Georgia Life Sciences Summit Showcases Biotech Innovation
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The 8th Annual Georgia Life Sciences Summit, September 24, at the Georgia World Congress Center, will feature more than 70 speakers discussing trends and issues and showcasing the most advanced research and product developments in biomedicine, medical devices, agriculture and bioenergy.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Senator Bob Dole, Special Counsel with Alston & Bird, and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin lead a stellar line-up of plenary speakers. The Summit will also feature Biotechnology Industry Organization President and CEO James Greenwood; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chief Science Officer Tanja Popovic; Solvay Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Stephen Hill; Morehouse School of Medicine President Emeritus Louis Sullivan; University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams; Emory University President James W. Wagner; and Georgia Research Alliance President and CEO C. Michael Cassidy.
In addition, breakout sessions will feature business experts, scientists and public policy officials sharing insights on topics ranging from global healthcare to bioenergy. A plenary session, following lunch, will highlight Center for Behavioral Neuroscience distinguished researchers’ explorations into one of science’s last and most daunting frontiers — the brain. The CBN is a National Science Foundation funded consortium of Georgia’s research universities.
Georgia Bio’s Life Sciences Summit, whose theme is “Molecules, Materials and Minds: Building Georgia’s Innovation Economy,” has become the Southeast’s premier life sciences conference and one of the largest state biotechnology showcases in the nation. More than 800 professionals from Georgia and across the U.S. are expected to attend. The Summit also includes an exhibit hall with companies and universities displaying their latest technology advances, and a scientific poster contest for university and industry researchers. For more information on the program, registration, exhibit hall, and sponsorship visit www.gabio.org/Summit2008.
The 2008 Summit also will kick-off the countdown to the 2009 Biotechnology Industry Organization’s International Convention, May 18-21, 2009, in Atlanta. This is the largest biotech conference in the world, expected to attract 20,000 professionals from 70 nations and 48 states. GaBio, the BIO state affiliate, and State of Georgia are local co-hosts.
Editor’s note: Registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the news media. Contact Maria Thacker (maria.thacker@gabio.org; 404-920-2042) to register.
Georgia Bio (www.gabio.org) is the private, non-profit association representing the life sciences industry in Georgia. Its 300 members include pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, universities, research institutes, government groups and other business organizations involved in development of products that improve healthcare, agriculture, industrial and bioenergy production and environmental management.
