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TRACK 1

Industrial Biotechnology

TRACK 2

Medical Biotechnology

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Industrial Applications of Biotechnology

Biotherapeutics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Applications of Biotechnology

8:00

Registration and continental breakfast

9:00

Conference Welcome in Nottingham Room

John Fieschko, Executive Director CNY Biotechnology Research Center

9:15

Biotechnology and opening remarks

Cornelius Murphy, President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

9:25-9:30

Split into two tracks- Sedgwick and Onondaga Rooms

9:30-10:30

Large company mechanisms for creating relationships with smaller companies followed by Q&A with audience

Presentations on their interests and activities

David Sexton, Sunoco,

Chris Campbell, O’Brien & Gere ,

Doug DiLillo, Pall Corporation

Sam McConnell, Myriant Technologies

Presentations on their interests and activities

Bruce Sargent, Albany Molecular,

David Eilers, Blue-Highway,

Kirk Leister , Bristol-Myers Squibb

10:30-10:45

Break – visit the tabletop displays

10:45-12:00

Small company presentations

• Joel Howard, Applied Biorefinery Sciences, LLC (SUNY ESF)
• Bill Witte, Lactanol Biofuels, LLC
• Dennis Rak, AA Vineyards (SUNY ESF)
• Robert Doyle, IntelliSyn (Syracuse University)
• Tom Herlihy, RT Solutions (dba Worm Power)
• Gail Busch, Algepower, Inc.
• David Colegrove, Auburn Biodiesel

• Jeff Evans, Rondaxe Pharma
• Randy Yerden, BioSpherix, Limited
• Philip Borer, Ortho Systems (Syracuse University)
• Jack Melton, Process Science (Syracuse University)
• Alan Biloski, DNANO (Cornell University)
• Gerold Feuer, Humurine (Upstate Medical University)
• Alex Brownstein, Integrated Tissue Dynamics

12:00-1:00

Lunch and CNY BRC Presentations in Nottingham Room

Central New York Biotechnology Research Center Design

Robert Pulito, Moray Newton, The S.L.A.M. Collaborative

Central New York Biotechnology Research Center

Operating Parameters

Dr. Steve Goodman, Upstate Medical University

1:00-1:25

Directed Break – visit exhibit tables for:

• Sponsor and Vendor tabletop displays
• Central New York Biotechnology Research Center display

Presentations on commercializable university research:

• Ziwei Huang, The SUNY Upstate Cancer Research Institute
• Neil Ringler, SUNY-ESF
• Jeong Oh, Syracuse University, Technology Transfer
• Scott Macfarlane, Cornell University

2:30-3:30

Locating and Nurturing Start-up Companies – Success Stories

David Hochman, Business Incubator Association of NYS

Panel of incubator tenants and managers:

• Dr. Eva Cramer, VP for Biotechnology and Scientific Affairs and Manager of the SUNY Downstate Incubator, SUNY Downstate 
• Alex Brownstein, former coordinator, SUNY University at Albany East Campus incubator
• Mike Riedlinger, Manager, Rochester BioVenture Center
• Dr. Sherry Bradford , CEO, CSO and Founder, Oncology Research Therapeutics, current tenant SUNY University at Buffalo 

3:45-4:45

Financing and Legal Considerations for Start-Ups

Panel with Q and A

Richard C. Engel, Esq., Mackenzie Hughes LLP

David Reed, Esq.

George McGuire, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Anne M. Schneiderman, Ph.D., Esq., Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

Symposium closing remarks

NYS Roundtable Initiative

John Fieschko, Executive Director CNY Biotechnology Research Center

Barbara Drago, Assistant Vice Chancellor
   for Business, Industry and Workforce Development

Networking and hors d’oeuvres in Onondaga Room