Highlights of Next Week’s Events

For those of you who will be in town, there’s some outstanding events. They include:

• Bio2Device Group, Tuesday Morning, April 6, 2010, Topic: “Self-guided Surgery”, Speaker: John  Black, Ph.D.,  VP, Imaging, Avinger Inc.
• BayBio One-Day Conference, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, Topic: “BayBio2010: Life Science Innovation: Drivers and Barriers
• BioE2E, Wednesday Evening, April 7, 2010, Topic: “Board Politics…No Prettier Than National Politics; Can Be Just as Frustrating,” Speakers:
  Steve Kirnon, Executive Vice President at Strawn Arnold Ashpitz Groover,
  Nancy Olson, Fog City Fund,Vern Norviel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, Friday, April 9, 2010Topic: “Drug Development and International Access;” Speakers Include:
  • Gregg Alton, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Medical Affairs at Gilead
  • Tom Bollyky, Fellow at the Center for Global Development
  • Robert Chess, Chairman, Nektar Therapeutics; Board member and initial Chairman, Bio Ventures for Global Health
  • Richard Chin, CEO of OneWorld Health
  • Joe Damond, Vice President of Government Relations at Pfizer
  • Charlie Kinzig, Vice President of Corporate Intellectual Property at GlaxoSmithKline
  • Carol Mimura, Assistant Vice Chancellor, UC Berkeley Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances
  • Jenik Radon, Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
  • Hannu Wager, Counselor in the IP Division of the WTO, and Secretary of the WTO TRIPS Council