Past Events

Concluded Events – Thank you for attending!

BioOhio is thankful to all of the attendees, speakers, sponsors, and supporters that make our events so special.

Within this area of our site you will find agendas, speaker biographies and other materials related to concluded events. We believe that content from past events will help illustrate the value of attending and sponsoring upcoming events.

Full video recordings of certain events are available to view on the BioOhio YouTube channel.

2022 BioOhio Events

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January 18 – Pairing Innovation and Insights to Drive Medication Access for Patients, featuring BioOhio member CoverMyMeds. Click here for event details.
March 16 – Central Ohio’s Role in Cell and Gene Therapy, presented by Columbus Metropolitan Club, hosted by Eddie Pauline of BioOhio, featuring speakers from Forge Biologics, Cardinal Health, and The James Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Ohio State University. Event details are here and a recording is available on the CMC YouTube Channel.
March 22 – Sickle Cell Disease: The State of Patients & Progress in Ohio, BioOhio President & CEO Eddie Pauline moderated a panel of experts who discussed current programs that assist patients and families, as well as how Ohio’s hospital and health systems are contributing to SCD research and advancements in treatment. Click here for a summary of the event (pdf)
May 18 – Building the Future: Ohio’s Commitment to Cell & Gene Therapy. The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, in partnership with BioOhio and JobsOhio, held its first state event in Ohio, showcasing the state’s leadership in creating a hub for the cell and gene therapy field. Details here.

2021 BioOhio Events

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January 26 – C-Suite Conversations: The Science of Success, featuring BioOhio President & CEO John Lewis and members of the BioOhio Board of Trustees
February 24 – C-Suite Conversations: The Future of Work: Learning to Improvise with Karen Hough, Founder & CEO of ImprovEdge.
March 1 – The BioOhio FDA Regulatory Series: Driving MedTech Innovation: A How-to Guide on Regulatory & IP Innovation, with Alison Sathe, Founder, ClearMark, and Chad G. Clark, Patent Attorney, Martensen IP
March 18 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare: Creating a Corporate Culture of Passion, Dignity, Diversity, and Inclusivity, featuring AtriCure, Avantor, and ImprovEdge.
March 23 – Telehealth Tech Trends: Featuring Mark Lorenz of CoverMyMeds.
April 21 – You need to Build a Lab… Now What? Drafting the Blueprints for Success, featuring DANIS and Facility Logix.
May 7 – Friday Forum: Ohio’s Innovative Future, featuring Andrew Deye, Vice President of Strategy for JobsOhio.
July 28 – C-Suite Conversations: Lessons on Leadership featuring Baiju Shah, President & CEO of Greater Cleveland Partnership
September 10 – Friday Forum: Lyric Jorgenson, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Science Policy and Acting Director of the Office of Science Policy at the National Institutes of Health.
November 17 – An Ohio Legislative Briefing on Gene Therapy
November 18 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare: Narrowing the Gender Gap and Re-entry Into the Workplace
2021 Mug Moments – BioOhio hosts a virtual monthly, membership-focused meeting on the last Monday of each month at 9:30 am. Concluded mug moments: February 22, March 29, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 30, and September 27

2020 BioOhio Events

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February 24, 25, and 27 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fairs in Cincinnati, Cleveland & Columbus
May 14 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare: Generational Diversity in the Workplace
June 24 – C-Suite Conversations: Mike Maczuzak, CEO of SmartShape
July 20 – Telehealth Tech Trends: How Medical Device Companies Must Adapt to Telehealth Technology
July 27 – Telehealth Tech Trends: Telehealth Legal Issues that Medical Device Companies Need to Know Now
August 20 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare: Tackling Socioeconomic Barriers to Science
August 26 – C-Suite Conversations: Mike Wiedemer of First American Equipment Finance on Sustaining Success in Periods of Disruption
September 10 – Wright Brothers Institute 2020 Military Med-to-Business Showcase (a BioOhio Member Event)
September 11 – The Ohio State University SBIR/STTR Bioscience Company Showcase (a BioOhio Member Event)
September 21 – BioOhio Regulatory Forum Series: FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and EU MDR Article 59
September 23 – Techstars Startup Week Dayton MedTech Day (a BioOhio Member Event)
October 20 – The BioOhio Patient Summit – A Journey of Innovation & Healing
October 21 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare: Driving Equity in Organizations
October 28 – C-Suite Conversations: Dusty Tenney, CEO of Stirling Ultracold

