San Francisco. ICF presents a great opportunity for Europe to promote the opportunities it has to offer, in all its diversity: public, private, national and international. It offers participating exhibitors an opportunity to attract some of the brightest researchers who are interested in a career in Europe or elsewhere. Representatives of the European Commission will be present at the event and will host a workshop on Research Career Opportunities in Europe.

To find out more about the International Career Fair in San Francisco, please go to: http://www.internationalcareerfair.com/jsp/core/PlageHome.jsp

For the third time already, EURAXESS Links (previously ERA-Link) is organizing an event in collaboration with swissnex San Francisco. The program will include presentations by Dr. Laurent Bochereau from the EC Delegation to the US on "Recent Developments in European Research," and by Béatrice Thiry from the European Research Council on "ERC: Current State of Play." Dr. Saval Dimopoulos, a successful ERC grant applicant, and Dr. Marie-Luce Chevalier, a Marie Curie Outgoing Fellow, will be there to share their experience with the application process. Dr. Izabella Zandberg will briefly present the services available on the EURAXESS portal. A Q&A session and a networking reception will follow.

More information can be found on the swissnex website: http://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/