NanoBio Executive Roundtable Series

Risk vs Reward: Financing Early-Stage, Emerging Technologies

Date: July 14, 2011
Registration begins: 5:00pm
Event: 5:30 to 7:30pm
Place: Piedmont Club (200 W. 2nd St., Winston-Salem)
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For this July Roundtable event, COIN invites our entire nanobio community to join us in a discussion on Risk vs Reward: Financing Early-Stage, Emerging Technologies. The "Valley of Death" is critical funding gap common in many industries. COIN, on behalf of our members, will host a dialogue with several seasoned investors and entrepreneurs to provide a better understanding from the investor's perspective of the balance that is struck between risk and reward when making funding decisions for early-stage technologies. Because nanobiotechnology is an emerging field where many technologies are platform technologies with applications across mutliple industries, there are unique challenges and opportunities.

This panel session will be moderated by Andy Dreyfuss, a Fund Executive at the Piedmont Angel Network. Panelists include Scott Albert, a Venture Partner with Aurora Funds, Christy Shaffer, a Venture Partner and Managing Director with Hatteras Venture Partners, and Steven Walsh, a serial entrepreneur at the University of New Mexico. More

Triad BioSummer Program Concludes July 1 with Student Presentations

The 2011 Triad BioSummer program will conclude Friday, July 1 at 9:00 a.m. in Wake Forest’s Winston Hall with presentations from participating students. Triad BioSummer is a summer study program in its 8th consecutive year for local rising 8th, 11th and 12th graders considering a career in life sciences. The two-week long program provides over 40 students with a variety of hands-on classroom, campus, laboratory, and field experience.

Triad BioSummer is hosted by Wake Forest University, the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Council and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and students attend free due to support of the programs sponsors: Platinum – Reynolds American; Diamond – Banner, Cook Medical, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice; Gold – Bank of America, BB&T, Coach America, JFK Consulting, O’Brien Atkins, and Shelco; Silver –Champion, NC Biotechnology Center - Piedmont Triad Office, Piedmont Triad Research Park, Pura Vida Promotions, and Targacept.

New Venture Incubator -- Frameworks Seminar

"Taking Control of Your Career and Your Life"

Presenter: Mack Arrington, PCC

All of us are interested in the trajectory that our careers will take us. However, how seldom do we include a formal analysis of our talents and strengths to see if we are pursuing a good career fit. Mack is a leading business and life coach who incorporates self-analysis and network building into his presentation. This is a session that should not be missed. Do a favor for one of your collogues and bring her/him.

Tuesday, June 28 @ 7:30am
Piedmont Triad Community Research Center Auditorium
115 Chestnut Street Winston-Salem, NC

Frameworks is a monthly seminar series brought to you by the Wake Forest University New Venture Incubator.

Two Construction Projects Planned for Piedmont Triad Research Park

Winston-Salem City Council has approved starting construction on two projects that are expected to speed up development of the Piedmont Triad Research Park.

Construction on Research Parkway will begin in August after a years-long process of securing permits, federal and state grants and environmental licensing. Read more.

Atala Featured on "The Innovators" a Bloomberg News program

Dr. Anthony Atala was featured recently on " The Innovators" a program of Bloomberg News. Bloomberg News says "the world is swirling with ideas on how to make money, but true innovation changes the way we live."

The program discusses how Atala engineers human organs and the latest organ (the liver) to be tackled after his work with urethras, kidneys, and bladders. Atala concludes by asking a question that defines the true mission of his work: "How can we increase the number of tissues we bring to patients and how can we make more patients benefit from these technologies?"

Nominate Your Business for Cook Innovation Award!

Do you or someone you know have an innovative product, service, concept or procedure? The third annual Cook Medical Innovation Award, presented by Cook Medical in partnership with the Chamber, will recognize outstanding locally-developed and novel technologies that positively affect society. The winner will be presented a unique award designed by a local artist at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting luncheon on November 30. Click here for details and submission information.

PTRP Seminar Series

Speaker: Anthony Atala, MD
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Location: PTCRC Building Auditorium
115 S. Chestnut Street, Winston-Salem

Time: Wednesday June 15, 9am–10am

The PTRP Seminar Series is a free, educational program hosted by the Piedmont Triad Research Park to help tenants in the Park get to know each other. The goal is to provide an opportunity for business owners and departments to share and discuss their services, products or skills with others.