Friday Forums & Teleconference Town Halls

April 15 – Representative Steve Stivers
April 16 – Representative Brad Wenstrup
April 27 – Representatives Dave Joyce and Anthony Gonzalez
April 29 – Senator Rob Portman
April 30 – Ohio Senators Larry Obhof, Matt Dolan, and Dave Burke
May 15 – Senator Sherrod Brown
June 3 – Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted
June 15 – Ohio Representatives Scott Lipps & Jim Butler
August 7 – Don Graves, Former Deputy Assistant to President Obama, Domestic & Economic Policy Director to Vice President & Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden
October 2 – Ohio Representative Randi Clites
December 4 – BioOhio Public Policy Annual Review and the Year Ahead

2019 BioOhio Events

January 23 – Networking Social in Toledo
February 25 & 26 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fairs
February 26 – Networking Social in Cincinnati, hosted by AtriCure
March 28 – Networking Social in Columbus
April 16 – Networking Social in Dayton
May 13-15 – VWR TECHtalks
June 18 – Networking Social in Cleveland
June 19 – Learning Leader Live Podcast in Columbus
July 25 – BioOhio Patient Summit in Columbus
August 2 – F2 Labs Open House & Behind the Scenes Tour in Middlefield
August 19 – Networking Social in Athens
August 22 – FDA MedTech Regulatory Forum in Akron
August 22 – Networking Social in Akron
August 23 – Diversity in Bio Breakfast in Cleveland
September 16 – Ohio Medical Cannabis Update and Hemp Regulatory Forum in Columbus
September 24 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare Breakfast in Cincinnati/Mason
September 24 – Networking Social in Columbus
October 1 – Ohio Bioscience Expo & Showcase in Columbus
November 20 – Diversity in Bioscience & Healthcare in Columbus

2018 BioOhio Events

January 24, 2018 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social in Southwest Ohio
February 8 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fair in Southwest Ohio
February 9 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fair in Central Ohio
February 20 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social in Western Ohio
March 7-8 – BioOhio Seminars at ADM Cleveland
March 15 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social in Central Ohio
April 6 – Innovating Diabetes Care, part of the Ohio Bioscience Conference Series, in Southeast Ohio
May 3 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social in Northwest Ohio
May 16 – Legislator Roundtable in Columbus
May 21 and 22 – Pharmaceutical Pathways: Drug Development Series
June 18 – Medical Cannabis in the Buckeye State, in Cleveland
July 23 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social in Athens
August 28 – The FDA MedTech Regulatory Forum, in Cleveland at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
August 28 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social, in Cleveland at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
September 25 – The 2018 Ohio Bioscience Expo, in Columbus at COSI
October 18 – Women in Bioscience & Healthcare Conference, in Columbus at Station 67
November 14 – Neuroscience Discovery & Alternatives to Opioids, in Greater Cincinnati at the Newport Aquarium
November 14 – Ohio Bioscience Networking Social, in Greater Cincinnati at the Newport Aquarium
December 3 – The BioOhio Leadership Dinner
December 10 – BioOhio Public Policy and Government Relations Networking Event, in Columbus at Rev1 Ventures

