Clinical, Scientific and Business Calendar

• American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting                   February 17 - 21, 2011
  Washington, DC

Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.                                                                         Panelist: Karen A. Hicks, Vice President, Human Resources                                                 Panel: Community College-Business/Government Collaborations


• 8th Annual Pharmaceutical-Biotech Partnering Conference                                        October 25 - 27, 2010
  The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel, CA
  
  Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 11:50 - 12:30 p.m.
  Panelist: Jeffrey Brennan, Vice President, Business and Commercial Development
  Panel: In a Competitive Bidding Process - What Do Small Companies Look For In A Big Pharma Partner?
  
• Licensing Executive Society Annual Conference                                                                   September 26 - 30, 2010                                                                                                           Chicago, Illinois
  
  Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
  Panelist: Beth Fordham-Meier, VP, Licensing and Intellectual Property
  Panel: To Deal or Not To Deal, That is the Option - The Rising Popularity of Options and the Art and Science of Using Options in Life Sciences Transactions
  
• American Chemical Society 240th National Meeting                                                  Adventures in pyridyl azabicycloalkenes: In search of dual affinity nicotinic ligands
  August 22 - 26, 2010
  Boston, Massachusetts
• 23rd ECNP Congress                                                                                                           Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor Agonist Enhances Neurogenesis and Reduces Brain Inflammation after Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Radiation Treatment                          August 28 - September 1, 2010                                             
  Amsterdan, The Netherlands                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                               August 30, 2010 12:00 p.m.                                                                                              Presenters: Merouane Bencherif, M.D., Ph.D., Sr. Vice President Preclinical Research and Patrick M. Lippiello, Ph.D., Sr. Principal Scientist                                                                                                                        
• CHI's Structure-Based Drug Design Conference
  Modeling Studies of Benzylidine Anabaseine Analogs: Interactions with Acetylcholine Binding Proteins
  June 23-25,  2010
  Royal Sonesta Hotel
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 
• 2010 BIO International Convention
  May 3 - 6,  2010
  McCormick Place
  Chicago, Illinois 
  
  Thursday, May 6, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
  Panelist:  David Hosford, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Clinical Development
  

  Track: Exciting Science 2010
  Session: Who’s on First? What’s on Second? A Clinical Tour of New Treatment Approaches for Depression

  
  
• 2010 Better Business Bureau Marketplace Ethics Awards Luncheon
  March 18, 2010, 11:30 a.m.
  Grand Pavilion Ballroom, Embassy Suites, Winston-Salem
  
  Keynote Speaker: J. Donald deBethizy, President and CEO
  Panel: CEO Panel--Leadership in Changing Times
  
  
• 2010 BIO Windover Pharmaceutical Strategic Outlook
  February 23-25, 2010
  Grand Hyatt, New York, NY
  
  Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
  Panelist: J. Donald deBethizy, President and CEO
  Panel: Spotlight on Later-Stage Dealmaking
  
  
• Council for Entrepreneurial Development's NC Biotech 2010
  February 22-23, 2010
  Raleigh Convention Center
  Raleigh, NC
  
  February 23, 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
  Panelist: J. Donald deBethizy, President and CEO
  Panel: CEO Panel--Leadership in Changing Times
  
  February 23, 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
  Panelist: Jeffrey Brennan, Vice-President, Business and Commercial Development
  Panel: Licensing
  
  
• BIO CEO and Investor Conference
  February 8-9, 2010
  Waldorf Astoria Hotel
  New York, New York
  
  February 9, 3:00 p.m.
  Presenter: J. Donald deBethizy, President and CEO
  
  
• BioPartnering North America
  January 24 - 26, 2010
  Westin Bayshore Resort
  Vancouver, BC, Canada
  
  Monday, January 25, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
  Panelist: Jeff Brennan, Vice President, Business and Commercial Development
  Panel: The Deal Machine--GSK CEEDD Deals and More