:: Agenda | Registration | Location | Sponsors | Poster Session ::

Wednesday, September 30
 
5:30p–8:00p
Opening Reception, sponsored by Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
(sponsors’ booths open from 5:30p–8:00p)
 
Student Poster Session
(student poster session from 5:30p-7:30p)
sponsored by Diagnostic Hybrids and Wood Herron & Evans
 
 
Thursday, October 1
 
7:30a-8:30a
Registration and Continental Breakfast (sponsored by Wright Brothers, Inc.)

8:40a-9:10a
Welcome & Opening Remarks
BioOhio President & CEO Tony Dennis

9:10a-10:15a
Entering Global Markets hybrid session (sponsored by Camargo Pharmaceutical Services)
Roberta Ford, Director, U.S. Export Assistance Centers (Columbus)
John A. (Jack) Kraeutler, CEO, Meridian Bioscience
Adel Mikhail, President & CEO, Phylogeny, Inc.
(moderator) Mark Barbash, Chief Economic Development Officer/ Assistant Director, ODOD

Roberta Ford will review exporting how-to’s and updates for the first 20 minutes and then joined by leaders of bioscience companies successfully exporting products to discuss opportunities abroad and lessons learned.

10:15a-10:25a
Morning Break (sponsored by Meridian Bioscience)

10:25a-11:05a
Keynote Presentation: Battelle President & CEO Jeffrey Wadsworth
He will share insight on the global success and future ambitions of the world's largest non-profit independent research and development organization.
(sponsored by Calfee)

11:05a-12:00p
The Third Frontier’s Worldwide Reach
Mark Low, Managing Director, Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center
Debra Grega, Executive Director, The Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Michael Knopp, Director, Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging
(moderator) Mary Vanac, Co-Founder, MedCity News

The Third Frontier Project may be an Ohio investment, but the dividends are global. Leaders of three very successful and influential Third Frontier-funded centers outline the global scope, partnerships, and impact of their initiatives.


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12:00p-12:55p
Lunch in Atrium (sponsored by NPI)
No speaker... just lunch and networking

12:55p-1:40p
Your Starter Kit to Global Communication with ImprovEdge
Karen Hough, Founder/CEO, ImprovEdge

An after-lunch "wake-up" interactive session. Whether you are currently doing business globally or want to, join ImprovEdge Founder/CEO Karen Hough for an engaging and dynamic session on communicating in a global marketplace. It is critical to establish effective and basic communications skills that form the foundation for effective global communication and ease your anxiety over doing business outside the U.S.

1:40p-2:40p
A World of Opportunities: strategies to discover and develop partnerships
Kevin Driscoll, Director, Global Health Care Connect & Develop, P&G
Marc Coles Senior VP, Israel Office, Beachwood Business Development Center
Peter Gingras, Managing Director, Proxy Biomedical
Deborah Scherer, Director Global Markets Division, ODOD
BioOhio VP John F. Lewis, Jr.

An eclectic combination of panelists to share their methods and ideas on discovering opportunities worldwide. The audience will also learn how to leverage State of Ohio and BioOhio global connections and alliances.

2:40p-2:45p
Mini “bio” break (sponsored by Meridian Bioscience)

2:50p-3:50p
Navigating International Clinical Trials
Timothy Schroeder, President & CEO, CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting Services
Dr. Fred Cope, VP for Pharmaceutical Research & Clinical Development, Neoprobe
Faye Callahan, Life Sciences Underwriter, Chubb Group
(moderator) Ken Phelps, President & CEO, Camargo Pharmaceutical Services

In recent years, a shift in clinical trials sponsored by the biopharma industry to so-called emerging regions, especially in Eastern European, Latin American and Asian countries, is occurring. Learn from various perspectives on how to manage foreign trials.

3:50p
Closing Remarks