2017 BioOhio Events

January 31st, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Cincinnati
February 16, 2017 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fair in Southwest Ohio
February 22, 2017 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fair in Northeast Ohio
February 28, 2017 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fair in Central Ohio
March 22, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Athens
April 23-24, 2017 – BioOhio Annual Conference & 30th Anniversary Celebration
May 19, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Columbus
June 15, 2017 – BioOhio Regulatory & Quality Forum
July 26, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Toledo
July 28, 2017 – Women in Bioscience Leadership Series Breakfast in Columbus
September 5, 2017 – NCI SBIR Overview in Cleveland
September 6, 2017 – NCI SBIR Overview in Cincinnati
September 13, 2017 – Big Data Conference in Columbus
September 19, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Cleveland
September 20, 2017 – Women in Bioscience Leadership Series Breakfast in Cleveland
November 2, 2017 – Heal Ohio Conference
November 15, 2017 – Women in Bioscience Leadership Series: Understand the Stress Connection and Strategies to Promote Leader Well-Being
November 15, 2017 – BioOhio Networking Social in Dayton
December 5, 2017 – Public Policy and Government Relations Networking Event in Columbus
December 5, 2017 – BioOhio Leadership Dinner, hosted by OhioHealth

2016 BioOhio Events

February 26, 2016 – [M]EDNEXT: Understanding the Medical Device and Biomedical Industries
March 3, 2016 – FDA Regulatory 101 Series Webinar: Medical Mobile Apps
April 5, 2016 – Miami University Bioscience Innovation Conference
April 7, 2016 – BioOhio Networking Social in Southeast Ohio
April 12 and 14, 2016 – Ohio Bioscience Career Fairs in Central and Southwest Ohio
May 4, 2016 – Additive Manufacturing Applications in the Medical Industry, a MEDNEXT event
May 10, 2016 – FDA Regulatory 101 Series in Cincinnati
May 18, 2016 – BioOhio Networking Social in Central Ohio
May 24, 2016 – BioOhio Networking Social in Southwest Ohio
May 25, 2016 – Women in Bioscience Workshop in Cincinnati
July 12 – BioOhio Networking Social in Northwest Ohio
July 27 – Ohio Bioscience Expo and Showcase in Columbus
July 28 – FDA Regulatory 101 Series in Columbus
September 14 – FDA Regulatory Forum in Cleveland
September 21 – BioOhio Networking Social in Cleveland
September 22 – Women in Bioscience Workshop in Cleveland
September 28 – FDA Regulatory 101 Series in Dayton
September 28 – BioOhio Networking Social in Dayton
October 6 – Bioscience Networking Social in Cleveland
October 27 – FDA Regulatory 101 Series in Akron

2015 BioOhio Events

January 22, 2015 – BioOhio Regulatory 101 – Thanks for attending, read the event recap here!
February 9, 2015 – BioOhio Education Summit & Career Fair – Thank you for attending!
February 17, 2015 – Webinar: Brand Science 101 with Offenberger & White, Inc.
March 4, 2015 – National Institutes of Health NHLBI Innovation Conference
March 10, 2015 – BioOhio Statehouse Day
April 23 – BioOhio Regulatory 101 Session 2 in Beachwood
April 23 – Ohio Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Career Fair in Mason
May 12 – BioOhio Spring Social in Southwest Ohio
May 14 – BioOhio Spring Social in Central Ohio
May 19 – BioOhio Spring Social in Northeast Ohio
July 22 – BioOhio Regulatory 101 Session 3 in Columbus
August – BioOhio Leadership Dinner hosted by Abbott Nutrition
September 16 – BioOhio Regulatory Forum
October 26 – BioOhio Annual Conference
November 6 – BioOhio Regulatory 101 Series 4 in Dayton
November 12 – Life Science Fundraising: Alternative Sources of Financing through International Options presented by REDIzone and BioOhio
December 9 – Women in Bioscience Conference

If you missed any of BioOhio’s recent events, visit our blog to get caught up on the fantastic content and networking around Ohio with our Event Rewind posts. If you have specific questions about events, feel free to contact any member of the BioOhio membership team.