Day 3 observations

Had another great day at BIO yesterday.  I was particularly impressed with the lunch session.  Jim Greenwood painted a compelling picture of the power of biotechnology.  Colin Powell was impressive as well.  His leadership lessons a good reminder for all of us in the industry that people are following us and that we are out [...]

Observations of BIO2008 - Wednesday

Had another very productive day on Wednesday at the BIO 2008 conference making and strengthening connections. 
I’ve had a number of additional conversations on social networking in the biotechnology industry.

Genome Alberta has developed a Facebook Application that allows users to ‘give the gift of a gene’ to their friends on Facebook.  Each virtual gene comes with [...]

First Impressions of BIO 2008

It is good to be in San Diego and be meeting many colleagues and friends I haven’t seen since the last BIO.  This conference really does manage to draw people and enable them to connect.
Went to a great seminar this morning titled “Do you have a clue what big pharma is looking for?”  The answer [...]

Social Networking and BIO

Had a great conversation the other day with Susan Cato, who is the person at BIO in charge of their online strategy.  BIO is continuing to be very progressive this year in engaging new media as a tool to help not only attendees connect with each other, but also as a way to connect and [...]

Preparing for BIO

Hopefully everyone is busy getting prepared for BIO this year. As with any conference of this magnitude, some advance preparation is required. If you’ve never been to BIO, the conference can be overwhelming. My personal suggestions are that you define a couple of objectives for your attendance. These might include building [...]