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

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