Welcome to the AZBio Expo 2013

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AZBio Expo 2013

Bridging the Gap

May 30, 2013

9 AM – 4 PM

Fiesta Resort
 and Conference Center
2100 South Priest Drive
Tempe, Arizona

Presented By:

Sponsors and Supporters


Legacy Level

Arizona Commerce Authority  Willetta Partners

Chairman’s Level

IMS Health| 360 Vantage

Leadership Level

Algae Biosciences
BIO
Genentech
KCA
New Angle Media
Northern Arizona University
Pfizer
Regenesis
Ulthera
VWR

Gold Level

Affordable Image
ACTUS Biotechnologies
Catalyst Biomedical
CBS Outdoor
Ernst & Young
Global Cancer Dx
IBM
Medtronic Tempe Campus
Polsinelli Shughart
SynCardia Systems, Inc.
The Biodesign Institute at ASU
The University of Arizona
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group.

Silver Level

CEI/GateWay
International Research Center
NACET
PADT Medical

 

To learn more about the benefits of supporting AZBio, click here

 

The AZBio Expo is the place where you can connect with Arizona’s growing bioscience community to engage, collaborate, and move your bioscience business…. Forward Faster.

Showcase your products and services…

Show off your Expertise…

Find Partners and Resources.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED! WALK-INS ARE WELCOME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE EVENT!

Join us May 30, 2013 at the Fiesta Conference Center and Resort as we explore bridging the gaps from Discovery to Development to Delivery and learn the latest from Arizona Bioscience Companies who are making the journey.

AGENDA:

  • 9:00 AM – Registration and Exhibit Floor Opens
  • Continental Breakfast Available in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00AM – Opening General Session *

           On the Road from Discovery to Development

Click here to learn more about our panelists.

  • Company Presentations
      • MSDx, Marie Wesselhoft, President & CEO
      • NuvOx, David Brown Wilson, PhD, Chief Business Officer
      • Solvonics Medical, Frank Pipitone, Chief Operating Officer
      • SenesTech, Inc., Loretta Mayer, PhD, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

11:30 AM – Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall *

  • 12:00 PM – From Discovery to Development to Delivery

Update from Washington, D.C.

Congressman Paul Gosar, DDS 
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District

Congressman Paul Gosar is a health care provider and small business owner who is focused on bringing jobs back to the district, reforming health care, reining in government spending and ensuring that his constituents are involved in the solution process.

Luncheon Keynote:

Raymond DuBois, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director,
The Biodesign Institute
at Arizona State University

Raymond DuBois is an internationally renowned physicianscientist whose research has advanced the understanding of the molecular basis for the prevention of colon cancer.  Dr. DuBois joined our Arizona Bioscience Community as the executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute on December 1, 2012.

DuBois also holds the Dalton Chair in ASU’s College of Health Solutions with joint appointments in chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, he has a joint appointment with Mayo Clinic, coleading the cancer prevention program.

  • 1:30 PM – Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall *

 

  • 2:00 PM – General Session 2

                          The Path from Development to Delivery

 

    • Company Presentations 
      • OK Diagnostics, Hirsch Handmaker, MD, CEO
      • Invoy Technologies, Lubna Ahmad, PhD, President and CEO
      • Kulira Technoloies, Xenia Kachur, CEO
      • Global Cancer Diagnostics, William Gartner, Chairman, President and CEO

 

    • Reaching Your Destination – An Arizona Success Story          

Marvin J. Slepian, M.D.Dr. Marvin Slepian

Co-Founder, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer,
Science Advisory Board Chairman

SynCardia Systems, Inc.

Marvin J. Slepian, M.D. is Professor of Medicine (Cardiology & Biomedical Engineering), Director of Interventional Cardiology and Director of the Tissue Engineering Lab at the University of Arizona. On Feb. 18, 2013, he was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, which is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the U.S.

Dr. Slepian has founded numerous medical device companies, including Focal (NASDAQ-traded, acquired by Genzyme), Endotex, Angiotrax and Hansen Medical, and has served as acting CEO and Board Member of several medical device startups.

SynCardia Systems, Inc. (Tucson, AZ) is the privately-held manufacturer of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart. The company was formed in 2001 by world-renowned heart surgeon Jack G. Copeland, MD, interventional cardiologist Marvin J. Slepian, MD, and biomedical engineer Richard G. Smith, MSEE, CCE, to commercialize the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart.

4:00 PM – Expo Concludes

*Note: The Exhibit Halls will be closed during the General Sessions and reopened again during the Breaks.

To view a list of attending companies, organizations and exhibitors in 2012, click here.

Tickets:

Early Bird Rates – End April 30, 2013

AZBio Members ($150) Guests ($225), Full Time Students ($50)

Regular Rate – After April 30th

AZBio Members ($200), Guests ($300), Full Time Students ($100)

Student Discovery Posters:

Student Posters: Complimentary Admission and Display

(Poster must be approved by review committee – Contributor must be a full time student)

Exhibitors:

Showcase your bioscience achievements and services

8 ×10 Exhibit Booth and Half Page Ad 

Early Bird Rates – End April 30, 2013

AZBio Members ($1,500), Guests ($2,250)

Regular Rate – After April 30th

AZBio Members ($2,000), Guests ($3000)

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED! WALK-INS ARE WELCOME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE EVENT!

Contact Our Member Support Team

email: advancingbio@AZBio.org

phone: 480-779-8101