The Ohio Valley Affiliates for Life Sciences Group (OVALS) will host it’s regional conference "The Promise of Innovation: OVALS Making It Happen" on March 7-8, 2005, at the Dayton Marriott Hotel in Dayton, Ohio.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Policy to financing: emerging trends in life sciences
- Creating building blocks for university/industry agreements
- Moving from lab to market: what industry wants!
- The regional profile: OVALS as a national life sciences hub
- OVALS at the forefront of scientific discovery: BioDefense, Environmental Health, NanoTechnology and Cellular Biology
- Special interest sessions: contemporary issues in Bioethics and Venture Investment
- Current industry RFPs: real opportunities for universities
The OVALS Partnership developed in 2002 as a forum to discuss and stimulate economic development opportunities for Life Sciences within the "Ohio Valley" region.