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MAR. 31 & APR. 1
BIO LEGISLATIVE DAY FLY-IN
Four Points Sheraton
1201 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
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APR. 9
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES BREAKFASTS
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
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APR. 29
DELAWARE BIO ANNUAL AWARDS GALA
DuPONT COUNTRY CLUB
5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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MAY 13 - 15
Loews Philadelphia
Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
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MAY 18 - 21
BIO 2009
Atlanta Convention
Center
Atlanta, GA
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EARLY STAGE EAST
Applications close
April 24.
Hotel DuPont
Wilmington, DE
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Walter E. Washington
Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE.
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TUESDAY, JULY 14
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
Christiana Care
Newark, DE
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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LEADERS IN LIFE SCIENCES JOIN TOGETHER AT DELAWARE BIO WINTERFEST
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More than 80 top-level executives from area life sciences companies gathered in Newark on Jan. 29 for the Delaware BioScience Association's first-ever Life Sciences Leadership Winterfest.
The event, sponsored by VWR and Chef DuJour Catering and hosted by W.L. Gore & Associates at the company's Capabilities Center, featured plenty of networking opportunities for area business leaders to share ideas. The attendees included Alan Levin, the new Secretary of the Delaware Economic Development Office.
"It was fantastic in terms of synergizing," said Delaware Bio member Waheed Sheikh, president of SL Pharma Labs in Wilmington. "This was my first event. I'm totally impressed."
The purpose of the evening was to bring top life sciences executives together to mingle and talk business, said Jennifer Kmiec, vice president for business development and marketing at iBioPharma in Newark and chairwoman of Delaware Bio's board of directors.
"Good business connections were made that we hope will lead to collaborations and partnerships between Delaware Bio members," Kmiec said.
The evening was also highlighted by a talk from Terri Kelly, Gore's president and CE0.
Kelly, the first woman leader in Gore's 51-year history, offered her unique perspective on the company's unusual corporate culture in which fancy job titles are rare - most of Gore's 8,500 employees share the title "associate" -- and bureaucracy is kept to a minimum.
In an environment where associates get to choose which projects they want to work on, leaders are defined not by their job title, but by the strength of their ideas and track record for launching successful products.
That standard is a good test for those in any organization who aspire to be leaders, said Cathy Bonuccelli, a vice president at AstraZeneca, and a Delaware Bio member.
William Marsden Jr., another Delaware Bio member, said the event offered a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the developer of Gore-Tex fabrics, Glide dental floss and Elixir guitar strings.
Gore, which does $2.5 billion a year in sales, has more than 8,000 associates in 45 locations around the world including manufacturing plants in the U.S., Germany, Scotland, Japan and China. Half of Gore's workforce has been with the company less than five years.
Gore was again named to Fortune magazine's list of the 100 best companies to work. It ranks No. 15, and is one of only four companies to appear on each of the magazine's lists since 1984.
Delaware Bio members can expect more events like these in the future, said Bob Dayton, Delaware Bio's president.
"We want to offer our members the chance to learn from one another as we continue to promote our state's life sciences industry," Dayton said.
Article by Gary Haber for the Delaware Bio Observer
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