Panel
Sessions
Main Panel Tracks
Corporate Showcases:
Forging Intra-State Collaborations and Strategic Partnerships: A Corporate Showcase
Regional resources and opportunities are often overlooked, so we have invited both emerging and established companies from upstate and western New York to discuss their prospects for growth and key drivers of success.During the corporate showcase, participants are encouraged to explore areas of collaboration in both technology and business development.
Emerging Company Showcase
Innovation is the hallmark of small entrepreneurial firms, and Long Island has a proven tradition of innovation. Executives from several of the region’s most promising new companies discuss the technologies and busines sstrategies that will make them industry leaders.
Expanding Company Showcase
The retention of expanding companies is vital to the future success of the life sciences community in the region. Learn about companies that are poised for exponential growth as leaders from several of New York’s expanding life science firms discuss their products and their plan for growth.
Financing & Business Development
Angel Financing: Investing in the Biosciences
Seed financing is particularly relevant to the many emerging bioscience companies, and the ability to access angel investors is key to early-stage success. This panel is meant to highlight why local angel investors should consider opportunities in the life sciences community, while seasoned investors provide insights about the promises and challenges of investing in a start-up bioscience company.
Keys to Unlocking Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding
The U.S. government is a key source of non-dilutive financing for early-stage technology development and corporate growth. This panel will explore the pitfalls of the SBIR/STTR application process while highlighting the advantages of accessing grant funds.
Investor Perspective: Early-Stage Venture Capital
Early-stage venture capital represents a significant challenge for emerging bioscience companies. Experienced investors will provide their perspective about how companies should prepare business plans and presentations to obtain the first round of significant financing.
Technology Development
Emerging Technology Showcase
Academic research infrastructure, as well as federal grants and awards have allowed for increased discovery and innovation. Academic investigators will discuss emerging technologies and their potential for commercialization.
Planning and Partnering for Clinical Trials
The majority of life sciences companies in the region are early stage firms pursuing research and development activities to move their products and services towards market. For new therapeutics and diagnostics, the FDA regulated clinical trial process is a significant and expensive barrier to market entry. Experts will provide companies with insights into preparing for human testing and gearing up for working with the FDA.
Special Interest Tracks
Human Resources in the Life Sciences
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Human Resources Track will earn HR Certification Institute (HRCI) credits. The HR Certification Institute (HRCI), an affiliate of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), provides Human Resources professionals with PHR, GPHR, and SPHR certifications. Certification credit documentation will be provided to the attendees at the conclusion of each session.
Certification credits will be earned according to the following schedule:
• One session: 1.5 credit hours
• Full day (three sessions): 4.5 credit hours
*Attendance by Pre-registration only. Enter code: HRUIP07
Attracting and Retaining Scientific Talent on Long Island
Long Island’s life science industry depends on attracting and retaining talent for both entry level and experienced hires. The industry’s future demands that Human Resources professionals address the local “brain drain” by devising strategies for encouraging talent to remain and/or relocate to the Island. Addressing the concern requires innovative retention and development policies as well as informed decision-making on sponsoring foreign nationals for employment visas and green cards.
- How to leverage technology to tap the passive job seeker
- How to create a workplace climate that fosters employee involvement and innovation
- How to develop talent that you cannot recruit from outside the company
Rewarding Scientific Talent and Promoting an Environment of Creativity
Organizations must utilize their available resources for providing benefits and financial rewards to employees as effectively as possible. These expenditures must promote employee engagement, creativity and retention. In this session you will learn from industry experts how to:
- Utilize financial resources to get the most “bang for the buck"
- Develop a compensation and reward system that motivates employee behavior to achieve the organization’s strategic goals
- Design a benefits and compensation plan to meet the needs of Long Island’s diverse workforce
Long Island’s Workforce in 25 Years: Preparing Now for the Changes Ahead
What will Long Island’s economy look like in twenty-five years and what will you do to prepare your organizations to succeed in the changing environment ahead? In this program, you will hear the economic forecasts for our future, what societal and demographic changes to expect, and the impact on the workplace. Learn what you can do now to prepare your workplace and your organizations to remain competitive.
- The economic forecasts about what our future holds
- What societal and demographic changes to expect - from Millennials to Boomers – and the impact on the workplace
- Things that you can do now to prepare your workplace and your organizations to remain competitive
Bioscience Professional Development
"Increasing Your Marketability as a Life Sciences Professional"
Graduate students, post-docs, fellows, young faculty and anyone considering a career in the Life Sciences should not miss the career development opportunity of the year
From Academia to Industry: Tips for landing and advancing your dream job
Do you have what it takes to cross over “successfully”? Get your foot in the door and make it stick. Learn effective strategies for breaking into the industry, including networking, marketing and positioning yourself and negotiating. Find out what the industry HR professionals are looking for in cover letters, resumes and interviewing skills. Identify the differences between the corporate world and academia that will help you advance your career.
BioProfessional Development Laboratory Management
Learn about the critical skills needed to successfully manage a lab in an academic as well as an industry environment. Industry and academic professionals describe techniques and the importance of mentoring, project, people and time management. Learn how to set reasonable goals and manage administrative issues from professionals who have done it successfully themselves.
Careers in the Life Sciences: Roundtable with Industry Experts
*This session requires pre-registration*
Top life science industry professionals share secrets about what it takes to have the job of a lifetime. Get your questions answered personally by attending our roundtable event with CEO’s, VP’s, Sr. Scientist’s, and other high level professionals representing all career facets in the Life Sciences. Join us for an intimate exploration of some of today’s most exciting life science careers in the fields of Legal, R&D, Business Development, Consulting, Equity Research and others.
*Participants may select up to 3 roundtable discussions of 20 minutes each.
Discussion topics include:
Public Relations/Communications, Financial Markets/Equity Research, Legal, Business Development, Corporate Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Writing/Journalism, Technical Sales/Marketing and Consulting.
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