NZBIO Events Update 11 February

Peter’s holding the fort at NZBIO as interim CEO
Just a reminder to members that NZBIO’s Business and Industry Development Executive, Peter Bradley, is currently NZBIO’s interim CEO until a new CEO is announced. You are welcome to contact to Peter and he can be reached on peter.bradley@nzbio.org.nz or 021 549 437.

IN THIS ISSUE
Top International Speaker Presenting at Scale-Up Manufacturing Workshop

NZBIO 2011 Conference Satellite Event - Commercialising Technology through Licensing Workshop

NZBIO 2011 Conference

Expressions of Interest for Investment Workshop at NZBIO 2011

US-NZ Health Innovation Symposium

US-based One Week Course for FREE!

Industry Events
US-NZ Health Symposium, 17 February, 2011
MTANZ - A Global Ambition: Convergence of Medical Technologies and Health IT
Bioenergy Association of NZ Workshop: "Making Bioenergy Work for You"
IBIZ 2011:Connecting Global Life Sciences
2011 Science & Innovation in Education Forum
NZ Hi-TECH Awards

Top International Speaker Presenting at Scale-Up Manufacturing Workshop
NZBIO has just confirmed US-based Quality Risk Management Consultant, Robert Chew will be flying into Auckland to exclusively present at our scale-up manufacturing workshop taking place in Auckland, 24 February 2011.
Robert has provided quality risk management consulting to some of the largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the world. He has worked for organisations including Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co, Immunex, Bayer and Genentech. He was ISPE’s (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) 2008 Member of the Year.

This workshop is not to be missed if you are interested in where to go, or what you might need, to scale up your manufacture beyond the lab bench! The workshop brings together providers of pilot and larger scale manufacturing capability and their potential customers.
Spaces are limited so be sure to register your spot at this must attend workshop and get a chance to meet one of the worlds most experienced pharmaceutical and biotechnology quality risk management consultants.
To register for this workshop or, to see the full workshop programme, please see the NZBIO Website
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NZBIO 2011 Conference Satellite Event - Commercialising Technology through Licensing Workshop
NZBIO is pleased to announce that the workshop "Commercialising Technology through Licensing" will be run as a satellite event at the NZBIO 2011 Conference. The event will be organised to run on Thursday 24 & Friday 24 March at the Langham Hotel, Auckland.
Do you want to learn how to extract the best value from a technology product or process that your company is developing? Attend this workshop and gain insights from the experts on what considerations should be taken into account when formulating a licensing strategy for extracting value from innovation. Listen to senior partners from James & Wells which has taken out the 2009 and 2010 NZ Law Awards for Intellectual Property Law.
Further information about the programme, or to register for this workshop please seen the NZBIO website
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NZBIO 2011 Conference
Early-bird registrations have now closed for the NZBIO 2011 Conference. However, full registrations are still available if you are still wanting to attend the conference. Registrations remain open until 18 March, 2011.
The conference is shaping up to be very exciting with early-bird registrations indicating that the conference will be another great event. With the conference now only 5 weeks away, make sure you keep updated with the latest information through the Conference website.
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Expressions of Interest for Investment Workshop at NZBIO 2011
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, a council controlled organisation,will be hosting a satellite event at the NZBIO Conference in March 2011 in collaboration with NZBIO.
The purpose of the event is to provide New Zealand companies with the opportunity to seek capital investment from an international audience, as well as providing an overview on recent trends in capital investment, both in New Zealand and overseas.

We are now seeking expressions of interest from companies wanting to ‘pitch’ to the investor audience at the event. A total of 10 companies will be given the opportunity.

For further information, please see the NZBIO website or contact Tim Kahlen, Investment Analyst, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development phone: +64 9 301 7579 or email: tim.kahlen@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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US-NZ Health Innovation Symposium
This Symposium provides the opportunity to profile leading research in New Zealand and the USA across four health innovation themes, to build new science collaborations between the two countries, and to look to ways these new ideas can be delivered into our health care systems, communities and homes.
The symposium is supported by New Zealand's Ministry of Science and Innovation.
It is also held in association with the US-NZ Knowledge Network.
Entry is free to the event, follow the link if you would like to register for the workshop.

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US-based One Week Course for FREE!
The Commercialisation Centre for Innovative Technologies (CCIT) in New Jersey, USA is offering a one week course in May 2011 for free. This invitation only course normally costs $5000 to attend. This is a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of a course that focuses on fostering the development of new global bioscience businesses with a US-base. To find out more about the course please follow this link and if you are interested in attending the course please contact Andrew Hamilton, ICEHOUSE Chief Executive Officer on A.Hamilton@theicehouse.co.nz
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