Third Annual MOBIO Life Sciences Day at the Capitol - Jefferson City


Make plans now to assist in advancing our legislative outreach efforts and ensure open dialogue with key Missouri policy makers. The afternoon will be reserved primarily for Capitol office visits, and leadership briefings. We will round out the evening with a dinner at the Jefferson City Country Club, enabling life sciences leaders and legislators an additional opportunity to deepen relationships.

At our dinner, we will be featuring the participation of those involved in the past three years' BIO Benchmarking legislative education tour. Those legislators, the Biotech Caucus, and other members of leadership will be our honored guests that evening, and this endeavor is an important step in inspiring other legislators to follow their leadership.

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University of Missouri's Life Sciences Summit The University of Missouri System is pleased to announce the first-of-its-kind Missouri Life Sciences Summit. Led by the University of Missouri-Columbia and hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the theme of the summit is Animal to Human Health Collaborations: Partnerships for Innovation.

Research and scientific discovery, economic development and partnerships throughout the region and with Canada will be explored during the summit.

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InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum, "Where Capital Meets Big Ideas". The Eleventh Annual InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum takes place this year in St. Louis. Join national and regional investors and experience InvestMidwest 2010. There will be three industry tracks of presenting companies—life sciences, technology, and alternative energy/cleantech.

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BIO's annual Legislative Day Fly-in to Washington D.C. will provide an opportunity for the biotechnology industry to meet with the members of Congress and to advocate the BIO legislative agenda.

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Missouri Life Sciences Week @ MU Missouri Life Sciences Week is an annual event held at the University of Missouri-Columbia to celebrate life sciences research and education at MU and throughout Missouri. It's a week featuring seminars by internationally-acclaimed scientists, a two-day research poster session, a vendor show, workshops, and career forums.

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Kansas City Area Life Sciences Annual Dinner, This premier event is the Kansas City Life Sciences Institute’s opportunity to brief community leaders on the progress made in the regional life sciences initiative. This year's Annual Dinner event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center on Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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The BIO Dinner MOBIO hosts its first send-off dinner to the BIO 2010 Chicago International Conference on the evening of April 28th or 29th in St. Louis. Stay tuned for more details.

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BIO 2010 Chicago International Convention The Missouri Biotechnology Association (MOBIO) and the Missouri Department of Economic Development / Missouri Partnership serve as co-coordinators in leading this statewide delegation and annually supporting the Missouri Pavilion effort. Join the state's life sciences leaders, Gov. Jay Nixon, and state cabinet leaders from the Department of Economic Development and Department of Agriculture in this year's effort.

May 3 - Midwest Blues Business Development Reception, 8:00 p.m. to midnight

May 4 - Missouri Breakfast, University Club of Chicago, 7:30 a.m. RSVP to Jessica Winschel

Ag Innovation Showcase Last year, the Ag Innovation Showcase made its debut drawing from the investment community, large agribusiness, experts in agriculture and biosciences, and top-notch innovators eagerly engaged in conversation and exploration. Planning for the 2nd Ag Innovation Showcase is underway, to be hosted at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

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12th World Congress of the International Association for Plant Biotechnology in St. Louis (IAPB) In 2010, the IAPB will meet in St. Louis, MO—near the heart of the U.S. agriculture industry. It was in St. Louis that many of the early discoveries of plant biotechnology were made. It is also a region that contains outstanding research institutions, private companies, and growers groups that develop and/or employ the products of agriculture.

Topics to be addressed through plenary addresses, keynote lectures, and poster presentations include:

• climate change and its effects on agriculture advances in plant science:
• tolerance to heat, droughts, insects, and diseases
• advances in biofuels and other biorenewables from plants
• metabolic engineering of plants/cells for pharmaceuticals and nutriceuticals
• agriculture and biotechnology in developing countries
• biosafety, regulatory structures and commercialization
• advances in tissue culture and transformation
• germplasm preservation

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ILSI BioMed 2010 The Missouri Biotechnology Association participates for the third consecutive year by working to lead a delegation of life sciences leaders to raise the awareness of Missouri biotech marketplace in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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MOBIO Annual Conference / 2010 Summit on Life Sciences and Annual Meeting SAVE THE DATE

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BIO Benchmarking 2009 Statewide Tour - The Missouri Biotechnology Association hosts state legislators on a five-day, in-state tour of Missouri's life sciences and biotechnology assets. This fact finding education tour will focus on having the industry and the legislative participants deepen relationships with each other in order to find new priorities for the long-term good of the state and its approach to biotechnology issues.

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BIO Benchmarking 2009 Raising Awareness Phase- The Missouri Biotechnology Association hosted state legislators on a four-day tour of Winnipeg and Saskatoon in Canada and worked with our Northern trading partners to advance collaborations across the mid-continent of North America. Next year, you help decide, so accept our invitation to get involved.

