Events

Avery Dennison’s Office & Consumer Products Division is looking for innovative companies interested in discussing opportunities in technology licensing, strategic partnering, co-development, providing services or potential acquisition. Avery Dennison is a $6.3 billion global leader in pressure-sensitive technology, self-adhesive base materials and self-adhesive consumer and office products.  

Areas of Interest: value-added printable media (labels and cards), products for organizing and filing (dividers and binders); specialty & decorating products, including specialty papers and films;  general “enablement” tools & solutions e.g. software & services for printing on  Avery media products, facilitating business shipping, and for Avery’s meetings and event-related products; eco/”green” products and services in current Avery categories. For the full descriptor check www.entretech.org

Kicking off the calendar year, LabAutomation2009 is the platform event for established companies launching new products and services. Innovation AveNEW is an in-kind, cost-sensitive program affording emerging, start-up companies the opportunity to actively engage and participate in a world-class event which helps to grow and scale their business as well as directly connects them with purchasing influencers and decision-makers from more than 35 countries.  Ream more ...

Hear the experts and join the discussion at “The Dawn of Longevity Science”

Aging… Aren’t we all? And yet science may be poised with interventions that could bestow years more of healthy life. Would this be a boon or a bane for rapidly aging populations of the developed world? How will advances in genomics, cell biology, nutrition, bioinformatics, and other disciplines change the course of aging in the 21st century? What economic consequences—and opportunities—await? And how will regulators behave (is death the only endpoint, or will there be intermediate measures)?

Join us for a conference that just might change the way you view the rest of your life.

a BioCenter Industry Panel - San Jose, California

The first key to get funding is to understand where the money is. Join experts from the Investment world at our annual “Trends in Financing Panel & Holiday Party” to understand the types of financings that are occurring in your industry today– including topics such as who is getting funding, current valuations and other terms, what investors are looking for, what criteria they use to evaluate and eventually fund your company, etc. – and what is new and what to expect for 2009. Read more»

Thursday, December 11, 2008
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401

Today’s rough economic climate is having a dramatic impact on the funding of small pharma and biotech companies. Top executives in the industry are asking such questions as:

n How do I choose the right strategic path?
n What are the opportunities and risks associated with various strategies?
n How do I prepare for partnership, outsourcing, or sale?
n What is the most cost-effective way to ensure the maximum value of my IP?
n How do I get to my next milestone with limited time and money?
n Am I missing out on opportunities outside the U.S.?

This joint seminar, presented by Dechert’s Life Sciences Practice and The Weinberg Group, will present creative strategies to help small companies survive and thrive in these cash-lean times. Attendees will benefit from the speakers’ collective insights, while informally networking with peers who are facing similar challenges.

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An examination of emerging business and legal developments in the startup market from the tech transfer office, angel investor and venture investor perspectives.

For free registration go to http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/Startups_Times/