Rhode Island Showcase:
Cutting-edge Medical Technologies,
Biotech Research & Discovery

February 16, 2006
Rhode Island Convention Center
Conference: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. in Meeting Room 556
Poster Session & Reception: 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda Room

Event Program - Click here to view

Event Cost: $40
FREE for students, members of sponsoring organizations and poster participants (limit 2 individuals per poster)

Event Moderator – Neil Ferraro, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield &Sacks

Event Host – Barry Fogel, Founder and Executive Vice President, LTCQ, Inc

This event will unite healthcare professionals and academics in New England in the biotechnology, medical and pharmaceutical fields. The objective is to stimulate opportunities for the commercial exploitation of technologies to enhance human health by inviting professionals from industry, research hospitals and academia to showcase some of the latest innovations in the region and share their technological and scientific knowledge. Distinguished innovators will have the opportunity to present to an audience comprised of investors and industry representatives. The presentations will be followed by a concurrent poster session and networking reception which will display a variety of cutting-edge technologies from regional universities, research hospitals and young ventures.

Poster Session Participants: Click here for details

Featured Speakers:

Kim Boekelheide, Ph.D., M.D.- Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University

>>>Click here to view Kim's Presentation

Ted Danse, President and CEO, Neurotech USA, Inc

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Suzanne de la Monte, Ph.D., M.P.H – Neuropathologist, Rhode Island Hospital and Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Brown University

>>>Click here to view Suzanne's Presentation

Justin R. Fallon Ph.D. - Professor of Medical Science, Brown University

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Richard Hopkins, M.D. - Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Rhode Island Hospital and Professor of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Gregory Jay, Ph.D., M.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine and Engineering, Brown University and Attending Physician, Rhode Island Hospital

>>>Click here to view Greg's Presentation

Yow-Pin Lim, Ph.D., M.D. – Research Oncologist, Department of Medicine/Div. Hematology-Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital; Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Medicine; and Co-founder, Prothera Biologics

>>>Click here to view Yow-Pin's Presentation

James Padbury, M.D. - Pediatrician-in-Chief, Women & Infants Hospital and Professor & Vice Chair of Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Bruce M. Pratt, Ph.D. - Vice President of Science Development, Genzyme Inc.

>>>Click here to view Bruce's Presentation

Yana Reshetnyak, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Rhode Island

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Ralph Taylor Smith - Partner, Battelle Ventures

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Alfred Vasconcellos - President & CEO, LCT BioPharma

>>>This presentation is not available due to confidential content

Who attended:

• Researchers from the university and/or hospital communities
• Industry representatives seeking connections with university and hospital-based innovations
• Young companies with high-growth potential seeking investment or collaboration
• Investors seeking young ventures with high-growth potential
• Businesses seeking to identify new technology opportunities (i.e., licensing)
• Students

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