Announcing a new Meetup for BioBeers!

What: BioBeers | DENVER 1Q10 Meetup

When: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:30 PM

Where: Vine Street Pub 1700 Vine St. Denver, CO 80206 [masked]

The 2010 BioBeers Season is in full swing! Next up BioBeers | DENVER 1Q10

Our wonderful friends at Vine Street Pub will once again play host (details & directions below)

Note: please arrive promptly at 6:30pm.

Feel free to arrive earlier and stay later but formal event kicks-off at 6:30 sharp.

SCHEDULE:

6:30 - 6:35 Welcome & News Announcements
6:35 - 6:40 BioBeers Speed Intros!
6:40 - 6:50 Presentation and Q&A | CID4 - info below
6:50 - 7:00 Presentation and Q&A | UC Bioengineering Center – info below
7:00 - 7:10 Presentation and Q&A | Covidien - info below
7:10 - 7:30 BioBeers schmooze-fest
7:30 - ?:?? BioBeers specials and programming end but feel free to stick around...

ABOUT PRESENTERS:
Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development

President and CEO of CID4 Rick Duke, Ph.D. and COO of CID4 Kevin Smith will be on hand to enlighten us about the recent CID4 launch as well as the RFP to help fund Colorado technologies in the gap-stage between proof-of-concept and first in (wo)man studies.

CID4 provides management expertise to efficiently transform emerging life science technologies into commercial successes. We do this by identifying and funding potential opportunities, and by utilizing an advanced leadership team to ensure speed to market, putting new products and services to work where they are needed.

University Colorado Bioengineering Center

Robin Shandas, Ph.D. head of the Bioengineering department with a joint appointment as research professor of mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder, and serial-entrepreneur will provide details about this recently launched program.

The new Bioengineering Master's and PhD degrees now offered at the University of Colorado is a unique program that combines engineering and medicine. The program is now taking applications for Fall 2010. There are several Research Assistantships (tuition + stipend) available for PhD students. There are also Master's tracks in Biomedical Device Design and Entrepreneurship and Clinical Imaging, both with internships. Also offered are an accelerated (1-year) dual Master's degree for students already enrolled in or accepted into an existing MS degree at another CU department. For more information visit http://bioengineering....

Covidien

Dana Deardorff, Ph.D., VP of Advanced Technology at Covidien's Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions group will be on hand to share information about what the $25 billion market cap medical device company is focused on at their Colorado facilities as well as what opportunities may exist for early-stage technologies to work with this market leader.

NOTES:

• For all of you biz dev and finance types I found this workshop to be a fantastic experience. Colorado is lucky to have AVANCE roll into town on 18 and 19 March to give the License Contract and Company Valuation in Excel Workshop.In this hands-on course you will learn how to use Excel for the valuation of a life science firm, be it for fundraising, investing, or strategic decision making. Solving a case study in Excel on your own laptop, you will be well prepared to take the learned skills back into practice. For more info visit http://www.avance.ch/...

• Do you have a LinkedIn account? If so let’s get your profile url posted to your BioBeers Meetup profile! We’ll be working on this project, providing tips and tricks in April.

• Did you know you can post messages to the BioBeers group on our website. There are two placement options upload to either Discussions/Message-Board or More/Files

• Take a look at the first of many BioBeers Videos on the BioBeers Message Board. Smile! You Might Be Captured on Video Next!
  

BIOBEERS REMAINING 2010 SCHEDULE:

- 2Q10 Boulder 1 June Tue 6:30-7:30
- 2Q10 Denver 15 June Tue 6:30-7:30
- 3Q10 Boulder 7 Sept Tue 6:30-7:30
- 3Q10 Denver 21 Sept Tue 6:30-7:30
- 4Q10 Boulder 7 Dec Tue 6:30-7:30
- 4Q10 Denver 21 Dec Tue 6:30-7:30 (Holiday Party)

SPONSORS:

Please support the entities who make our Meetups possible. Many thanks to:

• Diablo Sales
  
• Colorado Bioscience Association
  
• OnBioVC
  
• Biostarter Consulting