INNOVATION - LECTURE SERIES 1 INTRODUCTION - Brian McIlroy - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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INNOVATION LECTURE SERIES

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INTRODUCTION

Brian McIlroy Executive Director, Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics (BIG)

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• A VilCap Communities Life Sciences Accelerator

Program

• 12 companies will participate in 10-day program

designed to assist scalable life sciences startups

• Participating companies will use a peer selection

process to provide each other feedback on their businesses and choose two companies to receive a $50K investment from the Launch NY Seed Fund

• To learn more about Critical Path, visit buffalo.edu/cbls

Critical Path September 22, 2016 – January 2017

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• Join the largest gathering of executives and senior

leaders from New York State’s bioscience and medical technology (Bio/Med) industry

• Discover first-hand how to effectively innovate and

what the upcoming election means to the Bio/Med industry though

• thought-provoking keynotes from industry leaders

and political analysts;

• interactive panel discussions, including an

exclusive Collaboration and Growth track;

• and opportunities for networking and partnerships

featuring a Tech Showcase.

• Register today at medtech.org/events/medtech2016

MEDTECH 2016 – September 26-28, 2016

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• Brought to you by the CBLS and NYS Center of

Excellence in Materials Informatics

• Real-world experience for UB undergraduate and

graduate students

• Life Sciences and manufacturing/engineering

companies wanted to participate

• Deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 27th
• Contact Sandra Small for more information at

sksmall@buffalo.edu

Career Experience Program

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• 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• @ dig at the Innovation

Center 640 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY

• Featuring Frank Ciccia,

president of the Illuminare Group

• Food and beverages

will be provided

Millennials in the Workforce – October 4

Millennial – a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000

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PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Marnie LaVigne, PhD President and CEO, Launch NY

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• Asish Shah, PhD, Sr. Director, Orthopaedics R&D,

Integer

• Rory Curtis, PhD, VP of Discovery Biology and

Pharmacology, Albany Molecular Research Institute (AMRI)

• Erick Estrada, Dir. Of Marketing Eye and Acne Skin

Care, The Mentholatum Company

Panelists

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THANK YOU!

Questions?