Buzz Center Schedule
BIO Buzz Center
The Buzz Center was BIO’s social media hub during the 2012 BIO International Convention. Located in the North Lobby, the Buzz Center hosted industry leaders sharing their perspectives on key industry trends highlighted atthe 2012 Convention. You can view videos created in the Buzz Center on both Vimeo and YouTube.
2012 Buzz Center Schedule
Monday, June 18
9:00 AM: MassBio Introduction
10:00 AM: Diane Dorman, Vice President of Public Policy, National Organization for Rare Disease (NORD) & Mary Dunkle, Vice President of Communications, National Organization for Rare Disease (NORD), Interviewed by John Carroll, Fierce Biotech
11:00 AM: Dr. Catherine Woteki, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, Interviewed by Naomi Stevens, Head of Market Acceptance for BioScience, Bayer CropScience
2:00 PM: Andrew Spiegel, CEO, Colon Cancer Alliance, Interviewed by CCA staffer
3:00 PM: Book signing with Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs
4:30 PM: Tracy Callahan, Biogen Idec student demonstration
Tuesday, June 19
9:30 AM: Rob Chan, Research Analyst, Fidelity, Interviewed by David Edwards, PhD, Director, Animal Biotechnology, BIO
10:30 AM: MedImmune, LLC and Fragile Beginnings Preemie Parent Alliance (FBPPA), Interviewed by Gilliam Mullins, Managing Director, Alliance Development, BIO
11:00 AM: International Leadership Award Winner, Rt Honourable David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, United Kingdom
11:30 AM: Battelle-BIO State Biosciences Industry Development report, Interviewed by Frederick Bittenbender, Vice President, Alliance Development and State Government Relations, BIO
1:30 PM: Enterprise and Technology Minister for the Provence of Alberta, Canada, Interviewed by Mike Spear, Genome Alberta
2:00 PM: BioGENEius Winners
2:30 PM: Glen Giovannetti, Global Life Sciences Leader, Ernst & Young, Interviewed by Chris Morrison, InVivo
3:00 PM: TeamCA discuss their Economic Report with George Goodno, Director, State Policy Communications, BIO
3:30 PM: MDBio demonstration
3:45 PM: Bahija Jallal, Executive Vice President of Research and Development at MedImmune, Interviewed by Phyllis Dillinger, President, Women in Biotech
4:00 PM: Dr. Sanj Singh, President & CEO, Ade Therapeutics, Interviewed by Christian Hartmann, Cross Border Tech
4:30 PM: Marisa Bushee, HealthyWomen
Wednesday, June 20
9:00 AM: Seth Ginsberg, President, Global Healthy Living Foundation
9:30 AM: Thair Phillips, President & CEO, RetireSafe
10:00 AM: Susan Ruediger, Director of Development, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, Interviewed by CMTA staffer
10:30 AM: Dr. David Torstensson, Senior Consultant to the Pugatch Consilium, Interviewed by Hans Sauer, Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property, BIO
11:00 AM: Alex Bratty, Partner, Public Opinion Strategies & Geoff Garin, Partner, Hart Research Associates, Interviewed by Kenneth Lisaius, Senior Advisory & Director, Public Affairs
11:30 AM: Montgomery County, MD Economic Dev Initiatives, Interviewed by George Goodno, Director, State Policy Communications, BIO
1:30 PM: Biotech Humanitarian Award Honoree, Interviewed by Frederick Bittenbender, Vice President, Alliance Development and State Government Relations, BIO
2:00 PM: Scientific American Worldview Report & Scorecard, Mike May, Editorial Director, Scientific American Worldview & Yali Friedman, Chief Editor and Publisher, Journal of Commercial Biotechnology; Lead Editorial Consultant, Scientific American joined by Dr. Meir Pugatch, Managing Director of the Pugatch Consilium
2:30 PM: IP/US Chamber of Commerce/Global Intellectual Property Center, Interviewed by Don Zuhn and Kevin Noonan, PatentDocs
3:00 PM: Kristie Grover, Executive Director, BIOCOM Institute (San Diego, CA) and Ann Reed, Vice President, EDUCATE, iBIO Institute (IL), CSBI board members
3:30 PM: Sheila DeWitt, PhD, President, Deuteria Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4:00 PM: Biotech Industry Analysis with David Thomas, Director, Industry Research & Analysis, BIO
Thursday, June 21
9:00 AM: Louise Perkins, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
11:00 AM: Karen Batra, Director, Food & Agriculture Communications, BIO & Cathleen Enright, Executive Vice President, Food & Agriculture, BIO