BayBio2008: Doing Well by Doing Right. Presentations:

• Breakfast Keynote Vinod Khosla: “Mostly Convenient Truths From a Technology Optimist”

• Promoting Cures by Building Online Patient Relationships
• Promises and Pitfalls of Online Clinical Trial Recruitment
• New Business Models for the Changing Commercial Landscape

• Getting from Lab to Market: Financing Strategies for Biofuel Companies
• Extending the Cash Runway with Venture and Other Forms of Debt
• Creative Finance Vehicles to Fund Growth
• Equity Compensation Strategy Development: Roadmap from pre-IPO to Publicly-Traded

• Recruiting and Training the Next Generation of Biotechnology Associates
• Developing Successful Project Leaders
• Employee Benefits: The Importance of Shifting Your Focus from Cost to Investment

• Three Paths, One Goal: Preparing for Regulatory Submission Compliance
• Changing Landscape of the Regulatory Pathway for Follow-on Biologics
• Global Clinical Trials: Potential Pitfalls of Offshore Trials
• Getting Paid: Managing Your Downstream Risk

• Breakfast Plenary Session Biotechnology State of the Industry Report: Beyond Borders

• Bio-Fuels & Nano-Bio: Coming Soon to a Lab Near You
• Going Green: Profiles of Sustainable Initiatives
• 2007 Bay Area Biotechnology Real Estate Survey

• Gearing up for Manufacturing
• Renovation, Addition, and Adaptive Re-Use for Research Facilities
• Selecting the Right Construction Delivery System for Your Project
• Changing California Building Codes

• Sustainable Laboratory Design
• Strategies for Facilities Management During M&A or Project Shift

• Luncheon Plenary Session Ruth Liu, Associate Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency: "Looking Ahead: California Healthcare Reform"

• Evolving Regulatory Environment: Challenges and Opportunities
• Sailing to FDA Product Approval: Innovations in the Clinical Trial Paradigm
• Personalized Medicine: Development, Delivery and Regulation

• Life Sciences Investment: Emerging New Models
• Recent Trends in Life Sciences M&A and Strategic Transactions

• Corporate Culture: Creating a Competitive Advantage
• After Acquisition: Bridging Corporate Cultures

• Fueling the Future
• Gearing Up for Manufacturing

• Keynote Breakfast Dr. Cynthia Robbins-Roth: "Money, Products, and Politics: Industry Trends and What they Mean for You"
• Closing Plenary Session Reinhard Hanselka: "2007 New California Building, Fire and Mechanical Codes"

Track 1:

• Planning for Proper Laboratory Airflow
• Biocontainment in Facility and Laboratory Environments

Track 2:

• The Pro’s and Con’s of Modular Buildings
• Getting the Lab You Want, version 2.0

Track 3:

• Staying In Business After Disaster
• Maintenance – Are You Compliant?
• 2006 Bay Area Biotechnology Real Estate Survey

• Fred Frank: "Global Competitiveness and Global Finance for the Life Sciences Industry"
• Slides (330 KB PDF)
• Speech (400 KB PDF)

• G. Steven Burrill “Biotech 2006 —What’sReally Going to Happen” (2.1 MB PDF)
• “2005 Bay Area Biotechnology Real Estate Survey” (900 KB PDF)

• Radford Surveys Northern California biotech compensation and employment trends. November 4, 2004.
  
• VCynic Syndicate An insider perspective on venture capitalists' decision making. February 15, 2005.