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|  |  Biotech 2006 Set for May 22-23 in Winston-SalemPress Release November 3, 2005 Research Triangle Park – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), in partnership with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and the North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO), today announ ced the 15th annual Biotech 2006 Conference: Fusing Science, Technology and Industry Leadership, set for May 22-23, 2006, at the Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. Building on the success of prior Biotech conferences, Biotech 2006 will feature nationally prominent keynote speakers and a variety of panel sessions on industry topics and trends. CED President Monica Doss said the new location for this year’s Biotech conference is a natural extension of recent efforts to boost biotechnology resources, opportunities and job creation across the state. Doss said the conference will leverage collaborative resources across the state, including the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Piedmont Triad office. “Holding Biotech 2006 in Winston-Salem will showcase North Carolina’s expanded regional life science strengths,” said Doss. “The conference will be a convergence of the region’s most innovative life science entrepreneurs, corporations, research leaders, investors and life science policy makers.” The Biotech 2006 Program Steering Committee includes conference co-chairs Donald deBethizy of Targacept, Inc., Kenneth Eheman of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP and Jim Lanning of IBM Life Sciences. Other Steering Committee members include Leslie Alexandre, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; Tony Atala, Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Paul Atkins, Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.; Michael Batalia, Office of Technology Asset Management, Wake Forest University; Lisa Blakley, Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network (PTEN); Steven Burke, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; Jeff Collins, A.M. Pappas & Associates; Michael Constantino, Ernst & Young LLP; John Craichy, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; Gregg Davis, GlaxoSmithKline; Andrew DiMeo, North Carolina Medical Device Organization; Prabha Fernandes, DarPharma; John Funkhouser, nContact; Steve Hurly, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC; Garheng Kong, Intersouth Partners; Dick Kouri, Nanolytics; Chris Kroeger, The Aurora Funds, Inc.; Robert McMahan, NC Board of Science and Technology; Steve McPhail, Expression Analysis; Chris Meldrum, Golden Pine Ventures, LLC; Sheila Mikhail, Life Sciences Law, PLLC; Michael Murphy, Gentris Corporation; Russ Read, National Center, Biotechnology Workforce, Forsyth Tech Community College; Michael Recny, Trimeris, Inc.; John Richert, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; John Ryals, Metabolon; Adam Saffer, RTI International; Murray Spruill, Alston & Bird LLP; Sam Taylor, North Carolina Biosciences Organization; Ken Tindall, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; and YanChing Zhang, IBM Life Sciences. “This state has strengths across the board in life sciences, from Western North Carolina to Eastern North Carolina, from the Triad to Charlotte to the Triangle,” said Biotech 2006 co-chair Jim Lanning, who works in the Greensboro office of IBM Life Sciences. “This year’s Biotech conference will showcase the best and the brightest in the biotech industry and be led by a committee of life science leaders and visionaries.” The conference will kick off in the afternoon of May 22nd and will continue through the early afternoon on May 23rd. For additional information on sponsorship opportunities, contact Liza Lamberto, llamberto@cednc.org, 919-549-7500 x116. About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, headquartered in Research Triangle Park with a divisional office in Wilmington, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact entrepreneurial companies in North Carolina’s innovation centers. In July 2005, Wilmington’s Coastal Entrepreneurial Council merged with CED to create CED-Coastal, a divisional office focused on entrepreneurial development in Wilmington and throughout North Carolina’s entire coastal region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org About the North Carolina Biotechnology Center: The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation funded primarily by the state's General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business and education statewide. www.ncbiotech.org About the North Carolina Biosciences Organization: NCBIO is a trade organization promoting the development of the biosciences industry in North Carolina. NCBIO provides cost-effective, organized legislative and advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry at the state and federal levels. http://www.ncbioscience.org/
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