BC Biotech to Coordinate British Columbia’s Strongest BIO Presence to Date

BC Biotech has been working over the past several months on planning what is sure to be British Columbia’s most effective BIO presence ever. In partnership with our colleagues in industry, academia and government, we have developed a strategy which we believe will be effective in ensuring British Columbia’s biotech industry receives the international profile it deserves.

This year’s BC Pavilion has been completely re-designed to be much more dynamic and conducive to being a central place from which BC organizations can base their BIO activities.

The Pavilion is made up of three distinct yet connected areas – the first offering exhibit space for individual companies and organizations to showcase their technologies; the second being a café area to encourage people to spend time in the booth and meet and network with members of BC’s biotech community; and the third being a presentation area from which BC-based companies and organizations can make their individual pitches to the BIO audience.

The Pavilion however is just one way in which we will be bringing BC’s biotech cluster into the spotlight. We’re also working to ensure that we once again have a strong BC political presence at the conference, and hold several strategic events aimed at making sure our message reach key international audiences.

If you are interested in exhibiting or booking a presentation slot in the Pavilion, or participating with the British Columbia contingent at BIO 2006 in any other way, please contact Barry Gee, (bgee@bcbiotech.ca; 604-602-5226) for more information.

Cross-Market Your Company’s Research by Presenting it at the Innovation Corridor Poster Session at BIO 2006

An opportunity to enhance your BIO 2006 exhibiting experience: 

Submit abstracts today, the deadline has been extended to January 27th, 2006!

The Innovation Corridor Poster Session provides an excellent chance to showcase cutting edge life sciences research and translational research opportunities.  Located between the BIO 2006 Plenary Sessions and the Exhibit Hall, the Innovation Corridor Poster Session offers a unique opportunity to foster communication between researchers who wish to share their work and industry professionals who are searching for innovative ideas. 

Benefits of displaying your work at the Innovation Corridor Poster Session include:

• Visibility to an expected audience of over 18,000 industry professionals
• Access to attend BIO 2006 free of charge for the day of your poster session (if chosen to present)
• Potential to form a collaboration that will further your research's

BIO and the Academic-Industry committee are pleased to announce the inaugural ‘Innovation Awards’ at BIO 2006 in Chicago to be awarded to participants of the Innovation Corridor Poster Session. 

These awards will be presented for posters that describe unique scientific innovations that could have a substantial impact on our everyday lives and that have the potential to benefit the public at large. There will be one award per poster session and award recipients will have the opportunity to meet some of the most prominent figures in the biotechnology industry today.

Please visit the following link for more information and to fill out a poster abstract application:

http://www.bio.org/events/2006/poster/proposals/

Early Registration Deadline for BIO 2006 is February 23, 2006

Register now to save on your registration for BIO 2006.  The early registration deadline is February 23, 2006.

To register, visit http://www.bio.org/events/2006/reg/