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Omeris - Accelerating BioSciences in Ohio


October 23 & 24
at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center

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Registration :: Agenda :: Sponsors
Career Fair :: Student Poster Competition


Agenda

Monday, October 23

2:00pm–6:00pm
Ohio Bioscience Career Fair
sponsored by: CAS

6:00pm–8:00pm
BioOhio Opening Reception
sponsored by: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
(sponsor booths open from 5:30pm–8:00pm)

Student Poster Session
sponsored by: Diagnostic Hybrids and Edison Biotechnology Institute
(student poster session from 5:30pm–7:30pm)


Tuesday, October 24

7:30am–8:45am
Continental Breakfast and Networking
sponsored by: PhRMA

(sponsor booths open)

8:45am–9:05
Opening Remarks
Tony Dennis, PhD, President & CEO, Omeris
Richard Rosen, V.P. of External Business Relations, Battelle,
and Chairman of Omeris Board of Trustees

9:05am–10:15am
Bioscience Educators Panel: The ‘Supply Side’
Joan Herbers, Dean of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University
Jack Bantle, Vice President, Research, Ohio University
Tom Matthews, Director, Career Center, Case Western Reserve University
Sandra Degen Vice President for Research, University of Cincinnati
Phyllis Williams, Biology Department Chair, Sinclair Community College
(moderator) Marc Cloutier, Ohio Department of Development
sponsored by: Ohio Department of Development

10:15am–10:30am
Networking Break
sponsored by: Eurand

10:35am–11:45am
Bioscience Employers Panel: The ‘Demand Side’
Greg Lyons, Director, Human Resources, Ben Venue Laboratories
John Pratt, Ohio General Manager, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
John Fraher, President, North America, Eurand
Dr. Wallace Puckett, Vice President Science and Technology, STERIS
(moderator) John Griffin, Ohio Department of Development
sponsored by: Ohio Department of Development

11:50am–1:20pm
Luncheon
sponsored by: BIO
(sponsor booths remain open)

12:05pm–12:45pm
Keynote Speaker
Margaret Early
Senior Vice President, Talent Management
Cardinal Health
sponsored by: Wood, Herron & Evans

1:30pm–2:40pm
Filling the Pipeline: Successful Workforce Development Models
Tim Nolan, Executive Director, Greater Cincinnati College TechPrep
Mike McDaniel, Superintendent, Ashland County-West Holmes Joint Vocational School District
Russ Read, Executive Director, National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce

2:40pm–3:45pm
State of Ohio’s Investment in High-Tech Workforce Development
Glenda Williamson, Executive Director, Governor’s Ohio Workforce Policy Board
David Burns, Executive Director for Workforce Development, Ohio Department of Education
Michael Taggart, Director, Workforce Development, Ohio Board of Regents

3:45pm
Closing Remarks


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