Goals of the Conference
The Annual Life Sciences Industry Career Development Conference is the premier event in New York State for graduate students and post doctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in the life sciences industry. The goals of this conference are to:

•  Expand the knowledge and understanding of the variety of career paths in the life sciences industry.
• Increase communication and forge a formal linkage between New York's graduate student and post doctoral population and New York's life sciences industry for the purpose of fueling industry growth.

About the Conference organizer
The Conference is organized by the Center for Biotechnology, A NYSTAR designated Center for Advanced Technology. Strategic initiatives that create infrastructure for broad-based industry development have been a cornerstone of the Center's success. The Conference is part of the Center's comprehensive Workforce Development Initiative that seeks to address the current and future education and training needs of New York's life sciences industry to foster the growth of the life sciences industry in New York. The Center for Biotechnology is proud to present this Conference in partnership with The City University of New York ( CUNY), the host institution for this premier New York event.

Existing and Future Initiatives include -
• Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Certificate Program
• Education and vocational training programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Graduate Industry Fellowship programs
• Professional Career Development Series
• Facilitating dialogue within the academic and life sciences industry to help identify and create effective educational and training programs

To learn more about the Center's programs or to provide suggestions and feedback, please contact Angeline Judex at 631-632-8521.