As BIO2008 begins to wind down I finally have a few moments to catch my breath and rummage through the trendy conference bag and contents (BTW…next year would be very cool to have a wheeled conference bag with telescoping handle). I was flipping through the complimentary April/May ’08 copy of The Journal of Life Sciences [...]
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If you are resident at MIT, Hopkins, UPenn, Northwestern or the University of Chicago you are likely intimately aware of the name Forest City Enterprises, Booth 5508. That is because the Forest City Science + Technology Group, recognized as one of the country’s leading developers & owners of life science campuses, has completed your shiny [...]
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Anchors away! An incredible party was had on the flight deck of the USS Midway, filled with a big 15 piece Big Band and World War II South Pacific theme complete with Polynesian dancers, palm trees, delightful island fare, marina breeze, plenty to drink and punctuated with a full moon and a tingling fireworks display, [...]
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BIO2008 continues to be an incredible experience…I had the opportunity to sit in on the Avance Valuation in Life Science workshop where hands on skills were taught on how to use and apply a variety of valuation approaches in the different fields of the life sciences; for nine plus hours principles were broken down and then [...]
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Sitting in amazement of the logistical tango displayed by the BIO organizers on just exactly how does one feed 20,000+ attendees in a sophisticated and elegant manner, needless to say the Keynote Luncheon #1 was executed to perfection. Whilst hacking away at a blog post my PC endured the dreaded blue screen of death. What’s [...]
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Having evolved into now a BIO veteran has yielded some very important lessons for a successful conference, one in particular that has resonated is - wear comfortable shoes. There is a lot of walking to be done over the four days and therefore I have elected to choose function over fashion and swap out the [...]
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Technology has permeated all aspects of BIO2008, one of the coolest additions is the myBIO mobile addition, this offering may come in handy (pun intended) for all of you Blackberry and iPhone addicts. The value proposition is multifold, in the palm of your hand one may simply:
Locate exhibitors and booth numbers
Locate sessions (by date/time/place)
Build a [...]
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Hello World! How exciting to once again have the honor and privilege to be participating on BioOnTheRoad, the blog of BIO2008. Last year’s freshman effort, BioVoice, viewable on the BIO2007 home page, received wonderfully positive feedback. The team at BIO has clearly kicked it up a few notches deploying a plethora of web 2.0 tricks [...]
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