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AdvaMed 2008 The Missouri Biotechnology Association leads a biomed delegation to the premier national medical device summit in Washington DC.

AdvaMed 2008 will be hosted at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington DC. www.AdvaMed2008.com Designed by industry, for industry, AdvaMed 2008 is the premier medical technology conference and exhibition for business leaders, policymakers, investors, news media, patient advocates, and industry stakeholders from around the world. This year’s conference offers a variety of workshops and panel discussions on subjects such as Medicare reimbursement, compliance, intellectual property, global market opportunities, corporate finance, public policy, emerging company issues, 21st century health care and the value of medical technology. Whether you need to finance, partner or license technology, AdvaMed 2008 introduces you to key decision-makers featuring a business development partnering program, company presentations, and an exhibition showcasing the latest medical technologies and products. Attendees will have the opportunity to directly access key players, inform stakeholders as to the progress of our industry, and influence the business, political and financial climates so imperative to innovation.

MOBIO is a supporting partner organization to the AdvaMed 2008 conference, and as such, is able to extend a code to MOBIO’s members who may want to attend at a $200 discount off the regular non-AdvaMed member rate.  To access this savings during the registration process on the AdvaMed 2008 website, enter the code SPOMB537.

Full Access Registrations include access to all conference functions, excepting invite-only receptions.

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BIO 2009 Atlanta International Convention The Missouri Biotechnology Association (MOBIO) and the Missouri Department of Economic Development / Missouri Partnership serve as co-coordinators in leading this statewide delegation and annually supporting the Missouri Pavilion effort. Join the state's life sciences leaders, Gov. Jay Nixon, and state cabinet leaders from the Department of Economic Development and Department of Agriculture in this year's effort. Dr. Jon Hagler (Director, Department of Agriculture) will provide the keynote address at the Missouri Breakfast. MOBIO will be hosting 14 members of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus to attend BIO 2009 Atlanta.

May 18 - Midwest Blues Business Development Reception, World of Coke Welcome Center, 8:00 p.m. to midnight

May 20 - Missouri Breakfast, The 191 Club, 7:30 a.m.

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DIA Annual Meeting San Diego The Missouri Biotechnology Association leads a delegation to this important gathering for the biopharmaceutical sector which will bring a focus on the strengths of the contract research organization and biopharma assets of Missouri. Joining MOBIO on the trip will be 7th Wave Laboratories, Centric Health Systems, Ethical Review Committee, Saint Louis College of Pharmacy and Clayco Construction.

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2009 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing - Montreal The Missouri Biotechnology Association leads a conference delegation to this important gathering for the bioprocessing ector which will bring a focus on the strengths of the biofuels and biopharma assets of Missouri. The St. Louis RCGA will be partnering on this particular conference.

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AdvaMed 2009: The MedTech Conference The Missouri Biotechnology Association plans to lead a biomed delegation to the premier national medical device summit in Washington DC.

AdvaMed 2009 will be hosted at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC. www.AdvaMed2009.com Designed by industry, for industry, AdvaMed 2009 is the premier medical technology conference and exhibition for business leaders, policymakers, investors, news media, patient advocates, and industry stakeholders from around the world. Attendees will have the opportunity to directly access key players, inform stakeholders as to the progress of our industry, and influence the business, political and financial climates so imperative to innovation.

MOBIO is a supporting partner organization to AdvaMed, and has annually been joined by St. Louis RCGA in support of this conference.

Medical Device and Manufacturing Conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center The Missouri Biotechnology Association plans to lead a medical device delegation to this conference.

Since 1994, MD&M Minneapolis has provided an unparalleled array of resources for the design and manufacture of both current and next-generation medical devices. MD&M delivers a comprehensive resource venue for medical manufacturers and showcasea the latest advances in medical grade materials, assembly and electronic components, computer aided design and manufacturing, production equipment, automation and controls, packaging materials and machinery, medical device software and validation solutions, enterprise-wide IT, sterilization systems, for a full range of contract service providers.

MOBIO received strong support from Missouri State University, Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Jordan Valley Innovation Center, St. John's Medical Technology Initiative, Inveeno Health, CASE and U.S. Photonics at this event.

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MOBIO Annual Conference / 2009 Summit on Life Sciences and Annual Meeting returns to Tan Tar A and the Lake of the Ozarks. With great anticipation of what MOSIRA can mean to energize Missouri's pro-science and pro-entrepreneurial stance, this conference just prior to the start of the 2010 session promises another fresh and exciting meeting experience. We've had a strong tradiition of engaging our elected officials, and this year we are grateful for the involvement of Governor Jay Nixon as our luncheon keynote, speakers that include Attorney General Chris Koster, MOSIRA sponsor State Senator Tom Dempsey, and House Budget Chairman Allen Icet all seek to add in the elements of engagement. Make plans to be part of this year's premier life sciences conference that will also cap off the BIO Benchmarking 2009 / Life Sciences Education Tour.

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