Building Biotech Bridges Conference

The 2008 conference was held October 29 at the Omni Hotel, San Diego

Co-hosted by the BIOCOM Institute

 

See the 2008 Final Program (click here for PDF)!

 

Speaker Presentations (click on the title for PowerPoint slides):

Session I - Model Education Programs

Session II - Employee Involvement: Benefits to Companies and Educators

Session III - Foundations

 

2008 Speaker Lineup:

Keynote Speaker:
Duane Roth
CEO
CONNECT
San Diego, CA

 

Susan M. Baxter
Executive Director,
California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB),
Long Beach, CA

Deborah Bellush
Executive Director,
Biotech Partners,
Berkeley, CA

Janet Cheetham
VP, Clinical Development
Allergan Inc.
Irvine, CA

Galeet Cohen
Biology/Environmental Science Teacher
Central High School
Philadelphia, PA

Mike Fino
Professor and Program Director, Biotechnology
MiraCosta College
Oceanside, CA

Karina Hamilton, Executive Director, SAGE Scholars Program, University of California, Irvine

Anders Hedberg
Director,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Princeton, New Jersey

Cinda Herndon-King
Director, Education Programs
Georgia Bio
Atlanta, GA

Selina C. Hudgins
Director of Development
J. Craig Venter Institute
San Diego, CA

Simon Holdaway, Genzyme-Invitrogen Biotech Educator of the Year Finalist, The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT

Faatimah Muhammad Secondary Science Coordinator, DeKalb County School System
Decatur, GA

Kim Nguyen-Gallagher
A ssociate Director,
Community & Patient Programs, Genentech
San Francisco, CA

Graham Jones
Manager, Discovery Research Strategy
Wyeth
Collegville, PA

Trina Ostrander
Manager, Community Relations
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
Berkeley, CA

Maggie Reinbold
Conservation Education Program Specialist, Zoological Society of San Diego

Sedra Shapiro,
Acting Associate Vice President,
Community Partnerships, & Director, Science & Technology Analysis & Strategy,
The San Diego Foundation, San Diego, CA

Sandra Slivka
Director, Southern California Biotechnology Center
San Dieg, CA

Jason Sullivan
Science Supervisor
Montgomery High School
Skillman, NJ

Heather Virdo
Manager, Community Relations and Corporate Communications
Invitrogen Corporation
Carlsbad, CA